Stormy Weather / Cabin in the Sky

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Annotation

Series: Great black soundtracks
Tracks 1-12 from the movie "Stormy Weather"
Tracks 13-24 from the movie "Cabin in the Sky"

Annotation last modified on 2021-09-17 03:36 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Walkin’ the Dog – Instrumental
[unknown]1:30
2There’s No Two Ways About Love
Lena Horne2:44
3Linda Brown
The Tramp Band3:40
4Moppin’ and Boppin’
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1943-01-23)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1943-01-23)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
reeds:
Gene Porter (40s west coast jazz cat) (on 1943-01-23)
trombone:
Alton Moore (on 1943-01-23)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1943-01-23)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
edit of:
Moppin’ and Boppin’ (studio, 1943-01-23: "Stormy Weather" soundtrack, with spoken intro) by Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Fats Waller4:23
5That Ain’t Right
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1943-01-23)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1943-01-23)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
reeds:
Gene Porter (40s west coast jazz cat) (on 1943-01-23)
trombone:
Alton Moore (on 1943-01-23)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1943-01-23)
vocals:
Ada Brown (on 1943-01-23) and Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
recording of:
That Ain't Right (on 1943-01-23)
lyricist and composer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
Fats Waller & Ada Brown3:02
6Ain’t Misbehavin’
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1943-01-23)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1943-01-23)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
reeds:
Gene Porter (40s west coast jazz cat) (on 1943-01-23)
trombone:
Alton Moore (on 1943-01-23) and Slim Moore (trombonist linked to Fats Waller) (on 1943-01-23)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1943-01-23)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
edit of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (alternate ending) (1943: “Stormy Weather” movie) by “Fats” Waller
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1943-01-23)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Fats Waller4:02
7Diga Diga Doo
edit of:
Diga Diga Doo (1943: “Stormy Weather” movie) by Lena Horne
Lena Horne2:11
8I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Lena Horne & Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson3:00
9Geechy Joe
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:19
10Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:55
11My, My, Ain’t That Somethin’
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson2:33
12Jumpin’ Jive
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra4:38
13Overture – Cabin in the Sky
[unknown]1:49
14Little Black Sheep
Ethel Waters & Hall Johnson Choir3:49
15Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
recording of:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1940)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1940)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Ethel Waters3:07
16Cabin in the Sky
Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson & Hall Johnson Choir4:33
17Ain’t It the Truth
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra5:25
18Ain’t It the Truth
recording of:
Ain’t It the Truth (Cabin in the Sky, 1943 film)
Lena Horne2:31
19Takin’ a Chance on Love
Ethel Waters & Eddie “Rochester” Anderson4:23
20Life’s Full O’Consequence
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson & Lena Horne1:52
21Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music Inc
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra1:31
22Down at Jim Henry’s
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra1:41
23Honey in the Honeycomb
recording of:
Honey in the Honeycomb
lyricist:
John Latouche
composer:
Vernon Duke
Lena Horne1:57
24Honey in the Honeycomb
recording of:
Honey in the Honeycomb
lyricist:
John Latouche
composer:
Vernon Duke
Ethel Waters1:25