Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine - Bert Williams
2. I'm a Little Blackbird (Looking for a Bluebird) - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
3. Dinah - Ethel Waters
4. I Ain't Scared of You - Butterbeans & Susie
5. Camp Meeting Day - Noble And His Orchestra Sissle
6. Memories of You - Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong
7. Iles Hawaii - Josephine Baker
8. Oh, Lady Be Good - Buck and Bubbles
9. Go Harlem - Jimmy Johnson
10. How'm I Doin'? (Hey, Hey!) - The Connie's Inn Orchestra
11. Shine on Your Shoes/Louisiana Hayride - Monette Moore
12. Man from Harlem - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
13. Old Yazoo - Washboard Rhythm Kings
14. You Gave Me Everything But Love - Adelaide Hall
15. Doin' the New Low Down - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
16. Baby, Ain't You Satisfied - Dicky Wells' Shim Shammers
17. Rosetta - Earl Hines & His Orchestra
18. Jungle Fever - The Mills Brothers
19. Miss Otis Regrets - Four Blackbirds
20. Margie - Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra
21. Catch On - Blanche Calloway
22. High Hat, a Piccolo and a Cane - Putney Dandridge
23. It Was a Sad Night in Harlem - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
24. Keep a Twinkle in Your Eye - The Nicholas Brothers
25. When Lights Are Low - Elisabeth Welch

Disc 2:

1. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) - John Kirby & His Orchestra
2. Flat Foot Floogie - Slim & Slam
3. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
4. Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Count Basie Orchestra
5. Baby, Look at You - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys,
6. Body and Soul - Billie Holiday
7. How Long Blues - Count Basie, Count Basie
8. If I Had a Ribbon Bow - Maxine Sullivan
9. Waiting for Jane - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
10. Prisoner of Love - Lena Horne
11. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Pearl Bailey, Moms Mabley
12. Nat Meets June - The Metronome All-Stars
13. Ain't Misbehavin' - Sarah Vaughan
14. What Kind of Fool Am I? - Sammy Davis, Jr.
15. A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb
16. Hey! Bartender, Give That Man a Drink - Red Saunders & His Orchestra, Joe Williams
17. Today I Sing the Blues - Aretha Franklin
18. Trying - LaVern Baker
19. Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown
20. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
21. Try Me - James Brown
22. For the Love of Money - The O'Jays
23. Summer Breeze - The Isley Brothers
24. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
25. Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #487901 in Music
• Released on: 1993-03-02
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

60 years of musical history
The music on A TRIBUTE TO BLACK ENTERTAINERS covers over sixty years, although the last two decades have only a couple of examples. There's an occasional alternate take here, as well as some in-concert tracks, and a few that are rechanneled stereo. The 32-page long-sized booklet is easy on the eyes, has lots of interesting photos and song details. Some recording dates and personnel are missing, however. The music itself is first class, from the legendary Bert Williams' 1919 acoustic waxing of a Prohibition lament, to Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," the newest track here.

For the most part, source material is in fine shape, with no heavy-handed processing added. Songs are in a generally chronological order. This COLUMBIA LEGACY set is well-worth owning, especially for anyone interested in historic African American recording artists.

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE -- 76:40
DISC TWO -- 74:03