MusicFactsDB.com (Pre-Beta)

Edgar Sampson (31 Aug 1907 - 16 Jan 1973)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra alto saxophone
  2. Chick Webb and His Orchestra alto saxophone

Recordings by (1)

  1. Stompin' at the Savoy 2:46 (1992)

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! 2:31 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937)

Instruments

  1. The House of David Blues 3:10 Connie's Inn Orchestra (1931) reeds, violin
  2. Take Me Away From the River 3:20 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) reeds
  3. Poor Old Joe 2:59 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) reeds
  4. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:55 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1933) alto saxophone
  5. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:49 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) alto saxophone
  6. Blue Minor 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) alto saxophone
  7. True 2:44 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  8. Imagination 3:25 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  9. Stomping at the Savoy 3:10 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  10. Why Should I Beg for Love 3:07 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  11. When Dreams Come True 3:23 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  12. Don’t Be That Way 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  13. I Can’t Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants 2:58 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  14. Get Together 3:03 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  15. If It Ain’t Love 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  16. Lona 2:47 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  17. Rhythm Man 2:55 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  18. It’s Over Because We’re Through 3:15 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  19. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:51 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  20. Lonesome Moments 2:45 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) alto saxophone
  21. I’ll Chase the Blues Away 2:34 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  22. Are You Here to Stay? 3:11 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  23. Rhythm and Romance 3:05 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  24. Love and Kisses 3:19 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  25. Moonlight and Magnolias 2:52 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  26. I May Be Wrong (but I Think You’re Wonderful) 3:06 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) alto saxophone
  27. Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance) 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  28. Go Harlem 2:22 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  29. Swinging on the Reservation 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  30. Devoting My Time to You 2:27 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  31. (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  32. Crying My Heart Out Over You 3:09 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  33. Under the Spell of the Blues 3:05 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  34. Facts and Figures 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  35. I Got the Spring Fever Blues 3:02 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  36. What a Shuffle 2:54 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  37. Blue Lou 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  38. When I Get Low I Get High 2:27 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Feb 1937) alto saxophone
  39. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 2:57 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Feb 1937) alto saxophone, clarinet
  40. One Never Knows, Does One? 3:03 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (Feb 1937) alto saxophone, clarinet
  41. Cryin’ Mood 2:37 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (May 1937) alto saxophone
  42. Rusty Hinge 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (May 1937) alto saxophone
  43. Gee! But You’re Swell 2:38 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  44. Love Marches On 2:53 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  45. Love You’re Just a Laugh 3:10 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  46. Wake Up and Live 2:40 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  47. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! 2:31 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  48. Love Is the Thing So They Say 2:51 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone

Vocals

  1. Why Should I Beg for Love 3:07 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934)

Credited as (6)

  1. Edgar Sampson
  2. Dizzy Gillespie, Sampson & Gannon
  3. Mitchell Parish, Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson
  4. Walter Hirsch, Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson & Clarence Profit
  5. Benny Goodman / Edgar Sampson
  6. Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman & Chick Webb

Works (14)

Wrote

  1. Stompin’ at the Panama
  2. Dark Rapture
  3. Under the Spell of the Blues
  4. Please Tell Me the Truth

Composed

  1. Lullaby in Rhythm (1938)
  2. Don’t Be That Way
  3. Stompin’ at the Savoy
  4. If Dreams Come True
  5. Stompin’ at the Savoy
  6. Dr. Kimbel auf der Flucht
  7. Mambo Inn
  8. I’ll Chase the Blues Away
  9. Are You Here to Stay?
  10. Blue Lou

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138993642
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1532787
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95057734
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95057734
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6k653nt
  6. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=83878
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107270
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135029465

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307404

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000181398

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/27253069

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347078

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/16633