COTTON CLUB REVUE (1937)

Composer: J. Fred Coots
Lyricist: Benny Davis

Opened: 1937, Palladium Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown

Barbeque (aka Alabama Barbecue) (originally featured in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1936) and also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1937) (3rd Edition):

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.

Copper Colored Gal (originally featured in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1936)):

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)


The Weddin' Of Mr. And Mrs. Swing (aka "The Wedding Of Mr. And Mrs. Jazz!) (originally featured in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1936)):

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 (originally featured in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1936))
Jungle