The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman 1944-1955

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Tracklist

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1After You've Gone
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1944-06-12)
double bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1944-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1944-06-12)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1944-06-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1944-06-12)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1944-06-12)
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)
2:57
2Sweet Georgia Brown
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-12)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-12)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-12)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-12)
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1947-02-12)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
2:52
3I'll Always Be in Love With You
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-12)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-12)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-12)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-12)
recording of:
I’ll Always Be in Love With You (on 1947-02-12)
lyricist:
Bud Green (until 1929)
composer:
Herman Ruby (until 1929) and Sam H. Stept (until 1929)
3:12
4Sweet Lorraine
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-12)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-12)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-12)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-12)
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (on 1947-02-12)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
3:05
5Sweet Lorraine (alternate take)
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-12)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-12)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-12)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-12)
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (on 1947-02-12)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
3:07
6St. Louis Blues
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-12)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-12)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-12)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-12)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1947-02-12)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
3:00
7I Know That You Know
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-19)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-19)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-19)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-19)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-19)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-19)
recording of:
I Know That You Know (Caldwell & Youmans) (on 1947-02-19)
lyricist:
Anne Caldwell
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
2:42
8I Can't Get Started
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1947-02-19)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-02-19)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-02-19)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-02-19)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1947-02-19)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-02-19)
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1947-02-19)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:19
9Lonesome Road
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1944-03-07)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1944-03-07)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1944-03-07)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1944-03-07)
piano:
Tommy Todd (US jazz pianist) (on 1944-03-07)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-03-07)
recording of:
Lonesome Road (on 1947-03-07)
lyricist:
Gene Austin
composer:
Nathaniel Shilkret
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell’s • Sydney, Nathaniel Shilkret Music Corp., Paramount Music Corporation and Spier & Coslow Inc.
2:50
10Fine and Dandy
accordion:
Ernie Felice (on 1944-03-07)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1944-03-07)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1944-03-07)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1944-03-07)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-03-07)
recording of:
Fine and Dandy (on 1947-03-07)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
3:05
11The Bannister Slide
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-03-28)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-03-28)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-03-28)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-03-28)
2:46
12Eight, Nine and Ten
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-03-28)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-03-28)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-03-28)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-03-28)
2:58
13I Never Knew
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1947-03-28)
double bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1947-03-28)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Romersa (on 1947-03-28)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-03-28)
piano:
Tommy Todd (US jazz pianist) (on 1944-03-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Never Knew (on 1947-03-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
2:59
14Mean to Me
recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
2:59
15Puttin' on the Ritz
recording of:
Puttin’ On the Ritz
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1929)
publisher:
Berlin Irving Music Corp and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Idiot’s Delight (film)
3:03
16I Never Knew
recording of:
I Never Knew
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
3:09
17Lazy River
recording of:
Lazy River
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Sidney Arodin and Hoagy Carmichael
3:02
18The Bannister Slide
2:56
19Benny's Boogie
2:55
20How High the Moon
recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
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 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:04
21Music Maestro Please
recording of:
Music Maestro Please
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1938)
composer:
Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter) (in 1938)
medley of:
Spela maestro
3:02
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1Makin' Whoopee
recording of:
Makin’ Whoopee!
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
translator:
Harrie Geelen
publisher:
Beth Dryer Music, Donaldson Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Tobago Music Co. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:10
2I Apologize
recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
3:04
3Them There Eyes
recording of:
Them There Eyes
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
2:53
4Happy Blues
3:01
5Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee (on 1947-06-06)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
2:53
6The Maids of Cadiz
recording of:
Les Filles de Cadix (The Maids of Cadiz) (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1947-06-06)
lyricist:
Alfred de Musset
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer)
arrangement of:
Les Filles de Cadix (Chanson espagnole)
2:57
7Love Is Just Around the Corner
recording of:
Love Is Just Around the Corner (on 1947-06-06)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Lewis E. Gensler
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
3:11
8I Know That You Know
recording of:
I Know That You Know (Caldwell & Youmans) (on 1947-02-19)
lyricist:
Anne Caldwell
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
2:39
9Hi 'Ya Sophia
3:08
10Baby, Have You Got a Little Love to Spare
recording of:
Baby, Have You Got a Little Love to Spare (on 1947-08-11)
writer:
Ted Koehler and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:56
11Nagasaki
recording of:
Nagasaki
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
2:53
12The Varsity Drag
recording of:
Varsity Drag (Good News)
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
composer:
Buddy DeSylva
part of:
Good News (1947 film)
2:43
13Gonna Get a Girl
recording of:
Gonna Get a Girl
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
composer:
Paul Ash (early 20th century American orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality & recording artist) and Howard Simon
3:06
14Blue (And Broken Hearted)
recording of:
Blue (And Broken-Hearted)
writer:
Grant Clarke, Lou Handman and Edgar Leslie
2:59
15After Hours
recording of:
After Hours (blues piano composition by Avery Parrish)
composer:
Avery Parrish
3:08
16All I Do Is Dream
recording of:
All I Do Is Dream of You (Singin’ in the Rain)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (stage musical)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
2:22
17I'll Never Be the Same
recording of:
I’ll Never Be the Same
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and France Mélodie
3:17
18Bye Bye Pretty Baby
2:29
19Show Shine Boy
recording of:
Shoe Shine Boy
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
2:50
20At Sundown
recording of:
At Sundown
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1927)
publisher:
Donaldson Publishing Co. and Leo Feist, Inc.
