COTTON CLUB PARADE (23rd Ed.)
Composer: Harold
Arlen
Lyricist: Ted Koehler
Opened: Fall 1933, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown
Get Yourself A New Broom (originally used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition):
1. 78/Brunswick 6607 (Ivie
Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) [also
78/Brunswick A 500.253; 78/Columbia DO 1873; reissued on The
Best Of Duke Ellington, CD/Sony/BMG 88697302362 ]
2. Get Yourself A New Broom (And Sweep Those Blues Away),
Rounder 3027 (Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick) [reissued as
CD/Vivid Sound 160]
3. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836
(Maxine Sullivan)
Got A Need For You (M/L: Jeanne Burns):
1. 78/Victor 25072 (Adrian
Rollini and His Tap Room Gang) [reissued on Swing Low,
CD/Affinity 1030]
Happy As The Day Is Long (originally used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition):
1. 78/Brunswick 6571 (Ivie Anderson with
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Best Of
Duke Ellington, CD/Sony/BMG 730236]
2. 78/Victor 24315 (Harold Arlen with Leo Reisman's
Orchestra) [also 78/Victor L 16026; reissued on Harold Arlen
Sings Sweet And Hot, CD/Living Era CD AJA 5603]
3. 78/Perfect 15790 (Mike Doty with Joe Haymes and His
Orchestra) [also 78/Melotone M 12740; reissued on Joe Haymes
and His Orchestra, 1932-1936, CD/IAJRC 1008]
4. 78/Decca 214 (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra)
[78/Decca 3885; 78/Brunswick 02039; reissued on The
Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1932-1934, CD/Classics 535]
5. 78/Bluebird B 5088 (Cal Clement and Trio with the Georgia
Washboard Stompers) [reissued on Washboard Rhythm Kings
Collection, Vol. 4: 1933, CD/Collector's Classics 26]
6. 78/Victor 24316 (Ramona Davis and Her Grand Piano)
[reissued on Ramona And Her Grand Piano, JJA-19754]
7. Seeker Of Wisdom And Truth, CD/Cabaret CACD 5012-2 (Wesla
Whitfield with the Mike Greensill Trio)
8. My Shining Hour: A Harold Arlen Songbook, CD/High Note
HCD 7012 (Weslia Whitfield with the Mike Greensill Trio)
9. The Man From Georgia, CD/Jasmine JASCD 428 (Johnny Mercer
with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)
10. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836
(Maxine Sullivan)
11. The Two Sides of the Great Tenor: 1932-1951, CD/Jazz
Legends 1026 (Ben Webster)
12. Born To Swing, CD/Audiophile 316 (Daryl Sherman)
13. I Saw Stars, CD/Arbors 19136 (Rebecca Kilgore with Dan
Barrett's Celestial Six)
14. You Must Remember This: The Happy Album, CD/Happy Days
261 (Pat O'Malley)
15. Pieces Of Us, CD/Ctbop Music (Pieces Of Us) (unverified)
16. Adrian Rollini As A Sideman, Vol. 1, CD/Jazz Oracle 8050
(Adrian Rollini)
17. Rainbow Wings, CD/Jan Abrams (Jan Abrams)
18. Benny Carter Vol. 3: 1933-1934, CD/Masters of Jazz 39
(Benny Carter)
19. Look In My Eyes, CD/LML Music LML-CD 135 (Charles
Cermele)
20. May I Suggest, CD/JJ Music 1213 (Joan Curto with musical
direction by Beckie Menzie)
21. 1939-1941 Broadcasts, CD/Jazz Hour 1052 (Tommy Dorsey
& His Orchestra)
22. Right As The Rain, CD/Broadway Center Stage BCSCD-01
(Suzanne Ishee and Mark Hardy with musical direction by Phil
Hall)
Harlem Hospitality (M: Jerry Arlen;
L: James Van Heusen):
1. 78/Victor 24414 (Cab
Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club
Orchestra) [also 78/Bluebird B 5676; reissued on The
Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1932-1934,
CD/Classics 544]
2. Totally Big Band Jazz, CD/Connoisseur Collect. 270 (unknown
performer) (unverified)
Keep Tempo (M/L: George A. Little; Jack Stanley):
