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1It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-01)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-06-01)
trumpet:
Bobby Stark (on 1936-06-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-06-01)
recording of:
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (on 1936-06-01)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Mayhew (in 1936)
2:53
2All My Life
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-01)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-06-01)
trumpet:
Bobby Stark (on 1936-06-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-06-01)
recording of:
All My Life (on 1936-06-01)
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Sam H. Stept
3:12
3Ol' Man River
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-01)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-06-01)
trumpet:
Bobby Stark (on 1936-06-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-06-01)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1936-06-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
2:48
4Why Was I Born?
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-01)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-06-01)
trumpet:
Bobby Stark (on 1936-06-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-06-01)
recording of:
Why Was I Born? (on 1936-06-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
2:51
5These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
double bass:
Mack Walker (on 1936-07-21)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1936-07-21)
guitar:
Arnold Adams (on 1936-07-21)
piano:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (on 1936-07-21)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Frazier (jazz saxophonist) (on 1936-07-21)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1936-07-21)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-07-21)
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1936-07-21)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
2:26
6Cross Patch
double bass:
Mack Walker (on 1936-07-21)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1936-07-21)
guitar:
Arnold Adams (on 1936-07-21)
piano:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (on 1936-07-21)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Frazier (jazz saxophonist) (on 1936-07-21)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1936-07-21)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-07-21)
recording of:
Cross Patch (on 1936-07-21)
lyricist:
Tot Seymour
composer:
Vee Lawnhurst
2:41
7A Star Fell Out of Heaven
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-08-03)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-08-03)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-08-03)
piano:
Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (on 1936-08-03)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-08-03)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-08-03)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-08-03)
recording of:
A Star Fell Out of Heaven (on 1936-08-03)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
2:37
8Mary Had a Little Lamb
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-08-03)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-08-03)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-08-03)
piano:
Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (on 1936-08-03)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-08-03)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-08-03)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-08-03)
recording of:
Mary Had a Little Lamb (on 1936-08-03)
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Matty Malneck
2:46
9Here Comes Your Pappy
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-08-03)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-08-03)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-08-03)
piano:
Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (on 1936-08-03)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-08-03)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-08-03)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-08-03)
recording of:
Here Comes Your Pappy (on 1936-08-03)
lyricist:
Harry Tobias
writer:
George "Spike" Hamilton and Nappy Lamare
2:37
10If We Never Meet Again
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-08-03)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-08-03)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-08-03)
piano:
Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (on 1936-08-03)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-08-03)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-08-03)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-08-03)
recording of:
If We Never Meet Again (on 1936-08-03)
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Horace Gerlach
2:41
11Sing, Baby, Sing
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-01)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-09-01)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-01)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-09-01)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-09-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-09-01)
recording of:
Sing, Baby, Sing (on 1936-09-01)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Lew Pollack
2:25
12You Turned the Tables on Me
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-01)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-09-01)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-01)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-09-01)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-09-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-09-01)
recording of:
You Turned the Tables on Me (on 1936-09-01)
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Louis Alter
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1936)
2:39
13It's the Gypsy in Me
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-01)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-09-01)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-01)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-09-01)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-09-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-09-01)
recording of:
It's the Gypsy in Me (on 1936-09-01)
lyricist:
Harry Tobias
2:40
14When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-01)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-09-01)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-01)
reeds:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-09-01)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-09-01)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-09-01)
recording of:
When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South (on 1936-08-01)
writer:
Michael N. Cleary, Jacques Krakeur II and David Oppenheim (songwriter, composer)
2:40
15A High Hat, a Piccolo and a Cane
clarinet:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-10-14)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-10-14)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-10-14)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-10-14)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-10-14)
recording of:
A High Hat, a Piccolo and a Cane (on 1936-10-14)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Harry Akst and Sammy Fain
2:29
16Easy to Love
clarinet:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-10-14)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-10-14)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-10-14)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-10-14)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-10-14)
recording of:
Easy to Love (on 1936-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
2:42
17You Do the Darndest Things, Baby
clarinet:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-10-14)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-10-14)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-10-14)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-10-14)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-10-14)
recording of:
You Do the Darndest Thing Baby (Pigskin Parade, 1936 film) (on 1936-10-14)
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Lew Pollack
part of:
Pigskin Parade (1936 film)
2:43
18The Skeleton in the Closet
clarinet:
Joe Marsala (on 1936-10-14)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1936-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-10-14)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-10-14)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1936-10-14)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-10-14)
recording of:
Skeleton in the Closet (on 1936-10-14)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
2:35
19I'm in a Dancing Mood
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1936-12-10)
double bass:
Ernest "Bass" Hill (on 1936-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1936-12-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-12-10)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-12-10)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1936-12-10)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-12-10)
recording of:
I'm in a Dancing Mood (on 1936-12-10)
composer:
Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler
2:47
20With Plenty of Money and You
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1936-12-10)
double bass:
Ernest "Bass" Hill (on 1936-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1936-12-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-12-10)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-12-10)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1936-12-10)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-12-10)
recording of:
With Plenty of Money and You (on 1936-12-10)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
2:30
21That Foolish Feeling
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1936-12-10)
double bass:
Ernest "Bass" Hill (on 1936-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1936-12-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-12-10)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-12-10)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1936-12-10)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-12-10)
recording of:
That Foolish Feeling (on 1936-12-10)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:29
22Gee! But You're Swell
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1936-12-10)
double bass:
Ernest "Bass" Hill (on 1936-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1936-12-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-12-10)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-12-10)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1936-12-10)
vocals:
Putney Dandridge (on 1936-12-10)
recording of:
Gee! But You're Swell (on 1936-12-10)
writer:
Abel Baer (songwriter) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
2:32

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 869) (order: 378)