The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey

Mildred Bailey The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey 10 discs 320kbps CBR - MP3 2000 Mildred Baily was the older sister of Alton "Al" Rinker, Bing Crosby's first musical partner, and the wife of Red Norvo. Born as Mildred Rinker in Tekoa, Washington, Bailey retained the last name of her first husband, Ted Bailey, when she moved to Seattle to bolster her singing career. With the help of her second husband, Benny Stafford, she became an established blues and jazz singer on the West Coast. According to Gary Giddins' book Bing Crosby - A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903-1940, in 1925 she secured work for her brother, Al Rinker and his partner Bing Crosby. Giddins further states that Crosby first heard of Louis Armstrong and other Chicago black jazz records from Bailey's own record collection. Crosby helped Bailey in turn by introducing her to Paul Whiteman. She sang with Paul Whiteman's band from 1929 to 1933 (Whiteman had a popular radio program and when Bailey debuted with her version of "Moaning Low" in 1929, public reaction was immediate, although she did not start recording with Whiteman until late 1931). 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. She was Whiteman's popular female vocalist through 1932 (recording in a smooth crooning style), when she left the band due to salary disagreements. She then recorded a series of records for Brunswick in 1933 (accompanied by The Dorsey Brothers), as well an all-star session with Benny Goodman's studio band in 1934 that featured Coleman Hawkins. In the mid 1930s, she recorded with her third husband Red Norvo. A dynamic couple, they earned the nicknames "Mr. and Mrs. Swing". During this period (from 1936-1939) Norvo recorded for Brunswick (with Bailey as primary vocalist) and Bailey recorded her own set of recordings for Vocalion, often with Norvo's band. Some of her recordings instead featured members of Count Basie's band. Despite her divorce from Norvo, she and Red would continue to record together until 1945. Suffering from diabetes and depression (during her adult life Bailey was overweight), she only made a few recordings following World War II. Mildred Bailey died December 12, 1951, in Poughkeepsie of heart failure, aged 44, chiefly due to her diabetes. Bailey's ashes were scattered. Red Norvo outlived Mildred by nearly half a century, dying in April 1999, a week after his 91st birthday. Jazz vocal collectors have always considered her one of the best vocalists of her era (refer to many Downbeat polls and articles in Downbeat and many other jazz publications), Despite being a big woman, Bailey had a sweet, rather small yet very expressive voice, and quite a light, unique swinging vocal style (refer to many recordings). Many of her most outstanding records were among the best versions recorded: Tracks Disc 1 01. What Kind of Man Is You? [Alternate Take] 02. What Kind of Man Is You? 03. I Like to Do Things for You 04. Is That Religion? [Alternate Take] 05. Is That Religion? 06. Harlem Lullaby 07. There's a Cabin in the Pines 08. Lazy Bones 09. Shoutin' in That Amen Corner 10. Snowball 11. But I Can't Make a Man 12. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love 13. Doin' the Uptown Lowdown 14. Heat Wave 15. Junk Man [Take 2] 16. Junk Man [Take 3] 17. Ol' Pappy 18. Emaline 19. I'd Love to Take Orders from You 20. I'd Rather Listen to Your Eyes 21. Someday, Sweetheart 22. When Day Is Done disc 2 23. It All Begins and Ends With You 24. A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid/Old Fashioned Love/Carolina Shout 25. Picture Me Without You 26. It Can Happen to You 27. Now That Summer Is Gone 28. Now That Summer Is Gone [Alternate Take][#] 29. It's Love I'm After 30. Peter Piper 31. For Sentimental Reasons 32. It's Love I'm After 33. 'Long About Midnight 34. More Than You Know 35. A Thousand Dreams of You 36. Smoke Dreams 37. Slumming on Park Avenue 38. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 39. My Last Affair 40. Trust in Me 41. Where Are You? 42. You're Laughing at Me Disc 3 43. Never in a Million Years 44. There's a Lull in My Life 45. Rockin' Chair [Take 1] 46. Rockin' Chair [Take 2] 47. Little Joe 48. If You Ever Should Leave 49. The Man Got in My Eyes 50. Heaven Help This Heart of Mine 51. It's the Natural Thing to Do 52. It's the Natural Thing to Do [Alternate Take][#] 53. Everyone's Wrong But Me 54. Posin' 55. Posin' [Alternate Take][#] 56. The Morning After 57. Tears in My Heart 58. Worried over You 59. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) 60. Just a Stone's Throw from Heaven 61. Loving You 62. Right or Wrong Disc 4 63. I See Your Face Before Me [Alternate Take] 64. I See Your Face Before Me 65. Thanks for the Memory [Alternate Take] 66. Thanks for the Memory 67. From the Land of the Sky Blue Water [Alternate Take][#] 68. From the Land of the Sky Boue Water 69. Lover, Come Back to Me 70. Lover, Come Back to Me 71. Always and Always 72. I Was Doing All Right 73. I Was Doing All Right [Alternate Take][#] 74. It's Wonderful 75. Love Is Here to Stay 76. More Than Ever 77. The Weekend of a Private Secretary 78. Please Be Kind 79. There's a Boy in Harlem 80. There's a Boy in Harlem [Alternate Take][#] 81. Bewildered 82. I Cant' Face the Music [Take 1] 83. I Cant' Face the Music [Take 1] 84. Don't Be That Way [Take 1] 85. Don't Be That Way [Take 3] 86. At Your Beck and Call Disc 5 87. Says My Heart 88. