Jazz Vocal Groups: New York – Los Angeles – Hollywood – Chicago 1927–1944

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo (in 1941)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), 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:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra7:53
2I Know Why
recording of:
I Know Why (in 1941)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:01
3Blues in the Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (in 1941)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra4:41
4Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes
recording of:
Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes (in 1934)
writer:
Bernie Hanighen and Johnny Mercer
The Spirits of Rhythm2:41
5My Old Man
recording of:
My Old Man (in 1933)
writer:
Bernie Hanighen and Johnny Mercer
The Nephews2:51
6I Never Dreamt
recording of:
I Never Dreamt (1941) (in 1941)
writer:
Parsons (Collaborated with Duke Ellington)
Earl Hines and His Orchestra2:57
7I’ll Never Smile Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), 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), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) 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)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:13
8Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet
recording of:
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (Broadway Rhythm, 1944 film) (in 1944)
writer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
The Pied Pipers2:31
9Lullaby of Broadway
recording of:
Lullaby of Broadway (from “Gold Diggers of 1935”) (in 1944)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1935)
publisher:
Henrees Music co., M. Witmark & Sons, Peermusic (UK) Limited, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), 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:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 winner)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers2:37
10Embraceable You
recording of:
Embraceable You (in 1941)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra2:53
11Heat Wave
recording of:
Heat Wave (from the 1933 musical “As Thousands Cheer”) (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1933)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra2:11
12Are You fer It?
recording of:
Are You Fer It (in 1941)
writer:
Nat King Cole and Carl Sigman
The Nat King Cole Trio3:13
13There’s a Small Hotel
recording of:
There’s a Small Hotel (from “On Your Toes”) (in 1942)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1936)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1936)
part of:
On Your Toes
part of:
Pal Joey
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra3:23
14Rockin’ Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song) (in 1940)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Alvino Rey and His Orchestra2:17
15Juke Box Saturday Night
recording of:
Juke Box Saturday Night (in 1944)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Paul McGrane
Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band3:02
16Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bars
recording of:
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940 song) (in 1940)
writer:
Hughie Prince, Don Raye and Eleanore Sheehy
The Andrews Sisters2:53
17Clementine (Oh, My Darling)
recording of:
Clementine (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Sonny Dunham and His orchestra2:51
18You’ve Laughed at Me for the Last Time
recording of:
You've Laughed At Me For The Last Time (in 1944)
writer:
Don Raye
Mel Tormé with The Mel‐Tones3:03