Harmonica Blues: Great Harmonica Performances Of The 1920s And '30s

 

1 Freeman Stowers– Railroad Blues

2 State Street Boys – Crazy About You

3 Carver Boys– Wang Wang Harmonica Blues

4 Lee Brown– My Driving Wheel

5 Ashley & Foster– Bay Rum Blues

6 Robert Hill – I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother

7 Chuck Darling– Blowin' The Blues

8 Chuck Darling– Harmonica Rag

9 Jaybird Coleman– Man Trouble Blues

10 Jazz Gillum– I Want You By My Side

11 Alfred Lewis– Friday Moan Blues

12 Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton – House Snake Blues

13 Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey– Need More Blues

14 DeFord Bailey– Davidson County Blues

Harmonica Blues

Ladies Sing The Blues - Original Mono Recordings from 1923-1939

 

1 Adelaide Hall– The Blues I Love To Sing 3:10

2 Mildred Bailey– Downhearted Blues 3:24

3 Una Mae Carlisle– Hangover Blues 2:51

4 Lizzie Miles– My Man O' War 3:28

5 Lizzie Miles– Electrician Blues 3:18

6 Laura Smith – Don't You Leave Me Here 2:57

7 Ida Cox– Hard Time Blues 2:55

8 Ida Cox– Take Him Off My Mind 3:01

9 Ada Brown– Evil Mama Blues 3:04

10 Ada Brown– Break O' Day Blues 3:02

11 Trixie Smith– Freight Train Blues 3:17

12 Victoria Spivey– Moaning The Blues 3:06

13 Billie Holiday– Billie's Blues 2:40

14 Billie Holiday– Long Gone Blues 3:03

15 Rosetta Howard– Let Your Linen Hang Low 3:10

16 Rosetta Howard– Rosetta Blues 2:57

17 Sippie Wallace– I'm A Mighty Tight Woman 2:54

18 Mamie Smith– Goin' Crazy With The Blues 3:02

19 Lillian Glinn– Cravin' A Man Blues 2:47

20 Clara Smith– Jelly, Jelly Look What You Done, Done 2:49

21 Ma Rainey– Booze And Blues 3:17

22 Ma Rainey– Toad Frog Blues 3:12

23 Bessie Smith– Empty Bed Blues Parts 1 & 2 6:16

24 Bessie Smith– St. Louis Blues 3:13

Ladies Sing The Blues

The Pied Pipers – Dreams From The Sunny Side Of The Street

The Pied Pipers were a popular singing group in the late 1930's and 1940's.

In 1938 two vocal groups (The Three Rhythm Kings & The 4 Esquires) and Jo Stafford (from The Stafford Sisters) merged into one "supergroup", vocal octet The Pied Pipers. By late 1939 they were down to a quartet and had several personnel changes through the years.

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.

1-1 Pistol Packin’ Mama

1-2 Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly

1-3 Dream

1-4 In The Middle Of May

1-5 Girl Of My Dreams

1-6 Cecilia

1-7 Whatcha Know Joe?

1-8 You’ve Got Me This Way

1-9 What A Deal

1-10 There’s Good Blues Tonight

1-11 Mairzy Doats

1-12 My Happiness

1-13 My! My!

1-14 The Freedom Train

1-15 Sweet Potato Piper

1-16 Old Man River

1-17 On The Sunny Side Of The Street

1-18 Nine Old Men

1-19 You And Your Love

1-20 You Won’t Be Satisfied

1-21 I Love It So

1-22 I’ve Got The Sun In The Morning

1-23 It’s Only A Paper Moon

1-24 Linger In My Arms

1-25 I’ll Buy That Dream

2-1 Easy Street

2-2 Gotta Be This Or That

2-3 Jamboree Jones

2-4 Isn’t That Just Like Love

2-5 Embraceable You

2-6 Deacon Jones

2-7 In The Moon Mist

2-8 My Sugar Is So Refined

2-9 My Gal Sal

2-10 Reckon I’m In Love

2-11 Personality

2-12 Winter Weather

2-13 Why Does It Get Late So Early?

2-14 The Lady From 29 Palms

2-15 What Ya Gonna Do?

2-16 The Night We Called It A Day

2-17 The Trolley Song

2-18 You Might Have Belonged To Another

2-19 Gone To Chicago

2-20 Tallahassee

2-21 Sentimental Journey

2-22 We’ll Be Together Again

2-23 Aren’t You Glad You’re You

2-24 Let’s Get Away From It All

2-25 Kiss Me Goodnight

Dreams From The Sunny Side Of The Street

Betty Grable – The Pin-Up Girl

 

Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer.

