The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey

Compilation by Mildred Bailey

Released 2000

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    What Kind of Man Is You? [Alternate Take]
    Eddie Lang & His Orchestra
    3:20
  • 2
    What Kind of Man Is You?
    Eddie Lang & His Orchestra
    3:26
  • 3
    I Like to Do Things for You
    Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
    3:28
  • 4
    Is That the Religion? [Alternate Take]
    3:09
  • 5
    Is That the Religion?
    3:04
  • 6
    Harlem Lullaby?
    2:59
  • 7
    There’s a Cabin in the Pines
    2:59
  • 8
    Lazy Bones
    3:06
  • 9
    Shouting in That Amen Corner
    2:51
  • 10
    Snowball
    3:10
  • 11
    But I Can’t Make a Man
    The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
    3:00
  • 12
    Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love
    The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
    3:03
  • 13
    Doin’ the Uptown Lowdown
    The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
    2:54
  • 14
    Heat Wave
    Casa Loma Orchestra
    2:47
  • 15
    Junk Man [Take 2]
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 16
    Junk Man [Take 3]
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 17
    Ol’ Pappy
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:15
  • 18
    Emaline
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:27
  • 19
    I’d Love to Take Orders From You
    Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band
    2:44
  • 20
    I’d Rather Listen to Your Eyes
    Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band
    3:09
  • 21
    Someday, Sweetheart
    Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band
    3:31
  • 22
    When Day Is Done
    Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band
    3:26
  • CD 2
  • 1
    It All Begins and Ends With You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 2
    A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:16
  • 3
    Picture Me Without You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:18
  • 4
    It Can Happen to You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 5
    Now That Summer Is Gone
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 6
    Now That Summer Is Gone (alternate take)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 7
    It’s Love I’m After
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 8
    Peter Piper
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 9
    For Sentimental Reasons
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:12
  • 10
    It’s Love I’m After
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:12
  • 11
    Long About Midnight
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:01
  • 12
    More Than You Know
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:18
  • 13
    A Thousand Dreams of You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 14
    Smoke Dreams
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 15
    Slumming on Park Avenue
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:43
  • 16
    I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 17
    My Last Affair
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:05
  • 18
    Trust in Me
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:05
  • 19
    Where Are You?
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:18
  • 20
    You’re Laughing at Me
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:46
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Never in a Million Years
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:55
  • 2
    There’s a Lull in My Life
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:00
  • 3
    Rockin’ Chair (take 1)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:15
  • 4
    Rockin’ Chair (take 2)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:14
  • 5
    Little Joe
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:08
  • 6
    If You Ever Should Leave
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:05
  • 7
    The Man Got in My Eyes
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:38
  • 8
    Heaven Help This Heart of Mine
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:44
  • 9
    It’s the Natural Thing to Do
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:03
  • 10
    It’s the Natural Thing to Do (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:04
  • 11
    Everyone’s Wrong but Me
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:02
  • 12
    Posin’
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:33
  • 13
    Posin’ (alternate take)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:35
  • 14
    The Morning After
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:24
  • 15
    Tears in My Heart
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 16
    Worried Over You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:14
  • 17
    Bob White
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:01
  • 18
    Just a Stone’s Throw From Heaven
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:03
  • 19
    Loving You
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:07
  • 20
    Right or Wrong
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:01
  • CD 4
  • 1
    I See Your Face Before Me (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:00
  • 2
    I See Your Face Before Me
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:00
  • 3
    Thanks for the Memory (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:44
  • 4
    Thanks for the Memory
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:37
  • 5
    From the Land of Sky Blue Water (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:49
  • 6
    From the Land of Sky Blue Water
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:49
  • 7
    Lover, Come Back to Me
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:16
  • 8
    Lover, Come Back to Me (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:11
  • 9
    Always and Always
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:40
  • 10
    I Was Doing Alright
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 11
    I Was Doing Alright (alternate take)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 12
    It’s Wonderful
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:47
  • 13
    Love Is Here to Stay
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 14
    More Than Ever
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 15
    The Weekend of a Private Secretary
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 16
    Please Be Kind
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:37
  • 17
    There’s a Boy in Harlem
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:44
  • 18
    There’s a Boy in Harlem (alternate take)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:44
  • 19
    Bewildered
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:01
  • 20
    I Can’t Face the Music (take 1)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:57
  • 21
    I Can’t Face the Music (take 2)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:58
  • 22
    Don’t Be That Way (take 1)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:02
  • 23
    Don’t Be That Way (take 3)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:02
  • 24
    At Your Beck and Call
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:39
  • CD 5
  • 1
    Says My Heart
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 2
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 1)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 3
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 2)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:59
  • 4
    Moonshine Over Kentucky (take 1)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:43
  • 5
    Moonshine Over Kentucky (take 2)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:44
  • 6
    Rock It Over Me
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:56
  • 7
    After Dinner Speech (take 1)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 8
    After Dinner Speech (take 2)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 9
    If You Were In My Place
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:11
  • 10
    Daydreaming
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:42
  • 11
    A Cigarette and a Silhouette
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 12
    Savin’ Myself for You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 13
    You Leave Me Breathless
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:49
  • 14
    Washboard Blues
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:58
  • 15
    My Melancholy Baby
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:50
  • 16
    My Melancholy Baby (alt. take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:50
  • 17
    ’Round My Old Deserted Farm
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:55
  • 18
    The Lonesome Road
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:49
  • 19
    So Help Me
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:47
  • 20
    Small Fry
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:56
  • 21
    As Long as You Live (rehearsal take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:06
  • 22
    As Long as You Live
