Recorded in New York, 1938. Born Mildred Rinker on Feb. 27, 1903, the late Mildred Bailey was considered the "greatest white jazz singer" before the arrival of Anita O'Day. The songstress was much more than that, however. Bailey's vocals were heavily influenced by the blues of singer-actress Ethel Waters and Blues Empress Bessie Smith. She got her audition break in 1929 as a returned favor from brother Al Rinker and his friend, Bing Crosby, and made her recording debut on October 5 of the same year. Though a large woman, Mildred possessed a small, bell-clear voice with a brightness surpassed only by young Dinah Washington. Here we find her in pristine, sultry and pleading form on the Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin Composition, "Please Be Kind".. + Informações

With backing by the Delta Rhythm Boys. What a great collaboration!. + Informações

Recorded in New York, 1940. Written by Henry Nemo. "My favorite of my own records is easy for me to pick, it's 'Don't Take Your Love From Me'". ~Mildred Bailey, from a 1950 Down Beat interview.. + Informações

Mildred Bailey the great singer from the 1930's and 1940's sings her signature song, Rockin' Chair. + Informações

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St. Louis Blues is composed by William Christopher Handy (1914). This performance is recorded in 1939, Mildred Bailey, vocals. Red Norvo (husband) & Orchestra, instrumentals.. + Informações

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Recorded between 1940-42 Plump singer known for her small, high-pitched voice, Mildred Bailey was one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1930s. She began her career in Los Angeles during the 1920s singing on radio and in nightclubs. With the help of her brother, Rhythm Boy Al Rinker, she was hired by Paul Whiteman in 1929, becoming the first featured female vocalist with a major national dance band. Her sweet and flexible voice, equally capable of singing both jazz and ballads, made her Whiteman's star attraction after Bing Crosby left for Hollywood in 1930. In the early 1930s Bailey married Whiteman xylophonist Red Norvo. They eventually left the King of Jazz and formed their own band in 1936. Billed as ''Mr. and Mrs. Swing,'' the couple was featured on CBS radio and made many recordings together. Their group broke up in 1939, and they eventually divorced,* though they continued to work together on and off in the early 1940s. Bailey also recorded independently from time to time during their partnership. Despite all of her success, superstardom eluded Bailey. She blamed her plumpness, but others claimed it was her temper and sharp tongue as well as the bitterness she carried with her towards better-looking female vocalists whom she thought less talented. She claimed her obesity was glandular, but many of her friends felt it had more to do with her great love of eating. Bailey continued recording until the mid-1940s, when health problems forced her to retire .... + Informações

Ihave been wanting some warm background music to play quietly when guests are over. The front parlor is full of vintage furnishings, and some vintage music remixed with more echo and bass to help it melt into the atmosphere seemed appropriate. This is just one mix by the great Mildred Bailey.. + Informações

Mildred Bailey (February 27, 1907 December 12, 1951) was a popular American jazz singer during the 1930s. She was an early jazz singer with a sweet voice that belied her plump physique, Mildred Bailey balanced a good deal of popular success with a hot jazz-slanted career that saw her billed as Mrs. Swing (her husband, Red Norvo, was Mr. Swing). Born Mildred Rinker in Washington state in 1907, Bailey began performing at an early age, playing piano and singing in movie theaters during the early '20s. By 1925, she was the headlining act at a club in Hollywood, doing a mixture of pop, early jazz tunes, and vaudeville standards. Influenced by Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, and Connie Boswell, she developed a soft, swinging delivery that pleased all kinds of nightclub audiences in the area. After sending a demonstration disc in to Paul Whiteman in 1929, she gained a spot with one of the most popular dance orchestras of the day. The added exposure with Whiteman soon gave Bailey her own radio program. She had already debuted on a recording date with guitarist Eddie Lang in 1929, but in 1932 she gained fame by recording what became her signature song, "Rockin' Chair" -- written especially for her by Hoagie Carmichael -- with a Whiteman small group. Recording for Vocalion during the 1930s, Bailey often utilized her husband, xylophonist Red Norvo. She also appeared on his recordings of the late '30s, and the arrangements of Eddie Sauter proved a perfect accompaniment to her vocals .... + Informações

