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A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

First released: 1940, Length: 2:53
1940-10-14, mx. 28863-1: Master take

Creators (17)

Conductor

  1. Cab Calloway (14 Oct 1940)

Orchestra

  1. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (14 Oct 1940)

Instruments

  1. Andrew Brown (14 Oct 1940) saxophone
  2. Benny Payne (14 Oct 1940) piano
  3. Cozy Cole (14 Oct 1940) drums (drum set)
  4. Danny Barker (14 Oct 1940) guitar
  5. Dizzy Gillespie (14 Oct 1940) trumpet
  6. Hilton Jefferson (14 Oct 1940) alto saxophone
  7. Jerry Blake (14 Oct 1940) reeds
  8. Keg Johnson (14 Oct 1940) trombone
  9. Lammar Wright (14 Oct 1940) trumpet
  10. Leon “Chu” Berry (14 Oct 1940) tenor saxophone
  11. Mario Bauzá (14 Oct 1940) trumpet
  12. Milt Hinton (14 Oct 1940) double bass
  13. Quentin Jackson (14 Oct 1940) trombone
  14. Walter "Foots" Thomas (14 Oct 1940) tenor saxophone

Vocals

  1. Cab Calloway (14 Oct 1940)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (14 Oct 1940)

    Composer

    1. Emmett “Babe” Wallace

    Lyricist

    1. Emmett “Babe” Wallace

Releases containing this recording (21)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Hi De Ho Man 1974 Cab Calloway
  2. Hi De Ho Man 1989 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  3. The Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1940‐1941 1992 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  4. 1940 - 1941 1993 Dizzy Gillespie
  5. 1940 - 1941 1993 Dizzy Gillespie
  6. Are You Hep to the Jive? 09 Aug 1994 Cab Calloway
  7. A Portrait of Cab Calloway 26 Dec 1998 Cab Calloway
  8. Minnie the Moocher 1998 Cab Calloway
  9. The King of Hi‐De‐Ho: 1934–1947 26 Jan 1999 Cab Calloway
  10. Cab Calloway with Chu Berry: 1937/1944 2000 Cab Calloway with Chu Berry
  11. The King of Hi-De-Ho: 1934-1947 11 Mar 2002 Cab Calloway
  12. Who’s the Swinginest Man in Town? 2002 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  13. Quadromania Jazz Edition: Cab Calloway: The Scat Song 28 Feb 2005 Cab Calloway
  14. Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions 2007 Leon “Chu” Berry
  15. Are You Hep to the Jive? 01 Feb 2008 Cab Calloway
  16. Hi De Ho Man 10 Aug 2008 Cab Calloway
  17. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 4/5: Bebop Story – A Musical Revolution That Radically Changed the Road of Jazz 24 Oct 2008 Various Artists
  18. Mr. Minnie the Moocher 29 Jul 2011 Cab Calloway
  19. BD Music Presents: Jazz en cuisine 09 Oct 2015 Various Artists
  20. Classic American Music: Les Plus Grandes Voix Du Jazz Various Artists

Single

  1. A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird / Make Yourself at Home 1940 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra