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| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Avalon | The Jimmime Lunceford Collection 1930-47 | Acrobat | ||||
| Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | New King Porter Stomp | Big Band Jazz Vol. 1 | |||||
| Fats Waller & His Rhythm | Truckin' | Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3 | JSP | ||||
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson | Let's Have a Jubilee | Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings | Mosaic | ||||
| Pearl Bailey | Takes Two to Tango | Takes Two to Tango | ASV Living Era | great request!! | |||
| Eartha Kitt | Monotonous | Miss Kitt To You | RCA Victor | ||||
| Ella Fitzgerald | To Keep My Love Alive | The Rodgers & Hart Song Book | Verve | ||||
| Dinah Washington | TV Is The Thing This Year | The Dinah Washington Story | Mercury | ||||
| Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | G.I. Jive | Let The Good Times Roll | RCA | ||||
| Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven | I Can't Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants) | Sounds of Harlem Vol. 1 | Hep | ||||
| Skeets Tolbert And His Gentlemen of Swing | Jumpin' In The Numbers | 1942 | Classics | ||||
| The Three Keys | Heebie Jeebies | The Human Orchestra | Jasmine | ||||
| Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five v/ Louis Armstrong | Heebie Jeebies | "Satchmo" Ambassador of Jazz | Verve | rec 1926 this song is often falsely credited as being the invention of scat singing | |||
| Fletcher Henderson Orchestra v/ Don Redman | My Papa Doesn't Two-Time No Time | Anthology of Scat Singing Vol. 1 1924-1941 | rec 1924 this is the earliest recording of scat singing that I know of, but there are reported earlier instances of people scatting in live performances | ||||
| Denny "Dinty" Curtis w/ Art Landry & His Orchestra | Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue | Charleston Era: The Definitive Album | ASV Living Era | rec 1925 | |||
| Bessie Smith w/ Henderson's Hot Six | Cake Walking' Babies From Home | The Somplete Recordings, Vol 2 | Columbia | rec 1925 | |||
| Horace Heidt & His Brigadiers | This Can't Be Love | The Golden Age of American Sweet Bands | Jasmine | ||||
| Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra | Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny oh | Oh Johnny! The Golden Years 1938-1949 | Collector's Choice | ||||
| Fred Astaire | No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO | Rhino | from the movie TOP HAT | |||
| The Boswell Sisters | Cheek to Cheek | Shout, Sister, Shout! | ASV Living Era | song was also written for TOP HAT | |||
| Ella Fitzgerald o/ Chick Webb And His Orchestra | Love And Kisses | Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions 1934-1941 | Mosaic | rec 1935 one of Fitzgerald's earliest recordings. At this time she was modeling her singing style after Connee Boswell who we heard in the previous song | |||
| Joe Venuti's Blue Four | Cheese and Crackers | CLassic Columbia & OKeh Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
| Dick Robertson | Ain't She Sweet? | The Big Broadcast, Vol. 5: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s | Rivermont | ||||
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra v/ Adelaide Hall | The Blues I Love To Sing | The Enduring Charm Of Adelaide Hall - Original Recordings 1927 - 1944 | Bygone Days | ||||
| Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra, v/ Hoagy Carmichael | So Tired | In Person | Avid | song written by Carmichael | |||
| Doris Day o/ Les Brown and His Orchestra | Celery Stalks at Midnight | Complete Recordings with Les Brown | Jazz Factory | ||||
| Xavier Cugat Orchestra v/ Lina Romay | Alma Llanerna | Maracas, Marimbas and Mambos: Latin Classics at MGM | Rhino | from the film BATHING BEAUTY | |||
| Lena Horne | As Long As I Live | Stormy Weather | Bluebird | ||||
| Cab Calloway & His Orchestra | Who's Yehoodi? | Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
| George Formby | Bless 'Em All | The Ukulele Man | Prism | GREAT REQUEST!! | |||
| Oscar Aleman | I'm Beginning To See The Light | Swing Guitar Masterpieces | Acoustic | ||||
| Erno Rapee's Orchestra | Save The Last Dance For Me | Complete Hit Of The Week Recordings Vol. 4: 1932 | Archeophone | ||||