Stuff Smith

Aliases: Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys
Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Orchestra
Stuff Smith and His Orchestra
The Stuff Smith Quartet
Stuff Smith Quartet
The Stuff Smith Trio
Real name: Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith
Born: August 14, 1909
Died: September 25, 1967
Country: United States
IPI: 00028989526 3 works
00029008796 1 work
Comments: Jazz violinist

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Desert Sands	Stuff Smith	December 1944	(6 artists)
	Here Comes the Man with the Jive	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	1936	(3 artists)
	I'se a muggin'	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	February 11, 1936	Unverified
	You'se a Viper	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus by Jonah Jones	1936	(35 artists)

Covers by Stuff Smith

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	After the Ball	Stuff Smith	1959	George J. Gaskin REL, Sam Doctor PRF
	After You've Gone	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith	1936	Campbell and Burr
i	Ain't She Sweet	Stuff Smith	1967	Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
i	Alone Together	Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith	1963	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i	April in Paris	Stuff Smith	1967	Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
	(Back Home Again In) Indiana	Stuff Smith	1958	George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i	Body and Soul	Stuff Smith and Oscar Peterson	1994	Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
	Bye Bye Baby	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith	1936	Nat Brandwynne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Buddy Clark
i	Cherokee	Stuff Smith	1967	Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i	C Jam Blues	The Stuff Smith Quartet	1965	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	Confessin'	Red Norvo and Stuff Smith Quartet	1950	Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
i	Crazy Rhythm	Stuff Smith	1994	Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain, June O'Dea PRF
i	Heat Wave	Stuff Smith and Oscar Peterson	1994	Ethel Waters PRF,REC,REL
	Home on the Range	Stuff Smith	1959	Vernon Dalhart
	How Come You Do Me Like You Do	Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith	1963	Marion Harris
i	How High the Moon	Stuff Smith et Stéphane Grappelly	1965	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	1936	Unverified
i	I Know That You Know	Stuff Smith and Oscar Peterson	1994	Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
	I Love You Truly	Stuff Smith	1959	Elsie Baker with Orchestra
	I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	March 1936	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i	In a Mellotone	Stuff Smith and Oscar Peterson	1994	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Stuff Smith	1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	It's Only a Paper Moon	Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith	1958	Claire Carleton
i	Ja-Da	Stuff Smith	1958	Arthur Fields
	Knock, Knock, Who's There?	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith	1936	Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal by Johnny Morris and Ensemble
i	Mack the Knife	The Stuff Smith Quartet	1965	Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
	Mighty Lak' a Rose	Stuff Smith	1959	George Alexander [US1]
i	My Blue Heaven	The Stuff Smith Quartet	1965	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
	My Blue Heaven	Stuff Smith and His Orchestra	1939	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i	Nice Work if You Can Get It	Stuff Smith	1960	Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
	Oh, Lady Be Good	Stuff Smith	1960	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
	Oh, Lady Be Good	Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith	1958	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i	One O'Clock Jump	The Stuff Smith Quartet	1965	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	One O'Clock Jump	Stuff Smith	1967	Count Basie and His Orchestra
	Robins and Roses	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith	June 1936	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i	Russian Lullaby	Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith	1958	Douglas Stanbury PRF, Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus by Harold Lambert REC
i	Soft Winds	Stuff Smith	1957	Benny Goodman Sextet
	Somebody Loves Me	Stuff Smith	1960	Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i	S'posin'	Stuff Smith et Stéphane Grappelly	1965	Bob Haring and His Orchestra
i	Strike Up the Band	Stuff Smith	1960	Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
i	Sweet Lorraine	Stuff Smith	1967	The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i	'S Wonderful	Stuff Smith	1960	Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i	Take the "A" Train	The Stuff Smith Quartet	1965	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Take the "A" Train	Stuff Smith	1960	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	The Man I Love	Stuff Smith	1960	Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Stuff Smith	1960	Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Stuff Smith	1957	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i	This Can't Be Love	Stuff Smith et Stéphane Grappelly	1965	Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i	Twilight in Turkey	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	June 1937	The Raymond Scott Quintette
i	Undecided	Stuff Smith	1960	John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i	What Is This Thing Called Love	Stuff Smith	1967	Elsie Carlisle
	When Paw Was Courting Maw	Stuff Smith and His Orchestra	1939	Unverified
i	Willow Weep for Me	Stuff Smith et Stéphane Grappelly	1965	Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i	Yesterdays	Stuff Smith	1967	Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL

Songs written by Stuff Smith

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Desert Sands	Stuff Smith	Stuff Smith	November 17, 1943	Covered by (6 artists)
Here Comes the Man with the Jive	Stuff Smith, Jack Palmer [US1]	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	August 21, 1936	Covered by (3 artists)
I'se a muggin'	Stuff Smith	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	February 11, 1936	Unverified
It's Wonderful	Mitchell Parish, Stuff Smith, Cameron Salter Wells	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton	December 2, 1937	Covered by (24 artists)
You'se a Viper	Stuff Smith	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus by Jonah Jones	March 13, 1936	Covered by (35 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Black Violin	Stuff Smith	1967	SABA
Cat on a Hot Fiddle	Stuff Smith	1960	Verve Records
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith	Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith	1958	Verve Records
Have Violin, Will Swing	Stuff Smith	1958	Verve Records
Stuff and Steff	Stuff Smith et Stéphane Grappelly	1965	Barclay
Stuff Smith	Stuff Smith	1957	Verve Records
Stuff Smith Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson	Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson	1994	Verve Records
Sweet Swingin' Stuff	Stuff Smith	1959	20th Fox
Swingin' Stuff	Stuff Smith Quartet	1965	EmArcy
The 1943 Trio	Stuff Smith	1988	Circle
The Stuff Smith Trio	The Stuff Smith Trio	December 1944	Asch Recordings
Together!	Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith	1963	Epic

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
After You've Gone	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	1936	Vocalion [US]
Bye Bye Baby	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith	1936	Vocalion [US]
Confessin'	Red Norvo and Stuff Smith Quartet	1950	S D Records
Here Comes the Man with the Jive	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	1936	Vocalion [US]
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	March 1936	Vocalion [US]
My Thoughts	Stuff Smith and His Orchestra	1939	Varsity
Robins and Roses	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - Vocal Chorus Stuff Smith	June 1936	Vocalion [US]
Twilight in Turkey	Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys	June 1937	Decca