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Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Mercer | Glow Worm | Too Marvelous for Words: Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer | Capitol | Mercer wrote the lyrics | |||
| Xavier Cugat Orchestra v/ Lina Romay | Bim Bam Bum | Maracas, Marimbas and Mambos: Latin Classics at MGM | |||||
| Frank Sinatra | The Coffee Song | The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings | Reprise | ||||
| Woody Herman and the V-Disc All-Stars | Somebody Loves Me | Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
| The King Cole Trio | Nature Boy | Complete Capitol Recordings of the King Cole Trio | Mosaic | great request thanks for calling! | |||
| Slim Gaillard and his Flat Foot Floogie Boys | It's You, Only You | Laughing in Rhythm | Proper UK | ||||
| Sammy Davis Jr. & Laurindo Almeida | The Shadow of Your Smile | Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Laurindo Almeida Plays | Collector's Choice | ||||
| Django Reinhardt | Improvisation No. 2 | The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order | JSP | ||||
| Chick Webb & His Little Chicks | Sweet Sue, Just You | Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
| John Kirby & His Orchestra | Minute Waltz | Vocalion 5542 | Vocalion | ||||
| Benny Goodman Sextet | Benny's Bop (Limehouse Blues) [Wardell's Riff] | The Mary Lou Williams Collection 1927-1959 | Acrobat | ||||
| Sarah Vaughan and her Trio | Shulie a Bop | Swingin' Easy | Mercury | ||||
| Cab Calloway & His Orchestra | Jitter Bug | The Early Years 1930-1934 | JSP | this song was the inspiration for the "jitterbug" dance | |||
| Johnny Hess orch. Gaston Lapeyronnie | Je Suis Jitterbug | Les Zazous: Swing Obsession 1938-1946 | Fremaux | ||||
| Quartette Swing d'Emile Carrara | Jeepers Creepers | Squeeze Me: The Jazz & Swing Accordion Story | Proper UK | ||||
| Mario 'Harp' Lorenzi & His Rhythmics | Some Of These Days | Anthology of British Vintage Jazz Vol. 2 | Ihor | ||||
| Johnnie Ray | Soliloquy of a Fool | High Drama: The Real Johnnie Ray | Columbia Legacy | thanks for calling! Sorry I didn't have the requested song, hope you enjoy this! | |||
| Harry Belafonte | Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down) | The Very Best of Harry Belafonte | |||||
| John Coltrane Quartet v/ Johny Hartman | Lush Life | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | Impulse! | ||||
| Frank Sinatra & Red Norvo Quintet | Night and Day | Live in Australia, 1959 | Reprise | thanks for requesting Sinatra Hope you enjoy this one | |||
| Duke Ellington Orchestra | Chelsea Bridge | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | this is my personal favorite Billy Strayhorn composition | |||
| Doris Day o/ Les Brown | My Lost Horizon | Strictly Swing, Vol 1 | one of Day's first recordings, this was a "soundie" (music video on film) which is why the sound quality is not so great | ||||
| The King Cole Trio | I'm A Shy Guy | Complete Capitol Recordings of the King Cole Trio | Mosaic | ||||
| BIllie Holiday o/ Eddie Haywood & His Orchestra | All of Me | Lady Day | Sony | ||||
| Leslie Sarony | Jollity Farm | Songs the Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us | Flashback | sorry I don't have "Which Came First the Chicken or the Egg", will look for it! | |||
| Sunny Clapp & His Band o' Sunshine | Come Easy, Go Easy Love | Hoagy Carmichael & Friends | ASV Living Era | ||||
| Ben Selvin & His Orchestra | Let Me Sing And I'm Happy | Irving Berlin: A Hundred Years | band included the Dorsey Brothers | ||||
| Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra | Just a Gigolo | Satchmo's Classic Vocals | Charly Budget | did not have this song by Marlene Dietrich, sorry! | |||
| Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra v/ Boots Castle | Remember Me | Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy WIlson Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
| Willie "The Lion" Smith & His Cubs | Knock Wood | Willie "The Lion" Smith & His Cubs | Timeless Holland | ||||
| Fats Waller & His Rhythm | Boo-Hoo | Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 | JSP | ||||
| Noble Sissle's Swingsters | Okey-Doke | Dear Old Southland | one of the first recordings of Sidney Bechet with the Noble Sissle orchestra | ||||
| Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jubilesta | Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of the Duke Ellington Orchestra | Mosaic | ||||
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Baby When You Ain't There | Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of the Duke Ellington Orchestra | Mosaic | ||||