Cab Calloway - The Chronological Classics, 13 Albums '1990-1998

Tracks list

Flamboyant swing bandleader and scat singer who personified 1930s Harlem style
and led one of the eras finest bands.

One of the great entertainers, Cab Calloway was a household name by 1932, and
never really declined in fame. A talented jazz singer and a superior scatter,
Calloways gyrations and showmanship on-stage at the Cotton Club sometimes
overshadowed the quality of his always excellent bands. The younger brother of
singer Blanche Calloway (who made some fine records before retiring in the
mid-30s), Cab grew up in Baltimore, attended law school briefly, and then quit
to try to make it as a singer and a dancer. For a time, he headed the
Alabamians, but the band was not strong enough to make it in New York. The
Missourians, an excellent group that had previously recorded heated
instrumentals but had fallen upon hard times, worked out much better. Calloway
worked in the 1929 revue Hot Chocolates, started recording in 1930, and in 1931
hit it big with both Minnie the Moocher and his regular engagement at the Cotton
Club. Calloway was soon (along with Bill Robinson, Ethel Waters, Louis
Armstrong, and Duke Ellington) the best-known black entertainer of the era. He
appeared in quite a few movies (including 1943s Stormy Weather), and Minnie the
Moocher was followed by such recordings as Kicking the Gong Around, Reefer Man,
Minnie the Moochers Wedding Day, You Gotta Hi-De-Ho, The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man,
and even Mister Paganini, Swing for Minnie. Among Calloways sidemen through the
years (who received among the highest salaries in the business) were Walter
Foots Thomas, Bennie Payne, Doc Cheatham, Eddie Barefield, Shad Collins, Cozy
Cole, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mario Bauza, Chu Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah
Jones, Tyree Glenn, Panama Francis, and Ike Quebec. His 1942 recording of Blues
in the Night was a big hit.

With the end of the big band era, Calloway had to reluctantly break up his
orchestra in 1948, although he continued to perform with his Cab Jivers. Since
George Gershwin had originally modeled the character Sportin Life in Porgy and
Bess after Calloway, it was fitting that Cab got to play him in a 1950s version.
Throughout the rest of his career, Calloway made special appearances for fans
who never tired of hearing him sing Minnie the Moocher.



Tracks:



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1930-1931 {The Chronological Classics, 516} 

 01. Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein Good) (3:13)
 02. St. Louis Blues (2:56)
 03. Sweet Jenny Lee (3:07)
 04. Happy Feet (2:39)
 05. Yaller (3:27)
 06. The Vipers Drag (3:22)
 07. Is That Religion? (2:55)
 08. Some Of These Days (2:57)
 09. Nobodys Sweetheart (3:20)
 10. St. James Infirmary (3:04)
 11. Dixie Vagabond (3:02)
 12. So Sweet (2:58)
 13. Minnie The Moocher (3:12)
 14. Doin The Rhumba (2:57)
 15. Mood Indigo (2:29)
 16. Farewell Blues (2:40)
 17. Im Crazy Bout My Baby (2:38)
 18. Creole Love Song (2:56)
 19. The Levee Low-Down (2:58)
 20. Blues In My Heart (2:55)
 21. Black Rhythm (3:14)
 22. Six or Seven Times (3:24)
 23. My Honeys Lovin Arms (3:07)
 24. The Nightmare (2:51)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1931-1932 {The Chronological Classics, 526} 

 01. It Looks Like Susie (2:56)
 02. Sweet Georgia Brown (2:36)
 03. Basin Street Blues (2:57)
 04. Bugle Call Rag (2:31)
 05. You Rascal, You (3:15)
 06. Stardust (3:28)
 07. You Cant Stop Me From Lovin You (2:54)
 08. You Dog (2:59)
 09. Somebody Stole My Gal (2:50)
 10. Aint No Gal In This Town (3:18)
 11. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (3:02)
 12. Trickeration (2:56)
 13. Kickin The Gong Around (3:11)
 14. Down-Hearted Blues (2:53)
 15. Without Rhythm (2:45)
 16. Corinne Corinna (3:04)
 17. Stack O Lee Blues (3:05)
 18. The Scat Song (3:09)
 19. Cabin In The Cotton (4:04)
 20. Strictly Cullud Affair (3:05)
 21. Aw You Dawg (2:49)
 22. Minnie The Moochers Wedding Day (3:14)
 23. Dinah (3:10)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1932 {The Chronological Classics, 537} 

