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PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Al Bowlly o/ Ray Noble | One, Two, Button Your Shoe | Ray Noble: Love is the Sweetest Thing | |||||
Taft Jordan & The Mob | Louisiana Fairytale | Sounds of Harlem | Hep | ||||
Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers | I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket | Bunny Berigan The Key Sessions | JSP | ||||
Bing Crosby o/ Paul Whiteman | Mary (What Are You Waiting For?) | Bing Crosby: 1926-1932 | Timeless Holland | ||||
Tommy Dorsey | Mr. Ghost Goes to Town | The Bluebird Recordings in Chronological Order 1936-37 | Jazz Classics | ||||
Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Louise Tobin | Scatter-brain | Benny's Girls | |||||
Ziggy Elman | Zaggin' with Zig | The Issued Recordings 1947 & 1949 | Jazz Band | ||||
CHick Webb | Midnight in a Madhouse | Stomping at the Savoy | Proper UK | happy birthday! | |||
CHick Webb Orchestra v/ Ella Fitzgerald | Love and Kisses | Let's Get Together | Webb gave Ella her first professional singing job; this was her first recording | ||||
Chick Webb | Stompin' at the Savoy | Stomping at the Savoy | Proper UK | Webb led a swing orchestra which was very popular live, but never achieved much commercial success because the band's live energy didn't translate well to studio recordings. he routinely won "battles of the bands" with much more successful orchestras | |||
CHick Webb Orchestra v/ Ella Fitzgerald | A-Tisket A-Tasket | Ken Burns Jazz | when Ella joined Webb's orchestra they finally began to see commercial success; this was their biggest hit | ||||
Chick Webb | Strictly Jive | Stomping at the Savoy | Proper UK | Webb suffered from spinal tuberculosis as a child, which left him in chronic pain & poor health for the rest of his life. he died in 1939 just as his band finally began to hit it big. he was in his 30s | |||
Chick Webb | Spinnin' the Webb | Stomping at the Savoy | Proper UK | ||||
Louis Jordan | I'm Gonna Leave You On the Outskirts of Town | Let the Good Times Roll | Bear Family | Louis Jordan also got started with Chick Webb, he started his own band after being fired by Webb for fraternizing with Ella; this was Jordan's first charting hit under his own name | |||
Andy Kirk and HIs Clouds of Joy | Take It And Git | Jukebox Hits 1936-1949 | |||||
Nellie Lutcher | Fine Brown Frame | Jumpin' Like Mad | |||||
Lalo Guerrero | Chicas Patas Boogie | Pachuco Boogie | Arhoolie | ||||
Slim Gaillard | Tutti Frutti | Laughing in Rhythm | Proper UK | ||||
Louis Armstrong | Just a Gigolo | Satchmo's Classic Vocals | Bluebird | ||||
The Imperial Orchestra | Dream, Sweetheart | Bunny Berigan The Key Sessions | JSP | inst. | |||
Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee | Flashbacks #1 | Trikont | great request! did not have the exact version but this is from the same era | |||
Bing Crosby | Just One More Chance | Bing! His Legendary Years | MCA | another song from PAPER MOON, this was BIng's first big hit | |||
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers | I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket | Fred and Ginger at RKO | Rhino | ||||
Larry Clinton o/ Bea Wain | I Married an Angel | The Golden Age of American Dance Bands | Jasmine | ||||
Tommy Dorsey | Swinging on Nothing | The American Swing Collection | inst. | ||||
Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Louise Tobin | Mission to Moscow | Big Band Jazz, Volume II | |||||
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | Stay a Little Longer | Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys | Proper UK | ||||
Count Basie | Jumpin' at the Woodside | Complete Decca Recordings | RCA | ||||
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Swing Orchestra | Lafayette | Wicked Swing | |||||
Cab Calloway | Nagasaki | 1930-1939 | L'Art Vocal | ||||
Willie Bryant and His Orchestra | Rigmarole | Big Ben | Proper UK | inst. | |||
Dakota Staton | They All Laughed | Capitol Sings George Gershwin | Capitol | great request as always! | |||
Lena Horne | Watch What Happens | Sex Kittens in Hi-Fi | DCC | ||||
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | A Taste of Honey | Whipped Cream and Other Delights | another great one! | ||||
Sergio Mendes & Brasil \ | The Fool on the Hill | Fool on the Hill | thanks for the requests! | ||||
Frank Sinatra | Goin' Out of My Head | May 22, 1968 - Oakland Coliseum | Baysound | ||||
Julie London | Hot Toddy | Bottoms Up | Capitol | ||||
Dean Martin | Sway | Cha Cha De Amor | Capitol | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | Hawaiian War Chant | Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too! | Capitol | ||||
John Buzon Trio | I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me | Cha Cha on the Rocks | Liberty | ||||
Duke Ellington | Absinthe | Music for a Bachelor's Den Vol 3 | DCC | inst. | |||
Sammy Davis Jr. | There Was a Tavern in the Town | As Long As She Needs Me | Collector's Choice |