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Mildred Bailey

voc, 1907-1951 US, Tekoa, Washington
Singer / Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Mildred Rinker

Mildred Bailey (born February 27, 1907, Tekoa, Washington, USA - died December 12, 1951, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA) was an American singer and band leader. She started her career 1929 in the orchestra of Paul Whiteman where she met her later husband Red Norvo.

     
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Blues
Popular Tracks   
It's So Peaceful In The Country on The Rockin' Chair Lady by Mildred Bailey
Lover, Come Back To Me on The Rockin' Chair Lady by Mildred Bailey
Doin' the Uptown Lowdown (with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra) on The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 1 - 1929-1937 by Mildred Bailey
Can't We Be Friends on Sings... Me And The Blues by Mildred Bailey
I'll Close My Eyes on Sings... Me And The Blues by Mildred Bailey
A Cigarette and a Silhouette on Rockin' Chair Lady by Mildred Bailey
Me And The Blues on Sings... Me And The Blues by Mildred Bailey
Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam) on The Incomparable Mildred Bailey by Mildred Bailey
You Leave Me Breathless on Rockin' Chair Lady by Mildred Bailey
Darn That Dream on All the Things You Are by Mildred Bailey

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Night In ManhattanMildred Bailey, Lee Wiley2019Album
The Rockin' Chair LadyMildred Bailey2007Compil.
Sunday, Monday Or AlwaysMildred Bailey2005Compil.
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - VocalistsThe Boswell Sisters / The Mills Brothers / Billie Holiday / Mildred Bailey2005Compil.
The Mildred Bailey Radio ShowsMildred Bailey2004Compil.
I'm Glad There Is YouMildred Bailey2004Album
It Had To Be YouMildred Bailey2004Compil.
Mrs. SwingMildred Bailey2003Compil.
The Best Of Mildred Bailey. Original HitsMildred Bailey2003Compil.
1943-1945Mildred Bailey2003Compil.
Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey2002Compil.
Complete Columbia Recordings Vol. 2Mildred Bailey2001Compil.
1939Mildred Bailey2001Compil.
Music Till MidnightMildred Bailey2001Album
Squeeze Me! Big Hits From A Great LadyMildred Bailey2000Compil.
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey2000Compil.
It Had To Be YouMildred Bailey2000Compil.
blues by Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey1999Single
1932-1936Mildred Bailey1999Compil.
The Blue Angel Years 1944-1947Mildred Bailey1999Album
1929-1932Mildred Bailey1999Compil.
In LoveMildred Bailey1998Compil.
Doin' The Uptown LowdownMildred Bailey1997Compil.
Thanks For The MemoryMildred Bailey1996Album
Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey1995Compil.
The Best Of Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey1995Compil.
Band Vocalist Volume TwoMildred Bailey1994Compil.
Sweet BeginningsMildred Bailey1994Compil.
The Rockin' Chair Lady (Eight of Her Greatest Performances)Mildred Bailey1994Compil.
The Rockin' Chair Lady (1931-1950)Mildred Bailey1994Compil.
Squeeze MeMildred Bailey1991Compil.
The Blues Singer, 1937-1939Mildred Bailey1991Compil.
The Blues Singer, 1929-1937Mildred Bailey1991Compil.
The Rockin' Chair LadyMildred Bailey1990Compil.
Rockin' Chair The Legendary V-Disc SessionsMildred Bailey1990Compil.
Red And Mildred—1938Red Norvo And His Orchestra, Mildred Bailey, Terry Allen1990Album
Bailey E Norvo - Rockin' ChairMildred Bailey, Red Norvo1990Compil.
Harlem LullabyMildred Bailey1989Compil.
Red Norvo And His Big Band Featuring Mildred BaileyRed Norvo Big Band Featuring Mildred Bailey1988Album
The Mildred Bailey Collection - 20 Golden GreatsMildred Bailey1987Compil.
The Majestic Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey1985Compil.
Harlem LullabyThe Dorsey Brothers ~ Mildred Bailey ~ Bing Crosby ~ Ethel Waters1985Compil.
The Paul Whiteman YearsMildred Bailey1984Compil.
The Jazz SingersBing Crosby, Ethel Waters, Ray Charles, Mildred Bailey, Mel Tormé1982Compil.
Here Is Mildred Bailey At Her Rare Of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1Mildred Bailey1981Album
1938/39Mildred Bailey1981Compil.
The Uncollected Mildred Bailey 1944 (The CBS Radio Shows)Mildred Bailey With Paul Baron And Orchestra Featuring Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge, Red Norvo1979Album
A Portrait Of Mildred Bailey 1934-1940Mildred Bailey1979Compil.
The Great Ladies On V-Disc Vol. 2Jo Stafford, Anita O'Day, Mildred Bailey1979Compil.
Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey1979Compil.
The Mildred Bailey Radio Show - 1944-1945Mildred Bailey With Guest Stars Trummy Young And Woody Herman And Featuring Teddy Wilson Sextet1975Album
Mr & Mrs SwingRed Norvo & Mildred Bailey1975Compil.
Mildred BaileyMildred Bailey1973Compil.
All Of MeMildred Bailey1972Compil.
Rocking Chair LadyMildred Bailey1964Compil.
Her Greatest Performances 1929-1946 Volume TwoMildred Bailey1962Compil.
Her Greatest Performances 1929-1946Mildred Bailey1962Compil.
Her Greatest Performances 1929-1946 Volume ThreeMildred Bailey1962Compil.
Red Norvo Plays Mildred Bailey SingsRed Norvo / Mildred Bailey1958Single
Mildred Bailey Sings "Me And The Blues"Mildred Bailey1957Album
Mildred Bailey And Her Alley CatsMildred Bailey1957Single
I Let A Song Go Out Of My HeartMildred Bailey1956Album
