Shuffle Along of 1950 > Backer's Audition

Date: 1950
Type: Audio / Demo Recording
Language: English
Music: W.C. Handy (12), Cole Porter (925)
Lyrics: W.C. Handy (12), Cole Porter (925), Andy Razaf (53)
Liner Notes: Ken Bloom (38), Richard Carlin (3)
Performer: Billy Banks, Eubie Blake (29), Madeline Greene, W.C. Handy (12), Charlotte Holloman, Laverne Hutchinson, Ruth King, Noble Sissle (17)
Notes: Original demo to the proposed Broadway 10950 revival of Shuffle Along, performed by the authors.
Shortcode: [r39787]

Format: CD
Label: Harbinger HCD 3402
Release Date: 2018-10-19
UPC / EAN: 632433340226
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Liner Notes: Ken Bloom (38), Richard Carlin (3)
Notes: Also included as bonus tracks is a remaster of the only surviving acetate of a historical “Tribute to Ruth King.” Ruth King was a famed Cleveland DJ who celebrated black musicians. Notables as Sissle and Blake and the legendary W.C. Handy, composer of “St. Louis Blues” play for Ms. King.
# Tracks: 44
Lists: 16 collectors / 2 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl61677]

1.	Introduction
2.	Opening Chorus: Election Day
3.	Introduction
4.	My Platform of Swing
5.	Introduction
6.	Love Will Find a Way
7.	Introduction
8.	Boogie Woogie Beguine
9.	Introduction
10.	Mirandy (That Gal o' Mine)
	In Honeysuckle Time
11.	Introduction
12.	Two Hearts in Tune
13.	If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brown Skin
14.	Introduction
15.	Gypsy Blues
16.	Introduction
17.	Bandana Days
18.	Ain't Cha Coming Back, Mary Ann, to Maryland?
19.	Introduction
20.	Shuffle Along
21.	Introduction
22.	The Apple Jack
23.	Introduction
24.	Alone With Love
25.	Introduction
26.	I'm Craving For That Kind of Love
27.	Introduction
28.	Underneath the Swanee Moon
29.	Introduction/Medley:
30.	If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brown Skin
31.	Ain't Cha Coming Back, Mary Ann, to Maryland?
32.	Rhythm of America
33.	I'm Just Wild About Harry
34.	Closing Remarks
	A Tribute to Ruth King:
35.	Introduction
36.	St. Louis Blues song from Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928
37.	Introduction
38.	Bandana Days
	I'm Just Wild About Harry
39.	Piano Improvisation / Introduction to Madeline Greene
40.	It's A Hit
41.	Introduction
42.	Memories of You song from Blackbirds of 1930
43.	Introduction
44.	I've A Shooting Box in Scotland
	Just One of Those Things song from Jubilee