The First of the Singer Songwriters: Key Cuts 1924-1946

Original Release Date:  March 30, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. Riverboat Shuffle
• 2. Boneyard Shuffle
• 3. Washboard Blues
• 4. Washboard Blues
• 5. Boneyard Shuffle
• 6. Riverboat Shuffle
• 7. One Night in Havana
• 8. Stardust
• 9. When Baby Sleeps
• 10. Friday Night
• 11. Washboard Blues
• 12. So Tired
• 13. March of the Hoodlums
• 14. Walkin' the Dog
• 15. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
• 16. Smile
• 17. Stardust
• 18. Stardust
• 19. March of the Hoodlums
• 20. Walkin' the Dog
• 21. Rockin' Chair
• 22. Harvey
• 23. Stardust
• 24. March of the Hoodlums
• 25. March of the Hoodlums
• 26. Walkin' the Dog
• 27. What Kind O' Man Is You?
• 28. Rockin' Chair
• 29. Manhattan Rag
• 30. Manhattan Rag
• 31. What Kind O' Man Is You?
• 32. Barbaric
• 33. High and Dry
• 34. My Sweet
• 35. Stardust
• 36. Rockin' Chair
• 37. Georgia on My Mind
• 38. One Night in Havana
• 39. Bessie Couldn't Help It
• 40. Lazy River
• 41. Papa's Gone Bye-Bye Blues (Jewish Boy Blues)
• 42. Stardust
• 43. March of the Hoodlums
• 44. Come Easy, Go Easy, Love
• 45. Georgia on My Mind
• 46. Lazy River
• 47. Stardust
• 48. Georgia on My Mind
• 49. Washboard Blues
• 50. Daybreak
• 51. In the Still of the Night
• 52. Rockin' Chair
• 53. After Twelve O'Clock
• 54. Sing It Way Down Low
• 55. Thanksgivin'
• 56. Charlie Two-Step
• 57. Old Man Harlem
• 58. Old Man Harlem
• 59. Snowball
• 60. Snowball
• 61. Snowball
• 62. Lazy Bones
• 63. Lazy Bones
• 64. Lazy Bones
• 65. One Morning in May
• 66. Stardust
• 67. Cosmics
• 68. Washboard Blues
• 69. Judy
• 70. One Morning in May
• 71. Moon Country (Is Home to Me)
• 72. Moon Country (Is Home to Me)
• 73. Moon Country (Is Home to Me)
• 74. Down T' Uncle Bills
• 75. Thanksgivin'
• 76. New Orleans
• 77. New Orleans
• 78. Two Sleepy People
• 79. New Orleans
• 80. Hong Kong Blues
• 81. Riverboat Shuffle
• 82. Two Sleepy People
• 83. Bread and Gravy
• 84. Stardust
• 85. Skylark
• 86. No More Toujours l'Amour
• 87. Vine Street Parade
• 88. A World of No Goodbyes
• 89. Sweet Lorraine
• 90. The Whale Song
• 91. How Little We Know
• 92. Billy-A-Dick
• 93. Hong Kong Blues
• 94. Baltimore Oriole
• 95. Stardust
• 96. Memphis in June
• 97. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
• 98. Ginger and Spice
• 99. Ole Buttermilk Sky
• 100. Walk It Off
• 101. It Ain't Gonna Be Like That

Credits

• Lonnie Johnson: Guitar
• Rudy Vallée: Composer
• J.J. Cale: Composer
• Hoagy Carmichael: Piano, Violin, Celeste, Composer, Cornet, Director, Vocals, Soloist, Duet
• Rufus Thomas: Composer
• Mildred Bailey: Vocals
• Paul Barbarin: Drums
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Count Basie: Piano
• Bunny Berigan: Trumpet
• Steve Brown: String Bass
• Eddie Condon: Banjo, 5-string Banjo
• Bud Freeman: Sax (Tenor)
• Benny Goodman: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Glen Gray: Director, Sax (Alto)
• Johnny Hodges: Sax (Alto)
• Budd Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Spike Jones: Drums
• John Kirby: Brass Band
• Gene Krupa: Drums
• Eddie Lang: Guitar
• Billy May: Arranger, Director
• Albert Nicholas: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Red Norvo: Xylophone, Vibraphone
• Pee Wee Russell: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Artie Shaw: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Eddie South: Violin, Director
• Muggsy Spanier: Cornet
• Rex Stewart: Cornet
• Maxine Sullivan: Vocals
• Jack Teagarden: Trombone
• Joe Venuti: Violin
• Fats Waller: Piano, Vocals
• Ethel Waters: Vocals
• Ben Webster: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Cootie Williams: Trumpet
• Red Nichols: Trumpet
• Luis Russell: Piano
• Eddie Barefield: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Connee Boswell: Vocals
