Lucky Millinder

Aliases: Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
Real name: Lucius Venable Millinder
Born: August 8, 1910
Died: September 28, 1966
Country: United States
IPI: 00020867002 15 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Rhythm and blues and swing bandleader. Although he could not read or write music, did not play an instrument and rarely sang, his showmanship and musical taste made his bands successful.

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Barrel House	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the Direction of Lucky Millinder	1936	(79 artists)
i	D' Natural Blues BRD	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra		(98 artists) Originally by Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL
i	Heavy Sugar	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	August 1952	Oliver Sain
	I Ain't Got Nothin' to Lose REC	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Big John Greer and Quartet	July 1949	Originally by Andy Parker and His Plainsmen with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL
	I'm Waiting Just for You	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal by Annisteen Allen and John Carol	May 1951	(14 artists)
	I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 1942	(4 artists)
	Let It Roll	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	September 1947	Annisteen Allen - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
	Let It Roll Again	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Big John Greer	July 1950	Unverified
	Little Girl, Don't Cry	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Big John Greer	March 1949	(2 artists)
	Loaded with Love REL	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal by Corky Robbins and Johnny Bosworth	April 1952	(2 artists) Originally by Hawkshaw Hawkins REC
	More, More, More	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	March 1947	Sweet Jeena and Her Sweethearts
i	Ram-Bunk-Shush	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1952	(23 artists)
	Ride, Red, Ride	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder	1935	(6 artists)
	Rock! Daniel	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	August 1941	Johnny Asbestos and The Canoes
	Shorty's Got to Go	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1946	(4 artists)
	Shout, Sister, Shout!	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 1942	(4 artists)
	Sidewalks of Cuba PRF	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder		(12 artists) Originally by Lew Stone and His Band REC
	Silent George	Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1950	吾妻光良 & The Swinging Boppers (Mitsuyoshi Azuma & The Swinging Boppers)
	Slide Mr. Trombone	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon	August 1941	Ernie Andrews
	Sweet Slumber	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon	November 1943	(15 artists)
	The Jumpin' Jack	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	March 1951	Madison Red & The KGB
	Tonight He Sailed Again	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1948	(33 artists)

Covers by Lucky Millinder

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	(Ah-Yes) There's Good Blues Tonight	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Annisteen Allen	April 1946	Martha Tilton with Orchestra and Vocal Octet
i	Big John's Special	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder	1936	Unverified
	Chew Tobacco Rag	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1951	Billy Briggs
	Dinah Lou	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder, Vocal Refrain by Chuck Richards (Chuck Richards, Lucky Millinder, Mills' Blue Rhythm Band)	1935	Unverified
i	D' Natural Blues	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	March 1949	Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra BRD
	Don't Cry Baby	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1943	Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
	Down by the Riverside	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Fisk University Jubilee Singers
	Four or Five Times	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
	Hurry, Hurry	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris	June 1944	Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Savannah Churchill
	I Can't See for Lookin'	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Judy Carol	June 1944	The Nat King Cole Trio
	I'll Never Be Free	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	December 1949	Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
	Let It Roll	Annisteen Allen - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	October 1959	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
	Let Me Off Uptown	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	December 1941	Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge
	Oh Babe!	Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1950	Louis Prima and Keely Smith
	Rock Me	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	May 1942	Charles Beck
i	Showboat Shuffle	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder	November 1936	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
	Teardrops from My Eyes	Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1950	Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson's Orch.
	That's All	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	October 1942	Washington Phillips, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
	The Lonesome Road	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1998	Gene Austin
	Trouble in Mind	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	1941	Thelma La Vizzo
	Trouble in Mind	Annisteen and Melvin - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	October 1959	Thelma La Vizzo
	We're Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap (And Uncle Sam's the Guy Who Can Do It)	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon and Ensemble	March 1942	Carson Robison with Orchestra
	When the Lights Go on Again (All over the World)	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	October 1942	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
	Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	1945	Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher and His Orchestra Covered by (11 artists)

Songs written by Lucky Millinder

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style	Lucky Millinder, Toussaint Pope, Arnold Clawson	Bull Moose Jackson	November 1950	Covered by (9 artists)
Heavy Sugar	Henry Glover, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	June 25, 1952	Covered by Oliver Sain
How Would You Know	Henry Glover, Lucky Millinder	Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes	February 15, 1949	Covered by The Robins
I'm Waiting Just for You	Henry Glover, Carolyn Leigh, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal by Annisteen Allen and John Carol	February 28, 1951	Covered by (14 artists)
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	February 18, 1942	Covered by (4 artists)
Journey's End	Don George, Lucky Millinder, Jimmy Mundy	Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart's Orchestra	February 7, 1950	Covered by Michael Jerome Browne
Let It Roll	Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 11, 1947	Covered by Annisteen Allen - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
Little Girl Don't Cry	Lucky Millinder, Doris Davis	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Big John Greer	January 3, 1949	Covered by (2 artists)
Loaded with Love	Henry Glover, Lucky Millinder	Hawkshaw Hawkins REC, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal by Corky Robbins and Johnny Bosworth REL	March 27, 1952	Covered by (2 artists)
More, More, More	Lucky Millinder, Henri Woode, Joe Purnell	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	February 26, 1946	Covered by Sweet Jeena and Her Sweethearts
Ram-Bunk-Shush	Henry Glover, Lucky Millinder, Jimmy Mundy	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 2, 1952	Covered by (23 artists)
Ride, Red, Ride	Irving Mills, Lucky Millinder	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder	December 19, 1934	Covered by (6 artists)
Shorty's Got to Go	Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	February 1946	Covered by (4 artists)
Shout, Sister, Shout!	Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	September 5, 1941	Covered by (4 artists)
Slide Mr. Trombone	Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon	June 27, 1941	Covered by Ernie Andrews
Sweet Slumber	Al J. Neiburg, Lucky Millinder, Henri Woode	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon	October 19, 1943	Covered by (15 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well	Lucky Millinder	Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	Covered by (11 artists)

Releases

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
(Ah-Yes) There's Good Blues Tonight	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1946	Decca
Balloonacy	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the Direction of Lucky Millinder	1936	Columbia [US]
Big Fat Mama	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Chew Tobacco Rag	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1951	King [US]
D' Natural Blues	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	March 1949	RCA Victor
Don't Cry Baby	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1943	Decca
Fightin' Doug MacArthur	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon and Ensemble	March 1942	Decca
Heavy Sugar	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	August 1952	King [US]
How About That Mess	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	December 1941	Decca
Hurry, Hurry	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	June 1944	Decca
I'll Never Be Free	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	December 1949	RCA Victor
I'm Waiting Just for You	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	May 1951	King [US]
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	June 1942	Decca
Let It Roll	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	September 1947	Decca
More, More, More	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	March 1947	Decca
Mr. Trumpet Man	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	March 1951	King [US]
Oh Babe!	Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1950	King [US]
Ram-Bunk-Shush	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1952	King [US]
Ride, Red, Ride	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder	1935	Columbia [US]
Savoy	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	May 1942	Decca
Shorty's Got to Go	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1946	Decca
Slide Mr. Trombone	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	August 1941	Decca
Teardrops from My Heart	Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	November 1950	King [US]
The Moon Is Grinning at Me	Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder	November 1936	Columbia [US]
Tomorrow	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	July 1949	RCA Victor
Tonight He Sailed Again	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	April 1948	Decca
Trouble in Mind	Annisteen and Melvin - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	October 1959	Todd
When the Lights Go on Again (All over the World)	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	October 1942	Decca
Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	1945	Decca