Her 42 films during the 1930's and 1940's grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were surpassed by Mary Pickford, with 13 years). The U.S. Treasury Department listed her as the highest-salaried American woman in 1946 and 1947, and she earned more than $3 million during her career.

Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol. Her bathing-suit poster made her the top pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. The photo was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photographs That Changed the World". Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of Grable's legs and thighs (18.5 in (47 cm)), calf (12 in (30 cm)) and ankle (7.5 in (19 cm)). Her legs were insured by her studio for $1 million as a publicity stunt. Describing her film career, Grable said: "I became a star for two reasons, and I'm standing on them."

1-1 Cowboy Number 2:04

1-2 Snake Dance 3:00

1-3 Let's K-nock K-nees 3:28

1-4 Music In My Heart 2:29

1-5 Boys Will Be Boys 3:16

1-6 What Goes On Here In My Heart 1:53

1-7 Down Argentine Way 2:38

1-8 Two Dreams Met 3:31

1-9 Hawaii-A 2:22

1-10 The Sheik Of Araby 2:39

1-11 You Started Something 2:10

1-12 Loveliness And Love 2:43

1-13 Kindergarten Conga 1:48

1-14 Hi Ya Love 1:46

1-15 Another Little Dream Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm 1:06

1-16 Are You Kidding? 1:37

1-17 I'm Still Crazy For You 2:08

1-18 I Heard The Birdies Sing 1:24

1-19 Sing Me A Song Of The Islands 2:17

1-20 Down On Ami Ami Oni Oni Island 3:54

1-21 O'Brien Has Gone Hawaiian 2:05

1-22 Run Little Raindrop Run 2:40

1-23 Pan American Jubilee 2:40

1-24 Cuddle Up A Little Closer 2:15

1-25 Pretty Baby 2:57

1-26 Miss Lulu From Louisville 2:32

2-1 Take It From There 2:36

2-2 Beautiful Coney Island 1:17

2-3 There's Danger In A Dance 3:02

2-4 Waiting At The Church 2:15

2-5 My Heart Tells Me 3:04

2-6 Sweet Rosie O'Grady 2:01

2-7 Going To The County Fair 1:20

2-8 You're My Little Pin-Up Girl 2:41

2-9 Don't Carry Tales Out Of School 2:35

2-10 Once Too Often 5:22

2-11 Song Of The Very Merry Widow 3:23

2-12 Welcome To The Diamond Horseshoe 2:34

2-13 In Acapulco 3:13

2-14 Medley: Play Me An Old-Fashioned Melody / A Nickel's Worth Of Jive / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / You'll Never Know / Sleep, Baby, Sleep / Shoo Shoo Baby 6:34

2-15 I Wish I Knew 2:18

2-16 Cooking Up A Show / The More I See You 3:41

2-17 The Vamp 1:24

2-18 We Have Been Around / Carolina In The Morning 2:49

2-19 Powder, Lipstick And Rouge 2:54

2-20 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 3:06

2-21 The Darktown Strutters' Ball 3:36

2-22 I Can't Begin To Tell You 1:38

Betty Grable – The Pin-Up Girl

Rose Murphy (The Chee-Chee Girl) – The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

 

Rose Murphy (April 28, 1913 – November 16, 1989) was an American jazz pianist and singer, famous for the song "Busy Line" and her unique vocal style.

Described by AllMusic's Scott Yanow as having "a unique place in music history", Murphy was known as "the chee chee girl" because of her habit of singing "chee chee" in many of her numbers. She was also known as "the girl with the pale pink voice".

Murphy began her musical career in the late 1930's, playing intermission piano for such performers as Count Basie, and became popular in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1940's. She is best known for her high-pitched singing style, which incorporated scat singing, giggling, and percussive sound effects. "Busy Line", one of her most well-known songs, made use of perhaps her most famous vocal sound effect: the 'brrp, brrrp' of a telephone ring. A version of the song by Peter Skellern was later used in 1990 by BT Cellnet in a television commercial which was such a success that RCA reissued the original recording. Princess Margaret became a fan after "Busy Line" became a hit in the United Kingdom. She attended Murphy's concerts in London, imitated her while playing the piano and sang "Busy Line" at parties.

