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Sarah Vaughn: At Mister Kelly’s

In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

  1. September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  2. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  3. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  4. Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
  5. Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
  7. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  8. Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
  9. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  10. Dream – Johnny Mercer
  11. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  12. It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  13. Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
  14. If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
  15. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  16. Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
  17. Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  18. Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
  19. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  20. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman

Hank Williams: Hank Williams Sings

On November 9, 1951, “MGM” label released “Hank Williams Sings”, the debut Hank Williams album. It was recorded in December 1946, April – November 1947, March – August 1949, and was produced by Fred Rose.

Personnel:

  • Hank Williams -vocals, guitar
  • Zeb Turner – lead guitar
  • Zeke Turner – lead guitar
  • Jerry Byrd – steel guitar
  • Don Davis – steel guitar
  • Dale “Smokey” Lohman – steel guitar
  • Louis Innis – bass, rhythm guitar
  • Jack Shook – rhythm guitar
  • James “Guy” Willis – guitar
  • Tommy Jackson – fiddle
  • Dale Potter – fiddle
  • Charles “Skeeter” Willis – fiddle
  • Chubby Wise – fiddle
  • Ernie Newton – bass
  • Bronson “Brownie” Reynolds – bass
  • Velma Williams Smith – bass
  • Charles “Indian” Wright – bass

Track listing:

  1. Lost Highway – Leon Payne
  2. I’ve Just Told Mama Goodbye – Slim Sweet, Curley Kinsey
  3. I Saw the Light – Hank Willians
  4. Six Miles (To the Graveyard) – Hank Williams
  5. A Mansion on the Hill – Hank Williams
  6. Wealth Won’t Save Your Soul – Hank Williams
  7. Wedding Bells – Claude Boone
  8. A House Without Love – Hank Williams

Bob Dylan: Modern Times

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On August 29, 2006, “Columbia” label released “Modern Times”, the thirty-second Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in February 2006, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan pseudonym). In the 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 204 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2007, Dylan won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album” for “Modern Times” and the “Grammy Award” for “Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance” for the song “Someday Baby”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar, violin, viola, mandolin
  • Denny Freeman– guitar
  • Stu Kimball – guitar
  • Tony Garnier– bass guitar, cello
  • George G. Receli – drums, percussion
  • Chris Shaw – engineer
  • Tom Aiezza – engineer assistant
  • Sheldon Yellowhair – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Ted Croner – cover photography (1947 photograph “Taxi, New York at Night”)

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Thunder on the Mountain
  2. Spirit on the Water
  3. Rollin’ and Tumblin’
  4. When the Deal Goes Down
  5. Someday Baby
  6. Workingman’s Blues #2
  7. Beyond the Horizon
  8. Nettie Moore
  9. The Levee’s Gonna Break
  10. Ain’t Talkin