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart [Take 1] 89. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart [Take 1] 90. Moonshine Over Kentucky [Take 1] 91. Moonshine Over Kentucky [Take 2] 92. Rock It for Me 93. After Dinner Speech [Take 1] 94. After Dinner Speech [Take 1] 95. If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) 96. Daydreaming (All Night Long) 97. A Cigarette and a Silhouette 98. (I've Been) Saving Myself for You 99. You Leave Me Breathless 100. Washboard Blues 101. My Melancholy Baby 102. My Melancholy Baby [Alternate Take][#] 103. 'Round My Old Deserted Farm 104. The Lonesome Road 105. So Help Me 106. Small Fry 107. As Long as You Live [Rehearsal Take][#] 108. As Long as You Live 109. Born to Swing Disc 6 110. Put Your Heart in a Song 111. Wigwammin' 112. The Sunny Side of Things 113. How Can I Thank You? 114. Garden of the Moon 115. Now It Can Be Told 116. Jump Jump's Here [Take 1] 117. Jump Jump's Here [Take 1] 118. I Haven't Changed a Thing [Take 1] 119. I Haven't Changed a Thing [Take 2] 120. Love Is Where You Find It 121. I Used to Be Color Blind 122. A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Take 1] 123. A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Take 2] 124. This Is Madness (To Love Like This) 125. Who Blew Out the Flame? 126. With You on My Mind [#] 127. My Reverie 128. What Have You Got That Gets Me? 129. Old Folks Disc 7 130. St. Louis Blues [#] 131. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby 132. Have You Forgotten So Soon? 133. Have You Forgotten So Soon? [Alternate Take] 134. They Say 135. Blame It on My Last Affair 136. I Go for That 137. St. Louis Blues 138. St. Louis Blues [Alernate Take] 139. I Cried for You 140. Begin the Beguine 141. What Shall I Say? 142. Cuckoo in the Clock 143. There'll Never Be Another You 144. It's Slumbertime Along the Swanee 145. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) 146. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) [Alternate Take][#] 147. Love's a Necessary Thing 148. Love's a Necessary Thing [Alternate Take][#] 149. Downhearted Blues 150. I Can Read Between the Lines Disc 8 151. There'll Be Some Changes Made 152. Barrelhouse Music 153. Arkansas Blues 154. Gulf Coast Blues [Take 1] 155. Gulf Coast Blues [Take 2] 156. You Don't Know My Mind Blues 157. Prisoner of Love 158. Three Little Fishes 159. That Sly Old Gentleman 160. Tit Willow 161. The Lamp Is Low 162. And the Angels Sing 163. It Seems Like Old Times 164. Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer) 165. Moon Love 166. The Florever Blowing Bubbles 167. The Little Man Who Wasn't There 168. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You 169. You're the Moment in My Life 170. You and Your Love Disc 9 171. Don't Dally With the Devil 172. Ain't That Good News? [#] 173. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 174. Make With the Kisses 175. Make With the Kisses [Alternate Take] 176. Heaven in My Arms 177. I Thought About You 178. Faithful Forever 179. That Lucky Fellow 180. Bluebirds in the Moonlight 181. Blue Rain 182. I've Gone Off the Deep End 183. I Shoulda Stood in Bed 184. Darn That Dream 185. Darn That Dream [Alternate Take] 186. Peace, Brother! 187. Peace, Brother! [Alternate Take] 188. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 189. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [#] 190. All the Things You Are 191. Hold On Disc 10: 192. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) [Alternate Take] 193. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) 194. Little High Chairman 195. Easy to Love 196. Give Me Time 197. They Can't Take That Away from Me 198. A Bee Gezindt 199. After All I've Been to You 200. Don't Take Your Love from Me [Alternate Take][#] 201. Don't Take Your Love from Me 202. Fools Rush In 203. From Another World 204. I'm Nobody's Baby 205. Give Me Time 206. How Can I Ever Be Alone? 207. Tennessee Fish Fry 208. I'll Pray for You 209. Blue (And Broken Hearted) 210. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry [Alternate Take] 211. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry 212. I'll Be Around [Alternate Take][#] 213. I'll Be Around 214. My Little Cousin enjoy! Comments: [email protected] /* */

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scoot-chy (2010-06-11)

Please seed! Thanks!

LazarusL (2014-05-29)

My God, how could it have taken me so long to discover Ms. Bailey, one of the great songbirds of all time? This collection is simply awesome, presenting her from 1929 to the 1940s, accompanied by the likes of Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins and Paul Whiteman. It is unusually well formatted, and can just be dropped into iTunes with metadata already in place. And see the excellent notes above.

humerawr (2014-10-21)

Thanks guys, aiel1 and the 3 seeders. And LazarusL for the heads up.