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Tracklist

1▼CD: Blues, Jazz, Swing & The Big Bands 1900-1945
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin3:18
2Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds3:20
3Dippermouth Blues
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band2:16
4Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:20
5Statesboro Blues
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1928-10-17)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1928-10-17)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1992)
recording of:
Statesboro Blues (on 1928-10-17)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Willie McTell2:34
6How Long, How Long Blues
recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr3:01
7Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
Pinetop Smith3:23
8St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Louis Armstrong3:03
9Ol’ Man River
Paul Robeson2:37
10Gimme a Pigfoot
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1933-11-24)
banjo and guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1933-11-24)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1933-11-24)
double bass [bass]:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1933-11-24)
piano:
Buck Washington (on 1933-11-24)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1933-11-24)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1933-11-24)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1933-11-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1933-11-24)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band3:30
11Minnie the Moocher (The Ho de Ho Song)
Cab Calloway3:11
12Stormy Weather
recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Ethel Waters3:12
13Honeysuckle Rose
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Fats Waller2:40
14Hellhound on My Trail
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
a makeshift studio located in the Brunswick Records Building (on 1937-06-20)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Hellhound on My Trail (on 1937-06-20)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
Cadmean Dawn
Robert Johnson42:37
15Good Morning, Schoolgirl
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:03
16Jumpin’ at the Woodside
recording of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (with lyrics by Jon Hendricks)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks (in 1957)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
publisher:
PW Arrangements, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), WC Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
version of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (original instrumental)
Count Basie3:07
17We Three (My Echo, My Shadow & Me)
recording of:
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
writer:
Nelson Cogane (in 1939), Sammy Mysels (songwriter) (in 1939) and Dick Robertson (US jazz vocalist, 1920s-1940s) (in 1939)
composer:
Nelson Cogane and Sammy Mysels (songwriter)
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Penn Music Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 株式会社 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
The Ink Spots3:21
18Strange Fruit
recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
Billie Holiday2:55
19Summertime
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1939-06-08)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1939-06-08)
piano:
Meade Lux Lewis (on 1939-06-08)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1939-06-08)
part of:
Blue Note (by matrix number) (number: GM-533-14)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1939-06-08)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sidney Bechet4:10
20T-Bone Blues
performer:
Les Hite & His Orchestra
T‐Bone Walker with Les Hite & His Orchestra3:16
21God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday2:45
22After You’ve Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra2:38
23I Wonder
Pvt Cecil Gant2:44
24Ko-Ko
recording of:
Ko Ko
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1945)
publisher:
Atlantic Music/BMI (BMI)
Charlie Parker2:57
25Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:09
26Straighten Up and Fly Right
recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30)
Nat King Cole2:29
2▶CD: The Birth of R'n'b 1946-1953
3▶CD: The Rock'n'Roll Years 1945-1962
4▶CD: Classic Soul, Part 1 1963-1966
5▶CD: Classic Soul, Part 2 1967-1970
6▶CD: Nu Wave Soul 1971-1974
7▶CD: Disco Inferno 1975-1979
8▶CD: Black Pop & Hip Hop Culture, Part 1 1980-1983
9▶CD: Black Pop & Hip Hop Culture, Part 2 1984-1991
10▶CD: Urban Explosion 1992-1999