COTTON CLUB PARADE (20th Ed.)



Composer: Harold Arlen
Lyricist: Ted Koehler

Opened: Spring 1932, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown


Harlem Holiday (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

1. 78/Brunswick 6424 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 01542; 78/Melotone M 13038; 78/Oriole 2908; 78/Perfect 15941; reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1932, CD/Classics 537]
2. 78/Capitol 15248 (Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with Chico Alvarez, trumpet, and Bob Cooper, tenor sax) [also 78/Capitol CL 13377; 45/Capitol F2418; reissued on Jazz Profile: Stan Kenton, CD/Blue Note 33243]
3. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836 (Maxine Sullivan)


I've Got The World On A String (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

I have attempted to compile discological information for this Arlen standard.


In The Silence Of The Night (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

1. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836 (Maxine Sullivan)


Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

1. 78/Brunswick 6321 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also 78/Columbia DB 1808; reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1931-1932, CD/Classics 526]
2. 78/Gramophone B 8683 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [also The King Of Swing Vol. 2, Columbia C-818]
3. 78/Perfect 15606 (Billy Banks & Blue Rhythm Boys) [also 78/Banner 32444; 78/Oriole 2469; reissued on The Chronological Billy Banks And His Orchestra 1932, CD/Classics 969]
4. 78/Paramount R-2031 (Horace Henderson and His Orchestra) [also 78/Parlophone R 2031; 78/Parlophone A 7654; reissued as Prestige (M) 7645]
5. 78/Brunswick 1468 (Nina Mae McKinney with Garland Wilson, piano) [also 78/Odeon 284189; reissued on The Chronological Garland Wilson 1931-1938, CD/Classics 808]
6. Portrait Of Coleman Hawkins, Up Front UPF-119 (Coleman Hawkins) [reissued on CD/TIM 205425]
7. That's How Rhythm Was Born, CD/Columbia/Legacy 66977 (The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra)
8. America's Great Singers: The Music Of Harold Arlen, CD/Reflections 8102 (Bing Crosby and the Boswell Sisters with The Dorsey Brothers New Orchestra)
9. Southern Fried, CD/New Shoes (Sister Swing)
10. I Like To Riff, CD/Sorcerer 4356 (Rio Nido)
11. All's Well That's Boswell, CD/Audiophile 309 (The Pfister Sisters)
12. Blue Rhythm, CD/Naxos 8120672 (Fletcher Henderson)
13. The Chronological Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931-1932, CD/Classics 676 (Mills Blue Rhythm Band)
14. Don't Try This At Home, CD/Juggernaut Jug Band (Juggernaut Jug Band)
15. Gene Kardos & Joel Shaw, Vol. 2, CD/The Old Masters 127 (Gene Kardos and Joel Shaw)
16. The Chronological Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra 1929-1934, CD/Classics 587 (Coleman Hawkins)
17. Benny Goodman On The Air 1937-1938, CD/Columbia/Legacy 48836 (Benny Goodman)
18. The Harry James Years, Vol. 1, CD/RCA/Bluebird 66155 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
19. The Complete 1937 Madhattan Room Broadcasts, Vol. 2, CD/Vipers Nest Gold 172 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
20. Flashbacks, Vol. 1 - High & Low Drug Songs, CD/Trikont 0275 (unknown performer)


That's What I Hate About Love (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

1. 78/Brunswick 6460 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 1490; 78/Lucky 60187; reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1932, CD/Classics 537]
2. 78/Brunswick 02058 (The Spirits Of Rhythm with instrumental accompaniment) [reissued on Spirits Of Rhythm 1932-1934, CD/Challenge RTR73004]
3. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836 (Maxine Sullivan)


The Wail Of The Reefer Man (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

1. The Forgotten Harold Arlen, CD/Jolly CD 1001 (Rosamund Shelley with Christopher Littlewood, piano)
2. This Is No Dream, CD/Orchard 4280 (Audrey Lavine with musical direction by Ross Patterson)
3. A Is For Arlen, CD/Nicky Hill (Carol Dumond)


You Gave Me Ev'rything But Love (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition):

1. 78/Brunswick 6376 (Adelaide Hall accompanied by Art Tatum and Francis J. Carter, pianos; Larry Gomar, vibraphone) [reissued on A Tribute To Black Entertainers, CD/Columbia/Legacy C2K 52454]
2. 78/Exclusive 18 x (Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Perfect 15652 (Billy Banks with Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm Boys) [also 78/Melotone M 12464; 78/Oriole 2535]
4. 78/Brunswick 1366 (Harlan Lattimore with Don Redman and His Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 6344; reissued on The Chronological Don Redman And His Orchestra 1931-1933, CD/Classics 543]
5. 78/Vocalion 5240 (Leora Davis with Ernie Fields and His Orchestra)
6. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836 (Maxine Sullivan)
7. In A Grand Style, CD/Bullseye Blues 619551 (Charles Brown)
8. The Chronological Charles Brown 1948-1949, CD/Classics 1210 (Charles Brown)
9. The Chronological Herman Chittison 1944-1945, CD/Classics 1024 (Herman Chittison)
10. The Chronological Art Tatum 1932-1934, CD/Classics 507 (Art Tatum)
11. Something To Remember You By, CD/La-La LL5601 (Hanna Richardson with the Phil Flanagan Sextet)
12. The Chronological Luis Russell And His Orchestra 1945-1946, CD/ Classics 1066 (Luis Russell and His Orchestra)
13. The Chronological Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931-1932, CD/Classics 676 (Mills Blue Rhythm Band)


Unrecorded Material:

A La Lenox Avenue
All Aboard
Deep Sea Divin' Papa
High Flyin' Man
Let's Put On The Ritz
My Military Man
New Kind Of Rhythm (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1932) (21st Edition)
Pool Room Papa