 01. How Come You Do Me Like You Do (2:55)
 02. Old Yazoo (3:02)
 03. Angeline (2:54)
 04. Im Now Prepared To Tell The World Its You (2:57)
 05. Swanee Lullaby (2:43)
 06. Reefer Man (3:00)
 07. Old Man Of The Mountain (2:55)
 08. You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along With Me) (3:10)
 09. Strange As It Seems (3:20)
 10. This Time Its Love (3:00)
 11. Git Along (2:44)
 12. Hot Toddy (2:43)
 13. Ive Got The World On A String (3:13)
 14. Harlem Holiday (2:52)
 15. Dixie Doorway (3:02)
 16. Wah-Dee-Dah (3:06)
 17. Sweet Rhythm (2:55)
 18. Beale Street Mama (3:10)
 19. Thats What I Hate About Love (3:14)
 20. The Man From Harlem (3:09)
 21. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (3:17)
 22. My Sunday Gal (3:00)
 23. Eadie Was A Lady (2:55)
 24. Gotta Go Places And Do Things (2:45)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1932-1934 {The Chronological Classics, 544} 

 01. Hot Water (2:54)
 02. Doin The New Low-Down (3:10)
 03. Evenin (2:47)
 04. Harlem Hospitality (2:38)
 05. The Lady With The Fan (3:17)
 06. Harlem Camp Meeting (3:08)
 07. Zaz Zuh Zaz (3:27)
 08. Fathers Got His Glasses On (3:10)
 09. Minnie The Moocher (3:37)
 10. The Scat Song (2:46)
 11. Kickin The Gong Around (3:24)
 12. Theres A Cabin In The Cotton (3:32)
 13. I Learned About Love From Her (3:08)
 14. Little Town Gal (3:17)
 15. Long About Midnight (3:05)
 16. Moon Glow (3:11)
 17. Jitter Bug (3:12)
 18. Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz (3:15)
 19. Margie (3:09)
 20. Emaline (2:53)
 21. Chinese Rhythm (2:49)
 22. Moonlight Rhapsody (3:23)
 23. Avalon (3:26)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1934-1937 {The Chronological Classics, 544} 

 01. Weakness (3:07)
 02. Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl (3:11)
 03. Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul (2:59)
 04. Miss Otis Regrets (Shes Unable To Lunch Today) (3:06)
 05. I Aint Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) (3:06)
 06. Nagasaki (2:59)
 07. Baby, Wont You Please Come Home? (3:16)
 08. I Love To Sing (3:08)
 09. Youre The Cure For What Ails Me (3:03)
 10. Save Me, Sister (3:04)
 11. Love Is The Reason (3:15)
 12. When Youre Smiling (3:21)
 13. Jesss Natully Lazy (3:11)
 14. Are You In Love With Me Again? (3:11)
 15. Copper Colored Gal (2:47)
 16. Frisco Flo (3:27)
 17. The Wedding Of Mr. And Mrs. Swing (3:21)
 18. The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man (3:17)
 19. Dont Know If Im Comin Or Goin (2:44)
 20. My Gal Mezzanine (2:42)
 21. That Man Is Here Again (2:38)
 22. Peckin (2:59)
 23. Congo (2:35)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1937-1938 {The Chronological Classics, 568} 

