The First of the Singer Songwriters: Key Cuts 1924-1946

Original Release Date:  March 30, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. Riverboat Shuffle
• 2. Boneyard Shuffle
• 3. Washboard Blues
• 4. Washboard Blues
• 5. Boneyard Shuffle
• 6. Riverboat Shuffle
• 7. One Night in Havana
• 8. Stardust
• 9. When Baby Sleeps
• 10. Friday Night
• 11. Washboard Blues
• 12. So Tired
• 13. March of the Hoodlums
• 14. Walkin' the Dog
• 15. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
• 16. Smile
• 17. Stardust
• 18. Stardust
• 19. March of the Hoodlums
• 20. Walkin' the Dog
• 21. Rockin' Chair
• 22. Harvey
• 23. Stardust
• 24. March of the Hoodlums
• 25. March of the Hoodlums
• 26. Walkin' the Dog
• 27. What Kind O' Man Is You?
• 28. Rockin' Chair
• 29. Manhattan Rag
• 30. Manhattan Rag
• 31. What Kind O' Man Is You?
• 32. Barbaric
• 33. High and Dry
• 34. My Sweet
• 35. Stardust
• 36. Rockin' Chair
• 37. Georgia on My Mind
• 38. One Night in Havana
• 39. Bessie Couldn't Help It
• 40. Lazy River
• 41. Papa's Gone Bye-Bye Blues (Jewish Boy Blues)
• 42. Stardust
• 43. March of the Hoodlums
• 44. Come Easy, Go Easy, Love
• 45. Georgia on My Mind
• 46. Lazy River
• 47. Stardust
• 48. Georgia on My Mind
• 49. Washboard Blues
• 50. Daybreak
• 51. In the Still of the Night
• 52. Rockin' Chair [Edit]
• 53. After Twelve O'Clock
• 54. Sing It Way Down Low
• 55. Thanksgivin'
• 56. Charlie Two-Step
• 57. Old Man Harlem
• 58. Old Man Harlem
• 59. Snowball
• 60. Snowball
• 61. Snowball
• 62. Lazy Bones
• 63. Lazy Bones
• 64. Lazy Bones
• 65. One Morning in May
• 66. Stardust
• 67. Cosmics
• 68. Washboard Blues
• 69. Judy [#]
• 70. One Morning in May
• 71. Moon Country (Is Home to Me) [#]
• 72. Moon Country (Is Home to Me)
• 73. Moon Country (Is Home to Me)
• 74. Down T' Uncle Bills
• 75. Thanksgivin'
• 76. New Orleans
• 77. New Orleans
• 78. Two Sleepy People
• 79. New Orleans
• 80. Hong Kong Blues
• 81. Riverboat Shuffle
• 82. Two Sleepy People
• 83. Bread and Gravy
• 84. Stardust
• 85. Skylark
• 86. No More Toujours l'Amour
• 87. Vine Street Parade
• 88. A World of No Goodbyes
• 89. Sweet Lorraine
• 90. The Whale Song
• 91. How Little We Know
• 92. Billy-A-Dick
• 93. Hong Kong Blues
• 94. Baltimore Oriole
• 95. Stardust
• 96. Memphis in June
• 97. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
• 98. Ginger and Spice
• 99. Ole Buttermilk Sky
• 100. Walk It Off
• 101. It Ain't Gonna Be Like That

Credits

• Lonnie Johnson: Guitar
• Big Joe Turner: Piano
• Rudy Vallée: Composer
• Hoagy Carmichael: Piano, Celeste, Composer, Cornet, Vocals
• Mildred Bailey: Vocals
• Paul Barbarin: Drums
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Count Basie: Piano
• Bunny Berigan: Trumpet
• Eddie Condon: Banjo
• Bud Freeman: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Benny Goodman: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Glen Gray: Alto, Sax (Alto)
• Johnny Hodges: Alto
• Spike Jones: Drums
• John Kirby: Brass
• Gene Krupa: Drums
• Eddie Lang: Guitar
• Billy May: Arranger
• Albert Nicholas: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Red Norvo: Xylophone, Vibraphone
• Jimmy Rushing: Vocals
• Pee Wee Russell: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Artie Shaw: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Eddie South: Violin
• Muggsy Spanier: Cornet
• Rex Stewart: Cornet
• Maxine Sullivan: Vocals
• Jack Teagarden: Trombone
• Joe Venuti: Violin
• Fats Waller: Piano, Vocals
• Ethel Waters: Vocals
• Ben Webster: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Teddy Wilson: Piano
• Red Nichols: Trumpet
• Luis Russell: Piano
• Eddie Barefield: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Tyree Glenn: Trombone
• Nat Gonella: Trumpet, Vocals
• Pee Wee Hunt: Trombone, Vocals
• Jack Jenney: Trombone
• Carl Kress: Guitar
• Matty Matlock: Reeds, Arranger
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Miff Mole: Trombone
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Ray Noble: Arranger
• Todd Rhodes: Piano
• Arnold Ross: Piano
• Frankie Trumbauer: Reeds, Sax (C-Melody), Vocals
• Don Redman: Sax (Alto)
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Freddy Gardner: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Russell Procope: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Al Bowlly: Vocals
