The Ghost of Smoky Joe by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

First released: 1939, Length: 2:47
1939-03-28, mx. WM-1011-1

Creators (15)

Instruments

1. Andrew Brown (28 Mar 1939) reeds
2. Benny Payne (28 Mar 1939) piano
3. Chauncey Haughton (28 Mar 1939) reeds
4. Claude Jones (28 Mar 1939) trombone
5. Cozy Cole (28 Mar 1939) drums (drum set)
6. Danny Barker (28 Mar 1939) guitar
7. DePriest Wheeler (28 Mar 1939) trombone
8. Irving Randolph (28 Mar 1939) trumpet
9. Keg Johnson (28 Mar 1939) trombone
10. Lammar Wright (28 Mar 1939) trumpet
11. Leon “Chu” Berry (28 Mar 1939) tenor saxophone
12. Milt Hinton (28 Mar 1939) double bass
13. Shad Collins (28 Mar 1939) trumpet
14. Walter "Foots" Thomas (28 Mar 1939) tenor saxophone

Vocals

1. Cab Calloway (28 Mar 1939)

Works (1)

Recording Of

1. The Ghost of Smokey Joe (28 Mar 1939)
   

   Composer

   1. Rube Bloom

   Lyricist

   1. Ted Koehler

Releases containing this recording (15)

Official

Album - Compilation

1. Cab Calloway 1956 Cab Calloway
2. The Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1939‐1940 1991 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
3. The King of Hi‐De‐Ho 1995 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
4. Flashbacks, Volume 1: High & Low: DrugSongs 1917-1944 16 Oct 2000 Various Artists
5. The Chronological Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Volume 2: 1935‐1940 10 Jun 2003 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
6. New York 1938-1939, Vol. C 2006 Cab Calloway
7. Jazz in the Charts 048 (1939) 2006 Various Artists
8. Cocaine Blues: Vintage Songs About Cocaine & Heroin 2011 Various Artists
9. 30’s & 40’s Era Halloween, Vol. 2 2012 Various Artists
10. Minnie the Moocher at the Morgue 30 Oct 2020 Various Artists
11. Halloween Stomp Various Artists

Single

1. The Ghost of Smoky Joe / Floogie Walk 1939 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Bootleg

Album - Compilation / Soundtrack

1. GNR: More Where That Came From 24 May 2013 Various Artists