1942-45: The R&B Hits

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Take It and Git
Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy3:17
2I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five3:06
3Stormy Monday Blues
recording of:
Stormy Monday Blues (in 1943)
writer:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone), Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
7 Arts and Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases)
Billy Eckstine / Earl Hines3:11
4Let's Be Friends
Lil Green3:18
5What's the Use of Getting Sober
recording of:
What’s the Use of Gettin’ Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again)?
lyricist and composer:
Busby Meyers
Louis Jordan2:51
6See See Rider Blues
Bea Booze3:17
7That Ain't Right
The Nat King Cole Trio3:12
8Let Me Play With Your Poodle
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-02-06)
drums (drum set):
Clifford "Snags" Jones (on 1942-02-06)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1942-02-06)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1942-02-06)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1942-02-06)
Tampa Red2:38
9Let's Beat Out Some Love
Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra3:02
10Apollo Jump
Lucky Millinder3:23
11Why Don't You Do Right
cover recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right?
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Peggy Lee3:15
12Riffette
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra3:02
13Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Lionel Hampton3:12
14Rusty Dusty Blues
The Count Basie Orchestra / Jimmy Rushing3:13
15Hey Lawdy Mama
June Richmond2:57
16Five Guys Named Moe
Louis Jordan3:02
17Ration Blues
Louis Jordan3:09
18Hurry Hurry
Savannah Churchill / Benny Carter and His Orchestra2:56
19When My Man Comes Home
Ella Johnson / Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra3:07
20Straight En Up and Fly Right
The Nat King Cole Trio2:28
21Evil Gal Blues
cover recording of:
Evil Gal Blues
lyricist:
Lionel Hampton
composer:
Leonard Feather
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
Dinah Washington2:54
22G.I. Jive
Louis Jordan2:59
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cherry Red Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson / Cootie Williams3:05
2Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louis Jordan2:45
3Hamp's Boogie Woogie No. 1
Lionel Hampton3:16
4Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
recording of:
Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Don Redman
publisher:
Michael H. Goldsen Inc. and Razaf Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Nat King Cole Trio2:57
5I Wonder
recording of:
I Wonder
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Gant (in 1944)
writer:
R. Laveen
Cecil Gant2:45
6Somebody's Gotta Go
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:16
7Mop Mop
Louis Jordan2:57
8You Can't Get That No More
Louis Jordan3:21
9S.K. Blues, Pt. 1
Joe Turner3:01
10Strange Things Happening Every Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:50
11Rock Me Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1944-12-15)
recording of:
Rock Me Mama
writer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:59
12Caldonia
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-19)
piano:
William Austin (on 1945-01-19)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-01-19)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1945-01-19)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?) (on 1945-01-19)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
Louis Jordan42:43
13Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:17
14Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well
Wynonie Harris / Lucky Millinder2:58
15Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
recording of:
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
lyricist and composer:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Louis Jordan3:16
16That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch
Buddy Johnson3:08
17The Honeydripper, Pt. 1
Joe Liggins / The Honeydrippers3:05
18The Honeydripper, Pt. 2
Joe Liggins & His Orchestra3:12
19Jimmy's Blues
Count Basie & His Orchestra / Jimmy Rushing2:58
20Things Have Changed
recording of:
Things Have Changed
composer:
Maceo Merriweather
Maceo Merriweather2:58
21Blues at Sunrise
Ivory Joe Hunter3:15
22Be - Baba - Leba
Helen Humes2:41