At Sundown - Mildred Bailey SingsMildred Bailey1955Album
Mildred Bailey SingsMildred Bailey1954Album
Mildred Bailey SingsMildred Bailey1954Album
Rockin' Chair / Give Me TimeMildred Bailey And Her Orchestra / Mildred Bailey1952Album
The Rockin' Chair Lady (Eight Of Her Greatest Performances)Mildred Bailey1951Compil.
Mildred Bailey SingsMildred Bailey1951Album
Mildred Bailey SingsMildred Bailey1951Single
A Mildred Bailey SerenadeMildred Bailey1950Compil.
Lover, Come Back To Me! / It's So Peaceful In The CountryMildred Bailey1949Album
Ev'rything Depends On You / All Too SoonMildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm Boys1948Album
Body And Soul / I'll Close My EyesJack Teagarden / Mildred Bailey1947Album
Almost Like Being In Love / All Of MeMildred Bailey1947Album
The Man I Love / Lover Come Back To MeBobby Hackett / Mildred Bailey / The Ellis Larkins Trio1947Album
At Sundown / Lover, Come Back To MeMildred Bailey1947Album
Prisoner Of Love / Rockin' Chair / DinahPerry Como / Mildred Bailey, Mildred Bailey Sextet1946Album
It's A Woman's Prerogative / Penthouse SerenadeMildred Bailey1946Album
Wish You Were Waitin' For Me / And Then It's Heaven / I Can't Get StartedMildred Bailey / Harry James And His Orchestra / Benny Carter And His Orchestra1946Album
My Ideal / Squeeze Me / MeshugahColeman Hawkins / Mildred Bailey / Chubby Jackson's Mad Mob1946Album
All That Glitters Is Not Gold / In Love In VainMildred Bailey1946Album
Down The Old Ox Road / Soon / Summertime / From The Land Of The Sky Blue WaterBing Crosby, John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra, Mildred Bailey1945Album
Right As The Rain / EvelinaMildred Bailey / Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra1945Album
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Lamplighter's SerenadeMildred Bailey / Frank Sinatra1945Album
None But The Lonely Heart / There'll Be A JubileeFrank Sinatra / Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman And His V-DISC All-Stars1945Album
Downhearted Blues / Beyond The Blue HorizonMildred Bailey / Martha Tilton And Her V-Disc Play Boys1945Album
Which Of The Great Forty-Eight / Just You, Just Me / Like Someone In Love / Love Is The Sweetest ThingMildred Bailey / Paul Baron's Sextet / Perry Como1945Album
More Than You Know / Seven Come ElevenMildred Bailey With Teddy Wilson / Red Norvo And His Orchestra1944Album
Something Sentimental / Scrap Your FatVaughn Monroe And His Orchestra / Mildred Bailey With Teddy Wilson1944Album
Rockin' Chair / Sunday, Monday Or AlwaysMildred Bailey With Teddy Wilson1944Album
Always / Hold On, Keep Your Hand On The Plow / I Remember YouJoan Edwards / Mildred Bailey / Jo Stafford1944Album
Sometimes / Wherever You AreMildred Bailey1942Album
I Think Of You / More Than You KnowMildred Bailey1942Album
Easy To Love / Don't Take Your Love From MeMildred Bailey1941Album
Georgia On My Mind / I'm Afraid Of MyselfMildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm Boys1941Album
It's So Peaceful In The Country / Lover, Come Back To Me!Mildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm Boys1941Album
When That Man Is Dead And Gone / JennyMildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm Boys1941Album
Rockin' Chair / Sometimes I'm HappyMildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm Boys1941Album
A Bee Gezindt / After All I've Been To YouMildred Bailey1940Album
Wham Re-Bop-Boom-Bam! / Little High ChairmanMildred Bailey1940Album
Give Me Time / I'm Nobody's BabyMildred Bailey1940Album
Don't Dally With The Devil / Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless ChildMildred Bailey And The Charioteers1939Album
More Than Ever / The Weekend Of A Private SecretaryRed Norvo And His Orchestra, Mildred Bailey1938Album
Stop The Sun Stop The Moon / HomeMildred Bailey1938Album
Rockin' Chair / Georgia On My MindMildred Bailey1937Album
Is That Religion? / Harlem LullabyMildred Bailey With The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra1933Album
Don’t Take Your Love From Me / Easy To LoveMildred BaileyAlbum
Gypsy In My Soul / It's Never Too Late To PrayMildred BaileyAlbum
Mildred Bailey And The Delta Rhythm BoysMildred Bailey And The Delta Rhythm BoysSingle
Sometimes I'm HappyMildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm BoysSingle
Don't Worry 'Bout Strangers / Born To Be BlueMildred Bailey With The Ellis Larkins TrioAlbum
Vocals Of The ThirtiesMaxine Sullivan, Mildred BaileySingle
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man / It's Never Too lateMildred BaileyAlbum
I've Gone Off The Deep End / I Shoulda Stood In BedMildred BaileyAlbum
"Pop" Blue HitsLouis Prima / Roy McKinley / Mildred BaileyCompil.
Rockin' Chair/There'll Be Some Changes MadeMildred BaileyAlbum
Voice And VibesMildred Bailey & Red NorvoAlbum
The Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session Vol. 3 Jan. 26th 1944Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Red Norvo, Art Tatum, Jess Stacy, Teddy Wilson, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Weiss, Sidney Catlett, Morey Feld, Billie Holiday, Mildred BaileyCompil.
These Foolish ThingsMildred BaileyAlbum
Willow TreeMildred Bailey, Johnny Hodges, Bunny Berigan, Teddy Wilson, Grachan MoncurSingle
Me and The Blues / I'll Close My EyesMildred BaileyAlbum
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