(CONNIE'S) HOT CHOCOLATES (1929)
Composer: Harry
Brooks; Thomas "Fats" Waller
Lyricist: Andy Razaf
Opened: June 20, 1929, Hudson Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 219
Ain't Misbehavin':
I have not attempted to
compile discological information beyond original cast member and
composer performances.
1. 78/Victor 22092 (Fats Waller, piano) [also 78/Victor 22108;
78/Victor 447-0236; 78/Bluebird 10288; reissued on Turn On The
Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos, CD/Bluebird RCA 2482-2-RB23]
2. 78/Victor 40-4003 (Fats Waller, piano and voice) [reissued on
The Great Entertainers, CD/Intersound 1051/1054]
3. 78/V-Disc 32 (Fats Waller) [reissued on V-Disc Recordings,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music CCM 66722]
4. 78/Victor 20-1581 (Fats Waller)
5. 78/Electrola EG 7584 (Fats Waller)
6. 78/HMV B-8608 (Fats Waller, organ and voice) [also 78/HMV
BD-5415; 78/Gramophone C 3737; reissued on The Chronological
Fats Waller 1938, CD/Classics 913]
7. 78/Okeh 8714 (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra) [also
78/Okeh 41281; 78/Okeh 41276; 78/Odeon 165.814; 78/ Odeon 194431
A; 78/ Vocalion 3040; reissued on The Best Of Broadway: The
Revues, CD/Flapper PASTCD-7813]
8. 78/Okeh 41291 (Louis Armstrong, trumpet, with Seger Ellis and
His Orchestra) [also 78/Okeh 3040; reissued on Souvenirs Of Hot
Chocolates, Smithsonian R-012]
9. 78/Decca 2042 (Louis Armstrong, trumpet) [also 78/Decca
25355; 78/Decca F6954; reissued on The Complete Decca Studio
Master Takes 1935-1939, CD/Definitive Classics DRCD 11171]
10. 78/V-Disc 32 (Louis Armstrong, trumpet) [also 78/V-Disc 784;
reissued on V-Disc Recordings, CD/Collectors' Choice Music WSCCM
45102]
11. 78/Gramophone C 4172 (Louis Armstrong)
12. 78/Victor 447-0068 (Louis Armstraong) [also 78/Victor
40-4005; reissued on Ultimate Collection, CD/Bluebird
74321197062]
13. Louis Armstrong Town Hall Concert, 45/RCA album EPA-9 (Louis
Armstrong) [reissued on The Complete Town Hall Concert, CD/Fresh
Sound FSRCD 701]
14. Fats Waller: 1935 & 1943, Collector's Classics 19 (Fats
Waller, piano and voice) [reissued on The Chronological Fats
Waller 1942-1943, CD/Classics 1097]
15. Stormy Weather, CD/Fox 07822-11007-2
(Fats Waller with the 20th Century Fox Orchestra conducted
by Emil Newman and Alfred Newman)
16. Stormy Weather, CD/Fox 07822-11007-2 (Fats
Waller with the 20th Century Fox Orchestra conducted by
Emil Newman and Alfred Newman) (alternate ending)
17. 1939-1940: Private Acetates And Film Soundtracks, CD/Jazz
Anthology 550232 (Fats Waller)
18. Complete Associated Transcription Session 1935-1939,
CD/Storyville 2032076 (Fats Waller)
19. Satch Plays Fats: The Music Of Fats Waller,
CD/Columbia/Legacy 64927 (Louis Armstrong)
20. Live In 1943: On The Sunny Side Of The Street, CD/Jass
Records 19 (Louis Armstrong)
21. The Chronological Louis Armstrong 1945-1947, CD/Classics 992
(Louis Armstrong)
22. The Chronological Louis Armstrong And
His All Stars, 1947, Vol. 1, CD/Classics 1072 (Louis Armstrong
and His All Stars)
23. The Alternative Takes, Vol. 1: 1926-1935, CD/Neatwork RP
2020 (Louis Armstrong)
24. 1955-1966, CD/Columbia 5096092 (Louis Armstrong)
25. 1935, Vol. 1, CD/Ambassador CLA 1901 (Louis Armstrong)
26. Hollywood Swing & Jazz, CD/Rhino
R2 79805 (Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars with Jack Teagarden)
(outtake)
Big Business (sketch by Eddie Green):
1. 78/Victor V-38552
(Eddie Green with Billy Higgins and Company and Fats Waller,
piano) [reissued on The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A
Handful Of Keys, CD/JSP JSPCD 928]
Black And Blue:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information beyond original cast member and
composer performances.
