Sunday, January 30, 2011
You Asked For It, You Got It
music by Abel Baer
lyric by Charles Tobias (above)
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 2
You Outsmarted Yourself
music by Joe Davis
lyric by Andy Razaf (above)
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 2
Yacht Club Swing
music by Herman Autrey (top l-r: Slick Jones, Herman Autrey, Fats Waller, Cedric Wallace, Al Casey, Eugene Cedric) & J.C. Johnson (above)
lyric by Thomas "Fats" Waller
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1
You Look Good To Me
music by Walter Donaldson (above)
lyric by Billy Rose (top)
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1
Your Love Has Faded
music by Duke Ellington (left)
lyric by Billy Strayhorn (right)
artist: Duke Ellington
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Abdullah
music by Slick Jones (top) & Edgar Battle (above)
lyric by Neal Lawrence
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 3
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Anita
music & lyric by Thomas "Fats" Waller
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 3
A Blues Serenade (Yale Blues)
music by Jimmy Lytell, Frank Signorelli (l-r: Signorelli, Napoleon, Lytell, Parnelli & Roth) & Vincent Grande
lyric by Mitchell Parish (top)
artist: Duke Ellington
Admiration
music by Juan Tizol (above)
lyric by Irving Mills (top) & Manny Kurtz
artist: Duke Ellington
Any Old Time I'm Feeling Blue
music by Fud Livingston & Irving Melsher
lyric by Jack Wolf
artist: Tommy Dorsey
album: Well, Git It!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Get Yourself A New Broom (And Sweep The Blues Away)
music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by Ted Koehler (right)
artist: Duke Ellington
Go With Your Heart
music by Harvey William Mason (above) & Harvey Jay Mason, Jr. (top)
artist: Fourplay
album: Yes, Please!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Giddy Up
music by Lionel Hampton, (top) Richard "Duke" Garrette & Curley Hamner (above)
artist: Lionel Hampton
album: Midnight Sun
Monday, January 24, 2011
It's The Tune That Counts
music by Jan Savitt (above)
lyric by Don Raye
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 3
I Won't Believe It (Till I Hear It From You)
music by J. Russel Robinson (above)
lyric by Victor Selsman & Martin Block (top)
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Sunday, January 23, 2011
I'll Dance At Your Wedding
music & lyric by Joe Davis
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1
Saturday, January 22, 2011
I Wish I Had You
music by Claude Thornhill
lyric by Bud Green & Al Stillman
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1
If I Were You
music by Bob Emmerich
lyric by Buddy Bernier
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Fats Waller)
Inside This Heart Of Mine
music by J.C. Johnson (above)
lyric by Thomas "Fats" Waller (top)
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Fats Waller)
I Simply Adore You
music by Paul Mann
lyric by Ned Wever (above)
artist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Thomas "Fats" Waller)
Friday, January 21, 2011
If You Were In My Place
music by Duke Ellington (middle) & Henry Nemo (top)
lyric by Irving Mills (above)
artist: Duke Ellington
It's Swell Of You
lyric by Mack Gordon (right)
artist: Duke Ellington
album: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, disc 7
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Stevedore's Serenade
music by Duke Ellington (above) & Hilly Edelstein
lyric by Irving Gordon (top)
artist: Duke Ellington
Truckin'
music by Rube Bloom (above)
lyric by Ted Koehler (top l-r: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
artist: Duke Ellington
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
You Gave Me The Gate (And Now I'm Swingin')
music & lyric by Duke Ellington (above), Irving Gordon (top), Jimmy Farmer & J.B. McNeely
artist: Duke Ellington
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Yearning For Love
music by Duke Ellington (above)
lyric by Mitchell Parish (middle) & Irving Mills (top)
artist: Duke Ellington