Recommended Materials
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: THE COMPLETE DECCA STUDIO MASTER TAKES, 1940-1949
Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Charlie Holmes, Joe Garland, Pops Foster, Sidney Catlett, Zutty Singleton, Cozy Cole and The Mills Brothers. All tracks recorded between March 1940 and September 1949, including the top ten hit from 1921 “I Used To Love Her (But It’s All Over Now)”. Other tracks include “You’ve Got Me Voodoo’d”, “Harlem Stomp”, “Sweethearts Parade” and “You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business”.
Definitive # 11172, 2001.
BEN SELVIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA: DARDANELLA
Ben Selvin recordings from 1919 through 1931, including the top ten hit of 1929 “You’re the Cream in My Coffee”. Other tracks include “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”, “The Free and Easy”, “Am I Blue”, “Manhattan” and “I Found A Million-Dollar Baby”. Guest artists Ruth Etting, Dick Robertson, Kate Smith, Ethel Waters, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman.
ASV # 5318, 2000.
GOOD NEWS! - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Jay Records # 1291, 1996.
THE ETHEL MERMAN COLLECTION
Ethel Merman, queen of the stage, records standards from the golden age of Broadway. Tracks include “Life Is Just a Bowl Of Cherries”, “I Got Rhythm”, “It’s De Lovely” and “Doin’ What Comes Naturally”.
Razor & Tie Music # 82144, 1997.
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE: THE SONGS OF RAY HENDERSON
Various artists perform the great standards from the catalog of Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. Includes Johnny Hamp’s 1929 top ten recording of “Sunny Side Up”. Also “The Best Things In Life Are Free”, “Here I Am Broken Hearted” and “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue”.
ASV # 5207, 1997.