SWINGIN' THE DREAM



Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyricist: Eddie De Lange

Opened: November 29, 1939, Center Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 13


Darn That Dream:

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this jazz standard.


Doing The Saboo (M: Erskine Hawkins; Sammy Lowe):

1. 78/Bluebird B 10756 (Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel) and his Orchestra)


Flying Home (M: Benny Goodman; Lionel Hampton; L: Eddie De Lange) (part of The Opera "Pyramus And Thisbe" and featured in the 1941 revival):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this jazz standard.


Jumpin' At The Woodside (M: William "Count" Basie):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this jazz standard.


Peace, Brother!:

1. 78/Columbia 35331 (Mildred Bailey with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Mildred Bailey, CD/Mosaic 204]
2. 78/Decca 2939 (Woody Herman, vocal, with Woody Herman and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Woody Herman And His Orchestra 1939-1940, CD/Classics 1163]
3. 78/Bluebird B 10525 (Charlie Fisher with the Music of Yesterday and Today Styled the Blue Barron Way)
4. 78/Vocalion 5292 (Ben Bernie and His Orchestra)
5. The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Mildred Bailey, CD/Mosaic 204 (Mildred Bailey with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) (alternate take)
6. Brubeck A La Mode, Original Jazz Classics 3301 (Dave Brubeck Quartet) [reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-200-2]
7. Come Out Swingin', Epic BN-530 (Roy Hamilton) [reissued on Why Fight The Feeling?/Come Out Swingin', CD/Collectables]
8. Jazz Classics, CD/Newsound 147032 (unknown performer)


Pick A Rib: (M: Benny Goodman; L: Eddie De Lange):

1. 78/Victor 26166 (Benny Goodman Quintet) [also 78/Gramophone E.A. 2658; 78/Gramophone K 8337; 78/Blue Ace 224; 78/Polygon 6003; reissued on The Complete Benny Goodman Small Group Recordings, CD/RCA 68764]
2. 78/Decca 2979 (Woody Herman and His Orchestra with ensemble singing) [reissued on The Chronological Woody Herman And His Orchestra 1939-1940, CD/Classics 1163]
3. 78/Vocalion 5459 (Sonny Burke and His orchestra)
4. 78/Vocalion 5497 (The Four Marshalls with orchestra)
5. You Better Know It!!!, Impulse (S) AS-78 (Lionel Hampton, vibes) [reissued as CD/Impulse! 11402]
6. The Complete Benny Goodman Small Group Recordings, CD/RCA 68764 (Benny Goodman Quintet) (alternate take)
7. Hollywood Hop, CD/Hep 25 (Sam Donahue and His Orchestra)
8. A Tribute to the Benny Goodman Quartet, CD/Opus 3 3CD8603 (Erstrand-Lind Quartet)
9. Argentine Swing: 1936-1948, CD/Harlequin 152 (Pierre Allier's Swing Bakers)
10. Camel Caravan Broadcasts 1939, Vol. 3, CD/Phontastic 8819 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
11. Get A Load Of This, CD/HMG 3010 (Dave Stuckey and the Rhythm Gang)
12. Memories of You: Lionel And Benny, CD Black & Blue 897 (The Bob Wilbur/Dany Doriz Quintet)


Spring Song (M: Benny Goodman; Jimmy Van Heusen) (adopted from Felix Mendelssohn's "Spring Song"):

1. 78/Columbia 35319 (Benny Goodman Orchestra) [also 78/Parlophone R 2921; reissued on Beethoven Wrote It, But It Swings, CD/Sony 62268]
I have not attempted to compile discological information for the underlying music by Mendelssohn.


Swingin' A Dream:

1. 78/Varsity 8108 (Terry Snyder Trio, vibraharp, guitar, bass)
2. 78/Royale 1796 (Richard Himber And His Orchestra)
3. 78/Vocalion 5262 (Ray McKinley with Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley)
4. Camel Caravan, Vol. 2, Sunbeam SB-147 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Jazz Band 2139]
5. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon: Broadway Flops & Roadkills 1925-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201 (Pamela Myers and Chorus with musical direction by David Holcenberg)


Wedding March (M: Felix Mendelssohn):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this instrumental number.


Unrecorded Numbers:

Comedy Dance
Dream Dance
Love's A Riddle (M: Alec Wilder; Jimmy Van Heusen; L: Eddie De Lange)
Moonland
*The Opera "Pyramus And Thisbe"
There's Gotta Be A Wedding

*This consisted of a number of interpolated jazz standards for which I have not attempted to compile discological information:

Ain't Misbehavin' (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller; Harry Brooks; L: Andy Razaf)
Big John's Special (M: Horace Henderson)
Christopher Columbus (M: Leon Berry; L: Andy Razaf)
Dinah (M: Harry Akst; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (from AFRICANA)
The Dipsy Doodle (M/L: Larry Clinton)
Down By The Old Mill Stream (M/L: Tell Taylor)
The Flat Foot Floogie (M/L: Slim Gaillard; Slam Stewart; Bud Green)
Hold Tight-Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama) (M/L: Leonard Kent; Edward Robinson; Leonard Ware; Jerry Brandow; Willie Spotswood)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (M: Jimmy McHugh; L: Dorothy Fields) (from BLACKBIRDS OF 1928)
Jeepers Creepers (M: Harry Warren; L: Johnny Mercer (from the film GOING PLACES)
Moonglow (M/L: Will Hudson; Eddie DeLange; Irving Mills) (from BLACKBIRDS OF 1934)
My Melancholy Baby (M: Ernie Burnett; L: George A. Norton)
Oh, You Crazy Moon (M: James Van Heusen; L: Johnny Burke)
Ol' Man Mose (M/L: Louis T. Armstrong; Zilmer T. Randolph)
Rachel's Dream (M: Benny Goodman)
Rose Room (M: Art Hickman; L: Harry Williams) (from ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC (1918))
St. Louis Blues (M/L: W.C. Handy)
Sugarfoot Stomp (M: Joseph "King" Cotton; L: Walter Melrose)
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (M: Henry Creamer; Turner Layton)