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(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It by Chick Webb and His Orchestra

First released: 1936, Length: 3:00
1936-10-29, mx. 61361-A

Creators (14)

Instruments

  1. Beverly Peer (29 Oct 1936) double bass
  2. Bobby Stark (29 Oct 1936) trumpet
  3. Chick Webb (29 Oct 1936) drums (drum set)
  4. Edgar Sampson (29 Oct 1936) alto saxophone
  5. John Trueheart (29 Oct 1936) guitar
  6. Mario Bauzá (29 Oct 1936) trumpet
  7. Nat Story (29 Oct 1936) trombone
  8. Pete Clark (29 Oct 1936) reeds
  9. Sandy Williams (29 Oct 1936) trombone
  10. Taft Jordan (29 Oct 1936) trumpet
  11. Teddy McRae (29 Oct 1936) tenor saxophone
  12. Tommy Fulford (29 Oct 1936) piano
  13. Wayman Carver (29 Oct 1936) woodwind

Vocals

  1. Ella Fitzgerald (29 Oct 1936)

Works (2)

Recording Of

  1. If You Can’t Sing It (You’ll Have to Swing It) (29 Oct 1936) cover

    Composer

    1. Sam Coslow

    Lyricist

    1. Sam Coslow
  2. You'll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini) (29 Oct 1936) cover

    Writer

    1. Sam Coslow

Links (1)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000289474

Releases containing this recording (22)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1935–1937 1990 Ella Fitzgerald
  2. Gold Collection 1992 Ella Fitzgerald
  3. The Great Ella Fitzgerald 1993 Ella Fitzgerald
  4. Remember the Forties: The Swing Years 1993 Various Artists
  5. Sing Me a Swing Song 26 Jul 1995 Ella Fitzgerald
  6. Sing Me a Swing Song 1995 Ella Fitzgerald
  7. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1935–1937 19 Nov 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
  8. The Platinum Collection 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
  9. The Gold Collection 1997 Ella Fitzgerald
  10. Unforgettable Ella 1997 Ella Fitzgerald
  11. Ella… The Collection 1998 Ella Fitzgerald
  12. Swingin’ With Ella 1999 Ella Fitzgerald
  13. The Best of Billie & Ella 1999 Billie / Ella
  14. Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Immortal Voice (1918-1996) 2000 Ella Fitzgerald
  15. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald, Volume 1: 1935-1941 2000 Ella Fitzgerald
  16. Stomping at the Savoy 23 Jan 2006 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
  17. Jazz in the Charts 029 (1936) 2006 Various Artists
  18. The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934–1941) 2013 Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
  19. Great American Songbook 18 May 2016 Various Artists
  20. The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 1: 1935-1939 2017 Ella Fitzgerald

Single

  1. You’ll Have to Swing It / Vote for Mister Rhythm 1936 Chick Webb and His Orchestra

Bootleg

Album - Compilation

  1. Ella Fitzgerald With the Chick Webb Band (1935-1938) 01 Jan 1995 Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb