Recommended Materials
NICK LUCAS: THE CROONING TROUBADOUR
25 hit recordings by Nick Lucas from 1923 through 1939. Tracks include the #2 hit recording from 1925, “Brown Eyes, Why Are You So Blue”.
ASV #5329, 2001.
THE SIDNEY BECHET STORY
93 tracks recorded by Sidney Bechet with Alberta Hunter, Clarence Todd, Eva Taylor, Louis Armstrong, J.C. Higginbotham, Earl Hines, Jimmy Jones and J.C. Heard. Tracks include “I’m a Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird” and the #4 hit from 1925, “Mandy, Make Up Your Mind.”
Proper Records, 2001.
AL JOLSON: YOU AIN’T HEARD NOTHIN’ YET
Collection of Al Jolson recordings for Columbia Records. Tracks include the top ten hit recording from 1916, “Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?”
Legacy Recordings # 53419, 1994.
REQUESTFULLY YOURS
25 recordings by Vaughn Monroe from 1941 through 1949. Tracks include the 1948 hit song “In a Little Book Shop.” Guest artists include The Norton Sisters, The Moon Maids, The Moon Men, Ziggy Talent, Marilyn Duke. Liner notes by Arthur Jackson.
Dutton Laboratories # 3007, 2000.
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
4 disc set of recordings by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. Tracks include the 1943 #1 hit recording by Tommy Dorsey, “There Are Such Things.”
JSP # 912, 2003.
TAKE IT EASY
Fats Waller recordings including the 1934 hit song “I’m Growing Fonder of You.”
Columbia River Entertainment Group # 120016, 2000.
BEST OF THE WAR YEARS
20 recordings by Bing Crosby from 1941 through 1946. Tracks include the #18 hit from 1946, “In the Land of Beginning Again.”
Stardust Records # 0763, 2000.
THE COLUMBIA YEARS (1943-1952)
Collection of 285 recordings by Frank Sinatra for the Columbia Records label during 1943-1952. Tracks include “If I Only Had a Match.”
Legacy Recordings # 48673, 1993.
COMPLETE WORKS VOL. 1 (1928-1929)
Kessinger Brothers recorded works from 1928 and 1929 including the top ten hit song from 1914, “Girl I Left Behind Me.”
Document Records # 8010, 1997.