• Roy Smeck: Banjo, Guitar
• Red McKenzie: Vocals
• Sonny Greer: Drums
• Frank Loesser: Composer
• Albert Washington: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Bernard Addison: Guitar
• Andy Anderson: Trumpet
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Vocals
• Sidney Arodin: Clarinet, Composer
• Herman Autrey: Trumpet
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Bix Beiderbecke: Cornet
• Benny Carter: Sax (Alto)
• Leroy Berry: Guitar
• Vic Berton: Drums
• Jimmy Bertrand: Drums
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Larry Binyon: Sax (Tenor)
• Lester Boone: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Perry Botkin: Guitar
• Tony Briglia: Drums
• Arnold Brillhardt: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Clarinet (Alto)
• Jack Brooks: Composer
• Shelton Brooks: Composer
• Scoville Brown: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Harry Carney: Alto
• Langston Curl: Trumpet
• Charles Bud Dant: Cornet
• Kurt Dieterle: Violin
• Jimmy Dorsey: Clarinet, Cornet, Sax (Alto), Clarinet (Alto)
• Tommy Dorsey: Trombone
• Duke Ellington: Piano
• Eddie Durham: Guitar, Trombone
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano
• Harry Goodman: Brass
• Fred Guy: Banjo
• Henry Hicks: Trombone
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Teddy Hill: Sax (Tenor)
• Milt Hinton: Vocals
• Clarence Holiday: Guitar
• Charlie Holmes: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Hugo Winterhalter: Sax (Alto)
• Preston Jackson: Trombone
• George James: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Freddie Jenkins: Trumpet
• Albert Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• George Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Otis Johnson: Trumpet
• Walter Johnson: Drums
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Slick Jones: Drums
• Joe Keyes: Trumpet
• Stan King: Drums
• Manny Klein: Trumpet
• Ellis Larkins: Piano
• Abe Lincoln: Trombone
• Ella Logan: Vocals
• Willie Lynch: Drums
• Jack Mayhew: Clarinet
• Castor McCord: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Willie McWashington: Drums
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Glenn Miller: Trombone
• Eddie Miller: Sax (Tenor)
• Dan Minor: Trombone
• Bill Moore: Trumpet
• Chauncey Morehouse: Drums, Vibraphone
• Don Murray: Clarinet
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton: Trombone
• Bill Oldham: Brass
• George Oldham: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Hot Lips Page: Trumpet
• Mitchell Parish: Composer
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Yank Porter: Drums
• Zilner Randolph: Trumpet
• Bill Rank: Trombone
• Mischa Russell: Violin
• Kenny Sargent: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Arthur Schutt: Piano
• Gene Sedric: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Russell Smith: Trumpet
• M. Dee Stewart: Trumpet
• Juan Tizol: Trombone (Valve)
• Jo Trent: Composer
• Byron Warner: Composer
• Jack Washington: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Paul Francis Webster: Composer
• Arthur Whetsol: Trumpet
• Cliff Williams: Drums
• Jack Williams: Drums
• Victor Young: Violin
• Sterling Bose: Trumpet
• Martha Boswell: Piano, Vocals
• Ralph Escudero: Brass
• Wally Gordon: Drums
• Stuart Gorrell: Composer
• Dick Kent: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Dick McDonough: Banjo, Guitar
• Joe Tarto: Brass
• Dick Robertson: Vocals
• Dick Sudhalter: Compilation Producer
• Roy Bargy: Piano
• Jack Russin: Piano
• Cuba Austin: Drums
• Pat Davis: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Maurice Freedman: Sax (Tenor)
• Jack Fulton: Trombone
• Gene Gifford: Banjo, Guitar, Arranger
• Bob Gillette: Guitar
• Bill Harty: Drums
• Bobby Holmes: Clarinet (Alto)
• Clarence Hutchenrider: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Vocals
• Mel Jenssen: Violin
• Clifford King: Clarinet
• Charlie LaVere: Piano
• Matty Malneck: Violin, Vibraphone
• Fulton McGrath: Piano
• John Nesbitt: Trumpet
• Mike Pingatore: Banjo, Guitar
• Art Ralston: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Billy Rauch: Trombone
• Prince Robinson: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Andy Secrest: Trumpet
• Milton Senior: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Eric Siday: Violin