1 A Little Bird Told Me 2:26

2 Baby, Baby 3:11

3 Pennies From Heaven [Previously Unissued] 2:28

4 You Were Meant For Me 2:23

5 Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys 3:09

6 Busy Line 2:45

7 Is I In Love ? I Is [Previously Unissued] 2:36

8 Gee, I Wonder What The Trouble Can Be 2:38

9 Honeysuckle Rose 2:53

10 Rosetta 2:46

11 You, Wonderful You 2:22

12 Hey ! Mama (He's Tryin' To Kiss Me) [Previously Unreleased] 2:24

13 If You Were Only Mine [Previously Unreleased] 2:24

14 Not Tonight [Previously Unreleased] 2:34

15 Is I In Love ? I Is [Previously Unissued] 2:10

16 Don't Stop 2:17

17 Don't Stop [Previously Unissued] 2:19

Rose Murphy (The Chee-Chee Girl)

Louis Armstrong - The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

 

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others.

Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920's as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. Around 1922, Armstrong followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. Armstrong earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Armstrong moved to New York City, where he became a featured and musically influential band soloist and recording artist. By the 1950's, Armstrong was an international musical icon, appearing regularly in radio and television broadcasts and on film. Apart from his music, he was also beloved as an entertainer, often joking with the audience and keeping a joyful public image at all times.

Disc 1:

MY HEART

MUSKRAT RAMBLE

YES, I'M IN THE BARREL

GUT BUCKET BLUES

COME BACK SWEET PAPA

HEEBIE JEEBIES

CORNET CHOP SUEY

ORIENTAL STRUT

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

SOME OF THESE DAYS

HE LIKES IT SLOW

ST LOUIS BLUES

SHANGHAI SHUFFLE

TEXAS MOANER BLUES

EVERYBODY LOVE MY BABY

MANDY, MAKE UP YOUR MIND

PAPA DE DA DA

MONEY BLUES

SUGAR FOOT STOMP

WILD MAN BLUES

DISC 2:

BODY AND SOUL

JUST A GIGOLO

WHEN YOU'RE SMILING

I'M A DING DONG DADDY

IF I COULD BE WITH YOU, ONE HOUR TONIGHT

I SURRENDER DEAR

DON'T FORGET TO MESS AROUND

SWEET LITTLE PAPA

SKID-DAT, DE-DAT

YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU

SAVOY BLUES

BASIN ST BLUES

HOBO, YOU CAN'T HIDE THIS TRAIN

PUBLIC MELODY NUMBER ONE

ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND

ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET

IT'S WONDERFUL'

JEEPERS CREEPERS

WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME

LOVE WALKED IN

The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

La Vie Parisienne - Great French Stars Of The 30s & 40s

 

1 Edith Piaf– La Vie en Rose 3:12

2 Charles Trenet– Boum! 2:37

3 Yves Montand– Clopin-clopant 3:17

4 Josephine Baker– Si J'Étais Blanche 2:47

5 Jean Sablon– Rendez-Vous Sous La Pluie 2:40

6 Maurice Chevalier– Toi et Moi 2:59

7 Django Reinhardt & His American Swing Band– Ultrafox 3:23

8 Edith Piaf– Monsieur Lenoble 3:30

9 Tino Rossi– J'Attendrai 2:58

10 Jean Sablon– La Dernière Bergère 3:06

11 Georges Ulmer– Pigalle 3:01

12 Yves Montand– Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) 3:24

13 Josephine Baker– J'Ai Deux Amours 3:16

14 Charles Trenet– Le Retour des Saisons 3:13

15 Edith Piaf– Les Amants de Paris 3:15

16 Jean Sablon– Un Baiser 3:22

17 Maurice Chevalier– Bouquet de Paris 3:06

18 Tino Rossi– Poème (In Your Eyes) 3:09

19 Charles Trenet– Vous Êtes Jolie 2:20

20 Lucienne Boyer– Parlez-Moi d'Amour 3:02

21 Django Reinhardt– My Sweet 2:58

22 Charles Trenet– La Mer 3:23

23 Yves Montand– C'est Si Bon 2:36

24 Edith Piaf– C'est Merveilleux 3:08

25 Jean Sablon– Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life Is a Song) 3:08

 La Vie Parisienne

Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang – Great Original Performances 1926 - 1933

 

1 Stringing The Blues

2 Bugle Call Rag

3 Four String Joe

4 Krazy Kat

5 Sensation

6 My Baby Came Home

7 The Wild Dog

8 Church Street Sobbin' Blues

9 Shivery Stomp

10 Running Ragged

11 Hot Heels

12 Put And Take

13 Oh! Peter

14 Beale Street Blues

15 Vibraphonia

16 Eddie's Twister

Great Original Performances 1926 - 1933

Bessie Smith – Jazz 'n' Blues

 

