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Dicky Wells (10 Jun 1907 - 12 Nov 1985)

Male Person - United States

Releases (2)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Chronological Classics: Dickie Wells 1927-1943 1997

Single

  1. Dicky Wells Blues / Lady Be Good 1937

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. Buck Clayton and His All-Stars
  2. Teddy Hill and His Orchestra trombone
  3. Dicky Wells and His Orchestra
  4. Count Basie Band
  5. The Jimmy Rushing All Stars

Siblings

  1. Henry Wells

Recordings by (15)

  1. Hangin' Around Boudon 2:52 (1988)
  2. Drag Nasty (The Walk) 2:51 (1990)
  3. Opera In Blue 3:01 (1990)
  4. Baby, Ain't You Satisfied 3:25 (02 Mar 1993)
  5. I Got Rhythm 2:16 (1997)
  6. Lady Be Good 2:56 (1997)
  7. Dicky Wells Blues 3:19 (1997)
  8. Dinah 2:48 (1997)
  9. Sweet Sue Just You 3:10 (1997)
  10. Hot Club Blues 3:05 (1997)
  11. Dickie Wells Blues 3:19 (1997)
  12. We're Through 2:40 (1999)
  13. Bed Rock 2:53 (1999)
  14. Drag Nasty / The Walk 2:52 (1999)
  15. I'm Fer It, Too 4:12 (2009)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Bugle Call Rag 2:42 Dicky Wells and His Orchestra (1937) trombone
  2. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2:57 Dicky Wells and His Orchestra (1937) trombone
  3. Vamp 2:53 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1940) trombone
  4. Parallel Fifths 3:16 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1940) trombone
  5. Freakish Blues 3:27 Luis Russell and His Orchestra (1943) trombone
  6. Jimmy’s Blues ?:?? Count Basie and His Orchestra (Jun 1945) trombone
  7. Take Me Back Baby ?:?? Count Basie and His Orchestra (Jun 1945) trombone
  8. High Tide (I Ain’t Mad at You) ?:?? Count Basie and His Orchestra (Aug 1945) trombone
  9. After Theatre Jump ?:?? Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1950) trombone
  10. Lester Leaps Again ?:?? Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1950) trombone
  11. Destination K. C. ?:?? Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1950) trombone
  12. Until the Real Thing Comes Along 4:21 Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton (1956) trombone
  13. My Old Flame 3:46 Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton (1956) trombone
  14. Rock‐A‐Bye Basie 3:00 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) trombone
  15. Lester Leaps In 3:15 Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1956) trombone
  16. If You Were Mine 4:31 Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton (1956) trombone
  17. Taxi War Dance 2:50 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) trombone
  18. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie 2:30 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) trombone
  19. Song of the Islands 3:04 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) trombone
  20. Twelfth Street Rag 3:05 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) trombone
  21. Dickie's Dream 3:09 Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven (1956) trombone
  22. Jump for Me 3:08 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) trombone
  23. The Way She Walks ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  24. Moon Eyes 7:36 Buddy Tate (1958) trombone
  25. Casey Stew ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  26. Sugar Foot Stomp ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  27. A Hundred Years From Today ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  28. Wrappin' It Up ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  29. Honeysuckle Rose ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  30. 'round About Midnight ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  31. Three Thieves ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  32. King Porter Stomp ?:?? The Fletcher Henderson All Stars (1958) trombone
  33. Mad About the Boy ?:?? Anita O’Day (1960) trombone
  34. Yesterdays ?:?? Anita O’Day (1960) trombone
  35. That Old Feeling ?:?? Anita O’Day (1960) trombone
  36. Waiter, Make Mine Blues ?:?? Anita O’Day (1960) trombone
  37. I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got 3:56 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  38. Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues 5:28 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  39. Blues for Yesterday 7:29 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  40. On the Sunny Side of the Street 4:57 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  41. Can’t We Be Friends 5:16 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  42. Take Me Back Baby 5:14 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  43. All Too Soon 5:26 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  44. I’ve Got the World On a String 4:29 Nancy Harrow (Feb 1961) trombone
  45. Can You Take It? 2:51 Fletcher Henderson (1961) trombone
  46. King Porter Stomp 2:59 Fletcher Henderson (1961) trombone
  47. Queer Notions 2:51 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1961) trombone
  48. Yeah Man 2:57 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1961) trombone
  49. Medley: Please, Please, Please / You’ve Got the Power / I Found Someone / Why Do You Do Me / I Want You So Bad / I Love You, Yes I Do / Strange Things Happen / Bewildered / Please, Please, Please 6:26 James Brown (1963) trombone
  50. Hello Babe 3:12 Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young (1964) trombone

Credited as (15)

  1. Dicky Wells
  2. Rex Stewart and Dickie Wells
  3. Lester Young, Bill Coleman & Dicky Wells
  4. Bill Coleman, Dicky Wells, Lester Young, Joe Bushkin, John Simmons & Jo Jones
  5. Ida Cox, James P. Johnson, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Freddie Green & Walter Page
  6. Rex Stewart feat. Dicky Wells
  7. Dicky Wells & Bill Coleman
  8. Ida Cox with James P. Johnson, Jo Jones, Walter Page, Freddie Green, Shad Collins, Dicky Wells & Buddy Tate
  9. Rex Stewart And Dickie Wells
  10. Buck Clayton, Tiny Grimes, Trummy Young, Dicky Wells, Don Byas, Bill Coleman, André Persiany
  11. Lester Young & Dicky Wells
  12. Django Reinhardt & Dicky Wells
  13. Dicky Wells accomp. par Sam Allen, Roger Chaput, Bill Beason
  14. Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Arthur Bernstein, Jo Jones, Charlie Christian, Freddie Green, Albert Ammons, Count Basie, Meade Lux Lewis, Buddy Tate, Lester Young, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison & Shad Collins
  15. Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count Basie, C.Q. Price, Preston Love, Buddy Tate, Paul Gonsalves, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Emmett Berry, Dicky Wells, William Johnson, Ted Donnelly, George Simon, Freddie Green, Walter Page & Jo Jones

Works (4)

Wrote

  1. Kansas City Stride

Composed

  1. Stay Cool
  2. Walk That Walk
  3. Knucklehead

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85038173
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85038173
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62524vs
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104826
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901092v
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119009676

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Wells

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/328747

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000823141

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920183/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/49409778

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350879