Frank Trumbauer & His Orchestra, voc. Mildred Bailey - I Like To Do Things For You, Odeon 1930 (USA) ------------------------------------------------------------- Frank TRUMBAUER (b. in Carbondale, Illinois 1901 -- d. 1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s. He played C-melody saxophone, which in size is between an alto and tenor saxophone. He also played alto saxophone, bassoon, clarinet and several other instruments. Trumbauer -- born of part Cherokee ancestry, he grew up in St. Louis, Missouri as son of a musical mother who directed saxophone and theater orchestras. His first important professional engagements were with the Edgar Benson and Ray Miller bands, shortly followed by the Mound City Blue Blowers, a local group that became nationally famous through their hit Brunswick records. While in St. Louis, in 1926 Beiderbecke joined Frank Trumbauer, with whom he maintained a close friendship for most of the rest of his life. The two played in the Jean Goldkette band (1927) and in Adrian Rollini's Paul Whiteman's orchestras. Frankie's landmark recording of "Singin' the Blues," with Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Lang in 1927, is regarded as one of the greatest jazz performances ever recorded. In 1930s Trumbauer led his own band and was co-leader with Jack and Charlie Teagarden olf the Three Ts Band. He quit music in 1939, taking up for aviation industry. After 1945, he made occassionall appearances at jazz concerts, including a special tribute to .... + Informações

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"TOO LATE" words by Sam M. Lewis music by Victor Young Performed by Mildred Bailey, vocal Recorded November 24, 1931, Chicago Bluebird B-7873 Personnel: Matt Malneck - violin, director Nat Natoli - trumpet Ray McDermott - clarinet Roy Bargy - Piano Fritz Ciccone - guitar Pierre Olker - string bass In 1929, Mildred Bailey joined the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at $75 a week. A year later, after the increasingly popular Bing Crosby left the band to pursue a movie career, she demanded $1250 a week -- and Whiteman gave it to her. According to Whiteman violinist Matty Malneck, she deserved it. Although the beginning years of the Great Depression had cut bookings drastically for most orchestras, Mildred's singing on the Whiteman's band radio broadcasts brought so much mail that Whiteman was able to use the publicity to keep his band on top despite the loss of Crosby. One of Mildred's most requested songs during this period was Hoagy Carmichael's "Ol' Rockin' Chair" --and soon she was soon dubbed "The Rockin' Chair Lady," a nickname she continued to to exploit when she and husband, Red Norvo left Whiteman in 1934 to go on their own. (from "Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop" by Roy Hemming). + Informações

From the album "Electro Swing Republic" release 7th feb 2011 on Freshly Squeezed. itunes.apple.com Facebook: www.facebook.com. + Informações

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Three Little Fishies Words and Music by Saxie Dowell Red Norvo and His Orchestra Mildred Bailey, vocal Recorded April 6, 1939 Conqueror 9174 Red Norvo (1908 - 1999) was an important jazz figure as soloist and leader from the mid 1920s into the 1980s. Pioneer on jazz xylophone, later took up vibraphone. Crisp, inventive soloist with impeccable swing and exquisite taste. Leader of advanced big band in middle and late 1930s featuring brilliant Eddie Sauter arrangements. Though swing-school musician, Norvo blended easily into progressive styles in mid 1940s. Good showman, mostly self-taught, as youth switched from piano to xylophone. At 17 led marimba group The Collegians on vaudeville tour. With Paul Ash at Chicago's Oriental Theatre 1926, later toured as vaudeville solo act. Led first band in Milwaukee 1928. In Chicago later 1928-30 as staff musician with Victor Young. Early 1930s with Paul Whiteman, married featured singer Mildred Baily. Freelanced in New York 1934-35, led combos at Famous Door late 1935. Augmented to big band spring 1936, featured vocalist Mildred Bailey, billed as "Mr. and Mrs Swing". Band's outstanding jazzmen Herbie Haymer, Hank D'Amico, Stew Pletcher, George Wettling. Disbanded mid-1939, led bands of varying sizes in 1940s. On Mildred Bailey Show 1944, Late 1944-45 with Benny Goodman Quintet in Broadway musical "Seven Lively Arts." 1946 Joined Woody Herman for a Year as featured soloist and assistant leader. Beginning 1950 mostly led trio .... + Informações

Mildred Bailey (February 27, 1907 -- December 12, 1951) was a popular and influential American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "Mrs. Swing". Her number one hits were "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream", and "Says My Heart".. + Informações

MILDRED BAILEY acc. by DORSEY BROTHERS ORCHESTRA: Buny Berigan (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (cl, ts), Fulton McGrath (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Stan King (d), Mildred Bailey (voc). NYC, June 6, 1933 Plump singer known for her small, high-pitched voice, Mildred Bailey was one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1930s. She began her career in Los Angeles during the 1920s singing on radio and in nightclubs. With the help of her brother, Rhythm Boy Al Rinker, she was hired by Paul Whiteman in 1929, becoming the first featured female vocalist with a major national dance band. Her sweet and flexible voice, equally capable of singing both jazz and ballads, made her Whiteman's star attraction after Bing Crosby left for Hollywood in 1930. In the early 1930s Bailey married Whiteman xylophonist Red Norvo. They eventually left the King of Jazz and formed their own band in 1936. Billed as ''Mr. and Mrs. Swing,'' the couple was featured on CBS radio and made many recordings together. Their group broke up in 1939, and they eventually divorced,* though they continued to work together on and off in the early 1940s. Bailey also recorded independently from time to time during their partnership. Despite all of her success, superstardom eluded Bailey. She blamed her plumpness, but others claimed it was her temper and sharp tongue as well as the bitterness she carried with her towards better-looking female vocalists whom she thought .... + Informações

