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Cootie Williams

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Aliases
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra
Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
Cootie Williams and His Sextet
Real name
Charles Melvin Williams
Born
July 24, 1910
Died
September 15, 1985
Country
United States
IPI
00032967961 3 works
00032968958 2 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz trumpeter, band leader and songwriter
Member of
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
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Originals

Covers by Cootie Williams

Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive i June 1941 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i October 1958 Benny Goodman and His Sextet
i 1961 Irving Kaufman
  October 1959 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
i 1962 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i   1959 Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Edward Matthews PRF
i   1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
  October 1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
listen on Internet Archive i July 1939 The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington)
i Blue Garden Blues Cootie Williams & His Orchestra 1945 Unverified
i   1961 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i October 1958 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i May 14, 1937 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
  April 8, 1932 The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
1951 Merle Travis
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i February 1938 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i September 1945 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill
October 1959 Curtis Lewis and His Trio, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
1959 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
i 1944 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i May 14, 1937 Dolores Valesco
i   May 1947 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1938 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i October 1958 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i   1961 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
i   1957 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i   1961 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i   1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
i October 1958 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
listen on Internet Archive March 1948 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
i 1957 Harry James and His Orchestra
April 1945 Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1957 The Clevelanders – V. C. Bill Cody
October 1959 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby, The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
listen on Internet Archive September 1944 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i   1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
July 1957 Johnny Cook with Ray Ellis, His Orchestra & Chorus
May 1947 Savannah Churchill and The Sentimentalists
April 1948 Chris Cross and His Orchestra
i   October 1958 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i   1962 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
1959 Lloyd Price and His Orchestra
October 1959 Jeanette MacDonald
i   1961 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
i   1959 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
listen on Internet Archive i June 1944 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i October 1958 Jack Denny & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i July 1939 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
i 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
listen on Internet Archive 1944 Dinah Shore
i   1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF
i 1959 Todd Duncan
  May 1938 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i   October 1958 John Michael King REL,PRF
  October 1959 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive April 1944 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
April 1945 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
December 1944 Casey Bill
i 1962 Sophie Tucker
i 1962 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
i   1959 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i October 1958 Artie Shaw and His Gramercy 5
listen on Internet Archive i 1944 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i October 1958 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1944 Dinah Shore
October 1959 Virginia Verrill
i 1959 John W. Bubbles
i 1961 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
1951 Tennessee Ernie
listen on Internet Archive April 1944 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1957 Broadway Syncopators
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators
i 1961 (unknown)
i 1957 Gene Austin
i   1962 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ain't Misbehavin' Cootie Williams and His Orchestra June 1941 OKeh
A Lesson in C Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters - Jerry Kruger May 1938 Vocalion [US]
Blue Reverie Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters 1937 Variety [US]
Echoes of Harlem Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters February 1938 Vocalion [US]
House of Joy Cootie Williams and His Orchestra September 1945 Capitol Records
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters May 14, 1937 Variety [US]
I Can't Give You Anything but Love Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters 1938 Vocalion [US]
I Love You, Yes I Do Cootie Williams and His Orchestra March 1948 Mercury
Is You Is, or Is You Aint Cootie Williams and His Orchestra September 1944 Hit [US]
It's All in Your Mind Wini Brown and Larry Dale with Cootie Williams July 1957 RCA Victor
I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) Cootie Williams and His Orchestra May 1947 Majestic
Juice Head Baby Cootie Williams and His Orchestra February 1946 Capitol Records
Let 'Em Roll Cootie Williams and His Orchestra August 1949 Mercury
My Old Flame Cootie Williams and His Sextet June 1944 Hit [US]
Night Song Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters July 1939 Vocalion [US]
Now I Know Cootie Williams and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Pearl Bailey 1944 Hit [US]
Resolution Blues Dinah Washington and Cootie Williams Orchestra April 1948 Mercury
Saturday Night Cootie Williams and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Warren April 1945 Majestic
Save the Bones for Henry Jones Cootie Williams and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Merrell October 1947 Majestic
Somebody's Gotta Go Cootie Williams and His Orchestra December 1944 Hit [US]
Sweet Lorraine Cootie Williams and His Sextet 1944 Hit [US]
The Shot Gun Boogie Mack Edmondson with Cootie Williams and Orch. 1951 Derby [US]
Things Ain't What They Used to Be Cootie Williams and His Orchestra April 1944 Hit [US]
West End Blues Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941 OKeh

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