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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

  1. Beverly Peer (27 Oct 1937) double bass
  2. Bobby Johnson (27 Oct 1937) guitar
  3. Bobby Stark (27 Oct 1937) trumpet
  4. Buddy Johnson (27 Oct 1937) guitar
  5. Chauncey Haughton (27 Oct 1937) saxophone, reeds
  6. Chick Webb (27 Oct 1937) drums (drum set)
  7. Louis Jordan (27 Oct 1937) alto saxophone
  8. Mario Bauzá (27 Oct 1937) trumpet
  9. Nat Story (27 Oct 1937) trombone
  10. Pete Clark (27 Oct 1937) alto saxophone
  11. Sandy Williams (27 Oct 1937) trombone
  12. Taft Jordan (27 Oct 1937) trumpet
  13. Teddy McRae (27 Oct 1937) tenor saxophone
  14. Tommy Fulford (27 Oct 1937) piano
  15. Wayman Carver (27 Oct 1937) saxophone, tenor saxophone

Vocals

  1. Ella Fitzgerald (27 Oct 1937)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Just a Simple Melody (27 Oct 1937)

    Writer

    1. Sammy Cahn
    2. Saul Chaplin

Releases containing this recording (13)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938 1990 Ella Fitzgerald
  2. Rock It For Me 1994 Ella Fitzgerald
  3. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938 19 Nov 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
  4. Stomping at the Savoy 12 Sep 2000 Chick Webb and His Orchestra feat. Ella Fitzgerald
  5. The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald, Volume 1: 1935-1941 2000 Ella Fitzgerald
  6. Les Triomphes du jazz 2000 Various Artists
  7. The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 39: Vocalists 29 Aug 2005 Ivie Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrews Sisters, Lena Horne
  8. The Ultimate Jazz Archive 29 Aug 2005 Various Artists
  9. Stomping at the Savoy 23 Jan 2006 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
  10. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era 24 Oct 2008 Various Artists
  11. The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934–1941) 2013 Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
  12. The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 1: 1935-1939 2017 Ella Fitzgerald

Single

  1. Just a Simple Melody / Holiday in Harlem Nov 1937 Chick Webb and His Orchestra feat. Ella Fitzgerald