The Jazz Biography

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I Wish I Was Back in My Baby’s Arms
2:31
2I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:47
3Honeysuckle Rose
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
2:57
4Old Devil Moon
cover recording of:
Old Devil Moon (from “Finian’s Rainbow”)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK) and Victoria Music Ltd.
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
2:35
5Night and Day
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
2:31
6Take Me
cover recording of:
Take Me
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:17
7Cuckoo in the Clock
cover recording of:
Cuckoo in the Clock
writer:
Walter Donaldson and Johnny Mercer
3:28
8The Lady Is a Tramp
cover recording of:
The Lady Is a Tramp (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
Pal Joey
2:19
9From This Moment On
cover recording of:
From This Moment On (Kiss Me, Kate, 1953 film & 1999 Broadway revival casts only)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1950)
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
1:49
10Why Was I Born
recording of:
Why Was I Born?
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
2:20
11Poppa Don’t Preach to Me
2:22
12My Blue Heaven
cover recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
1:48
13Meditation2:15
14Love Me or Leave Me
cover recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Company (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
2:53
15Diga Diga Do
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:22
16I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & 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 (holding company - do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) 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)
3:21
17Mad About the Boy
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
2:58

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part of:The Jazz Biography (United Audio Entertainment) (order: 6)