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Just a Simple Melody
by
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
First released:
Nov 1937,
Length:
2:58
1937-10-27, mx. 62725-A
Creators
(16)
Instruments
Beverly Peer
(27 Oct 1937)
double bass
Bobby Johnson
(27 Oct 1937)
guitar
Bobby Stark
(27 Oct 1937)
trumpet
Buddy Johnson
(27 Oct 1937)
guitar
Chauncey Haughton
(27 Oct 1937)
saxophone, reeds
Chick Webb
(27 Oct 1937)
drums (drum set)
Louis Jordan
(27 Oct 1937)
alto saxophone
Mario Bauzá
(27 Oct 1937)
trumpet
Nat Story
(27 Oct 1937)
trombone
Pete Clark
(27 Oct 1937)
alto saxophone
Sandy Williams
(27 Oct 1937)
trombone
Taft Jordan
(27 Oct 1937)
trumpet
Teddy McRae
(27 Oct 1937)
tenor saxophone
Tommy Fulford
(27 Oct 1937)
piano
Wayman Carver
(27 Oct 1937)
saxophone, tenor saxophone
Vocals
Ella Fitzgerald
(27 Oct 1937)
Works
(1)
Recording Of
Just a Simple Melody
(27 Oct 1937)
Writer
Sammy Cahn
Saul Chaplin
Releases containing this recording
(13)
Official
Album - Compilation
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938
1990
Ella Fitzgerald
Rock It For Me
1994
Ella Fitzgerald
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938
19 Nov 1996
Ella Fitzgerald
Stomping at the Savoy
12 Sep 2000
Chick Webb and His Orchestra feat. Ella Fitzgerald
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald, Volume 1: 1935-1941
2000
Ella Fitzgerald
Les Triomphes du jazz
2000
Various Artists
The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 39: Vocalists
29 Aug 2005
Ivie Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrews Sisters, Lena Horne
The Ultimate Jazz Archive
29 Aug 2005
Various Artists
Stomping at the Savoy
23 Jan 2006
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era
24 Oct 2008
Various Artists
The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934–1941)
2013
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 1: 1935-1939
2017
Ella Fitzgerald
Single
Just a Simple Melody / Holiday in Harlem
Nov 1937
Chick Webb and His Orchestra feat. Ella Fitzgerald