Victor matrix BVE-78867. The scat song / Cab Calloway ; Cotton Club Orchestra

TitleSource
The scat song (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Frank Perkins (composer)
Mitchell Parish (lyricist)
Cab Calloway (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Cab Calloway (vocalist)
Cotton Club Orchestra (Musical group)
Joe Higgins (session supervisor)
Eli E. Oberstein (session supervisor)
Cab Calloway (director)
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and chorus
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 4 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, guitar, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Victor ledgers: "E. Oberstein, present"; "J. Higgins, present."
Ledgers indicate that the vocal chorus is composed of members of the band.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
12/18/1933 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Hold/master Victor 24511 10-in. Prefix listed as BVE in Victor ledgers.
12/18/1933 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Hold/master Jazz Club of America LEJ-2 LP Prefix listed as BVE in ledgers.
12/18/1933 New York, New York. Studio 2 2 Hold Prefix listed as BS in ledgers.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-78867. The scat song / Cab Calloway ; Cotton Club Orchestra," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800043550/BVE-78867-The_scat_song.

Victor matrix BVE-78867. The scat song / Cab Calloway ; Cotton Club Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800043550/BVE-78867-The_scat_song.

"Victor matrix BVE-78867. The scat song / Cab Calloway ; Cotton Club Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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