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The First of the Singer Songwriters: Key Cuts 1924-1946 (Box)
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| There's a Hollywood archetype. He's a midwesterner - rangy, tough, laconic and deceptively slow to anger. Hoagy Carmichael was the genuine article. Born Hoaglund Howard Carmichael in 1899, in Bloomington Indiana, he never lost his distinctive drawl or easygoing manner. His father was an electrician who wandered far to find work and his mother augmented the family income by playing piano at cinemas and dances. She was Hoagy's music teacher, although he later credited a local black player, Reggie Duval with teaching him the rudiments of jazz. Hoagy's parents encouraged their only child's musical leanings, but they expected him to pursue a more secure profession. To this end he enrolled at Indiana State University to study law. Hoagy worked his way through school, but organized and played at student dances. One band he regularly booked was The Wolverines which featured young cornet star Bix Beiderbecke. Bix and Hoagy struck up an instant friendship and when The Wolverines were booked for a Gennett recording session, Bix asked Hoagy to contribute a tune. The result was "Riverboat Shuffle" and his very first composition was recored by one of the most enduring stars in jazz. A year later Hoagy was asked to repeat the trick and this time he came up with "Boneyard Shuffle" and "Washboard Blues". He played piano on the session. Hoagy qualified as a lawyer and opened a practice in Palm Beach. One day, The Wolverines breezed through and offered him a gig on a cruise headed for Cuba. This was probably the last time he considered himself a lawyer rather than a musician. Back in Bloomington in 1927, he hooked up with the Emil Seidle Orchestra and recorded Star Dust. In time it would become America's most recorded melody. |
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TRACKS
Disc: 1
1. Riverboat Shuffle - The Wolverine Orchestra
2. Boneyard Shuffle - Hitch's Happy Harmonists
3. Washboard Blues - Hitch's Happy Harmonists
4. Washboard Blues - Red Nichols
5. Boneyard Shuffle - Red Nichols
6. Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra
7. One Night in Havana - Hoagy Carmichael
8. Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael
9. When Baby Sleeps - Hoagy Carmichael
10. Friday Night - Hoagy Carmichael
11. Washboard Blues - Paul Whiteman
12. So Tired - Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra
13. March of the Hoodlums - Hoagy Carmichael
14. Walkin' the Dog - Hoagy Carmichael
15. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble - Hoagy Carmichael
16. Smile - Hoagy Carmichael
17. Stardust - The Chocolate Dandies, McKinney's Cotton Pickers
18. Stardust
19. March of the Hoodlums - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
20. Walkin' the Dog - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
21. Rockin' Chair - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
22. Harvey - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
23. Stardust - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
24. March of the Hoodlums - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
25. March of the Hoodlums - Eddie Lang & His Orchestra
Disc: 2
1. Walkin' the Dog - Eddie Lang
2. What Kind O' Man Is You? - Eddie Lang
3. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
4. Manhattan Rag - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra
5. Manhattan Rag - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
6. What Kind O' Man Is You? - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
7. Barbaric - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
8. High and Dry - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Band
9. My Sweet - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
10. Stardust - Isham Jones & His Orchestra
11. Rockin' Chair - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
12. Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
13. One Night in Havana - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
14. Bessie Couldn't Help It - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
15. Lazy River - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
16. Papa's Gone Bye-Bye Blues (Jewish Boy Blues) - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
17. Stardust - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
18. March of the Hoodlums - Duke Ellington
19. Come Easy, Go Easy, Love
20. Georgia on My Mind - The Mound City Blue Blowers
21. Lazy River - Louis Armstrong
22. Stardust - Louis Armstrong
23. Georgia on My Mind - Mildred Bailey, Mildred Bailey
24. Washboard Blues - Connee Boswell
Disc: 3
1. Daybreak - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
2. In the Still of the Night - Hoagy Carmichael
3. Rockin' Chair - Mildred Bailey
4. After Twelve O'Clock - Hoagy Carmichael
5. Sing It Way Down Low - Hoagy Carmichael
6. Thanksgivin'
7. Charlie Two-Step - Boswell Sisters
8. Old Man Harlem - Eddie South & His International Orchestra
9. Old Man Harlem - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
10. Snowball - Louis Armstrong
11. Snowball - Mildred Bailey, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
12. Snowball - Hoagy Carmichael
13. Lazy Bones - Hoagy Carmichael
14. Lazy Bones
15. Lazy Bones - Mildred Bailey, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
16. One Morning in May - Hoagy Carmichael
17. Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael
18. Cosmics - Hoagy Carmichael
19. Washboard Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
20. Judy - Hoagy Carmichael
21. One Morning in May - New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
22. Moon Country (Is Home to Me) - Hoagy Carmichael
23. Moon Country (Is Home to Me) - Casa Loma Orchestra
24. Moon Country (Is Home to Me)
25. Down T' Uncle Bills - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra
Disc: 4
1. Thanksgivin' - Casa Loma Orchestra
2. New Orleans - Bennie Moten
3. New Orleans - Casa Loma Orchestra
4. Two Sleepy People - Hoagy Carmichael, Ella Logan
5. New Orleans - Hoagy Carmichael, Ella Logan
6. Hong Kong Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
7. Riverboat Shuffle - Hoagy Carmichael
8. Two Sleepy People - Fats Waller
9. Bread and Gravy - Ethel Waters
10. Stardust - Jack Jenney
11. Skylark - Maxine Sullivan
12. No More Toujours l'Amour - Hoagy Carmichael
13. Vine Street Parade - Matty Matlock
14. World of No Goodbyes - Ray Hendricks
15. Sweet Lorraine - Hoagy Carmichael
16. Whale Song - Hoagy Carmichael
17. How Little We Know - Anita Boyer
18. Billy-A-Dick - Hoagy Carmichael
19. Hong Kong Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
20. Baltimore Oriole - Hoagy Carmichael
21. Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael
22. Memphis in June - Hoagy Carmichael
23. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Hoagy Carmichael
24. Ginger and Spice - Hoagy Carmichael
25. Ole Buttermilk Sky - Hoagy Carmichael
26. Walk It Off - Hoagy Carmichael
27. It Ain't Gonna Be Like That - Hoagy Carmichael |
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