Mildred Bailey – The Queen Of Swing: All The Hits And More 1929-47 – 3CD

Mildred Bailey was a jazz singer of Native American descent who was known variously as “The Queen Of Swing”, “The Rockin’ Chair Lady” and “Mrs Swing”, and who enjoyed a successful career during the 1930s and ‘40s, having more than 40 hits in her own name and as a band singer with Glen Gray’s Casa Loma Orchestra, and the orchestras of Paul Whiteman, The Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman and Red Norvo (who was also her husband). This excellent-value 73-track 3-CD comprises all those hits, plus selected recordings by Mildred with those and other bands, like those of Eddie Lang, Frankie Trumbauer and Jimmie Noone, and leading her own orchestra or with various top class accompanists, including the Ellis Larkins Trio. It features the No. 1 hits “All Of Me” with Paul Whiteman, “Please Be Kind” with Red Norvo and “Darn That Dream” with Benny Goodman, along with recordings which were among the original versions from that era of future classic Great American Songbook standards. As her nicknames suggest, she was a leading performer during the swing era as a highly individual and stylish interpreter of songs from across the spectrum of jazz, swing, Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley pop, and this collection offers a substantial and thoroughly entertaining showcase for her talent.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Eddie Lang's Orchestra: 1. What Kind O' Man Is You -   Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra: 2. I Like To Do Things For You -   Jimmy Noone's Apex Club Orchestra: 3. Travellin' All Alone -   Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra with Mildred Bailey: 4. You Call It Madness -   Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra: 5. When It's Sleepy Time Down South -   Mildred Bailey: 6. Georgia On My Mind -   Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra: 7. All Of Me -   8. I'll Never Be The Same -   9. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye -   Mildred Bailey with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: 10. Lazy Bones -   11. Shoutin' In The Amen Corner -   12. Doin' The Uptown Lowdown -   Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra: 13. Heat Wave -   Benny Goodman & His Orchestra: 14. Ol' Pappy -   Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band: 15. When Day Is Done -   Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats: 16. Willow Tree -   17. Squeeze Me -   18. Down-Hearted Blues -   Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 19. A Porter's Love Song -   20. It Can Happen To You -   Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 21. For Sentimental Reasons -   22. More Than You Know -   Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 23. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm -

CD2:
Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 1. Slumming On Park Avenue -   2. Smoke Dreams -   Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 3. My Last Affair -   4. Trust In Me -   5. Where Are You? -   6. Never In A Million Years -   7. Rockin' Chair -   8. The Moon Got In My Eyes -   9. It's The Natural Thing To Do -   Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 10. Worried Over You -   Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 11. Bob White (Watcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) -   12. Right Or Wrong -   13. I See Your Face Before Me -   14. Thanks For The Memory -   15. Lover Come Back To Me -   Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 16. Love Is Here To Stay -   17. The Week-End Of A Private Secretary -   18. Please Be Kind -   Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 19. Don't Be That Way -   Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 20. Says My Heart -   Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 21. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart -   22. My Melancholy Baby -   23. Small Fry -   24. So Help Me (If I Don't Love You) -   Red Norvo & His Orchestra: 25. Garden Of The Moon -

CD3:
Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 1. My Reverie -   2. Have You Forgotten So Soon? -   3. I Go For That -   4. Blame It On My Last Affair -   5. I Cried For You -   6. St. Louis Blues -   7. Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It) -   Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys: 8. Gulf Coast Blues -   9. Arkansas Blues -   10. There'll Be Some Changes Made -   Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 11. Moon Love -   12. You're The Moment In My Life -   13. (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance -   Benny Goodman & His Orchestra: 14. I Thought About You -   15. Bluebirds In The Moonlight -   16. Darn That Dream -   Mildred Bailey: 17. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam!) -   18. It's So Peaceful In The Country -   19. It's A Woman’s Prerogative -   20. Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) -   21. Me And The Blues -   22. At Sundown -   Mildred Bailey & Julian Work: 23. Almost Like Being In Love -   Mildred Bailey: 24. Born To Be Blue -   25. Can't We Be Friends -