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70993: Big Bess c/w Cat Scratchin' / Louis Jordan

Label Type : black/silver Mercury 78rpm type B w/ portrait logo
Matrix Number : SIDE-A YB 14370 1M    I
SIDE-B YB 14371 1M    I


Comments

Release date: October 26, 1956.

Equivalent release: Mercury 70993x45 (45rpm).

Both sides are originally available only on this 78rpm/45rpm (later issued on the LP Bear Family [G] BFX-15201).



Track Listing

SIDE-A
14370 Big Bess (McCrae - Thomas) 2:38
SIDE-B
14371 Cat Scratchin' (R. Refond) 2:45

Personnel

Ernie Royal (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb),
Louis Jordan (as, vo), Sam ``The Man'' Taylor (ts), Budd Johnson (bs),
Ernie Hayes (p), Mickey Baker (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Charlie Persip (ds), Francisco “Chino” Pozo (bgo),
Quincy Jones (arr, dir).
Recorded at Mercury Sound Studio, New York City on October 23, 1956.



Labels

Side A Side B
[70993 A] [70993 B]


MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: February 19, 2006.
Last Updated: (none)