Mildred Bailey - Complete Columbia Recordings 2 of 2 - 320kbps

Mildred Bailey
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey
Part 2 of 2
Discs 6 - 10
5 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 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

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