1. Keep Tempo, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6028 (George Scott Wood)
The Lady With The Fan (M/L: Al
Brackman, Jeanne Burns, and Cab Calloway):
1. 78/Victor 24451 (Cab
Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club
Orchestra) [78/Bluebird B 6819; reissued on The Chronological
Cab Calloway 1932-1934, CD/Classics 544]
2. Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Qwest (S) 2QW-3597 (Clare
Bathe and Tyra Ferrell with orchestra conducted by Linda Twine)
(part of a "Cotton Club" medley) [reissued as CD/Qwest 3597]
Little Town Gal (M/L: Jeanne Burns):
1. 78/Victor 24494
(Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
1932-1934, CD/Classics 544]
Love Is The Thing (M: Victor Young;
L: Ned Washington) (originally used in COTTON CLUB
PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition):
1. 78/Columbia 36329
(Ethel Waters) [also 78/Brunswick 6564; reissued on The
Chronological Ethel Waters 1931-1934, CD/Classics 738]
2. 78/Gramophone B 10156 (Alan Dean with orchestra conducted by
Frank Cordell)
3. 78/Rex 8339 (Morton Downey with orchestra) [also 78/Perfect
12923; reissued on The Irish Nightingale, CD/ASV/Living Era
5173]
4. 78/Decca 2962 (Pha Terrell with Andy Kirk and His Clouds of
Joy) [reissued on The Chronological Andy Kirk And His Twelve
Clouds Of Joy 1939-1940, CD/Classics 640]
5. 78/Carousel 2005 (Joe Mooney and the Joe Mooney Trio)
[reissued on Joe Breaks the Ice, CD/Hep 65]
6. 78/Jubilee 5052 (Errol Garner, piano) [also 78/Futurama 3006;
reissued on The Chronological Erroll Garner 1944, Vol. 3,
CD/Classics 850]
7. 78/Mercury 8297 (Beryl Booker Trio) [reissued on The
Chronological Beryl Booker 1946-1952, CD/Classics 1415]
8. 78/Brunswick 6584 (Kenneth Sargent with the Casa Loma
Orchestra) [also 78/Vocalion 4822; reissued on White Jazz,
CD/Old Bean 5]
9. 78/Lamb's 10-100 (Ann Hathaway with the Mickey Folus Quintet)
10. 78/Vocalion 2526 (Joey Nash with Dick Himber and the Essex
House Orchestra) [reissued on It Isn't Fair, CD/Renovation 7002]
11. Memoirs, Accent 5091 (Irving Ashby)
12. For Young Moderns In Love, 10"/Capitol T-613 (Sam Donahue
Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Toshiba EMI 9645]
13. Big Fat Brass, Capitol **** (Billy May and His Orchestra)
[reissued on Big Fat Brass/Bill's Bag, CD/EMI 535206]
14. You're Mine, You, *** (George Chakiris with orchestra
conducted Bob Bain)
15. Love Is The Thing, Capitol SW-824 (Nat King Cole with
orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins) [also 45EP/Capitol 1-824;
reissued as CD/Capitol C2-46648]
16. Listen Easy, MGM Verve (S) MV-5094 (Tony Bennett with
orchestra conducted by Don Costa)
17. It's Love, RCA LPM-1148 (Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton and
His Orchestra) [also 45EP/RCA Victor EPA 676l; reissued on It's
Love/Songs By Burke & Van Heusen, CD/BMG 82876 625972]
18. Love Is The Thing, Prestige 7784 (Etta James) [reissued on
Something Nice, CD/Prestige/OJC 221]
19. Something Big, Jazzland 78(978) (Metronomes) (unverified)
20. Harumi Miyako With Strings, CD/3D 1027 (Harumi Miyako)
21. Round Midnight, CD/Universal International 9038 (Hazel
Scott)
22. The Queen, Vol. 3: There Will Never Be Another You,
CD/Kenneth 3404 (Maxine Sullivan)
23. Swing Fever, CD/Fresh Sounds 2007 (Si Zentner, His Trombone
and His Orchestra) (unverified)
24. Ballads For Loving Kindness, CD/Divox Jazz 49305 (Miriam
Klein with Kirk Lightsey, piano)
25. Queens Of Song, CD/Jasmine 348 (The King Sisters)
26. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, CD/Bear Family 15782
(Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
