Charlie Drayton (05 May 1919 - 31 Jul 1953)
Male Person - United States 1930s-50s blues bassist
Relationships (4)
Member Of
- Louis Jordan’s Elks Rendezvous Band (04 Aug 1938 - Feb 1939)
- Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Feb 1939 - 24 Jan 1941)
- Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Children
On Recordings (50)
Instruments
- Barnacle Bill the Sailor 2:46 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Jan 1939) double bass
- Daddy‐O 2:52 Timmie Rogers (1945) double bass
- All Alone 2:56 Savannah Churchill (1945) double bass
- Travelin’ Light 3:28 Billie Holiday (1954) double bass
- Honeysuckle Rose 3:06 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1991) bass, double bass
- Pan-Pan 2:53 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- But I’ll Be Back 2:35 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- At the Swing Cat’s Ball 2:29 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- You’re My Meat 3:01 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- T‐Bone Blues 3:12 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee 2:34 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- ’Fore Day Blues 2:36 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony, Sid) 2:39 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- Doug the Jitterbug 2:33 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- Toodle Loo on Down 3:12 Rodney Sturgis with Louis Jordan’s Elks Rendezvous Band (1992) double bass
- A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird 2:37 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- Swinging in a Coconut Tree 2:44 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- You Ain’t Nowhere 2:42 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (1992) double bass
- Teezol (take 1) 2:52 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Dirty Deal 3:33 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- 'Nuff Said (take 1) 3:16 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Woke Up Clipped (take 1) 3:11 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Dirty Deal (take 1-2) 3:49 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Tea For Two (take 1-4) 4:35 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- 'Nuff Said 3:04 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- I Surrender, Dear 2:54 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Woke Up Clipped 3:09 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Don't Blame Me (take 1-2) 4:00 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Tea For Two 2:58 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- The Horn 2:31 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Teezol (Take 2-4) 3:44 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Woke Up Clipped (take 2) 3:10 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- The Horn (take 1) 2:30 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- Teezol 2:51 Ben Webster (12 Aug 1994) bass
- I'm Lost 3:14 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (1997) double bass
- I Can't Get Started (78 Tk) 2:59 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (1997) double bass
- I Can't Escape From You (LP Tk) 3:21 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (1997) double bass
- I Can't Escape From You (78 Tk) 3:15 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (1997) double bass
- I Can't Get Started (LP Tk) 2:51 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (1997) double bass
- June Comes Around Every Year 3:10 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (1997) double bass
- All Night Long 2:52 Helen Humes (23 Feb 1999) double bass
- Eight Ball 2:38 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) double bass
- Wiggin’ Wah Wiggins 2:44 Russell Jacquet and His “Bopper” Band (2000) double bass
- My Favorite Blues 3:06 Benny Carter and His Orchestra (2000) double bass
- Jockey Joe 2:38 Russell Jacquet and His “Bopper” Band (2000) double bass
- Bongo Blues 2:55 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) double bass
- King’s Spinner 2:34 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) double bass
- Blues in “F” 2:49 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) double bass
- Tropical Fever 2:35 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) double bass
- Cross Bones 2:45 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) double bass