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Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928 (2)
Music
Jimmy McHugh (230)
Lyrics
Dorothy Fields (369)
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Dorothy Fields (369)

Recording Details

Date
1933
Type
Audio / Stage Cast
Language
English
Conductor
Duke Ellington (144), Don Redman (13)
Performer
Cab Calloway (50), Cecil Mack Choir, Adelaide Hall (25), The Mills Brothers (50), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (24), Ethel Waters (73)
Shortcode
[r3876]

Releases (2)

Format
LP
Label
Columbia OL-6770
Released
1968
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Producer
Miles Kreuger (42)
Liner Notes
Miles Kreuger (42)
Notes
Re-issued for the 40th Anniversary of this historic musical revue.
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Shortcode
[rl3518]
SIDE A:
1) BLACKBIRD MEDLEY:
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Doin1 the New Low Down
I Must Have That Man
Babyl
Dixie
Diga Diga Do
Porgy
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 2/]7/33 mx B 13079-B; B 13080-B Previously unissued rate of Brunswick 6516. (6:03)
2) I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
ETHEL WATERS WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AMD HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 12/22/32 mx B 127B3-A Brunswkk 6517. (3.03)
3) DOIN' THE NEW LOW DOWN
MILLS BROTHERS CAB CALLOWAY WITH DON BEDMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 12/29/32 mx 12811-A Brunswick 6517. (3.05)
4] I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
ADELAIDE HALL WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded T/7/33 mx B 12773-C Brunswick 6518. (3:07)
5] I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
ADELAIDE HALL WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 1/7/33. mx B 12773-D Previously unissued take of Brunswick 6518. (3:07)
6) BABY!
ADELAIDE HALL WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 12/21/32 mx B 12774-A Previously unissued take of Brunswick 6518. |3:04)
SIDE B:
1) D1GADIGADO
MILLS BROTHERS WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 12/22/32 mx B 12781-A Brunswick 6519. (3:04)
2) I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
MILLS BROTHERS (Four Bovs and a Guitar). Recorded 12/22/32 mx B 12782-A Brunswick 6519. 12:42]
3) DOIN' THE NEW LOW DOWN
BILL ROBINSON WITH DON R6DMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 12/29/32 mx B 12810-A Brunswick 4) SHUFFLE YOUR FEET (AND JUST ROLL ALONG) BANDANNA BABIES
DON REDMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH HARRY AND DONALD MILLS [of the Mills Brothers). Recorded 2/2/33 mx B 13007-A Brunswick 6520. (2:42)
5) PORGY
ETHEL WATERS WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. Recorded 12/22/32 mx B 12784-A Brunswick 652?. (3:09]
6) ST. LOUIS BLUES
CECIL MACK CHOIR WITH ETHEL WATERS. Recorded 12/23/32 mxB 12790-A Brunswiek 6521. (3:18]
7) EXPLOITATION RECORD
DOROTHY FIELDS JIMMY McHUGH INTRODUCED BY JACK KAPP. Recorded 2/21/33 mx B 13099-A (previously unissued). (2:08)
Format
LP
Label
Sutton SU 270
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Shortcode
[rl19038]
Side A:
1. Opening Medley: I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Doin' the New Low Down/I Must Have That Man/Baby! - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Ethel Waters
3. Doin' the New Low Down - Cab Calloway and The Mills Brothers
4. I Must Have That Man - Adelaide Hall
5. Baby! - Adelaide Hall
Side B:
1. Diga Diga Do - The Mills Brothers
2. Porgy - Ethel Waters
3. St. Louis Blues - Ethel Waters
4. Shuffle Your Feet/Bandanna Babies - Harry and Donald Mills
5. Closing Medley: Dixie/Diga Diga Do/Porgy/I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

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