Here is Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with vocal by Mildred Bailey and "We Just Couldn't Say Good-bye" from 1932. + Informações

Mildred Bailey - All Of Me 1931 Acc.Paul Whiteman and Orchestra Chicago, Illinois Victor 22879-B Vaudeville star Belle Baker introduced the public to "All of Me" over the radio in 1931. Detroit songwriters, Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks, offered Baker the song, and she sang it onstage at the Motor City's famous Fisher Theatre. As the story goes, the singer had just lost her husband, and, struck by the personal sense of loss conveyed in the lyrics, broke down weeping during a performance. The national press picked up the story and before long the song was a hit. December 1, 1931, recording of "All of Me" by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, with vocalist Mildred Bailey, was the song's first major hit. It entered the pop charts in January of 1932 and rose to the number one position where it held for three weeks.. + Informações

Casa Loma Orchestra : Sonny Dunham, Grady Watts, Bobby Jones, tp; Pee Wee Hunt, Billy Rauch, tb; Clarence Hutchenrider, cl, as; Glen Gray, as, ldr; Kenny Sargeant, as; Pat Davis, ts; Mel Jenssen, vln; Joe Hall, p; Gene Gifford, g, arr; Stanley Dennis, b; Tony Briglia, d; Mildred Bailey, voc. New York, October 28, 1933. + Informações

Mildred Bailey "Lover Come Back To Me" Echo Mix. + Informações

Mildred Bailey & Paul Whiteman's Orchestra -- All Of Me, Victor 1931 NOTE: Mildred BAILEY (nee Rinker) b. 1907 in Tekoa, Washington -- d. 1951 in Poughkeepsie, New York - American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing". Her number one hits were "Please Be Kind", "Rockin' Chair" and "Says My Heart". Her mother, Josephine, was half Coeur d'Alene Indian and her father, Charles, played fiddle and called square dances. Her mother played piano every evening after supper and taught Mildred to play and sing. Her brothers were the lyricist Charles Rinker and the vocalist and composer Al Rinker (the later, was one of The Rhythm Boys, the male trio that accompanied Paul Whiteman's Orchestra in the 1920/30s). At the age of seventeen, Bailey moved to Seattle and worked as a sheet music demonstrator at Woolworth's. She married and divorced Ted Bailey, keeping his last name because she thought it sounded more American than Rinker. With the help of her second husband, Benny Stafford, she became an established blues and jazz singer on the West Coast. In 1929-33 she sang with Paul Whiteman's band, her first two records were as uncredited vocalist for an Eddie Lang Orchestra session in 1929 ("What Kind O' Man Is You?", an obscure Hoagy Carmichael song that was only issued in the UK) and a 1930 recording of "I Like To Do Things For You" for Frankie Trumbauer (This rare recording is available in You Tube youtu.be ). Mildred Bailey was Whiteman's .... + Informações

vocals by Mildred Bailey, recorded November 24, 1931. Mildred Bailey (February 27, 1907 -- December 12, 1951) was a popular and influential American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "Mrs. Swing". "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.". + Informações

lyrics from Irving Berlin, 1941, for the ww2, against Hitler : "Satan, Satan thought up a plan, Dressed as a man Walking the earth and since he began The world is hell for you and me. But what a heaven it will be When that man is dead and gone. When that man is dead and gone. We'll go dancing down the street Kissing everyone we meet When that man is dead and gone. What a day to wake up on. What a way to greet the dawn. Hap- hap- happy, yes indeed! On the morning when we read That that man is dead and gone. We've got a date To celebrate The day we catch up with that one man spreading hate. His account is overdrawn. And his chances are in pawn. Some fine day the news will flash Satan with the small moustache Is asleep beneath the lawn When that man is dead and gone. Come on now, we're going to celebrate. He's the guy that's spreading hate. His account is overdrawn. And his chances are in pawn. Some fine day the news will flash Satan with the small moustache Is asleep beneath the lawn. When that man is dead and gone- What a day to wake up on! What a way to greet the dawn! When a certain man is dead and gone!". + Informações