• Antonia Spaulding: Piano
• Charles Strickfaden: Reeds, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto)
• Johnny Carlson: Trumpet
• Bobby Lee Jones: Trumpet
• Arthur Sizemore: Composer
• Charlie Alexander: Piano
• Sonny Dunham: Trumpet
• Eddie Mallory: Trumpet
• Grady Watts: Trumpet
• Boyce Cullen: Trombone
• Lew Davis: Trombone
• Chester Hazlett: Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Alto)
• Harry Jacobson: Piano
• Nat Natoli: Trumpet
• Bert Thomas: Guitar
• Charlie Margulis: Trumpet
• Vic Moore: Drums
• Dick Voynow: Piano, Composer
• Ray Lodwig: Trumpet
• Herb Quigley: Drums
• Jimmy Hartwell: Clarinet
• Bob Wise: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Harry Berly: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Irving Brodsky: Piano, Celeste
• Leo McConville: Trumpet
• Bobby Stark: Trumpet
• Fred Murray: Trumpet, Cornet
• Anita Boyer: Vocals
• Tom Gonsoulin: Trumpet
• Lee Howell: Trombone
• Fritz Hummel: Trombone
• Bob Jenney: Trombone
• Reginald Pursglove: Violin
• Cornell Smelser: Piano, Accordion
• Oliver Suderman: Trumpet
• Henry Whiteman: Violin
• Max Goldberg: Trumpet
• Mark Sheridan: Guitar
• Reg Pink: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Don Barrigo: Sax (Tenor)
• Clifford R. Burwell: Composer
• George A. Little: Composer
• Jacques Richmond: Composer
• Brian Lawrence: Violin
• Al Casey: Guitar
• Brooks: Composer
• George Harper: Sax (Tenor)
• Reggie Byleth: Reeds
• George Marks: Piano
• Charles Williams: Trumpet
• Ray McDermott: Clarinet
• Sunny Clapp: Composer
• Irving Riskin: Piano
• Alfie Noakes: Trumpet
• Will Johnson: Guitar
• Warren Carr: Trombone
• Fritz Ciccone: Guitar
• Ray Conolly: Trumpet
• Theodore McCord: Clarinet (Alto)
• Kerval Chauncey Goodwin: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Charles A. Bayha: Composer
• Fred B. Callahan: Composer
• Bunny Bardach: Sax (Tenor)
• George Marsh: Drums
• Ed Anderson: Trumpet
• Harold Hood: Piano
• Harry "Buzz" Wernert: Banjo, Guitar
• Ray Noonan: Trombone
• Ray Hendricks: Vocals
• James Miley: Trumpet
• Conne Boswell: Vocals
• Dave Wilburn: Banjo
• Geoffrey Dearmer: Composer
• Dick Dickerson: Reeds
• Don Kimmel: Guitar
• Earl Macdowell: Drums
• Eddie Wolfe: Violin
• Ellis Whitlock: Trumpet
• Elvan Coombs: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Fizz Goodrich: Sax (Baritone)
• Ford Washington: Piano
• Frank Billings: Drums
• Frank Gregori: Piano, Accordion
• Fred Rollison: Cornet
• Frederic Johnson: Trombone
• Gene Woods: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Hal Matthews: Trombone
• Hal McDonald: Drums, Vibraphone
• Haqrry Goldfield: Trumpet
• Harold Keating: Sax (Tenor)
• Harold Stokes: Piano, Accordion
• Harry Bason: Piano
• Harry Wright: Clarinet
• Haskell Simpson: Brass
• Helvetia Boswell: Vocals
• Irving Russin: Sax (Tenor)
• Izzy Friedman: Clarinet
• Jack Shore: Sax (Alto)
• Jacques Blanchette: Guitar
• Joe Galbraith: Banjo
• Joe Lendin: Reeds
• John Cordaro: Reeds
• Kenny Porter: Guitar
• Larry Gordon: Sax (Alto)
• Larry Tise: Reeds
• Lavert Hutchinson: Brass
• Lawrence Freeman: Sax (Tenor)
• Lionel Hall: Guitar
• Lorin Schultz: Trombone
• Marino Dallolio: Sax (Tenor)
• Maurice Bennett: Sax (Tenor)
• Mel Miller: Drums
• Mike McKendrick: Banjo
• Min Leibrook: Sax (Bass)
• Myron Neal: Sax (C-Melody)
• Nick Galetta: Trumpet
• Oscar Rossberg: Trombone
• Pierre Olker: Brass
• Ray Porter: Reeds
• Red Ginsler: Trombone
• Reg Beane: Piano
• Stanley Ryker: Sax (Alto)
• Tommy Howell: Trumpet
• Walter Wright: Violin
• Wilbur Hall: Guitar
• Byron Smart: Trumpet
• Bob Wollmer: Drums
• Bob Mayhew: Trumpet
• Bob Hutsell: Reeds
• Bernard Daly: Sax (Alto)
• Bayha: Composer
• Arnold Habbe: Banjo
• Andy Van Sickle: Drums
• Al Costi: Guitar
• Vallee: Composer
• Richmond: Composer
• Bill Challis & His Orchestra: Arranger
• George Thomas: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Burwell: Composer
• Callahan: Composer
• S. Williams: Composer
• Paul Richter: Drums
• Parrish: Composer
• Joe Hall: Piano
• Jack Bland & Rhythmakers: Guitar
• Fred Hall: Drums
• The Parish: Composer
• Henry Singer: Trombone
• HAROLD GEORGE: Brass
• Stewart Anderson: Reeds
• Lerner: Composer
• GIlbert: Composer
• Tony Thorpe: Trombone
• Carmichael: Composer
• John Bowman: Violin
• Bob Dryden: Drums
• Bill King: Brass