1. 78/Okeh 8714 (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra) [also
78/Okeh 41276; 78/Okeh 41281; 78/Odeon 165.814; 78/Vocalion
3115; 78/Parlophone R 1573; 45/Columbia B-536; reissued on The
Chronological Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra 1929-1930,
CD/Classics 557]
2. 78/Brunswick 4685 (Edith Wilson) [reissued on Complete
Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 2 (1924-31),
CD/Document DOCD 5451]
3. 78/V Disc 771 (Louis Armstrong with Edmund Hall and His Cafe
Society Band) [reissued on V-Disc Recordings, CD/Collectors'
Choice Music WSCCM 45102]
4. 78/Anthologie du Jazz AFG 10 (Louis Armstrong) [reissued on
The Nice And Philadelphia Concerts (1948), CD/United Archives
5022]
5. Eubie Blake And His Friends Edith Wilson And Ivan Harold
Browning, Eubie Blake Music (S) EBM-3 (Edith Wilson with Eubie
Blake, piano)
6. Boston 1947, CAS/Laserlight 79728 (Louis Armstrong)
7. The Great Chicago Concert 1956, CD/Columbia 65119 (Louis
Armstrong)
8. The Chronological Louis Armstrong 1946-1947, CD/Classics 992
(Louis Armstong)
9. Carnegie Hall Concert 1947, CD/Ambassador CLA 1919 (Louis
Armstrong)
10. Live In Zurich Switzerland: 18.10.49, CD/TCB Records TCB
43072 (Louis Armstrong All Stars)
11. Satchmo At Symphony Hall, CD/Verve 661 (Louis Armstrong)
12. Legendary Berlin Concert, Part 2, CD/Jazz Point Records CDJP
1063 (Louis Armstrong)
13. Highlights From His Decca Years, CD/Verve AAGRD2638 (Louis
Armstrong)
14. Satch Plays Fats: The Music Of Fats Waller,
CD/Columbia/Legacy 64927 (Louis Armstrong)
Can't We Get Together?:
1. 78/Brunswick 4482
(Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang with vocal chorus)
[reissued on Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang Vol. 1,
CD/Sensation 24]
2. Fats Waller First Editions, 10"/Unknown label (Joe Sullivan)
[reissued on The Chronological Joe Sullivan 1945-1953,
CD/Classics 1353]
3. Echoes Of Harlem, CD/Fellside Recordings LACD 87 (Chris
Barber)
4. Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang Vol. 1, CD/Sensation 24
(Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang) (instrumental version)
Dixie Cinderella:
1. 45/Colpix TL-143
(Chris Barber) [reissued on Echoes Of Harlem, CD/Fellside
Recordings LACD 87]
2. You're The Cats, CD/Audiophile Records 252 (Barbara Lea and
the Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band)
3. Concentratin' On Fats, CD/Jazzology JCD 299 (Rebecca Kilgore
with Hal Smith's Rhythmakers)
4. Back To Bodega, CD/Stomp Off 1273 (Down Home Jazz Band)
5. Nobody's Blues But Mine, CD/Opus 3 OPUS3CD 19102 (Tomas
Ornberg)
6. Music Of Thomas Fats Waller, CD/Downtown (Mike Goetz)
7. You’re The Cats!, CD/Audiophile ACD-252 (Barbara Lea and the
Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band)
Jungle Jamboree (M: Duke Ellington)
(dropped after opening):
1. 78/Okeh 8720 (Duke
Ellington and The Harlem Feetwarmers) [also 78/Temple 530;
reissued on The OKeh Ellington, CD/Columbia C2K-46177]
2. 78/Brunswick 6809 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) [also
78/Brunswick 02701; 78/Brunswick 4492; 78/Parlophone R 1946;
reissued on Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick Recordings
(1926-1932), CD/Verve 640]
3. 78/Brunswick 4492 (The Jungle Band)
4. Everybody Loves Saturday Night, Vol. 1, CD/Storyville 5502
(Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band)
5. What A Life, CD/Lake LACD 115 (Bob Hunt's Duke Ellington
Orchestra)
6. Jungle Jamboree, CD/Editionnürnberg (KB's Jungle Band)
7. Swinging Hamburg: Jazz In Hamburg Von A-Z, CD/Membran 20719
(Black Birds Of Paradise)
My Man Is Good For Nothing But Love
(added after opening and then cut):
1. 78/Brunswick 4685
(Edith Wilson) [reissued on Complete Recorded Works In
Chronological Order, Vol. 2 (1924-31), CD/Document DOCD 5451]
2. 78/Victor V 38130 (Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club
Orchestra)
Off-Time:
1. 78/Vocalion 4576 (Myra
Johnson with Sedric and His Honey Bears)
2. Ain't Misbehavin', RCA (S) CBL2-2965 (Nell Carter, Andre
DeShields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, and Charlaine Woodard with
Luther Henderson and Hank Jones, pianos) [reissued as CD/RCA
2965-2-RC]
3. Ain't Misbehavin', CD/First Night OCR CD6053 (Ray Shell,
Debby Bishop, Dawn Hope, Melanie E. Marshall, and Sean Palmer
with music direction by Clement Ishmael)
4. Ain't Misbehavin', CD/RCA 09026-68415-2 (Ruther Pointer,
Anita Pointer, and June Pointer with music conducted by William
Foster McDaniel)
5. The Jimmie Noone Collection, Vol. 2 (1928-1930),
CD/Collector's Classics 12 (Jimmie Noone's His Apex Club
Orchestra)
Say It With Your Feet (added for the
subsequent tour):
1. Harlem's Arabian
Nights, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1320 (Keith Nichols and the Cotton
Club Orchestra)
2. Happy Feet, CD/DDE Music (Reggie's Red Hot Feetwarmers)
3. Goin' To Lindyland, CD/King Me (Peter Davis)
Sending A Wire (In A Telegraph Office)
(sketch by Eddie Green):
1. 78/Okeh 8721 (Eddie
Green) [also 78/Okeh 41288; 78/ Odeon ONY 41288; reissued on
Souvenirs Of Hot Chocolates, Smithsonian R-012]
"Snake Hips" Dance (M: Duke Ellington):
1. 78/Okeh 8720 (Duke
Ellington and The Harlem Feetwarmers) [also 78/Temple 530;
reissued on The OKeh Ellington, CD/Columbia C2K-46177]
Southland Melody (including "Old Black Joe") (subsequently
titled "Negro Spirituals" later in the run):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for these spirituals.
