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 151-175 of 408 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-048964 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | Bugle call rag | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048965 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | The nearness of you | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048966 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | W. P. A. | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048967 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | Mister Meadowlark | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Jack Lathrop | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-048968 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | My blue heaven | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053130 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | When the swallows come back to Capistrano | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053131 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | A million dreams ago | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053132 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Blueberry Hill | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053133 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | A cabana in Havana | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053134 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Be happy | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053135 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Angel child | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055501 | 10-in. | 8/8/1940 | The call of the canyon | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055502 | 10-in. | 8/8/1940 | Our love affair | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055503 | 10-in. | 8/8/1940 | Crosstown | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Jack Lathrop | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055504 | 10-in. | 8/8/1940 | What's your story, morning glory | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055515 | 10-in. | 8/14/1940 | Fifth Avenue | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055516 | 10-in. | 8/14/1940 | I wouldn't take a million | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055517 | 10-in. | 8/14/1940 | A handful of stars | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055518 | 10-in. | 8/14/1940 | Old black Joe | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055579 | 10-in. | 9/3/1940 | Yesterthoughts | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055580 | 10-in. | 9/3/1940 | Falling leaves | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055581 | 10-in. | 9/3/1940 | Shadows on the sand | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-055582 | 10-in. | 9/3/1940 | Goodbye, little darlin', goodbye | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-056106 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | Five o'clock whistle | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-056107 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | Beat me Daddy, eight to a bar | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Jack Lathrop | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | 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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