I've Heard That Song Before: The Hits of Harry James

~ Release by Harry James and His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Trumpet Blues & Cantabile
recording of:
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
arranger:
Bill Geldard (British trombone player and composer)
3:01
2The Mole
recording of:
The Mole
composer:
Leroy Holmes and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
2:42
3September Song
3:14
4I'll Get By
alto saxophone:
Claude Lakey (on 1941-04-07) and Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1941-04-07)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1941-04-07)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (Jazz bassist) (on 1941-04-07)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Scrima (jazz percussionist) (on 1941-04-07)
guitar:
Ben Heller (on 1941-04-07)
piano:
Al Lerner (big band composer/conductor/pianist) (on 1941-04-07)
tenor saxophone:
Vido Musso (on 1941-04-07)
trombone:
Hoyt Bohannon (on 1941-04-07), Harry Rogers (US big-band trombonist and arranger) (on 1941-04-07) and Dalton Rizzotto (Jazz trombonist) (on 1941-04-07)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1941-04-07), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1941-04-07) and Al Stearns (on 1941-04-07)
violin:
Glenn Herzer (big band violinist) (on 1941-04-07), Alex Pevsner (on 1941-04-07), Sam Rosenblum (on 1941-04-07) and Leo Zorn (on 1941-04-07)
lead vocals:
Dick Haymes (on 1941-04-07)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1941-04-07)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
2:47
5Moten Swing, Part 1
3:09
6Moten Swing, Part 2
3:11
7Feet Draggin' Blues
recording of:
Feet Draggin’ Blues
writer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
2:55
8I Had the Craziest Dream
vocals:
Helen Forrest
recording of:
I Had the Craziest Dream
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., WC Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
3:26
9Two O'Clock Jump
recording of:
Two O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
3:17
10Yes, Indeed!
vocals:
Dick Haymes
recording of:
Yes Indeed
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
3:07
11I'm Beginning to See the Light
alto saxophone:
Edward Rosa (on 1944-11-21) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1944-11-21)
baritone saxophone:
George Davis (40s jazz saxophone) (on 1944-11-21)
cello:
Al Friede (on 1944-11-21) and Cy Bernard (on 1944-11-21)
double bass:
Ed Mihelich (on 1944-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1944-11-21)
guitar:
Allen Reuss (on 1944-11-21)
piano:
Arnold Ross (on 1944-11-21)
tenor saxophone:
Corky Corcoran (on 1944-11-21) and Cliff Jackson (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1944-11-21)
trombone:
Charles Preble (jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-21), Vic Hamann (jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-21) and Jesse Heath (on 1944-11-21)
trumpet:
Irwin Berken (on 1944-11-21), James Campbell (jazz trumpeter and saxophonist) (on 1944-11-21), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1944-11-21), Al Ramsey (on 1944-11-21) and Yan Rasey (on 1944-11-21)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1944-11-21)
viola:
Al Neiman (violist) (on 1944-11-21), Bill Spear (on 1944-11-21) and Dave Sterkin (on 1944-11-21)
violin:
Al Saparoff (on 1944-11-21), Sam Caplan (on 1944-11-21), Sam Freed, Jr. (Violinist) (on 1944-11-21), Jack Gootkin (on 1944-11-21), Harry Jaworski (on 1944-11-21), John DeVoogd (on 1944-11-21), Gerald Joyce (on 1944-11-21) and Nick Pisani (on 1944-11-21)
vocals:
Kitty Kallen (on 1944-11-21)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1944-11-21)
arranger:
Johnny Thompson (big band arranger & conductor)
recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light (on 1944-11-21)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
3:17
12Cherry
alto saxophone:
Claude Lakey (on 1942-07-22) and Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1942-07-22)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (Jazz bassist) (on 1942-07-22)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Scrima (jazz percussionist) (on 1942-07-22)
French horn:
Willard T. Culley (on 1942-07-22)
guitar:
Benny Heller (on 1942-07-22)
piano:
Al Lerner (big band composer/conductor/pianist) (on 1942-07-22)
saxophone:
Johnny McAfee (Big Band-era woodwind player) (on 1942-07-22)
tenor saxophone:
Corky Corcoran (on 1942-07-22)
trombone:
