The Cab Calloway Story

~ Release by Cab Calloway (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Nagasaki
recording of:
Nagasaki
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
2:56
2Hoy Hoy
2:49
3Jumpin' Jive
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-07-17)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-07-17)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-07-17)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-07-17) and Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-07-17)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-07-17) and Walter Thomas (on 1939-07-17)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-07-17), Claude Jones (on 1939-07-17) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-07-17)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1939-07-17), Irving Randolph (on 1939-07-17) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-07-17)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-07-17)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1057)
recording of:
(Hep‐Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive (on 1939-07-17)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
2:48
4Give Baby Give
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-11-20)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-11-20)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-11-20)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-11-20)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-11-20)
reeds [clarinet, alto saxohone]:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-11-20)
reeds [clarinet, alto saxophone]:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-20)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1939-11-20) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1939-11-20)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-11-20), Claude Jones (on 1939-11-20) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-11-20)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1939-11-20), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1939-11-20) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-11-20)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-11-20)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1939-11-20)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1114)
2:36
5I Want to Rock
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1942-02-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1942-02-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1942-02-02)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1942-02-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1942-02-02)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1942-02-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1942-02-02)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1942-02-02) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1942-02-02)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1942-02-02) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-02-02)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1942-02-02), Jonah Jones (on 1942-02-02), Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-02-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1942-02-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1942-02-02)
2:49
6Minnie the Moocher
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
3:17
7Honey Dripper
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1945-11-13)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1689 (2))
recording of:
The Honeydripper (on 1945-11-13)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Liggins
2:56
8Hi de Ho Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-02-03)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1947-02-03)
remixer:
Jaden (Jaden Smith)
recording of:
Hi‐De‐Ho Man (That’s Me) (on 1947-02-03)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Buster Harding and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
3:02
9Jungle King
3:17
10The Calloway Boogie
recording of:
The Calloway Boogie (on 1947-12-11)
writer:
Cab Calloway and Allen Leroy Gibson
3:05
11Two Blocks Down Town to the Left
3:15
12A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird
2:55
13I Can't Give You Anything but Love
1:59
14Stormy Weather
3:50
15You Got It
3:02
16Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
recording of:
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
writer:
Jeanne Burns
2:37
17Afternoon Moon
alto saxophone:
Bob Dorsey (jazz saxophonist) (on 1946-09-04), Hilton Jefferson (on 1946-09-04) and Rudy Powell (on 1946-09-04)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1946-09-04)
double bass:
Milt Hinton
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1946-09-04)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1946-09-04)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1946-09-04)
tenor saxophone:
Al Gibson (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1946-09-04) and Ike Quebec (on 1946-09-04)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1946-09-04), Quentin Jackson (on 1946-09-04), Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-09-04) and Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1946-09-04)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1946-09-04), Jonah Jones (on 1946-09-04), Roger Jones (swing-era trumpeter) (on 1946-09-04), Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-09-04) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1946-09-04)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1946-09-04)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1946-09-04)
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1946-09-04)
4:00
18This Is Always
3:56
19Duck Trot
2:01
20That Old Black Magic
live recording of:
That Old Black Magic (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:19
21How Big Can You Get
recording of:
How Big Can You Get?
writer:
Cab Calloway and Buck Ram
3:53
22Hey Now Hey Now
recording of:
Hey Now, Hey Now
writer:
Cab Calloway and Elton Hill
2:48
23Birth of the Blues
live recording of:
Birth of the Blues (on 1945-08-15)
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
2:45
24We the Cats Shall Help You
recording of:
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
writer:
Cab Calloway, Buster Harding and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
3:19
25Foo a Little Ballyhoo
3:07