Highlights from His Decca Years

Original Release Date:  September 27, 1994

Track Listing

• 1. Wild Man Blues [2nd Take]
• 2. Weary Blues
• 3. Georgia Bo Bo
• 4. Shanghai Shuffle
• 5. I'm in the Mood for Love [Take A]
• 6. Old Man Mose [Take E]
• 7. The Skeleton in the Closet
• 8. She's the Daughter of a Planter from Havana
• 9. Jubilee
• 10. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
• 11. Jeepers Creepers
• 12. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
• 13. Wolverine Blues
• 14. Perdido Street Blues
• 15. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
• 16. I Never Knew
• 17. I Wonder
• 18. Muskrat Ramble
• 19. Black and Blue
• 20. The Song Is Ended
• 21. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
• 22. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
• 23. You Rascal You
• 24. Gone Fishin' [#]
• 25. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
• 26. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
• 27. La Vie en Rose
• 28. Someday You'll Be Sorry [#]
• 29. Baby, It's Cold Outside
• 30. Your Cheatin' Heart
• 31. The Gypsy
• 32. Tin Roof Blues
• 33. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
• 34. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
• 35. Memories of You
• 36. King of the Zulus

Credits

• Jimmie Davis: Composer
• Bing Crosby: Vocals, Performer
• The Mills Brothers: Performer
• Bill Doggett: Piano
• Buster Bailey: Reeds
• Paul Barbarin: Drums
• George Barnes: Guitar
• Will Bradley: Trombone
• Johnny Dodds: Clarinet
• Ella Fitzgerald: Vocals, Performer
• Earl Hines: Piano
• Bill Jennings: Guitar
• Louis Jordan: Sax (Alto), Vocals, Performer
• Yank Lawson: Trumpet
• Bobby Lyle: Composer
• Albert Nicholas: Reeds
• Kid Ory: Trombone
• Loren Schoenberg: Liner Notes, Annotation
• Jack Teagarden: Trombone, Vocals
• Lucky Thompson: Sax (Tenor)
• Jeremy Wall: Composer
• Fats Waller: Composer
• Luis Russell: Piano
• Trigger Alpert: Bass
• Joe Bushkin: Piano
• Billy Butterfield: Trumpet
• Bobby Byrne: Trombone
• Dick Cary: Piano
• Cozy Cole: Drums
• Barrett Deems: Drums
• Hank D'Amico: Clarinet
• Bob Haggart: Bass, Conductor
• Edmond Hall: Clarinet
• Al Klink: Reeds
• Carl Kress: Guitar
• Bernie Leighton: Piano
• Lou McGarity: Trombone
• Ray McKinley: Drums
• Johnny Mince: Sax (Alto)
• Sy Oliver: Arranger, Conductor
• Roy Palmer: Trombone
• Zutty Singleton: Drums
• Norman Brown: Guitar
• Tutti Camarata: Trumpet, Arranger, Conductor
• Don Redman: Reeds
• Edith Piaf: Composer
• Coleman Hawkins: Reeds
• Norman Greene: Trombone
• Johnny St. Cyr: Banjo
• John Mills, Sr.: Vocals
• Trummy Young: Trombone, Vocals, ?
• Wellman Braud: Bass
• George Duvivier: Bass
• Bernard Addison: Guitar
• Gus Aiken: Trumpet
• Damon Albarn: Composer
• Hayes Alvis: Bass
• Jimmy Archey: Trombone
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Composer, Cornet, Vocals
• Lil Armstrong: Piano, Composer
• Baby Dodds: Drums
• Louis Bacon: Trumpet
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Sidney Bechet: Sax (Soprano)
• Joe Benjamin: Bass
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Billie Holiday: Vocals, Performer
• Lee Blair: Guitar
• Sandy Block: Bass
• Johnny Blowers: Drums
• Dave Bowman: Piano
• Cara Bridgins: Production Coordination
• George Brunies: Composer
• Mort Bullman: Trombone
• Bob Bushnell: Bass
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Henderson Chambers: Trombone
• Pete Clark: Reeds
• Rupert Cole: Reeds, Sax (Alto)