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:36
  • 23
    Born to Swing
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:19
  • CD 6
  • 1
    Put Your Heart in a Song
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:53
  • 2
    Wigwammin’
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:52
  • 3
    The Sunny Side of the Street
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:47
  • 4
    How Can I Thank You?
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:38
  • 5
    Garden of the Moon
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 6
    Now It Can Be Told
    2:40
  • 7
    Jump Jump’s Here (take 1)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 8
    Jump Jump’s Here (take 2)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 9
    I Haven’t Changed a Thing (take 1)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:49
  • 10
    I Haven’t Changed a Thing (take 2)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:47
  • 11
    Love Is Here to Stay
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:45
  • 12
    I Used to Be Color Blind
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:21
  • 13
    A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket (take 1)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 14
    A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket (take 2)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 15
    This Is Madness
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 16
    Who Blew Out the Flame?
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 17
    With You on My Mind
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:47
  • 18
    My Reverie
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:59
  • 19
    What Have You Got That Gets Me?
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:42
  • 20
    Old Folks
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:58
  • CD 7
  • 1
    St. Louis Blues (#)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:23
  • 2
    You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:48
  • 3
    Have You Forgotten So Soon?
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:49
  • 4
    Have You Forgotten So Soon? (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:47
  • 5
    They Say
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:46
  • 6
    Blame It on My Last Affair
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:08
  • 7
    I Go for That
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:42
  • 8
    St. Louis Blues
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:39
  • 9
    St. Louis Blues (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:36
  • 10
    I Cried for You
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:48
  • 11
    Begin the Beguine
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:49
  • 12
    What Shall I Say?
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:58
  • 13
    Cuckoo in the Clock
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:42
  • 14
    There’ll Never Be Another You
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    2:28
  • 15
    It’s Slumbertime Along the Swanee
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:01
  • 16
    ’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:39
  • 17
    ’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:42
  • 18
    Love’s a Necessary Thing
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:11
  • 19
    Love’s a Necessary Thing (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:09
  • 20
    Down Hearted Blues
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:00
  • 21
    I Can Read Between the Lines
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:03
  • CD 8
  • 1
    There’ll Be Some Changes Made
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    3:15
  • 2
    Barrelhouse Music
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    3:00
  • 3
    Arkansas Blues
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    3:03
  • 4
    Gulf Coast Blues [Take 1]
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    3:11
  • 5
    Gulf Coast Blues [Take 2]
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    3:00
  • 6
    You Don’t Know My Mind Blues
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    2:54
  • 7
    Prisoner of Love
    Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys
    2:50
  • 8
    Three Little Fishes
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 9
    That Sly Old Gentleman
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:34
  • 10
    Tit Willow
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:38
  • 11
    The Lamp Is Low
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:14
  • 12
    And the Angels Sing
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:54
  • 13
    It Seems Like Old Times
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:42
  • 14
    Guess I’ll Go Back Home (This Summer)
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:13
  • 15
    Moon Love
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:54
  • 16
    I’m Florever Blowing Bubbles
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:31
  • 17
    The Little Man Who Wasn’t There
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:34
  • 18
    Ghost of a Chance
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    3:13
  • 19
    You’re the Moment in My Life
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:33
  • 20
    You and Your Love
    Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
    2:54
  • CD 9
  • 1
    Don’t Dally With the Devil
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra & The Charioteers
    3:17
  • 2
    Ain’t That Good News [#]
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra & The Charioteers
    3:08
  • 3
    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra & The Charioteers
    3:08
  • 4
    Make With the Kisses
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:48
  • 5
    Make With the Kisses [Alternate Take]
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:48
  • 6
    Heaven in My Arms
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 7
    I Thought About You
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:36
  • 8
    Faithful Forever
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 9
    That Lucky Fellow
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:25
  • 10
    Bluebirds in the Moonlight
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:14
  • 11
    Blue Rain
    2:54
  • 12
    I’ve Gone off the Deep End
    2:41
  • 13
    I Shoulda Stood in Bed
    2:32
  • 14
    Darn That Dream
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 15
    Darn That Dream [Alternate Take]
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 16
    Peace, Brother!
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:40
  • 17
    Peace, Brother! [Alternate Take]
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    2:42
  • 18
    Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:08
  • 19
    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [#]
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:50
  • 20
    All the Things You Are
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:39
  • 21
    Hold On
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:46
  • CD 10
  • 1
    Wham (Re‐Bop‐Boom‐Bam) (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:13
  • 2
    Wham (Re‐Bop‐Boom‐Bam)
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:19
  • 3
    Little High Chairman
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:25
  • 4
    Easy to Love
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:54
  • 5
    Give Me Time
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:16
  • 6
    They Can’t Take That Away From Me
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:10
  • 7
    A Bee Gezindt
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:59
  • 8
    After All I’ve Been to You
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:13
  • 9
    Don’t Take Your Love From Me (alternate take)
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:13
  • 10
    Don’t Take Your Love From Me
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:12
  • 11
    Fools Rush In
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:21
  • 12
    From Another World
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:47
  • 13
    I’m Nobody’s Baby
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:01
  • 14
    Give Me Time
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:07
  • 15
    How Can I Ever Be Alone?
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:42
  • 16
    Tennessee Fish Fry
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    2:40
  • 17
    I’ll Pray for You
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:08
  • 18
    Blue (And Broken Hearted)
    Mildred Bailey acc. by Orchestra
    3:04
  • 19
    Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry (alternate take)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 20
    Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 21
    I’ll Be Around (alternate take)
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:25
  • 22
    I’ll Be Around
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:23
  • 23
    My Little Cousin
    Red Norvo and His Orchestra
    3:06

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