The Big Band Era (discs made in England)

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Annotation

All discs made in England.

Cat# 605 816 on a sticker

Annotation last modified on 2026-07-24 19:40 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Vol. One
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Take the “A” Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington Orchestra3:02
2Northwest Passage
recording of:
Northwest Passage
writer:
Ralph Burns, Woody Herman and Chubby Jackson
Woody Herman Orchestra3:04
3Rusty Dusty Blues
Count Basie Orchestra3:08
4Bei mir bist du schoen
New Orleans Jazz Band2:46
5Tangerine
recording of:
Tangerine (1941 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra3:07
6Pennsylvania 6-5000
recording of:
Pennsylvania 6‒5000 (PEnnsylvania 6‒5000)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra2:55
7String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra3:02
8I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
Mel Torme2:35
9Lady Be Good
Count Basie Orchestra3:03
10Music Makers
recording of:
Music Makers
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James Orchestra3:16
11The Last Time I Saw Paris
Johnny Desmond2:13
12Garden in the Rain
Sportsmen3:27
13I’ll Being Seeing You
Kate Smith3:25
14Let’s Get Away From It All
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:30
15Sunrise Serenade
recording of:
Sunrise Serenade
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Frankie Carle (in 1939)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra2:03
16Leap Frog
Les Brown Orchestra2:49
2▼CD: Vol. Two
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1Blueberry Hill
cover recording of:
Blueberry Hill
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Larry Stock
writer:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist), Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader) and Larry Stock
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Larry Stock Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Sovereign Music Company and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
Louis Armstrong3:30
2Boogie Woogie
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:31
3Memories of You
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra3:48
4Navy Fight Song
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra3:26
5I’ve Heard That Song Before
Harry James Orchestra2:47
6Sing, Sing, Sing
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra4:23
7Jive at Five
recording of:
Jive at Five
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Harry “Sweets” Edison
Count Basie Orchestra2:32
8Study in Brown
Members of the Les Brown Orchestra1:53
9Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra4:32
10I Surrender Dear
Mel Torme2:39
11For Me and My Gal
Shep Fields Orchestra2:55
12Trumpet Blues
Members Of The Harry James Orchestra2:35
13When the Saints Go Marching In
New Orleans Jazz Band3:18
14Green Eyes
Members of the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra3:16
15Dancing in the Dark
recording of:
Dancing in the Dark
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
Members of the Artie Shaw Orchestra2:25
16In the Mood
recording of:
In the Mood
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra3:16
3▼CD: Vol. Three
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1Moonlight Cocktail
recording of:
Moonlight Cocktail
lyricist:
Kim Gannon (in 1941)
composer:
Luckey Roberts (US stride piano musician) (in 1941)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra1:47
2Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (on 1940-05-04)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
Duke Ellington Orchestra3:20
3Sugar Blues
Members of the Clyde McCoy Orchestra3:14
4Redskin Rhumba
Charlie Barnet Orchestra2:48
5This Can’t Be Love
Johnny Desmond2:06
6Don’t Fence Me In
Shep Fields Orchestra3:37
7Polovetsian Dances
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra2:06
8Goosey Gander
recording of:
Goosey Gander
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman Orchestra3:38
9Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra2:36
10James Session
recording of:
James Session
Harry James Orchestra3:51
11Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Mel Torme2:26
12Twilight Time
Members of the Les Brown Orchestra3:28
13Heartaches
Ted Weems Orchestra2:41
14My Heart Stood Still
Dick Haymes2:23
15Daybreak
recording of:
Daybreak
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
is based on:
Mississippi Suite: IV. Mardi Gras. Allegro – Andantino (espressivo e sostenuto) – Assai maestoso e appassionato
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:40
16Oh Evening Star
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra2:08
4▼CD: Vol. Four
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1Blue Moon
Les Brown Orchestra3:13
2I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
