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Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
The Early Years

Compil. US 1973 on Sunbeam label
Jazz and Pop (Easy Listening, Swing)

A1 - A4 recorded NYC, February 9th 1931; A1, A2 as Johnny Walker & His Orchestra, A3, A4 as The Charleston Chasers under the direction of Benny Goodman A5 - A8 recorded NYC, September 18th 1931; A7, A8 as The Radiolites (a Columbia records "house" band name at the time); apart from musicians mentioned above, there is one unknown trumpet, as well as unknown guitar and bass players B1, B2 recorded NYC, October 18th 1933 B3, B4 recorded NYC, October 27th 1933 B5 recorded NYC, November 27th 1933 B5, B6 recorded NYC, December 4th 1933 B7 - C2 recorded NYC, December 18th 1933 C3 - C7 recorded NYC, February 2nd 1934 D1 - D3 recorded NYC, May 14th 1934; Harry Goodman may be playing bass instead of Artie Bernstein D4 - D8 recorded NYC, August 16th 1934 E1, E2 recorded NYC, November 14th 1934 as Harry Rosenthal And His Orchestra (possibly a "house" band name for Columbia records at the time) E3, E4 recorded NYC, November 24th 1934, same as above E5 - E8 recorded NYC, November 26th 1934 as Benny Goodman And His Music Hall Orchestra; Dick Clark possibly plays second tenor sax F1- F4 recorded NYC, January 15th 1935 F5 - F8 recorded NYC, February 19th 1935 All the other titles recorded as Benny Goodman And His Orchestra A compilation of various early Goodman pick up and working bands, many of them being originally released on 'blue Columbias'. Name of the record appears as "The Early Years, 1931 - 33" on the front of the sleeve, "The Early Years, 1931 - 35" on the back of the sleeve and "The Early Years" on the spine. Seems like the LPs were first released as separate volumes (one of them can be found here: http://www.discogs.com/Benny-Goodman-And-His-Orchestra-The-Early-Years-1934-35/release/6327871) and then put all in one package, perhaps a bit hastily... Liner notes by Alan Roberts If anyone has more up to date info, he/she is welcome to fill in/correct!

     
Musicians
PortraitBenny Goodman And His Orchestra , US
album by
PortraitBen Kantor cl,
alto saxophone
PortraitBenny Goodman cl, 1909-1986 US
alto saxophone, clarinet, directed by
PortraitHymie Schertzer sax, as, 1909-1977
alto saxophone
PortraitSid Stoneburn cl, US
alto saxophone
PortraitToots Mondello as, sax, 1911-1992 US
alto saxophone
PortraitArthur Schutt p, 1902-1965 US
arranged by, piano
PortraitDeane Kincaide sax, bs, 1911-1992 US
arranged by
PortraitFud Livingston cl, sax, ts, 1906-1957 US
arranged by
PortraitArtie Bernstein b, 1909-1964 US
bass
PortraitHank Wayland b, 1906-1983 US
bass
PortraitHarry Goodman b, 1906-1997 US
bass
PortraitSlats Long sax, 1906-1964 US
clarinet
PortraitClaude Thornhill p, 1909-1965 US
directed by, piano
PortraitGene Krupa dr, 1909-1973 US
drums
PortraitJohnny Williams dr, perc, 1905-1985 US
drums
PortraitRay McKinley dr, voc, 1926-1980 US
drums
PortraitSam Weiss dr, 1926-2008 US
drums
PortraitLarry Binyon sax, 1908-1974 US
flute, tenor saxophone
Benny Martel
guitar
PortraitDick McDonough g, 1904-1938 US
guitar, vocals
PortraitGeorge Van Eps g, *1913 US
guitar
PortraitFrank Froeba p, 1907-1981 US
piano
PortraitFulton McGrath p, 1907-1958 US
piano
PortraitIrving Brodsky p, 1901-1998 US
piano
PortraitJoe Sullivan p, 1906-1971 US
piano
PortraitTeddy Wilson p, 1912-1986 US
piano
PortraitArt Karle ts,
tenor saxophone
PortraitArthur Rollini ts, sax, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitColeman Hawkins ts, 1904-1969 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitHank Ross p, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitGlenn Miller tb, 1904-1944 US
trombone
PortraitJack Lacey tb,
trombone
PortraitJack Teagarden tb, voc, 1905-1964 US
trombone, vocals
PortraitRed Ballard tb,
trombone
PortraitSonny Lee tb, 1904-1975 US
trombone
Art Sylvester
trumpet
PortraitCharlie Margulis tr, 1902-1967 US
trumpet
PortraitCharlie Teagarden tr, 1913-1984 US
trumpet
PortraitGeorge Thow tr, voc, US
trumpet
PortraitJerry Neary tr, US
trumpet
PortraitManny Klein tr, 1908-1994 US
trumpet
PortraitPee Wee Erwin tr, 1913-1981 US
trumpet
PortraitRalph Muzillo tr,
trumpet
PortraitRuby Weinstein tr,
trumpet
PortraitRuss Case , US
trumpet
PortraitSammy Shapiro tr,
trumpet
PortraitShirley Clay cor, tr, 1902-1951 US
trumpet
PortraitAnn Graham voc,
vocals
PortraitBillie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US
vocals
PortraitBuddy Clark voc, 1912-1949 US
vocals
PortraitHelen Ward voc, 1913-1998 US
vocals
PortraitMildred Bailey voc, 1907-1951 US
vocals
PortraitPaul Small voc,
vocals
Peter Cantor
vocals
Ray Hendricks
vocals
PortraitSmith Ballew voc, 1902-1984 US
vocals
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Vol. 1Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
2When Your Lover Has GoneBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
3Walkin' My Baby Back HomeBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
4Basin Street BluesBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
5Beale Street BluesBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
6Not That I CareBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
7Help Yourself To HappinessBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
8Love Letters In The SandBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
9I Don't Know WhyBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
10I Gotta Right To Sing The BluesBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
11Ain't-Cha Glad?Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
12Dr. Heckle And Mr. JibeBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
13Texas Tea PartyBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
14Your Mother's Son-In-LawBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
15Tappin' The BarrelBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
16Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
17Riffin' The ScotchBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
18Vol.2Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
19Love Me Or Leave MeBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
20Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me?Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
21Georgia JubileeBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
22Junk ManBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
23Junk ManBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
24Ol' PappyBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
25EmalineBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
26I Ain't Lazy - I'm Just Dreamin'Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
27As Long As I LiveBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
28MoonglowBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
29Breakfast BallBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
30Take My WordBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
31It Happens To The Best Of FriendsBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
32Nitwit SerenadeBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
33Bugle Call RagBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
34Bugle Call Rag (Previously Unissued)Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
35Vol. 3Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
36Say WhenBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
37When Love Comes Swingin' AlongBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
38You're The TopBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
39All Through The NightBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
40I'm A Hundred Percent For YouBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
41CokeyBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
42Like A Bolt From The BlueBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
43Music Hall RagBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
44The Dixieland BandBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
45Blue MoonBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
46Throwin' Stones At The SunBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
47Down Home RagBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
48Singing A Happy SongBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
49CloudsBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
50I Was LuckyBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
51Night WindBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
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