Jazz in the Charts, Vol. 26: Welcome Stranger

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Jazz in the Charts

This 100-CD edition presents all the true hits landed by jazz musicians between 1917 and 1954 for the first time…

…All of the 2,211 recordings were in the American Billboard charts and — without exception — managed to climb up to the top positions in the sales charts.

It was these recordings that made their performers famous and laid the foundations for partly astonishing music careers.

The Jazz in the Charts edition documents the golden age of jazz in unprecedented depth. The chronological sequence of the series shows the musical development of jazz over the decades better than any “Best of” compilation could ever hope to do.

Putting together this complete CD edition was difficult due to the nature of the undertaking — and it took over ten years for the compiler to research and collect all the titles. A large number of the works could only be tracked down through time-consuming research and were only made available with the help of international partners as most of the recordings were on rare shellac records to be found in a small number of special collections.

Detailed information about each track, collected in a comprehensive booklet, completes this remarkable edition and emphasizes the significance of the recordings for the development of music during the 20th century.

Jazz in the Charts provides an entirely new insight into the history of jazz.

Contents

Imported from Europe!

Remastered!

Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch.: Welcome Stranger; What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You); Tommy Dorsey & His Orch.: Stardust; On the Beach at the Bali Bali; No Regrets; San Francisco; Benny Goodman & His Orch.: Stardust; You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes; These Foolish Things; Stomping At The Savoy; Benny Goodman Trio: China Boy; Wingy Manone & His Orch.: Tormented; Willie Bryant & His Orch.: Is it True What They Say About Dixie; Duke Ellington & His Orch.: Oh Babe! Maybe Someday; Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orch.: Jazz Lips; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven: Keyhole Blues; Louis Armstrong & His Orch.: Lyin' to Myself; Fletcher Henderson & His Orch.: Where There's You, There's Me; Fat's Waller & His Rhythm: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie; Let's Sing Again; Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy: Until the Real Thing Comes Along (It Will Have to Do); Bunny Berigan & His Boys: If I Had My Way; Chick Webb & His Orchestra: Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance).

Includes 24-page booklet.