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Reefer Songs, 1930-1945
Jul 31
The Viper’s Drag (Fats Waller) Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – 1930 . Fats Waller — instrumental recorded 16 November 1934 . Reefer Man (J. Russel Robinson, Andy Razaf)- from the film International House (1933) – Cab Calloway and his Orchestra . Why Don’t You Do Right? (Kansas Joe McCoy) – 1936 See our separate […]
Why Don’t You Do Right?
May 04
_________________________________ page originally published on 4 May 2010; latest edit: 14 July 2022 _________________________________ Why Don’t You Do Right? (Kansas Joe McCoy) Wikipedia excerpts: “Why Don’t You Do Right?” first appeared in 1936 as “The Weed Smoker’s Dream”, composed by McCoy and recorded by his band, the Harlem Hamfats. The song was subtitled “Why Don’t […]
Porgy (McHugh, Fields) – 1928
Jan 05
________________________________ Porgy (m. Jimmy McHugh, w. Dorothy Fields) — The song “Porgy,” copyrighted in 1928, was written by McHugh and Fields for the hit Broadway musical revue Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1928. lyric: Ethel Waters 1930 version: Porgy (Fields & McHugh), 1928 – lyric transcription Nina Simone 1960 version: Genius.com Maxine Sullivan 1983 version: lyricsbox.com […]
Blackberry Winter
May 01
_________________________ Blackberry Winter (Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon) In the book Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself: A Life of the Composer, by Desmond Stone (1996), in discussing the 1976 collaborations between Alec Wilder and Loonis McGlohon, the author says on page 206, including a quote by Wilder: “Where’s the Child I Used to Hold?” has […]
You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon, Crawdad Song, and other derivatives of Frog Went a-Courtin’
Nov 29
___________________________________________ originally published on 29 November 2013; latest edit: 11 November 2020 ___________________________________________ Benjamin Robertson “Ben” Harney (6 March 1872 – 2 March 1938) was a songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music. His 1895 composition “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down” is regarded as one of the first published […]
Irving Berlin: selected songs of 1916-1919
Aug 23
______________________________________ 1916 The Century Girl Above: Members of the cast of The Century Girl (1916) in costume for the Irving Berlin number Alice in Wonderland. The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin names some of the cards: Lilyan Tashman (King of Hearts), Marion Fairbanks (Jack of Diamonds), and Madeleine Fairbanks (Jack of Clubs). “The Century Girls,” […]
Jordan, Louis: selected sides, Soundies, and short and feature film songs, 1941-1950
Jan 06
____________________________________________ All recordings on this page are by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five unless otherwise noted. In Soundies and short films showcasing the band released during the years 1942-1945, as well as in the performance of “Deacon Jones” in the 1944 feature film Meet Miss Bobby Sox, there are always five members in the […]
I’ll Be Around
Dec 11
I’ll Be Around (Alec Wilder) Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, with vocal chorus by Cab Calloway and the Cabaliers — recorded in Chicago on 2 February 1942; issued in January 1944 on Okeh 6717, c/w “Virginia, Georgia, and Caroline” . The Mills Brothers — recorded on 18 February 1942; issued as Decca 18318 A, b/w […]
Clarence Williams: selected recordings, 1923 to 1929
Jul 25
__________________________________ Clarence Williams biographies RedHotJazz.com – biography and discography Wikipedia Jass.com, biography by Thomas L. Morgan All Music, biography by Scott Yanow Answers.com (above) the photo is identified at my source as “Clarence Williams & his Orchestra c.1925.” It may look familiar. A more frequently found image from the same photograph, often labeled Clarence Williams […]
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