Johnny Best
Johnny McClanian Best, Jr. (October 20, 1913, Shelby, North Carolina – September 19, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter. |
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Recordings (Results 126-150 of 408 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-046784 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Sweet potato piper | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-046785 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Too romantic | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-046786 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Tuxedo junction | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-046787 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Londonderry air | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047067 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | Imagination | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047068 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | Shake down the stars | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047069 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | I'll never smile again | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047070 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | Starlight and music | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047093 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Polka dots and moonbeams | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047094 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | My! my! | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047095 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Say it | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047096 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Moments in the moonlight | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047097 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Hear my song, Violetta | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-047098 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Sierra Sue | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048482 | 10-in. | 3/30/1940 | Boog-it | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048483 | 10-in. | 3/30/1940 | Yours is my heart alone | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048484 | 10-in. | 3/30/1940 | I'm stepping out with a memory | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048485 | 10-in. | 3/30/1940 | Alice blue gown | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048486 | 10-in. | 3/30/1940 | Wonderful one | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048487 | 10-in. | 3/30/1940 | Devil may care | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048488 | 10-in. | 3/31/1940 | April played the fiddle | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048489 | 10-in. | 3/31/1940 | Fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048490 | 10-in. | 3/31/1940 | I haven't time to be a millionaire | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048491 | 10-in. | 3/31/1940 | Slow freight | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048963 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | Pennsylvania six-five thousand | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Best, Johnny," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112462.
Best, Johnny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112462.
"Best, Johnny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Johnny Best
Discogs: Johnny Best
Allmusic: Johnny Best
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LCNAR: Best, Johnny, 1913-2003 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004062481
Wikidata: Johnny Best - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1702294
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