 01. Swing, Swing, Swing (2:44)
 02. Wake Up And Live (2:31)
 03. Manhattan Jam (2:40)
 04. Moon At Sea (3:01)
 05. Im Always In The Mood For You (2:58)
 06. Shes Tall, Shes Tan, Shes Terrific (2:36)
 07. Go South, Young Man (2:13)
 08. Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm (3:06)
 09. Hi-De-Ho Romeo (2:51)
 10. Queen Isabella (2:47)
 11. Savage Rhythm (2:35)
 12. Every Days A Holiday (2:29)
 13. Jubilee (2:33)
 14. In An Old English Village (3:12)
 15. (Just An) Error In The News (2:51)
 16. A Minor Breakdown (Rustle Of Swing) (2:28)
 17. Bugle Blues (2:28)
 18. One Big Union For Two (2:56)
 19. Doing The Reactionary (2:42)
 20. Rustle Of Swing (3:00)
 21. Three Swings And Out (2:16)
 22. I Like Music (Played With A Swing Like This) (2:37)
 23. Foolin With You (2:34)
 24. Azure (2:49)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1938-1939 {The Chronological Classics, 576} 

 01. Skrontch (2:54)
 02. Were Breakin Up A Lovely Affair (3:01)
 03. Peck-A-Doodle-Do (2:53)
 04. At The Clambake Carnival (2:32)
 05. Hoy-Hoy (2:53)
 06. Miss Hallelujah Brown (2:25)
 07. The Congo-Conga (3:03)
 08. The Boogie-Woogie (2:39)
 09. Theres A Sunny Side To Everything (2:27)
 10. Shout, Shout, Shout (2:37)
 11. Mister Paganini - Swing For Minnie (2:52)
 12. Jive (Page One Of Hepsters Dictionary) (3:01)
 13. Do You Wanna Jump, Children (2:25)
 14. Im Madly In Love With You (2:59)
 15. April In My Heart (2:39)
 16. Blue Interlude (2:38)
 17. F.D.R. Jones (2:24)
 18. Deep In A Dream (3:01)
 19. Tee-Um, Tee-Um, Tee-I, Tahiti (2:12)
 20. Angels With Dirty Faces (2:59)
 21. Long, Long Ago (2:26)
 22. Afraid Of Love (2:33)
 23. Ratamacue (2:28)
 24. Ad-De-Dey (2:44)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1939-1940 {The Chronological Classics, 595} 

 01. A New Moon And An Old Serenade (2:37)
 02. One Look At You (2:47)
 03. The Ghost Of Smokey Joe (2:47)
 04. Floogie Walk (2:19)
 05. Trylon Swing (2:48)
 06. Utt Da Zay (The Tailors Song) (2:56)
 07. Crescendo In Drums (2:49)
 08. (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin Jive (2:50)
 09. For The Last Time I Cried Over You (2:51)
 10. Twee-Twee-Tweet (2:46)
 11. Pluckin The Bass (2:46)
 12. I Aint Gettin Nowhere Fast (2:47)
 13. Chili Con Conga (3:02)
 14. Tarzan Of Harlem (2:49)
 15. Jiveformation Please (2:31)
 16. Vuelva (2:55)
 17. A Bee Gezindt (2:53)
 18. Give, Baby, Give (2:37)
 19. Sincere Love (2:44)
 20. Do It Again (2:55)
 21. Pickin The Cabbage (2:50)
 22. Chop, Chop, Charlie Chan (From China) (3:02)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1940 {The Chronological Classics, 614} 

 01. Paradiddle (3:04)
 02. Boog It (2:56)
 03. Calling All Bars (2:52)
 04. Do I Care, No No (2:53)
 05. The Lone Arranger (2:32)
 06. Feelin Tip Top (2:44)
 07. Hard Times (3:26)
 08. Hi-De-Ho Serenade (2:59)
 09. Whos Yehoodi? (3:10)
 10. Fifteen Minute Intermission (2:53)
 11. Rhapsody In Rhumba (2:49)
 12. Come On With The Come On (2:58)
 13. (I Dont Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You) (3:02)
 14. Bye Bye Blues (2:55)
 15. Papas In Bed With His Britches On (2:36)
 16. Silly Old Moon (3:07)
 17. Boo-Wah Boo-Wah (2:50)
 18. Sunset (3:14)
 19. Yo Eta Cansa (3:02)
 20. Cupids Nightmare (2:42)
 21. Levee Lullaby (3:11)
 22. Are You Hep To The Jive? (3:07)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1940-1941 {The Chronological Classics, 629} 