Hoyt Bohannon (on 1942-07-22), Dalton Rizzotto (Jazz trombonist) (on 1942-07-22) and Harry Rodgers (US big-band trombonist and arranger) (on 1942-07-22)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1942-07-22), Nick Buono (trumpet player) (on 1942-07-22) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1942-07-22)
violin:
Abraham Hochstein (on 1942-07-22), Jack Lee (violin) (on 1942-07-22) and Ray Martinez (on 1942-07-22)
recording of:
Cherry (on 1942-07-22)
lyricist:
Ray Gilbert
composer:
Ray Gilbert and Don Redman
publisher:
Ipanema Music Corp., Peer Musikverlag GmbH and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
3:14
13Flash
recording of:
Flash
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
3:02
14Skylark
vocals:
Helen Forrest
recording of:
Skylark
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1941)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., George Simon Music Co., George Simon, Inc., Hoagy Publishing Co., Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP), The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
3:27
15B-19
trumpet:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1941-12-11)
recording of:
B‐19 (on 1941-12-11)
writer:
Leroy Holmes and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
2:49
16All or Nothing At All
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1939-08-31)
alto saxophone:
Claude Lakey (on 1939-08-31) and Dave Matthews (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-08-31)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (Jazz bassist) (on 1939-08-31)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Hawkins (jazz drummer) (on 1939-08-31)
guitar:
Red Kent (on 1939-08-31)
piano:
Jack Gardner (piano) (on 1939-08-31)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Luther (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-08-31) and Drew Page (on 1939-08-31)
trombone:
Russell Brown (Swing trombonist) (on 1939-08-31), Truett Jones (Jazz trombonist) (on 1939-08-31) and Dalton Rizzotto (Jazz trombonist) (on 1939-08-31)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1939-08-31), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-08-31), Jack Palmer (jazz trumpeter and singer) (on 1939-08-31) and Jack Schaeffer (on 1939-08-31)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1939-08-31)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1939-08-31)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1939-08-31)
conductor:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-08-31)
arranger:
Andy Gibson (trumpet, arranger, composer) (on 1939-08-31)
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1939-08-31)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
32:59
17Dodgers' Fan Dance
recording of:
Dodgers’ Fan Dance
writer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack W. Matthias
3:10
18Sleepytime Gal
trumpet:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-10-13)
recording of:
Sleepy Time Gal (on 1939-10-13)
lyricist:
Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan
composer:
Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
2:46
19Record Session
3:11
20It's Been a Long, Long Time
trumpet:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1945-07-24)
vocals:
Kitty Kallen (on 1945-07-24)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1945-07-24)
cover recording of:
It’s Been a Long, Long Time (on 1945-07-24)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd.
3:27
21Sleepy Lagoon
recording of:
By the Sleepy Lagoon (BBC Desert Island Discs theme) (on 1942-02-24)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1940)
composer:
Eric Coates (composer) (in 1930)
2:57
22I Don't Want to Walk Without You
lead vocals:
Helen Forrest
performer:
Helen Forrest
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Walk Without You (from 1942 film “Sweater Girl”) (on 1941-12-11)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser (in 1941)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1941)
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:54
23Sharp as a Tack
recording of:
Sharp as a Tack
writer:
Gray Rains
3:18
249:20 Special
trumpet:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1945-05-30)
recording of:
9:20 Special (on 1945-05-30)
lyricist:
William Engvick (in 1945)
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
composer:
Earle Warren (in 1941)
2:51
25Ciribiribin
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
2:33

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ASIN:UK: B00005OLC4 [info]