Fletcher Henderson’s band recorded this iconic anthem of jazz nearly a year before Benny Goodman’s popular hit version of the Louis Prima classic.
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois on August 4, 1936.
Credits:
Arthur Lee “Georgia Boy” Simpkins – vocals
Fletcher Henderson – piano, director
Dick Vance, Joe Thomas, Roy Eldridge – trumpet
Fernando Arbello, Ed Cuffee – trombone
Buster Bailey, Jerome Pasquall – clarinet, alto sax
Elmer Williams, Chu Berry – tenor sax
Horace Henderson – piano, arranger
Bob Lessey – guitar
John Kirby – string bass
Sidney Catlett – drums


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