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Kickin’ the Gong Around by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

First released: 1931, Length: 3:12
1931-10-21, mx. E-37268-A

Creators (12)

Instruments

  1. Andrew Brown (21 Oct 1931) reeds
  2. Benny Payne (21 Oct 1931) piano
  3. DePriest Wheeler (21 Oct 1931) trombone
  4. Edwin Swayze (21 Oct 1931) trumpet
  5. Harry White (21 Oct 1931) trombone
  6. Jimmy Smith (21 Oct 1931) double bass
  7. Lammar Wright (21 Oct 1931) trumpet
  8. Leroy Maxey (21 Oct 1931) drums (drum set)
  9. Morris White (21 Oct 1931) banjo
  10. Reuben Reeves (21 Oct 1931) trumpet
  11. Walter "Foots" Thomas (21 Oct 1931) woodwind

Vocals

  1. Cab Calloway (21 Oct 1931) lead vocals

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Kickin’ the Gong Around (21 Oct 1931)

    Composer

    1. Harold Arlen

    Lyricist

    1. Ted Koehler

Releases containing this recording (28)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Brunswick Collectors’ Series Oct 1943 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  2. Mr. Hi. De. Ho. 1930‐1931 1982 Cab Calloway
  3. Cruisin’ With Cab 1988 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra Topaz Jazz
  4. The Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1931‐1932 1990 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  5. The Hi-De-Ho Man 1994 Cab Calloway
  6. A Portrait of Cab Calloway 26 Dec 1998 Cab Calloway
  7. The Chronological Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Volume 1: The Early Years 1930‐1934 2001 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  8. Jitterbug 2002 Cab Calloway
  9. The Hi-De-Ho Man: 1930-1933 2003 Cab Calloway
  10. Minnie the Moocher 2004 Cab Calloway
  11. Quadromania Jazz Edition: Cab Calloway: The Scat Song 28 Feb 2005 Cab Calloway
  12. Jazz in the Charts 011 (1931) 2006 Various Artists
  13. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll 2006 Various Artists
  14. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era 24 Oct 2008 Various Artists
  15. Jukebox Favourites: Hits of the 30s & 40s 16 Jul 2012 Various Artists
  16. Jukebox Favourites: Hits of the 30s & 40s 2012 Various Artists
  17. That Old Arlen Magic 16 Mar 2013 Various Artists
  18. Hi-De-Ho Cab Calloway

Single

  1. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Kickin’ the Gong Around 1931 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra original, “Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.”
  2. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Kickin’ the Gong Around 1934 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  3. Kickin’ the Gong Around / You Gotta Ho‐De‐Ho 1934 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  4. Kickin’ the Gong Around / You Gotta Ho‐De‐Ho 1934 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  5. Minnie the Moocher / Kickin’ the Gong Around Jul 1935 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  6. Minnie the Moocher / Kickin’ the Gong Around Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Kickin’ the Gong Around Cab Calloway and His Orchestra reissue