 01. Goin Conga (2:53)
 02. Hot Air (2:55)
 03. Lonesome Nights (3:01)
 04. A Chicken Aint Nothin But A Bird (2:55)
 05. The Workers Train (3:18)
 06. North Of The Mohawk Trail (3:26)
 07. Make Yourself At Home (2:52)
 08. Run Little Rabbit (3:12)
 09. Willow Weep For Me (3:24)
 10. You Are The One In My Heart (3:13)
 11. Are You All Reet? (3:06)
 12. Ebony Silhouette (2:49)
 13. Hep Cats Love Song (3:06)
 14. Jonah Joins The Cab (2:35)
 15. Geechy Joe (3:08)
 16. Special Delivery (2:59)
 17. Take The A Train (3:05)
 18. Chattanooga Choo Choo (2:41)
 19. My Gal (2:44)
 20. St. James Infirmary (3:20)
 21. St. James Infirmary (2:47)
 22. We Go Well Together (3:08)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1941-1942 {The Chronological Classics, 682} 

 01. Hey, Doc! (3:16)
 02. I See A Million People (But All I Can See Is You) (3:01)
 03. Conchita (Cares Nothing About Love) (2:52)
 04. Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol Me) (3:10)
 05. Mrs. Finnigan (2:48)
 06. My Coo-Coo Bird (Could Swing) (2:52)
 07. Says Who? Says You, Says I! (2:28)
 08. The Mermaid Song (2:48)
 09. Who Calls? (3:11)
 10. Nain Nain (No No) (3:16)
 11. Tappin Off (2:43)
 12. A Smo-o-o-oth One (3:08)
 13. The Moment I Laid Eyes On You (3:17)
 14. Virginia, Georgia And Caroline (2:35)
 15. Lordy (2:54)
 16. I Want To Rock (2:53)
 17. Ill Be Around (3:10)
 18. Taint No Good (3:14)
 19. Minnie The Moocher (3:16)
 20. Lets Go Joe (3:09)
 21. Ogeechee River Lullaby (3:38)
 22. I Get The Neck Of The Chicken (2:45)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1942-1947 {The Chronological Classics, 996} 

 01. Whats Buzzin, Cousin? (2:42)
 02. Chant Of The Jungle (3:23)
 03. Im Making Believe (1:53)
 04. Foo A Little Ballyhoo (3:05)
 05. Lets Take The Long Way Home (2:40)
 06. Foo A Little Bally-hoo (3:04)
 07. All At Once (2:54)
 08. Dawn Time (3:05)
 09. If This Isnt Love (3:00)
 10. A Blue Serge Suit With A Belt In The Back (2:29)
 11. Here I Go Just Dreamin Away (2:50)
 12. The Honeydripper (2:59)
 13. Afternoon Moon (3:13)
 14. Hey Now, Hey Now (2:59)
 15. I Got A Gal Named Nettie (3:10)
 16. Hi-De-Ho Man (3:03)
 17. Necessity (2:55)
 18. Oh Grandpa (3:02)
 19. Dont Falter At The Alter (2:43)
 20. Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar (3:04)
 21. The Jungle King (3:18)
 22. Two Blocks Down, Turn To The Left (3:13)
 23. San Francisco Fan (3:21)
 24. The Calloway Boogie (3:03)
 25. Everybody Eats When They Come To My House (2:46)



Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - 1949-1955 {The Chronological Classics, 1287} 

01. Baby Its Cold Outside (2:21)
02. The Huckle-Buck (2:30)
03. Ol Joe Louis (2:35)
04. Your Voice (2:39)
05. Rooming House Boogie (3:24)
06. I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped (2:38)
07. The Duck Trot (3:14)
08. Pero Que Jelengue (2:47)
09. The Keeper Of The Blues (2:48)
10. La Mucura (2:55)
11. Que Pasa Chica (2:34)
12. Shot Gun Boogie (3:04)
13. Frosty Morning (2:39)
14. One For My Baby (3:32)
15. Ill Get By (2:50)
16. Minnie The Moocher (3:08)
17. Gamblers Guitar (Gamblers Blues) (2:34)
18. Hey Joe (2:28)
19. Jilted (2:10)
20. Such A Night (2:10)
21. Unchained Melody (2:49)
22. Learning The Blues (2:36)

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