COTTON CLUB PARADE (1st Ed.)

Composer: J. Fred Coots
Lyricist: Benny Davis

Opened: September 24, 1936, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown

Note: This was the 27th edition of the Cotton Club Revue, but the first edition at the mid-town Cotton Club location.

Alabama Barbeque (subsequently used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1937) (3rd Edition) and the London COTTON CLUB REVUE (1937)):

1. 78/Bluebird B 6560 (Tempo King, vocal, with Tempo King and Kings of Tempo) [reissued on Tempo King, CD/Timeless 002]
2. 78/Banner 6-12-05 (Midge Williams with Jerry Freeman and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Midge Williams, Vol. 1, CD/Swing Time 2005]
3. Swing High Swing Low, CD/Remember 75006 (The Ink Spots)
Radio transcriptions performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra are known to exist.

Black Magic (M: Will Hudson) (subsequently used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1938) (4th Edition):

1. 78/Decca 493 (Isham Jones and His Orchestra) [reissued on Blue Room: 1933-36, CD/Hep 1083]

Copper Colored Gal (subsequently used in the London COTTON CLUB REVUE (1937)):

1. 78/Brunswick 7748 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1934-1937, CD/Classics 554]
2. 78/Bluebird B 6576 (Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol) [also found on 78/Regal Zonophone MR 2323]
3. 78/Decca 990 (Bob Howard, vocal, with Bob Howard and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Bob Howard and His Orchestra 1936-1937, CD/Classics 1076]
4. 78/Oriole 6-12-17 (Midge Williams with Jerry Freeman and His Orchestra) [also found on 78/Melotone 6-12-17; reissued on The Complete Midge Williams Vol. 1, CD/Swing Time 2005]
5. 78/Victor 25409 (Fats Waller, piano and voice, with Fats Waller and His Rhythm) [reissued on Fractious Fingering: The Early Years, Part 3 (1936), CD/RCA 66747]
6. Cotton Club Revue Of 1958, Gone (M) GLP-101 (Cab Calloway with the The Tunedrops conducted by Eddie Barefield)
7. Ukelele Mama, CD/Original Cast 1004 (Estelle Reiner with music direction by Tom Garvin)
8. Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music, Qwest (S) 2QW-3597 (Lena Horne with orchestra conducted by Linda Twine) [reissued as CD/Qwest 3597]
9. Let's Dance The Jive, CD/Let's Dance 102711 (Graham Dalby and the Grammophones)
10. The Cotton Club, CD/Geffen GEFD-24062 (Gregory Hines with orchestra conducted by Bob Wilber)
11. A Night At The Cotton Club, CD/RCA PD 74169 (Jim Carlton and the Harlem Hoppers with the Harlem Orchestra directed by Steve Galloway)


Doin' The Suzy Q:

1. 78/Vocalion 3335 (Cliff Weston with Joe Haymes and His Orchestra) [reissued on Jazz Dance Music, CD/Fremeaux & Associes 37]
2. The 30s Girls, CD/Timeless 26 (Amanda Randolph)
3. 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)
4. Jazz Dance Music, CD/Fremeaux & Associes 37 (Lil Armstrong Orchestra)

Frisco Flo:

1. 78/Brunswick 7756 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1934-1937, CD/Classics 554]
2. God Bless Tiny Tim: The Complete Reprise Recordings, CD/Rhino Handmade 7866 (Tiny Tim)
3. Live! At the Royal Albert Hall, CD/Rhino Handmade 77710 (Tiny Tim)

The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man:

1. 78/Brunswick 7756 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1934-1937, CD/Classics 554]

I'm At The Mercy Of Love:

1. 78/Victor 25409 (Fats Waller, piano and voice, with Fats Waller and His Rhythm) [reissued on Fractious Fingering: The Early Years, Part 3 (1936), CD/RCA 66747]
2. 78/Oriole 6-12-17 (Ford Crane with Jerry Freeman and His Orchestra) [also 78/Melotone 6-12-17]


Minnie The Moocher (M/L: Cab Calloway; Clarence Gaskill; Irving Mills) (originally featured in the COTTON CLUB REVUE (Fall 1931) (19th Edition)):

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


That's What You Mean To Me:

1. 78/Decca 990 (Bob Howard, vocal, with Bob Howard and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Bluebird B 6560 (Tempo King, vocal, with Tempo King and Kings of Tempo) [reissued on Tempo King, CD/Timeless 002]
3. 78/Banner 6-12-05 (Ford Crane with Jerry Freeman and his Orchestra)

The Weddin' Of Mr. And Mrs. Swing (subsequently used in the London COTTON CLUB REVUE (1937)):

1. 78/Brunswick 7748 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1934-1937, CD/Classics 554]
2. 78/Vocalion 3335 (Cliff Weston with Joe Haymes and His Orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Class (also used in the London COTTON CLUB REVUE (1937))
Cotton Blossom Lane
Jungle Jingle
Swingtime On The Swanee
There's Love In My Heart For You