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Basie
Count Basie and His All American Rhythm Section
Count Basie & His Orch.
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Count Basie and His Rhythm
Count Basie & His Rhythm
Count Basie Kansas City Seven
Count Basie Orchestra
Real name
William James Basie
Born
August 21, 1904
Died
April 26, 1984
Country
United States
IPI
00002259424 23 works
00063555180 19 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz orchestra leader, pianist, organist and composer
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Benny Powell Member of the Basie band (1951-1953)
Snooky Young In Basie Band (1942, 1945-1947, 1957-1962)
The Count Basie Orchestra After Basie's death, the band has continued to play under the direction of some of the players he had hired
Marshal Royal Lead alto saxophonist and musical director of the Basie Band from 1952 to 1970.
Walter Page Member of Basie's Orchestra (1935-1942)
Bennie Moten
Kansas City Five [US2] Spin-off
Ed Lewis Member of Basie's Orchestra (1937-1948)
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
i 1977 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i November 1940 (15 artists)
i December 1957 (9 artists)
Walking Slow Behind You Count Basie and His Orchestra - James Rushing 1949 Unverified
i 1960 (4 artists)
1941 Tony Bennett
i 1938 (103 artists)
i 1940 (81 artists)
i 1975 (5 artists)
i October 1958 (10 artists)
i The Jitters Count Basie and His Orchestra 1945 Unverified
i December 1968 (3 artists)
i December 1957 (6 artists)
i Tall Cotton Count Basie 1975 Unverified
Take Me Back, Baby Count Basie and His Orchestra, vocal by Jimmy Rushing (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) 1941 Unverified
i 1938 (75 artists)
i Sweety Cakes Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1957 Unverified
i Sure Thing Count Basie and His Orchestra 1952 Unverified
i 1960 (2 artists)
i December 1957 (61 artists)
i May 1954 (2 artists)
i 1975 (2 artists)
i Small Talk Count Basie 1971 Unverified
i Six Cats And A Prince Count Basie And His Kansas City Seven (Count Basie) 1950 Unverified
i March 1939 (19 artists)
i February 1957 (172 artists)
1938 (29 artists)
i March 1959 (4 artists)
1959 (2 artists)
i 1958 (3 artists)
i August 1937 (187 artists)
1941 (4 artists)
i 1958 (2 artists)
i December 1968 (2 artists)
i May 21, 1951 (6 artists)
i December 1957 (170 artists)
i 1939 (132 artists)
i 1958 (8 artists)
i 1959 Frank Foster and the SWR Big Band
i 1938 (147 artists)
i John's Idea Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1937 Unverified
i March 1959 (10 artists)
i Jamie Count Basie 1971 Unverified
i Jackson County Jubilee Count Basie & His Orchestra 1960 Unverified
i 1942 (24 artists)
i December 1968 (3 artists)
i It's Awfully Nice to Be with You Count Basie & His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
July 1947 (2 artists)
i  REL 1967 (2 artists)
Originally by David Heneker REC
i December 1968 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1937 (10 artists)
i 1941 (2 artists)
1941 (49 artists)
Georgianna Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing 1938 Unverified
i 1975 (4 artists)
i March 1959 (12 artists)
i Flight To Nassau Count Basie and His Orchestra 1981 Unverified
i December 1957 (15 artists)
1958 (2 artists)
i 1952 Pete Rugolo
i May 1963 (9 artists)
i March 1942 (11 artists)
i Doodle-Oodle Count Basie 1964 Unverified
Don't You Miss Your Baby Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing 1938 Unverified
i Doggin' Around Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1938 Unverified
i February 1957 (2 artists)
i 1939 (17 artists)
Deedles' Blues Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra 1987 Unverified
i 1958 (123 artists)
i 1959 Frank Foster and the SWR Big Band
i  REC February 1957 (35 artists)
Originally by Joe Newman Octet REL
i 1941 (183 artists)
i 1941 (16 artists)
1937 (2 artists)
i 1964 (3 artists)
i 1959 (12 artists)
i 1980 (7 artists)
i  REL July 10, 1950 Originally by Harry James and His Orchestra REC
i August 1938 (144 artists)
i December 1968 BJRE
i 1941 (45 artists)

Covers by Count Basie

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1979 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
  1961 Alice Faye BRD, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward REL, Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barbara Blake REC
  February 1948 Marie Bryant BRD, Georgia White REC,REL
  1965 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
i 1965 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i   August 1937 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under the direction of John Scott Trotter BRD, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Goday REL
1961 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
August 1966 The Pine Ridge Boys
i 1970 The Beatles
1966 The Beatles
i 1987 Gene Austin
1965 Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr.
i 1980 Nat Adderley
Won't Be Long Count Basie and His Orchestra 1993 Unverified
August 1964 Jack Jones
  May 1959 Dick Powell BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
March 9, 1959 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i 1970 The Beatles
1965 Frank Sinatra with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
  1966 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
March 9, 1959 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
April 1966 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i April 1963 Anthony Newley
  April 1939 Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
i February 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1987 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1974 Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner
i June 1965 Herbie Hancock
i 1967 Eddie Hodges and Paul Petersen
1980 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness], The Royalettes featuring Sheila Ross
i 1981 Sammy Nestico
i 1965 Cannon's Jug Stompers
i April 1963 Johnny Smith
i June 1965 Domenico Modugno with Fonit Orchestra
i 1967 Lesley Ann Warren
February 1968 Stevie Wonder
  1987 Joe Newman Octet REL, Count Basie and His Orchestra REC
i   February 1962 Joe Newman Octet REL, Count Basie and His Orchestra REC
  1961 Joe Newman Octet REL, Count Basie and His Orchestra REC
i 1966 Monty Norman
1989 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
1973 Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys
1987 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
October 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
April 1959 Sammy Davis, Jr.