2:26
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1When You're Smiling
recording of:
When You’re Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You)
lyricist:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter) and Joe Goodwin
composer:
Larry Shay
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
2:36
2All I Do Is Dream of You
recording of:
All I Do Is Dream of You (Singin’ in the Rain)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (stage musical)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
2:40
3Stompin' at the Savoy
recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP), Ragbag Music (ASCAP), Razaf Music, Rytvoc (ASCAP), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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)
2:51
4Keep Me in Mind
2:58
5Shirley Steps Out
3:10
6Give Me Those Good Old Days
3:03
7I'm in a Cryin' Mood
3:05
8High Fa-lutin'
3:16
9That's a Plenty
recording of:
That’s a Plenty
lyricist:
Ray Gilbert
composer:
Lew Pollack
publisher:
Janeiro Music Co. and Lew Pollack Music
3:08
10Henderson Stomp
2:45
11You Took Advantage of Me
recording of:
You Took Advantage of Me
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1928)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell’s • Sydney
3:05
12Behave Yourself
3:00
13The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
recording of:
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
lyricist:
Gene Lockhart (in 1918)
composer:
Raymond Roberts (in 1918)
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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Chappell Music Ltd. (on 1919-01-24)
2:47
14The Record Ban Blues
2:32
15Stealin' Apples
recording of:
Stealin’ Apples
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
3:10
16Bedlam
3:07
17There's a Small Hotel
recording of:
There’s a Small Hotel (from “On Your Toes”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1936)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1936)
part of:
On Your Toes
part of:
Pal Joey
3:00
18(In the Land Of) Oo-Bla-Dee
recording of:
In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee
composer:
Milt Orent and Mary Lou Williams
3:23
19Blue Lou
recording of:
Blue Lou
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
3:02
20There'll Be Some Changes Made
recording of:
There’ll Be Some Changes Made
publisher:
Harry H. Pace (in 1921)
lyricist:
Billy Higgins (1920s composer and singer)
composer:
W. Benton Overstreet
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1924)
3:10
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1Everything I've Got Belongs to You
recording of:
Ev’rything I’ve Got
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1942)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1942)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3:54
2But Not for Me
recording of:
But Not for Me
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), New World Music Co. (in 1930) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
2:26
3Margie
recording of:
Margie (aka “My Little Margie”)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1920)
composer:
Con Conrad (in 1920) and J. Russel Robinson (in 1920)
2:43
4Air Mail Special
recording of:
Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
composer:
Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and James R. Mundy
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music, PW 3 ASCAP Songs, Regent Music Corp. and Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
3:38
5Ain't Misbehavin'
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:26
6Get Happy
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
3:04
7Slipped Disc
recording of:
Slipped Disc
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
3:00
8Rose Room
recording of:
Rose Room
lyricist:
Harry Williams (American songwriter, co-writer of “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree”) (in 1917)
composer:
Art Hickman (in 1917)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Miller Music (publisher), Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd, Universal Music Publishing Group and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
3:57
9What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
recording of:
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1926) and Abe Lyman (in 1926)
3:11
10Rock Rimmon
recording of:
Rock Rimmon
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Mel Powell
3:40
11You're a Sweetheart
recording of:
You’re a Sweetheart
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:00
12Avalon
recording of:
Avalon
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
3:16
13Moonglow
recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
3:28
14Alicia's Blues
3:44
15Memories of You
recording of:
Memories of You
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:21
16China Boy
recording of:
China Boy
composer:
Phil Boutelje (in 1922) and Richard A. Winfree (in 1922)
3:36
17Seven Come Eleven
recording of:
Seven Come Eleven
composer:
Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
3:40
18I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
4:30