Swing! Greatest Hits [RCA Victor]

Swing! Greatest Hits [RCA Victor]

by Swing Greatest Hits / Various
Swing! Greatest Hits [RCA Victor]

Swing! Greatest Hits [RCA Victor]

by Swing Greatest Hits / Various

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Overview

Culled from the RCA Records vaults, Swing's Greatest Hits is a 15-track, budget-priced collection that contains many of the best-known songs of the big-band and swing era, including cuts by Benny Goodman ("Life Goes to a Party," "Body and Soul," "King Porter Stomp"), Artie Shaw ("Begin the Beguine"), Count Basie ("Moten Swing"), Tommy Dorsey ("Music Goes 'Round and 'Round," "Song of India"), Billie Holiday ("Any Old Time"), Roy Eldridge ("Swing is Here"), Jimmie Lunceford ("Swinging' Uptown") and Glenn Miller ("Sunrise Serenade," "In the Mood"). Although it's far from a definitive collection, it does contain many of the most familiar swing tunes. In many cases, these are the original hit versions of those tunes, so that makes the disc worth its budget price. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 09/17/1996
Label: Rca Victor / Rca
UPC: 0090266850921

Tracks

  1. Life Goes to a Party
  2. Moten Swing
  3. The Music Goes 'Round and Around
  4. Cherokee
  5. Sunrise Serenade
  6. Any Old Time
  7. Body and Soul
  8. Swing Is Here
  9. I'm in the Mood for Swing
  10. Stompin' at the Savoy
  11. Song of India
  12. In the Mood
  13. Swingin' Uptown
  14. Begin the Beguine
  15. King Porter Stomp

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lionel Hampton   Primary Artist
Benny Goodman   Primary Artist
Benny Goodman Trio   Primary Artist
Artie Shaw   Primary Artist
Billie Holiday   Primary Artist,Vocals
Count Basie   Primary Artist
Bennie Moten   Primary Artist
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Gene Krupa   Primary Artist
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Roy Eldridge   Primary Artist
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Benny Carter   Primary Artist
Teddy Wilson   Primary Artist
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Goodman Group   Primary Artist
The Glenn Miller Orchestra   Primary Artist
Harry James   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

The Glenn Miller Orchestra   Performer
Harry James   Composer,Performer
Red Bone   Composer
Al Hirschfeld   Illustrations,Cover Illustration
Stephanie L. Stein   Liner Notes
Paul Brizzi   Engineer,Reissue Engineer
Red Hodgson   Composer
Eddie Farley   Composer
Richard Dombrowski   Art Direction
Mike Riley   Composer
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra   Performer
Jimmie Lunceford   Composer
Roy Eldridge   Composer,Performer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Teddy Wilson   Performer
Ray Noble   Composer
Sy Oliver   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Steve Gates   Producer,Series Producer
Billie Holiday   Performer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Chick Webb   Composer
Chu Berry   Composer
Count Basie   Performer
Bennie Moten   Composer,Performer
Frankie Carle   Composer
Fletcher Henderson   Arranger
Frank Eyton   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer,Performer
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra   Performer
Edward Farley   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
Gene Krupa   Composer,Performer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov   Composer
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra   Performer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Michael Riley   Composer
Artie Shaw   Composer,Performer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra   Performer
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra   Performer
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra   Performer
Hank Hoffman   Producer,Reissue Producer
Joe Garland   Composer
Benny Carter   Composer,Performer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Robert Sour   Composer
Oliver   Composer
Tommy Dorsey   Composer
Buster Moten   Composer
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