• Tyree Glenn: Trombone
• Nat Gonella: Trumpet, Vocals
• Pee Wee Hunt: Trombone, Vocals
• Jack Jenney: Trombone, Director
• Carl Kress: Guitar
• Matty Matlock: Reeds
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Miff Mole: Trombone
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Ray Noble: Arranger, Director
• Todd Rhodes: Piano
• Arnold Ross: Piano
• Frankie Trumbauer: Reeds, Director, Sax (C-Melody), Vocals
• Don Redman: Director, Sax (Alto)
• Carson Robison: Vocals
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Freddy Gardner: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Russell Procope: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Al Bowlly: Vocals
• Roy Smeck: Banjo, Guitar
• Bubber Miley: Trumpet
• Red McKenzie: Vocals, Comb
• Wellman Braud: String Bass
• Sonny Greer: Drums
• Walter Page: Bass
• Frank Loesser: Composer
• Bernard Addison: Guitar
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Vocals
• Sidney Arodin: Clarinet, Composer
• Herman Autrey: Trumpet
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Reginald Beane: Piano
• Bix Beiderbecke: Cornet
• Artie Bernstein: String Bass
• Leroy Berry: Guitar
• Vic Berton: Drums
• Jimmy Bertrand: Drums
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Larry Binyon: Sax (Tenor)
• Jack Bland: Guitar
• Lester Boone: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Perry Botkin: Guitar, Director
• Tony Briglia: Drums
• Arnold Brillhardt: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Jack Brooks: Composer
• Shelton Brooks: Composer
• Scoville Brown: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Harry Carney: Sax (Alto)
• Langston Curl: Trumpet
• Charles Bud Dant: Cornet, Soloist
• Kurt Dieterle: Violin
• Jimmy Dorsey: Clarinet, Cornet, Sax (Alto)
• Tommy Dorsey: Trombone
• Duke Ellington: Piano, Director
• Eddie Durham: Guitar, Trombone
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano
• Pops Foster: String Bass
• Harry Goodman: Brass Band
• Fred Guy: Banjo
• Joe Hall: Piano
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Teddy Hill: Sax (Tenor)
• Milt Hinton: Bass, Vocals, String Bass
• Clarence Holiday: Guitar
• Charlie Holmes: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Hugo Winterhalter: Sax (Alto)
• Preston Jackson: Trombone
• Freddie Jenkins: Trumpet
• Walter Johnson: Drums
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Slick Jones: Drums
• Joe Keyes: Trumpet
• Stan King: Drums
• Manny Klein: Trumpet
• Ellis Larkins: Piano
• Abe Lincoln: Trombone
• John Lindsay: String Bass
• Ella Logan: Vocals
• George March: Drums
• Jack Mayhew: Clarinet
• Big Mike McKendrick: Banjo
• Willie McWashington: Drums
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Glenn Miller: Trombone
• Dan Minor: Trombone
• Chauncey Morehouse: Drums, Vibraphone
• Al Morgan: String Bass
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton: Trombone
• George Oldham: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Hot Lips Page: Trumpet
• Mitchell Parish: Composer
• Beverly Peer: Bass
• Doug Pomeroy: Audio Restoration, Transfers, Restoration
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Yank Porter: Drums
• Zilner Randolph: Trumpet
• Bill Rank: Trombone
• Mischa Russell: Violin
• Kenny Sargent: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Arthur Schutt: Piano
• Gene Sedric: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Dee Stewart: Trumpet
• Jim Taft: Bass
• Juan Tizol: Trombone (Valve)
• Jo Trent: Composer
• Byron Warner: Composer
• Jack Washington: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Paul Francis Webster: Composer
• Arthur Whetsol: Trumpet
• Dave Wilborn: Banjo
• Cliff Williams: Drums
• Jack Williams: Drums
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• Victor Young: Violin
