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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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Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Rhapsody in Blue | Gershwin Plays Gershwin | Naxos | 1924 this is the earliest recording of the piece, feat. Gershwin on piano | |||
Ella Fitzgerald | Someone to Watch Over Me | The George and Ira Gershwin SongBook | Verve | ||||
Roy Eldridge Quartet | Someone to Watch Over Me | Little Jazz Trumpet Giant | Proper UK | inst. | |||
Al Jolson | Swanee | Smithsonian American Songbook Series: George Gershwin | Smithsonian | this song was such a huge hit for Gershwin that he lived off the songwriting royalties for the rest of his life. it enabled him to stop chasing hits and explore songwriting. his classical compositions, the opera Porgy & Bess etc, were all made possible by Swanee | |||
George Gershwin | Prelude #2 | Gershwin Plays Gershwin | Naxos | an example of the music Gershwin was able to write because of Swanee | |||
Duk Ellington Orchestra | Chelsea Bridge | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | written by Billy Strayhorn | |||
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra | Memories of You | Swing Tonic | Jasmine | ||||
Benny Goodman Trio | Where or When | Live at the Madhattan Room 23 October 1937 | otr-cat.com | live radio performance | |||
Erskine Hawkins | Tuxedo Junction | The Original Tuxedo Junction | Proper UK | inst. | |||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | Swingtime in the Rockies | Live at the Madhattan Room 20 November 1937 | otr-cat.com | live radio performance | |||
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | Stay a Little Longer | Dougboys, Cowboys & Playboys | Proper UK | ||||
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm | Sweet Georgia Brown | The Best of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm | recorded for Jubilee radio program | ||||
Artie Shaw | Sweet Adeline | Begin the Beguine | Membran | ||||
Ella FItzgerald | Rhythm and Romance | Stomping at the Savoy | Proper UK | ||||
Barney Bigard & His Orchestra | Barney Goin' Easy (I'm Checking Out Goom-bye) | 100 Rare Sessions | |||||
Pearl Bailey | Who? | Takes Two to Tango | ASV | great request! | |||
Hadda Brooks | Just a Little Blusie | 45" | another great one! | ||||
Bessie Smith | Aggravatin' Papa | The Essential Bessie Smith | Columbia | and yet another great request | |||
Louis Jordan | Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' | The Best of Louis JOrdan | RCA | ||||
Skeets Tolbert | No No Baby | The Original Soundies Collection | |||||
Nat King Cole Trio | I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | ||||
Julia Lee | Lotus Blossom | Snatch and Grab It | EPM | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | The Tattooed Bride | The Duke: The Columbia Years | Columbia | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Just One of Those Things | Live at Mister Kelly's | Polygram | ||||
Oscar Peterson | A Ghost of a Chance | Essential Jazz | inst. | ||||
Frank Sinatra & Ella Fitzgerald w/ Oscar Peterson | Necessity | Frank Sinatra in Hollywood | Reprise | from unreleased film FINIAN's RAINBOW | |||
Rosemary Clooney o/ Duke Ellington | Hey Baby | Blue Rose | Columbia | due to scheduling conflicts Clooney recorded her singing in LA, Ellington's orchestra recorded in NY, and the tracks were mixed together during editing, this album was one of the first times that was done | |||
Judy Garland | Lucky Day | Spotight on .. Great Ladies of Song | Columbia | great request! | |||
Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars | All That Meat and No Potatoes | Satch Plays Fats | Columbia Legacy | ||||
Dinah Washington | I've Got You Under My Skin | Dinah Jams | Emarcy | ||||
Oscar Peterson Quartet | Little Jazz | Little Jazz Trumpet Giant | Proper UK | rec. 1952 feat. Roy Eldridge | |||
Ella Fitzgerald | Goodbye | Something to Live For | feat. Roy Eldridge |