27. Love, CD/Nagel-Heyer 71 (Terrie Richards Alden & Howard
Alden)
28. Sing For Your Supper, CD/Avid 529 (unknown performer)
29. The Marrying Man, CD/Elektra/Asylum 61105 (orchestra
conducted by David Newman)
30. Love Is The Thing: Sharon Paige Sings The Songs Of Ned
Washington, CD/Man In The Moon MM1 (Sharon Paige with the Keith
Ingham Sextet)
31. Keith Ingham New York 9, Vol. 3, CD/Jump 1223 (Keith Ingham
New York 9)
32. Mix It Up, CD/Top Hat (Mel Bliss)
33. Love Is The Thing, CD/Audiophile ACD-314 (Joyce Breach with
William Roy, piano)
34. Gumption! Ain't Got None? Better Get Some!, CD/Gumption
(Corey Brooks & The Gumption Group)
35. Love Is The Thing, CD/LML Music LML-CD 178 (Rondi
Charleston)
36. One Hour Tonight, CD Music Masters 60148 (Kenny Davern)
37. Harlem Lullaby, CD/Hep 1006 (The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra)
38. Mister B. and the Band: The Savoy Sessions, CD/Savoy 264
(Billy Eckstine)
Muggin' Lightly (originally used in
COTTON CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition):
1. 78/Okeh 8830 (Luis Russell and His Orchestra) [also 78/Parlophone R 934; reissued on The Chronological Luis Russell And His Orchestra 1930-1934, CD/Classics 606]
On A Steamer Coming Over (M: Lou
Handman; L: Joe Goodwin; Nat Schwartz):
1. 78/Victor 24575 (Al
Bowlly with Ray Noble and His Orchestra) [also 78/Gramophone B
6440; reissued on HMV Sessions, Vol. 7: 1930-1934, CD/Dutton
Vocalion 6046]
2. 78/ Brunswick 6773 (Ambrose and His Orchestra) Charlie Kunz
& The Vocalists, CD/Pavilion 7089 (Charlie Kunz and unknown
singer)
3. The Pig's Big 78s, CD/Trikont 350 (The Three Jinx); Vocals
& Guitar, CD/The Old Masters 118 (Charlie Palloy)
Raisin' The Rent (originally used in
COTTON CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition):
1. 78/Brunswick 6571
(Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) [also
Brunswick 02076; reissued on The Chronological Duke Ellington
And His Orchestra 1933, CD/Classics 637]
2. 78/Victor 24316 (Ramona Davis and Her Grand Piano) [reissued
on Ramon & Her Grand Piano, CD/The Old Masters 116]
3. America's Great Singers: The Music Of Harold Arlen,
CD/Reflections 8102 (Ethel Water with the Dorsey Brothers)
4. Songs From The Cotton Club, CD/Mobile Fidelity MFCD-836
(Maxine Sullivan)
5. That Was Now - This Is Then, CD/Peter Lamson (Peter Lamson)
(unverified)
6. Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Qwest (S) 2QW-3597 (Clare
Bathe and Tyra Ferrell with orchestra conducted by Linda Twine)
(part of a "Cotton Club" medley) [reissued as CD/Qwest 3597]
Stormy Weather (originally used in
COTTON CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition):
1. I have not attempted to provide discological information for this Arlen standard.
There's A House In Harlem For Sale
(M/L: Jerry Arlen; James Van Heusen):
1. 78/Columbia 35676
(Henry Allen and His Orchestra) [also 78/Banner 33178;
78/Melotone 91853; 78/Melotone M 13145; 78/Oriole 2980;
reissued on The 1930's: The Small Combos, CD/Columbia
CK-40833]
2. Henry "Red" Allen Memorial Album, Prestige P-7755 (Henry
"Red" Allen)
3. Hot Trumpets Of Joe Newman & Henry Red Allen,
CD/Prestige 242322 (Joe Newman and Henry Red Allen)
4. Swing Brother Swing, CD/East Side 013 (Ray Condo and His
Ricochets)
5. Buster Bailey 1924-1942, CD/Best of Jazz 4038 (Buster
Bailey)
Unrecorded Material:
Calico Days (originally
used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition)
Harlem Fan Tan (M/L: Unknown)
I'm Looking For Another Handy Man (originally used in COTTON
CLUB PARADE (1933) (22nd Edition)
Way Up North In Southland (M: James C. Johnson; L: Nat Schwartz;
George Whiting)