1 Lady Luck Blues 3:08

2 Outside Of That 3:29

3 Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) 3:08

4 Down Hearted Blues 3:26

5 Oh Daddy Blues 3:06

6 Midnight Blues 3:18

7 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 2:57

8 Aggravatin' Papa 3:18

9 If You Don't, I Know Who Will 3:36

10 Jail House Blues 3:14

11 Sam Jones Blues 2:48

12 Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine 3:32

13 Yodling Blues 3:12

14 Bleeding Hearted Blues 3:06

15 Mama's Got The Blues 2:57

16 Taint Nobody's Business' If I Do 3:27

17 Gulf Coast Blues 3:06

18 Beale Street Mama 3:35

19 Frosty Morning Blues 3:13

20 Mean Old Bedbug Blues 3:12

21 Sweet Mistreater 3:02

Bessie Smith – Jazz 'n' Blues

Clarence Williams - Great Original Performances 1927 To 1934

 

Clarence Williams (1898-1965) was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

Williams ran away from home at age 12 to join Billy Kersand's Traveling Minstrel Show, then moved to New Orleans. At first Williams worked shining shoes and doing odd jobs, but soon became known as a singer and master of ceremonies. By the early 1910s he was a well regarded local entertainer also playing piano, and was composing new tunes by 1913. Williams was a good business man and worked arranging and managing entertainment at the local African-American vaudeville theater as well as various saloons and dance halls around Rampart Street, and clubs and houses in Storyville.

Williams started a music publishing business with violinist/bandleader Armand J. Piron 1915, which by the 1920s was the leading African-American owned music publisher in the country. He toured briefly with W.C. Handy, set up a publishing office in Chicago, then settled in New York in the early 1920s. In 1921, he married blues singer and stage actress Eva Taylor with whom he would frequently perform. He supervised African-American recordings (the 8000 Race Series) for New York offices of Okeh phonograph company in the 1920s in the Gaiety Theatre office building in Times Square. He recruited many of the artists who performed on that label. He also recorded extensively, leading studio bands frequently for OKeh, Columbia and occasionally other record labels.

He mostly used "Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings" for his hot band sides and "Clarence Williams' Washboard Five" for his washboard sides. He also produced and participated in early recordings by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Virginia Liston, Irene Scruggs, and many others. King Oliver played cornet on a number of Williams' late 1920s recordings. He was the recording director for the short-lived QRS Records label in 1928.

Most of his recordings were songs from his publishing house, which explains why he recorded tunes like "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Close Fit Blues" and "Papa De-Da-Da" numerous times.

In 1933, he signed to the Vocalion label and recorded quite a number of popular recordings, mostly featuring washboard percussion, through 1935. In 1943 Williams sold his extensive back-catalogue of tunes to Decca Records for $50,000 and retired.

Clarence Williams' name appears as composer or co-composer on numerous tunes, including a number which by Williams' own admission were written by others but which Williams bought all rights to outright, as was a common practice in the music publishing business at the time. Clarence Williams hits include "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (as publisher - not composer), "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Royal Garden Blues", "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do", "Shout, Sister, Shout" and many others. In 1970, Williams was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

This compilation:

1 Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings– Candy Lips 2:43

2 Clarence Williams And Washboard Band*– I Can't Beat You Doin' What You're Doin' Me 2:42

3 Williams' Jug Band*– Chizzlin' Sam 3:07

4 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Log Cabin Blues 3:11

5 Clarence Williams' Novelty Band– You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old 3:03

6 Clarence Williams And His Jazz Kings*– A Pane In The Glass 3:00

7 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Walk That Broad 2:59

8 Clarence Williams And Washboard Band*– Trouble 3:13

9 Williams' Jug Band*– You Ain't Too Old 3:05

10 Clarence Williams' Blue Seven– Close Fit Blues 2:56

11 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– Lazy Mama 3:11

12 Clarence Williams' Novelty Band– He Wouldn't Stop Doin' It 2:57

13 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– Worn Out Blues 3:10

14 Clarence Williams And His Orchestra– Chocolate Avenue 2:55

15 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Have You Ever Felt That Way 3:09

16 Clarence Williams And His Orchestra– Organ Grinder Blues 3:09

Clarence Williams - Great Original Performances

Fats Waller – A Handful Of Fats - Original 1929-1942 Recordings

 

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.

Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited with. When in financial difficulties, he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own.

1 Handful Of Keys

2 Ain't Misbehavin'

3 I'm Crazy About My Baby

4 Viper's Drag

5 Twelfth Street Rag

6 Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now

7 Tea For Two

8 The Joint Is Jumpin'

9 Two Sleepy People

10 Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)

11 Honey Hush

12 Your Feet's Too Big

13 Squeeze Me

14 Darktown Strutter's Ball

15 Honeysuckle Rose

16 Georgia On My Mind

17 Rockin' Chair

18 Carolina Shout

19 The Jitterbug Waltz

20 Come And Get It

Fats Waller – A Handful Of Fats

Swing Groups 1931 To 1936 - various artists

 

1 The Benny Goodman Quartet– My Melancholy Baby

2 The Charleston Chasers– Beale Street Blues

3 Red Nichols And His Five Pennies– Fan It

4 Wingy Manone & His Orchestra– Never Had No Lovin'

5 Red Norvo And His Swing Sextet– Tomboy

6 Freddie Jenkins And His Harlem Seven– Toledo Shuffle

7 Bud Freeman And His Windy City Five– The Buzzard

8 The Mound City Blue Blowers– Muskrat Ramble

9 Gene Krupa's Swing Band*– Swing Is Here

10 Jimmie Noone And His New Orleans Band– The Blues Jumped A Rabbit

11 Mezz Mezzrow And His Swing Band– Mutiny In The Parlour

12 Barney Bigard And His Jazzopators*– Frolic Sam

13 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra– Warmin' Up

14 Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra– Rhythm Saved The World

15 Fats Waller & His Rhythm– Paswonky

16 Jones-Smith Incorporated– Shoe Shiney Boy

Swing Groups 1931 To 1936 

Ces Fabuleuses Années 30 - Frehel (Those Fabulous 30's - Frehel)

 

Fréhel (born Marguerite Boulc'h; 13 July 1891 – 3 February 1951) was a French singer and actress.

Born in Paris to a poor and dysfunctional Breton family, Marguerite Boulc'h was a child left to a life on the streets in the sordid side of Paris. In her teens, she got a break when she met one of the female music-hall performers who heard her sing and introduced her to show business promoters.

She began performing under the stage name Pervenche, and soon met and married Robert Hollard, a performer who used the nom de guerre "Roberty". Alcohol entered her life at an early age and her drinking became a problem for her husband. Their marriage did not last long and her husband left her for another Parisian singer, Damia. Fréhel then began a relationship with Maurice Chevalier but that too did not last long and after he left her for the much older megastar Mistinguett. At 19 years old, she attempted suicide.

Following her suicide attempt, in 1911 she tried to escape her pain and travelled to Bucharest, Turkey and then to Russia where she remained for more than ten years. She suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction, and returned to Paris in 1923. She then signaled a new beginning by switching to the stage name "Fréhel", taking the name from Cap Fréhel in Brittany where her parents had been born. Singing as Fréhel, at the Paris Olympia in 1924 she gave a powerful performance and was soon headlining at the most popular venues in the country. As part of what is now referred to as the bal musette, Fréhel often sang accompanied by bagpipes and/or an accordion player.

In the 1930's, she appeared in several motion pictures, almost always portraying a singer in a minor or supporting role. The most notable films in which she performed were 1931's Cœur de Lilas, based on the Tristan Bernard play, and Pépé le Moko that starred Jean Gabin. While her alcohol abuse continued, she nevertheless was a major show business force of 1930s France. Of all her songs, her 1939 La Java Bleue, with music by Vincent Scotto, proved her most popular.

Despite being one of Europe's most sought-after performers, her addictions led her to drop out of public view for years. She died in 1951, alone in a hotel in Pigalle. She was interred in the Cimetière de Pantin, near Paris.

Her 1934 recording Si tu n'étais pas là was featured in the 2001 soundtrack of the film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie).

She is portrayed by Yolande Moreau in the Gainsbourg bio pic Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life - in which she encounters the young Serge Gainsbourg and accompanies him in a song.

Ces Fabuleuses Années 30 - Frehel

Fred Astaire – A Portrait Of Fred Astaire

 

1-1 Fascinating Rhythm

1-2 Hang On To Me

1-3 I'd Rather Charleston

1-4 The Half Of It, Dearie Blues

1-5 Swiss Miss

1-6 Funny Face

1-7 The Babbitt And The Bromide

1-8 High Hat

1-9 My One And Only

1-10 Louisiana

1-11 Not My Girl

1-12 Crazy Feet

1-13 Puttin' On The Ritz

1-14 I Love Louisa

1-15 New Sun In The Sky

1-16 I've Got You On My Mind

1-17 Night And Day

1-18 After You - Who?