• Sterling Bose: Trumpet
• Helvetia "Vet" Boswell: Vocals
• Martha Boswell: Piano, Vocals
• Ralph Escudero: Brass Band
• Stuart Gorrell: Composer
• Dick Kent: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Harold Matthews: Trombone
• Dick McDonough: Banjo, Guitar
• Joe Tarto: Brass Band
• Dick Robertson: Violin, Vocals, Duet
• Roy Bargy: Piano
• Jack Russin: Piano
• Cuba Austin: Drums
• Pat Davis: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Stanley Dennis: Bass, String Bass
• Maurice Freedman: Sax (Tenor)
• Jack Fulton: Trombone
• Gene Gifford: Banjo, Guitar, Arranger
• Bob Gillette: Guitar
• Harry Goldfield: Trumpet
• Bill Harty: Drums
• Clarence Hutchenrider: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Vocals
• Mel Jenssen: Violin
• Charlie LaVere: Piano
• Matty Malneck: Violin, Director, Vibraphone
• Fulton McGrath: Piano
• John Nesbitt: Trumpet
• Mike Pingatore: Banjo, Guitar
• Art Ralston: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Billy Rauch: Trombone
• Andy Secrest: Trumpet
• Milton Senior: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Eric Siday: Violin
• Antonia Spaulding: Piano
• Charles Strickfaden: Reeds, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto)
• Cedric Wallace: Bass
• Ed Anderson: Trumpet
• Johnny Carlson: Trumpet
• Bobby Lee Jones: Trumpet
• Arthur Sizemore: Composer
• Charlie Alexander: Piano
• Sonny Dunham: Trumpet
• Grady Watts: Trumpet
• Tiny Winters: String Bass
• Boyce Cullen: Trombone
• Lew Davis: Trombone
• Chester Hazlett: Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Alto)
• Harry Jacobson: Piano
• Nat Natoli: Trumpet
• Bert Thomas: Guitar
• Walter Johnson Jr.: Drums
• Charlie Margulis: Trumpet
• Vic Moore: Drums
• Dick Voynow: Piano, Composer
• Ray Lodwig: Trumpet
• Herb Quigley: Drums
• Jimmy Hartwell: Clarinet
• Mike Trafficante: String Bass
• Bob Wise: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Harry Berly: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Irving Brodsky: Piano, Celeste, Vocals
• Leo McConville: Trumpet
• Bobby Stark: Trumpet
• John R.T. Davies: Audio Restoration, Transfers
• Fred Murray: Trumpet, Cornet, Soloist
• Anita Boyer: Vocals
• Tom Gonsoulin: Trumpet
• Lee Howell: Trombone
• Fritz Hummel: Trombone
• Reg Pursglove: Violin
• Cornell Smelser: Piano-Accordian
• Oliver Suderman: Trumpet
• Henry Whiteman: Violin
• Ellis Whiutlock: Trumpet
• Max Goldberg: Trumpet
• Reg Pink: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Don Barrigo: Sax (Tenor)
• Stewart Anderson: Reeds
• Albert Washington, Jr.: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Clifford R. Burwell: Composer
• George A. Little: Composer
• Jacques Richmond: Composer
• Jack Drummond: String Bass
• John Bowman: Violin
• George Harper: Sax (Tenor)
• George W. Thomas: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Galbreath: Banjo
• Reggie Byleth: Reeds
• George Marks: Piano
• Ray McDermott: Clarinet
• Hitch's Happy Harmonists: Performer
• Sunny Clapp: Composer
• Jimmy Rushing & Friends: Vocals
• Irving Riskin: Piano
• Alfie Noakes: Trumpet
• Perry Botkin and His Orchestra: Guitar, Director
• Lawrence "Bud" Freeman: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Andy Anderson: Trumpet
• Warren Carr: Trombone
• Fritz Ciccone: Guitar
• Ray Conolly: Trumpet
• Theodore McCord: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Kerval Chauncey Goodwin: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Charles A. Bayha: Composer
• Fred B. Callahan: Composer
• Bunny Bardach: Sax (Tenor)
• Sonny Lee: Trombone
• Harold Hood: Piano
• Harry "Buzz" Wernert: Banjo, Guitar
• Joe Galbraith: Banjo
• Bill Moore Lucky Seven Band: Trumpet
• The Russell Smith Orchestra: Trumpet
• Ray Noonan: Trombone
• Andy Van Sickle: Drums
• Hannibal Matthews: Trombone