Two Sleepy People (studio, 1938-10-13: Victor matrix 027289-1)

~ Recording by Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.13Two Sleepy People3:04Fats WallerIf You Got to Ask, You Ain’t Got It!Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • -1926
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmTwo Sleepy People / I’ll Never Forgive Myself (for Not Forgiving You)Fats Waller and His RhythmSingle
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-10000
1.2Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmIf I Were You / Two Sleepy People"Fats" Waller & His RhythmSingle
His Master’s VoiceE.A.2223
1.2Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmIf I Were You / Two Sleepy PeopleFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
Disque “Gramophone”K-8281
4.1Two Sleepy People?:??"Fats" WallerFavorites"Fats" WallerAlbum + Compilation
Victor (defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)P 151
1.2Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller & His RhythmI Can't Give You Anything but Love, BabyFats Waller and His RhythmEP
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)20022
1.2Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller & His RhythmI Can't Give You Anything but Love, BabyFats Waller & His RhythmEP
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)20022
4.13Two Sleepy People3:01Fats Waller“Fats” Waller MemorialFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor730.570/574
1.12Two Sleepy People?:??Fats WallerThe Vocal Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
RCA VictorLSA 3112
1.19Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerMusic Maestro PleaseFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Object EnterprisesORO107
1.19Two Sleepy People?:??Fats WallerMusic Maestro PleaseFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Jazz CollectionORO107
1.11Two Sleepy People3:08Fats WallerFun With FatsFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Classic Jazz (UK, associated with Charly Records Ltd.)CDCD 1004
2.6Two Sleepy People3:04Fats Waller and His RhythmThe Quintessence: New York - Camden - Los Angeles 1929-1943Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 207
1.12Two Sleepy People3:05Fats Waller and His RhythmA Good Man Is Hard to Find: The Middle Years, Part 2 (1938-1940)Fats Waller and His RhythmAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66552-2
1.25Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin': 25 Greatest HitsFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
ASV MonoCD AJA 5174
1.15Two Sleepy People3:07"Fats" Waller and His RhythmThe Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1938Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)913
2.5Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerA Portrait of Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
GallerieGALE 412
2.1Two Sleepy People3:09Fats WallerThe Ultimate CollectionFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Castle Pulse (aka “Pulse”, sub‐label in the Castle/Sanctuary “family”)PDS CD 550
1.19Two Sleepy People3:05Fats WallerThe Very Best of Fats Waller [Collectors' Choice]Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-09-12
Collectors’ Choice MusicCCM-141-2
1.5Two Sleepy People3:04Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin'Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Dreyfus JazzFDM 36728-2
1.18Two Sleepy People3:09Fats Waller and His RhythmThe Very Best of Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor09026-63731-2
1.4Two Sleepy People3:09Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin' (including Ain't Misbehavin' Club Swing Deep River and many more)Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
MusicbankAPWCD1157
1.11Two Sleepy People3:08Fats WallerAin’t Misbehavin’Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Castle Pulse (aka “Pulse”, sub‐label in the Castle/Sanctuary “family”)PLSCD464
5.5Two Sleepy People3:05Fats WallerPortrait, Volume 2Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)220955
1.9Two Sleepy People3:07Fats WallerA Handful of FatsFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-05-18
Naxos Jazz Legends8.120760
3.25Two Sleepy People3:07Fats WallerHandful of KeysFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-21
Proper RecordsPROPERBOX 71
8.9Two Sleepy People [1938‐10‐13]3:07Fats WallerL’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-10-20
Le Chant du Monde574 1301.10
3.9Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin' (Jazz Edition series)Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222491-444
3.9Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerQuadromania Jazz Edition: Ain't Misbehavin'Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Membran International GmbH222491-444
3.13Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerIf You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It!Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876-81125-2
2.19Two Sleepy People3:05Fats WallerThe Essence of Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Essence33321
1.21Two Sleepy People3:08Fats Waller and His RhythmComplete Recorded Works, Volume 5Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP949, JSP949A, JSP949B, JSP949C, JSP949D
3.13Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerThe Best of Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697301292
2.4Two Sleepy People3:07Fats WallerThe Panic Is OnFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde274 1377.78
1.8Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerThe Essential Fats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD702
1.4Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmAin't Misbehavin'Fats Waller and His RhythmEP
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)EPC-1246-1
1.4Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmAin't Misbehavin'Fats Waller & His RhythmEP
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)EPC-1246-1
1.6Two Sleepy People3:06Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin'Fats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Rockin' Chair[none]
1.2Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmIf I Were You / Two Sleepy PeopleFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
La Voix de son maître (French impression of “His Master’s Voice”)SG. 96
1.2Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmIf I Were You / Two Sleepy PeopleFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
La Voix de son maître (French impression of “His Master’s Voice”)K-8281
1.1Two Sleepy People?:??Fats Waller and His RhythmTwo Sleepy People / I Can't Give You Anything but Love BabyFats Waller and His RhythmSingle
RCA Victor447-0237
Bootleg
5.5Two Sleepy People3:05Fats WallerFats WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-07-18
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)222925
(unknown)
1.3Two Sleepy People3:03Fats WallerThe One and Only Thomas "Fats" WallerFats WallerAlbum + Compilation
Memoir Records Ltd.CDMOIR306

Relationships

double bass:Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
recording of:Two Sleepy People (from the 1938 film "Thanks for the Memory") (on 1938-10-13)

Related works

Two Sleepy People (from the 1938 film "Thanks for the Memory")

lyricist:Frank Loesser
composer:Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Sony/ATV Harmony
Sony/ATV Harmony UK
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
is the basis for:American Bouquet: III. Two Sleepy People