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Table of Contents:

• Manhattan serenade (3:13)
• Day in, day out (3:34)
• St. James Infirmary (6:20)
• I can't get started (2:47)
• Swing! Brother, swing! (1:50)
• They can't take that away from me (3:18)
• If I could be with you (2:56)
• Nobody knows (2:46)
• I want a little girl (2:36)
• Every day (5:26)
• Let me off uptown (3:03)
• After you've gone (2:34)
• Rockin' chair (2:57)
• That's what you think (3:12)
• McGhee special (2:47)
• All God's chillun got rhythm (2:29)
• Echoes of Harlem (3:02)
• Yearning for love (2:52)
• I got it bad (3:17)
• I don't know what kind of blues I got (3:12)

• I'm just a lucky so-and-so (3:10)
• Passion flower (4:27)
• Little Rock getaway (2:30).

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Contributors:

Stafford, Jo , performer

Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 , performer

Forrest, Helen , performer

Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 , performer

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 , performer

Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954 , performer

Basie, Count, 1904-1984 , performer

Humes, Helen , performer

Rushing, Jimmy , performer

Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 , performer

Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 , performer

O'Day, Anita , performer

Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 , performer

McGhee, Howard, 1918-1987 , performer

Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 , performer

Anderson, Ivie , performer

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 , performer

Williams, Cootie , performer

Brown, Lawrence, 1907-1988

Jeffries, Herb , performer

Hibbler, Al, 1915-2001 , performer

Hodges, Johnny , performer

Zurke, Bob, 1912-1944 , performer

Crosby, Bob, 1913-1993 , performer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Manhattan serenade

Day in, day out

St. James infirmary

I can't get started

Swing! Brother, swing!

They can't take that away from me

If I could be with you

Nobody knows

I want a little girl

Every day

Let me off uptown

After you've gone

Rockin' chair

That's what you think

McGhee special

All God's chillun got rhythm

Echoes of Harlem

Yearning for love

I got it bad

I don't know what kind of blues I got

I'm just a lucky so-and-so

Passion flower

Little Rock getaway

Alternate Titles:

Additional title on container: Big bands, the soloists, and the singers, 1929-1956

Subjects:

Big band music

Jazz — 1931-1940

Jazz — 1941-1950

Jazz — 1951-1960

Popular music — 1931-1940

Popular music — 1941-1950

Popular music — 1951-1960

1931-1960

Jazz

Popular music

Performers:

Jo Stafford with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra ; Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw and his orchestra ; Hot Lips Page ; Billie Holiday with Count Basie and his orchestra ; Helen Humes ; Jimmy Rushing ; Joe Williams ; Roy Eldridge and Anita Humes ; Jimmy Rushing ; Joe Williams ; Roy Eldridge and Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and his orchestra ; Howard McGhee with Andy Kirk and his orchestra ; Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and his orchestra ; Cootie Williams ; Lawrence Brown ; Herb Jeffries ; Al Hibbler ; Johnny Hodges ; Bob Zurke with Bob Crosby and his orchestra.

General Notes:

Suppl. c.2 from the collection of Allen and Madeleine Forte
c.2 From the collection of Allen and Madeleine Forte
"Swing that music! - the big bands, the soloists, and the singers, 1929-1956"--Booklet and container title.
Volume 3 of a 4 volume set.
Recorded 1936-1956.
Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (76 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 76386- 76389 v.3

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 102-3
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: A4 19881 A4 23922
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: A4 19884 A 23925

OCLC Numbers:

1053005719
35301149 [Invalid]