COTTON CLUB PARADE (1939) (World's Fair Ed.)



Composer: Rube Bloom
Lyricist: Ted Koehler

Opened: March 24, 1939, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown


Don't Worry 'Bout Me:

I have not attempted to provide discological information for this standard.


Floogie Walk:

1. 78/Vocalion V 4807 (Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also 78/Okeh 4807; reissued on Best Of Big Bands: Cab Calloway, CD/Columbia CK-48901]
2. Volume 2: Swing For Sale, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6120 (George Scott-Wood and The Six Swingers)


The Ghost Of Smokie Joe:

1. 78/Vocalion V 4807 (Cab Calloway with orchestra conducted by Cab Calloway) [also 78/Okeh 4807; reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1939-1940]
2. Volume 2: Swing For Sale, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6120 (George Scott-Wood and The Six Swingers)
3. Playing Dirty, CD/Lpn Enterprises 1904 (Lee Press-On & The Nails) (unverified)
4. The Sheik Of Araby, CD/Membran 223747 (unknown performer) (unverified)


Got No Time (also used in COTTON CLUB PARADE (1939) (6th Edition):

1. 78/Bluebird B 10170 (Fats Waller, piano and voice with Fats Waller and His Orchestra) [reissued on A Good Man Is Hard to Find: The Middle Years, Part 2, CD/Bluebird/RCA 66552]
2. 78/Brunswick 8355 (Bernice Byres with Harry James and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Harry James And His Orchestra 1939, CD/Classics 936]
3. 78/Victor 26195 (Edythe Wright with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939, CD/Classics 1237]
4. 78/Vocalion 4803 (Jack Jenny and his Orchestra) [reissued on Stardust, CD/Hep 1045]


If I Were Sure Of You:

1. 78/Decca 2465 (Marion Mann with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Brunswick 8430 (Larry Cotton with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights)
3. 78/Vocalion 4789 (Al Shelleday with Al Kavelin and His Cascading Chords)
4. Come Dancing, Vol. 2, CD/Start 3008 (Victor Silvester)


What Goes Up, Must Come Down (And Baby, You've Been Flyin' Too High):

1. 78/Decca 2402 (Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra) [reissued on Them There Eyes, CD/Halcyon 128]
2. 78/Bluebird B 10161 (Les Brown and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Bluebird B 10207 (Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Ethel Waters 1935-1940, CD/Classics 755]
4. 78/Brunswick 8334 (Tony Russell with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights)
5. 78/Victor 26188 (Bob Allen with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Vocalion 4721 (Ginny Simms and Her Orchestra)
7. 78/Vocalion 4734 (James Rushing with Count Basie and His Orchestra)
8. 78/V Disc 602 (Kay Starr with Joe Venuti and the Les Paul Trio) [reissued on Kay Starr Vol. 2, CD/Hindsight 229]
9. Best of the Standard Transcriptions, CD/Soundies 4124 (Kay Starr)
10. Radio & Recording Rarities, Vol. 3, CD/Lowlights (unknown performer)
11. The Great British Dance Bands & Their Vocalists, CD/Castle Pulse 447 (Cyril Grantham with Geraldo and His Orchestra)
12. Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936-1940), CD/Mosaic 4239 (Lester Young with Count Basie and His Orchestra) (main and alternate takes)
13. Don’t Bother To Knock, CD/Shepley Metcalf (Shepley Metcalf with Ron Roy, piano)


Voodoo:

1. 78/Brunswick 8332 (Sid Phillips and His Orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Easy Ridin' Papa
Glorified At Last (M/L:?)
Jitterbug Jamboree
The Mayor Of Harlem (Meet The Mayor)
Somewhere In Africa (M/L:?)
Sunday Morning In Harlem (M/L:?)
Sweepin' Up (M/L:?)