Sweet Savannah Sue:
1. 78/Victor 22108 (Fats
Waller, piano) [also 78/Bluebird B 10264; reissued on The
Chronological Fats Waller 1929, CD/Classics 702]
2. 78/Okeh 8717 (Louis Armstrong, vocal, with Louis Armstrong
and His Orchestra) [also 78/Okeh 41281; 78/Vocalion 3136;
78/Odeon ONY 4128; 78/Parlophone R 1573; reissued on The
Chronological Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra 1929-1930,
CD/Classics 557]
3. 78/Brunswick 4482 (Irving Mills and his Hotsy Totsy Gang with
vocal chorus) [reissued on Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang
Vol. 1, CD/Sensation 24]
4. 78/Victor V 38085 (Fess Williams and His Royal Flush
Orchestra) [reissued on 1926-1930, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8041]
5. 45/Colpix TL-143 (Chris Barber) [reissued on Echoes Of
Harlem, CD/Fellside Recordings LACD 87]
6. On The Waterfront, Arhoolie (Burt Bales) Dick Hyman Plays
Fats Waller, CD/Reference Recordings 33 (Dick Hyman, piano)
7. Ruby Braff And Dick Hyman Play Nice Tunes, CD/Arbors 19141
(Ruby Braff, cornet, and Dick Hyman, piano)
8. Fats Waller: Sixteen Great Piano Solos, CD/Naxos 554245 (Paul
Posnak, piano)
9. Irving Mills And His Hotsy Totsy Gang Vol. 1, CD/Sensation 24
(Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang) (nonvocal version)
10. If Dreams Come True, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1289 (Louis Mazetier
and Neville Dickie)
11. Back To Bodega, CD/Stomp Off 1273 (Down Home Jazz Band)
12. Waiting For A Call, CD/Elite Records (Dry Throat Fellows)
13. Wild Cat Blues, CD/Stomp Off 1359 (Paris Washboard)
14. Satch Plays Fats: The Music Of Fats Waller,
CD/Columbia/Legacy 64927 (Louis Armstrong)
That Rhythm Man:
1. 78/Okeh 8717 (Louis
Armstrong, vocal, with Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra) [also
78/Okeh 41281; 78/Odeon ONY 41281; 78/Vocalion 3205;
78/Parlophone R 1494; reissued on The Chronological Louis
Armstrong And His Orchestra 1929-1930, CD/Classics 557]
2. 78/Columbia 36157 (Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men) [also
45/Jass 604; reissued on The OKeh Ellington, CD/Columbia
C2K-46177]
3. Satch Plays Fats: The Music Of Fats Waller,
CD/Columbia/Legacy 64927 (Louis Armstrong)
4. 78/Brunswick 02019 (Taft Jordan with Chick Webb and His
Orchestra)
5. The Chronological Jimmie Noone 1929, CD/Classics 632 (Jimmie
Noone's Apex Club Orchestra)
6. The Chronological Chick Webb And His Orchestra 1929-1934,
CD/Classic 502 (Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
7. On Revival Day, CD/Stomp Off 1294 (Kustbandet)
8. Concentratin' On Fats, CD/Jazzology JCD 299 (Rebecca Kilgore
with Hal Smith's Rhythmakers)
9. With Nat In Mind, CD/Jazzology JCD 247 (Digby Fairweather)
10. Vintage Jazz, CD/Imogena Records 11 (Vintage Jazz Band)
11. Swing That Music, CD/Pasadena CDPRO 6 (Pasadena Roof
Orchestra)
12. For The Love Of Satchmo, CD/Kenneth Records CKS 3416 (Bent
Persson)
13. Tippling At Taps, CD/Rollercoaster Records RCCD 6012 (Ray
Bush's BBC Jazz)
14. Kenny Davern And The Rhythm Men, CD/Arbors AR 19147 (Kenny
Davern and the Rhythm Men)
15. Shades Of Cy, CD/Lake LACD 164 (Cy Laurie)
16. Blame It On The Blues, CD/Neworleans (Trevor Richards New
Orleans Trio)
17. Pennies From Heaven, CD/Pegasus PGNCD 847 (Billy Cotton
& His Orchestra)
18. Mister Moon, CD/Black Eagle (New Black Eagle Jazz Band)
19. Volume 8: 1938-1939, CD/Masters of Jazz 111 (Count Basie)
20. From Spirituals To Swing, CD/Vanguard 47/48 (Count Basie)
Unrecorded Material:
Finale
Goddess Of Rain
Pickaninny Land
Pool Room Papa (dropped after opening)
Redskinland (added after opening and for the subsequent tour)
Song Of The Cotton Fields
Waltz Divine