SINGIN' THE BLUES
(Play with Songs)

Composer: Jimmy McHugh
Lyricist: Dorothy Fields

Opened: September 16, 1931, Liberty Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 46

It's The Darndest Thing:

1. 78/Columbia 2565 D (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra with vocal refrain) [reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra 1931-1932, CD/Classics 546]
2. 78/Victor 22809 (Chick Bullock with The High Hatters)
3. 78/Brunswick 6191 (Loring "Red" Nichols and His Orchestra with vocal chorus) [reissued on The Complete Brunswick Sessions, Vol. 3, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW8064]
4. Radio & Recording Rarities, Vol. 30, CD/Lowlights (Harry Barris)
5. The Columbia House Bands: Ben Selvin, Vol. 1, CD/The Old Masters 102 (Ben Selvin and His Orchestra)


Singin' The Blues:

1. 78/Columbia 2565 D (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra with vocal refrain) [reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra 1931-1932, CD/Classics 546]
2. 78/Victor 22809 (Chick Bullock with The High Hatters)
3. 78/Decca 1717 (Will Osborne and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 6191 (Loring "Red" Nichols and His Orchestra with vocal chorus) [also 78/ Brunswick 6845; reissued on The Complete Brunswick Sessions, Vol. 3, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW8064]
5. 78/Vocalion 5493 (Bobby Hackett and His Orchestra)
6. The Twenties Score Again, Columbia 39876 (Bob Thiele)
7. Svensk Jazzhistoria, Vol. 2: "Hot" - Epoken 1931-1936, CD/Caprice Records CAP22038 (Hakan von Eichwalds Orkester)
8. Blue Scarlet, CD/Jazzed Media 17 (Russ Reinberg)


Unrecorded Material:

Crazy Street (M: Burton Lane; L: Harold Adamson)