1-19 Flying Down To Rio

1-20 Music Makes Me

1-21 Cheek To Cheek

1-22 No Strings

1-23 Isn't This A Lovely Day?

1-24 Top Hat, White Tie And Tails

2-1 The Piccoling

2-2 I'd Rather Lead A Band

2-3 I'm Building Up To An Awful Let-Down

2-4 I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket

2-5 Let Yourself Go

2-6 Let's Face The Music And Dance

2-7 We Saw The Sea

2-8 Never Gonna Dance

2-9 Pick Yourself Up

2-10 The Way You Look Tonight

2-11 A Fine Romance

2-12 Bojangles Of Harlem

2-13 They Can't Take That Away From Me

2-14 They All Laughed

2-15 (I've Got) Beginner's Luck

2-16 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

2-17 Shall We Dance?

2-18 Slap That Bass

2-19 A Foggy Day

2-20 Things Are Looking Up

2-21 I Can't Be Bothered Now

2-22 Nice Work If You Can Get It

2-23 I Used To Be Colour Blind

2-24 The Yam

A Portrait Of Fred Astaire

Tea Dance: 1920's, 30's, 40's Vintage Tea Party - various artists compilation

 

1 Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli– Tea For Two 3:13

2 The Ink Spots– Java Jive 3:01

3 Benny Goodman Orchestra*– Sugar Foot Stomp 2:58

4 Fats Waller & His Rhythm– My Very Good Friend The Milkman 3:32

5 Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters*– Jersey Bounce 3:07

6 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra*– Happy Feet 2:59

7 Artie Shaw & His Orchestra*– Begin The Beguine 3:15

8 The Boswell Sisters / Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra*– When I Take My Sugar To Tea 3:12

9 Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra*– For Dancers Only 2:41

q Billie Holiday / Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra*– Sugar 2:48

11 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra*– Flying Home 2:55

12 Frankie Trumbauer / Bix Beiderbecke / Eddie Lang– Singin' The Blues 2:59

13 Annette Hanshaw– Lovable And Sweet 2:51

14 The Mills Brothers– Sweeter Than Sugar 1:56

15 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra*– I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo 3:13

16 Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli– The Lambeth Walk 2:46

17 Benny Goodman Trio– China Boy 2:32

18 Fred Astaire– Let's Face The Music And Dance 2:27

19 Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli– It Don't Mean A Thing - If It Ain't Got That Swing 3:04

20 Hutch – Moonlight Cocktail 3:14

21 Helen Ward / Benny Goodman & His Orchestra*– Sing Me A Swing Song 2:23

22 Hoagy Carmichael– Rockin' Chair 3:25

23 Fats Waller & His Rhythm– Shortnin' Bread 2:42

24 Jack Teagarden / Benny Goodman & His Orchestra*– Texas Tea Party 3:18

25 The Bud Freeman Trio*– Three Little Words 3:02

26 Sam Costa / Peter Yorke & His Orchestra*– A Nice Cup Of Tea 2:20

Tea Dance: 1920's, 30's, 40's Vintage Tea Party

The Blues 1923 To 1933 - various artists compilation

 

1 Ida Cox– Give Me A Break Blues

2 Cleo Gibson With Her Hot Three– Nothin' But Blues

3 Rosa Henderson– Barrel House Blues

4 Frances Hereford With The Levee Serenaders– Midnight Mama

5 Memphis Jug Band– Kansas City Blues

6 Ma Rainey And Her Tub Jug Washboard Band– Prove It On Me Blues

7 Issie Ringgold– Be On Your Merry Way

8 Jimmie Rodgers With Louis Armstrong, Lil Armstrong*– Blue Yodel No. 9

9 Bessie Smith– Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

10 Mamie Smith– Jenny's Ball

11 Victoria Spivey– Moaning The Blues

12 Eva Taylor With Williams' Jug Band*– Organ Grinder

13 Ethel Waters With Clarence Williams– Get Up Off Your Knees

14 Margaret Webster, Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– I've Got What It Takes

15 Margaret Whitmire– That Thing's Done Been Put On Me

16 Lena Wilson With The Nubian Five– He Used To Be Your Man

The Blues 1923 To 1933