Mel Torme2:47
3Yes Indeed
recording of:
Yes Indeed
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra3:13
4Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra3:01
5Side by Side
Kate Smith2:18
6Eager Beaver
recording of:
Eager Beaver
composer:
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton Orchestra2:57
7Woodchopper’s Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Woody Herman Orchestra4:49
8Swanee River
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:16
9Hot Toddy
Members of the Ted Heath Orchestra2:44
10Sophisticated Lady
recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra3:06
11That Old Devil Moon
Johnny Desmond1:56
12Harbor Lights
Shep Fields Orchestra2:41
13Wang Wang Blues
recording of:
Wang Wang Blues
lyricist:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929)
composer:
Henry Busse, Buster Johnson (American jazz musician) and Gus Mueller
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra2:54
14Pompton Turnpike
recording of:
Pompton Turnpike
writer:
Will Osborne and Dick Rogers (singer, comedian, songwriter & pianist)
Charlie Barnet Orchestra2:23
15Two O’Clock Jump
recording of:
Two O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James Orchestra2:20
16’S Wonderful
recording of:
’S Wonderful
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music Company Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Funny Face (1927 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Members of the Artie Shaw Orchestra2:51
5▼CD: Vol. Five
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Flying Home
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra3:11
2Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra3:25
3Velvet Moon
Harry James Orchestra3:48
4I’ve Got the World on a String
Mel Torme2:05
5Song of India
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra3:11
6I Had the Craziest Dream
Members of the Harry James Orchestra3:13
7Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:17
8Lullaby of Birdland
Ted Heath Orchestra2:33
9Habanera
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra1:55
10Bizet Had His Day
Les Brown Orchestra3:18
11People Will Say We’re in Love
Kate Smith3:12
12If I Had You
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra3:56
13Rock-A-Bye Basie
recording of:
Rock-A-Bye Basie
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1939), Shad Collins (in 1939) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Count Basie Orchestra3:10
14Cross Your Heart
Members of the Artie Shaw Orchestra2:41
15Charlie’s Other Aunt
Charlie Barnet Orchestra2:57
16Perdido
recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
composer:
Juan Tizol
The Duke Ellington Orchestra3:12
6▼CD: Vol. Six
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1At Last
recording of:
At Last
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra2:43
2Hawaiian War Chant
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra3:29
3Coffee Time
The Les Brown Orchestra2:13
4Caldonia
The Woody Herman Orchestra2:50
5More Than You Know
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra4:18
6How High the Moon
recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
The Stan Kenton Orchestra2:29
7I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
Members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra2:34
8All of You
Johnny Desmond2:19
9Me and My Shadow
The Shep Fields Orchestra3:00
10Heathville
Members of the Ted Heath Orchestra1:46
11Skyliner
vocals:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader)
recording of:
Skyliner
composer:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader)
publisher:
Atlantic Music (BMI)
The Charlie Barnet Orchestra3:01
12The Man With a Horn
The Harry James Orchestra3:20
13But Not Like You
Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra2:47
14This Love of Mine
Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:15
15Summit Ridge Drive
recording of:
Summit Ridge Drive
composer:
Artie Shaw
publisher:
Denton & Haskins Corp.
Members of the Artie Shaw Orchestra3:00
16Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
The Duke Ellington Orchestra3:44
7▶CD: Vol. Seven
8▶CD: Vol. Eight
9▶CD: Vol. Nine
10▶CD: Vol. Ten

Credits

Release

manufactured in:England, United Kingdom
manufactured by:Michele International (classical music and jazz; European pendant of Michele Records – not for release label use!)
Michele Records (not for release label use!)
distributed by:Michele International (classical music and jazz; European pendant of Michele Records – not for release label use!)
Michele Records (not for release label use!)
PRT (UK label)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Michele Compact Discs (in 1987, in 1988)
glass mastered by:Disctronics S (Southwater)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/37921332 [info]

Release group

part of:The Big Band Era (order: 1)