The Ultimate Collection

~ Release by Tommy Dorsey (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Hits
2▶CD: The Blues and the Beat
3▼CD: Together, With Friends
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1Weary Blues
recording of:
Weary Blues
lyricist:
George Cates and Mort Greene
composer:
Artie Matthews
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra4:02
2Basin Street Blues
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:08
3Let's Do It
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1929-01-26)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-01-26)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1929-01-26)
reeds:
Arnold Brilhart (on 1929-01-26) and Jimmy Dorsey (on 1929-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Herbert Spencer (big band tenor sax) (on 1929-01-26)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1929-01-26) and Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1929-01-26)
trumpet:
Fred "Fuzzy" Farrar (on 1929-01-26), Leo McConville (on 1929-01-26) and Phil Napoleon (on 1929-01-26)
tuba [brass bass]:
Hank Stern (Jazz bassist) (on 1929-01-26)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1929-01-26)
recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical) (on 1929-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:23
4By Heck
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:09
5Oodles of Noodles
recording of:
Oodles of Noodles (on 1932-07-14)
composer:
Jimmy Dorsey
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra2:40
6Milenburg Joys
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:14
7Stop, Look and Listen
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:08
8Solitude
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra4:40
9Tailspin
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra2:54
10Judy
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra2:59
11The Spell of the Blues
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1929-01-26)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-01-26)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1929-01-26)
reeds:
Arnold Brilhart (on 1929-01-26) and Jimmy Dorsey (on 1929-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Herbert Spencer (big band tenor sax) (on 1929-01-26)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1929-01-26) and Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1929-01-26)
trumpet:
Fred "Fuzzy" Farrar (on 1929-01-26), Leo McConville (on 1929-01-26) and Phil Napoleon (on 1929-01-26)
tuba [brass bass]:
Hank Stern (Jazz bassist) (on 1929-01-26)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1929-01-26)
recording of:
The Spell of the Blues (on 1929-01-26)
lyricist:
Dave Dreyer and Herman Ruby
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:14
12Fine and Dandy
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:08
13Dippermouth Blues
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra2:23
14Am I Blue?
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:10
15Shim Sham Shimmy
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:19
16I Wished on the Moon
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:11
17Yale Blues
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:01
18Coquette
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:08
19My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:04
20Mean to Me
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:32
21My Kinda Love
vocals:
Bing Crosby
orchestra:
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
recording of:
My Kinda Love (on 1929-01-26)
lyricist:
Jo Trent
composer:
Louis Alter
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:15
22I've Got the World on A String
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String (on 1933-01-26)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and S.A. Music Co.
sub-publisher:
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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:07
4▶CD: Just Jimmy

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