• Sid Cooper: Sax (Alto)
• Graham Coxon: Composer
• Jimmy Crawford: Drums
• Dave Grusin: Executive Producer
• Cutty Cutshall: Trombone
• Leonard Davis: Trumpet
• Charlie Dixon: Banjo
• George Dorsey: Sax (Alto)
• Jimmy Dorsey: Reeds
• Joseph Doughney: Post Production on Reissue
• Art Drelinger: Reeds
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano
• Pops Foster: Bass
• Carl Frye: Reeds
• Frank Galbreath: Trumpet
• Joe Garland: Reeds, Sax (Tenor)
• Squire Gersh: Bass
• Lil Hardin: Composer
• Shelton Hemphill: Trumpet
• Skeets Herfurt: Reeds
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Roscoe Hillman: Guitar
• Charlie Holmes: Reeds
• Aaron Izenhall: Trumpet
• Josh Jackson: Sax (Tenor)
• Alex James: Composer
• Hilton Jefferson: Sax (Alto)
• Otis Johnson: Trumpet
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Orrin Keepnews: Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer
• Charles F. Kenny: Composer
• George Koenig: Reeds
• Billy Kyle: Piano
• Michael Landy: Post Production on Reissue
• Jack Lesberg: Bass
• Lawrence Lucie: Guitar
• Bingie Madison: Reeds
• Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall: Drums
• Carmen Mastren: Guitar
• George Matthews: Trombone
• Don Mattison: Trombone
• Dave McRae: Sax (Baritone)
• Sonny Mediana: Production Director
• Velma Middleton: Composer, Vocals
• Donald Mills: Vocals
• Harry Mills: Vocals
• Herbert Mills: Vocals
• Danny Perri: Guitar
• Bernie Privin: Trumpet
• Zilner Randolph: Composer
• Don Raye: Composer
• Billy Reid: Composer
• Arthur Rollini: Sax (Tenor)
• Larry Rosen: Executive Producer
• Dave Rowntree: Composer
• Hymie Schertzer: Sax (Alto)
• Bud Scott: Banjo
• Arvell Shaw: Bass
• John Simmons: Bass
• Harry Beasley Smith: Composer
• Jack Stacey: Reeds
• Bill Stegmeyer: Reeds, Sax (Tenor)
• Jim Taft: Bass
• George Thow: Trumpet
• Jo Trent: Composer
• Bobby Van Eps: Piano
• Greely Walton: Reeds
• George Washington: Trombone
• Paul Webster: Trumpet
• James Whitney: Trombone
• Chappie Willett: Arranger
• Milt Yaner: Sax (Alto)
• Wilbur De Paris: Trombone
• Paul Ricci: Sax (Baritone)
• Elmer Chambers: Trumpet, Cornet
• Ralph Escudero: Tuba
• Phil Giardina: Trombone
• Joseph Moore: Assistant Producer
• Melvin "Red" Solomon: Trumpet
• Andrew Ferretti: Trumpet
• Charlie Green: Trombone
• Jack Greenberg: Reeds
• Carl Poole: Trumpet
• Prince Robinson: Reeds
• Jack Satterfield: Trombone
• Melven Soloman: Trumpet
• Sid Stoneburn: Sax (Alto)
• Harry White: Trombone
• Joe Yukl: Trombone
• Joe Morris: Drums
• John Scott Trotter: ?
• Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra: ?
• Dan Serrano: Art Direction
• Andy Baltimore: Creative Director
• Erick Labson: Audio Restoration, Digital Transfers, Remastering
• Laurie Goldman: Design
• Ed Grady: Drums
• Jules Rubin: Sax (Alto)
• Duncan P. Schiedt: Photography
• Bernard Flood: Trumpet
• Freddie Paloma: Design
• Hollis King: Art Direction
• Bud Katzel: Project Director
• Alba Acevedo: Design
• Gene Prince: Trumpet
• Lilian Barbuti: Assistant Producer
• Milton Chatz: Reeds
• Bill Holcombe: Sax (Tenor)
• Marcel Louiguy: Composer
• Pat Nizza: Sax (Tenor)
• Art Drellinger: Reeds, Sax (Tenor)
• Mack David: Composer
• Sam Theard: Composer
• Howard Scott: Trumpet, Cornet
• Gordon Jenkins Choir: ?
• Nick A. Kenny: Composer
• John Miner: Photography
• Beasley Smith: Composer
• Louis Louiguy: Composer
• Melville Stitzel: Composer
• Lloyd Ellis: Composer
• Lil Hardin Armstrong: Composer