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(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (with You) by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

First released: Jul 1940, Length: 3:02
1940-06-27, mx. WC-3163-A: Master take

Creators (16)

Arranger

  1. Andy Gibson

Instruments

  1. Andrew Brown (27 Jun 1940) baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
  2. Benny Payne (27 Jun 1940) piano
  3. Cozy Cole (27 Jun 1940) drums (drum set)
  4. Danny Barker (27 Jun 1940) guitar
  5. Dizzy Gillespie (27 Jun 1940) trumpet
  6. Hilton Jefferson (27 Jun 1940) alto saxophone
  7. Jerry Blake (27 Jun 1940) alto saxophone
  8. Keg Johnson (27 Jun 1940) trombone
  9. Lammar Wright (27 Jun 1940) trumpet
  10. Leon “Chu” Berry (27 Jun 1940) tenor saxophone
  11. Mario Bauzá (27 Jun 1940) trumpet
  12. Milt Hinton (27 Jun 1940) double bass
  13. Quentin Jackson (27 Jun 1940) trombone
  14. Tyree Glenn (27 Jun 1940) trombone
  15. Walter "Foots" Thomas (27 Jun 1940) tenor saxophone

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (27 Jun 1940) instrumental

    Composer

    1. Victor Young

    Lyricist

    1. Bing Crosby
    2. Ned Washington

Releases containing this recording (15)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Most Important Recordings of Cab Calloway 1989 Cab Calloway
  2. The Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1940 1991 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  3. Swing That Music! 01 Feb 1994 Various Artists
  4. Blowing Up a Breeze 1995 Leon “Chu” Berry
  5. The Big Band Era 1995 Various Artists
  6. The American Jazz Entertainer - Wah Dee Dah (1930-42) 2001 Cab Calloway
  7. The Chronological Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Volume 2: 1935‐1940 10 Jun 2003 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  8. The Chu and Dizzy Years 2003 Cab Calloway
  9. Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions 2007 Leon “Chu” Berry
  10. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era 24 Oct 2008 Various Artists
  11. Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway

Single

  1. Come On With the “Come On” / A Ghost of a Chance Jul 1940 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra “Registered U. S. Patent Office”
  2. Everybody Eats When They Come to My House / A Ghost of a Chance 1948 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  3. Come On With the “Come On” / A Ghost of a Chance Cab Calloway and His Orchestra No “Registered U. S. Patent Office”