COTTON CLUB PARADE (25th Ed.)



Composer: Ben Oakland
Lyricists: Irving Mills; Mitchell Parish

Opened: Fall 1934, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown


Dixie After Dark:

1. 78/Decca 1685 (Harry Roy and His Orchestra)
2. Sideman Supreme, CD/Harlequin 188 (Freddy Gardner)

I'm A Hundred Percent For You:

1. 78/Victor 24863 (Fats Waller, piano and voice, with Fats Waller and His Rhythm) [reissued on The Chronological Fats Waller 1934-1935, CD/Classics 732]
2. The Chronological Fats Waller 1934-1935, CD/Classics 732 (Fats Waller and His Rhythm) (instrumental version)
3. The Complete Helen Ward On Columbia, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 155 (Helen Ward with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
4. Let's Hear It for the Girls!: Classic Tracks from the Queens of Swing, CD/The CD Card Company 003 (Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears)
A radio transcription performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra is also known to exist.

Jingle Of The Jungle (M/L: Sigler-Goodhart-Hoffman):

1. 78/Decca 1305 (Ambrose and His Orchestra)
2. Music From The Movies: The 30s, CD/ASV/Living Era 5445 (Louis Levy and His Gaumont British Symphony)



Like A Bolt From The Blue:

1. The Chronological Benny Goodman And His Orchestra 1934-1935, CD/Classics 744 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
2. The Chronological Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1933-1934, CD/Classics 686 (Mills Blue Rhythm Band)
3. Band Vocals From The Thirties, CD/Take Two 402 (Buddy Clark)
A radio transcription performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra is also known to exist.

Sidewalks Of Cuba:

1. 78/Columbia 37197 (Woody Herman and His Orchestra) [also 78/Columbia DB 2318; reissued on Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years, 1945-1947, CD/Columbia/Legacy 65646]
2. 78/Decca 1365 (Harry Roy and His Orchestra with vocal chorus) [reissued on Over on the Sunny Side: Roy Fox, Vol. 2-The Decca Years: 1931-35, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6029]
3. 78/Progressive 110 (Chuck Wayne Quintet) [reissued on The Jazz Guitarist, CD/Savoy Jazz SV-0189]
4. Combo, RCA *** (Henry Mancini and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/RCA 63192]
5. Let's Get Away From It All, Decca DL-8131 (Andre Previn) [reissued as CD/Universal International 9037]
6. Nobody Else But Me, Atlantic 1226 (Betty Bennett) [reissued on Nobody Else But Me/Blue & Sentimental, CD/Collectables 6623]
7. Spotlight On Sidemen, Decca K4204 (Ted Heath and His Orchestra) [reissued on Our Kind Of Jazz/Spotlight On Sidemen, CD/Dutton Vocalion 4130]
8. At The Hollywood Palladium, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 1020 (Henry Busse and His Orchestra)
9. Music Goes Round & Round: 1932-1936, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6008 (Henry Hall)
10. The Complete 1944-1954 Small Group Sessions, Vol. 3: 1952-1953, CD/Blue Moon 1040 (Zoot Sims)
11. Woody, CD/Contemporary 14079 (Billy Ross)
12. 1964, CD/Radio-Canada Television 4345 (Woody Herman and His Swingin' Herd)
13. The Road Band 1948, Vol. 1-2, CD/Hep 18 (Woody Herman and The Second Herd)
14. Woody Herman And His Orchestra Volume One: The Wildroot Broadcasts 1945-1946, CD/Artistry 4004 (Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
15. 1963 Summer Tour, CD/Jazz Hour 1006 (Woody Herman and The Fourth Herd)
16. Bill Challis And His Orchestra 1936, CD/Circle 71 (Bill Challis and His Orchestra)
A radio transcription performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra is also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

Arabian Number (M: Jimmy McHugh; L: Dorothy Fields)
Ridin' High (M/L: presumably Cole Porter, though not yet confirmed)