October 1960 Henry Russell and His Romancers
February 1968 Don Ho and The Aliis
  December 1943 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
November 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (3 artists)
i 1966 John Barry & Tom Jones
  1956 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i 1967 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   April 16, 1945 Fred Astaire BRD, Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lilyann Carol REC,REL
i April 1963 Mark Murphy
  1956 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
February 1968 The Whiffenpoofs
i March 1967 Judy Garland
i 1964 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i April 1963 Moe Koffman Quartette
i March 1967 Johnny Mandel
i   October 1960 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i   1975 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
March 9, 1959 John Payne & Joan Merrill
1956 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i 1980 John Payne & Joan Merrill
1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
1959 Isham Jones Orchestra
i October 1960 Isham Jones Orchestra
October 1963 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
The Moon Fell in the River Count Basie and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Humes 1940 Unverified
i March 1959 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones
i April 1963 Charles Williams with his Concert Orchestra - Solo Pianist: Arthur Dulay
i October 1958 Milt Buckner
i December 1957 (unknown)
i 1966 The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
i   1965 Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra BRD
  August 1964 Sacha Distel et son ensemble, Sergio Franchi, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser REL, Betty Carter REC
i 1966 John Barry
listen on Internet Archive i 1937 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
1965 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
  1961 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
i 1970 The Beatles
i 1964 Al Grey and The Basie Wing
June 1955 Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
August 1964 Jesse Belvin with Marty Paich and His Orchestra
i June 1965 Nat "King" Cole
listen on Internet Archive April 16, 1945 Virginia Verrill
i   1987 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
  October 1963 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
1982 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
listen on Internet Archive December 1955 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
1965 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1987 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
listen on Internet Archive i July 1945 Georgie Auld and Orchestra
March 9, 1959 Ethel Waters
i February 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Take the "A" Train Duke Ellington and Count Basie (Duke Ellington, Count Basie) 1961 Unverified
  1956 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
July 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (3 artists)
1959 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i October 1960 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
1982 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i   1978 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC
i 1977 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1979 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
Sunrise, Sunset Bing Crosby and Count Basie (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1972 Unverified
November 1968 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
1966 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
i   October 1960 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1964 Frank Wess
i May 1944 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
i Sugar Count Basie and His Orchestra 1948 Unverified
i 1974 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
  May 1959 Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
i 1967 Fred MacMurray and the Biddle Bible Class
i March 1967 Bert Kaempfert
1959 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
September 1938 Bessie Calkins Shipman, Tommy Dorsey and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright and Skeets Herfurt
1979 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive i May 1944 Prince's Band
1973 Prince's Band
i 1971 Jimmy Smith and The Big Band - Arranged by Oliver Nelson
i July 1947 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i Sophisticated Swing Count Basie and His Orchestra November 1, 1948 Unverified
1959 Douglas Richardson
1959 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i 1970 The Beatles
1979 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive January 11, 1940 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
March 9, 1959 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1984 Benny Goodman Sextet
1972 Anne Murray
February 1956 Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra and Chorus
April 1959 Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra and Chorus
Sing Moten's Swing Count Basie and his Orchestra, vocal Jimmy Rushing (Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie) 1940 Unverified
  1956 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
  January 1939 Muriel Angelus, Marcy Wescott, Wynn Murray PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
1974 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
November 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by The Bug Alley Band
i Shoe Shine Boy Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (Count Basie) 1962 Unverified
October 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (37 artists)
1949 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
i 1967 Tommy Steele
i 1978 Gene Austin
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1965 Matty Malneck and His Orchestra
1959 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
1989 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
Shadow of Your Smile Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Quincy Jones (Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, The Count Basie Orchestra, Quincy Jones) 1966 Unverified
February 1953 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
November 1968 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
i   February 1960 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i 1981 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
October 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, The Coasters
April 23, 1943 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
listen on Internet Archive i November 1940 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
listen on Internet Archive i May 1944 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
  1979 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
1974 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
December 1955 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
i February 1948 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars
March 1968 Otis Redding
February 1968 Eddie Miller and His Oklahomans
i 1972 John Laurenz with Orchestral Accompaniment
i November 1967 Four Tops
Put Your Hand in the Hand Bing Crosby and Count Basie (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1972 Unverified
  May 1959 New Princes' Toronto Band REC,REL, Alice Delysia PRF
i October 1960 Elizabeth Spencer
i 1987 Elizabeth Spencer
December 1955 Percy Mayfield
1979 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
1962 (unknown)
1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Norman Leyden
i   1966 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i 1970 The Beatles
  March 9, 1959 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  1962 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
listen on Internet Archive   1937 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1937 Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
  1956 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
1982 Hudson - DeLange Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive January 1947 Jack McVea and His All Stars
  October 1963 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i   1966 John Michael King REL,PRF
i   1941 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
  July 1957 Mary Martin & Bing Crosby BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1964 João Gilberto
i April 1963 The Clovers
  August 1966 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1966 Louis Jourdan
  March 9, 1959 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1939 Harlem Hamfats
1965 Roy Orbison and The Candy Men
i June 1965 Don Gibson
i   August 1938 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
  August 1966 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
March 1968 Bobbie Gentry
i 1970 The Beatles
  June 1965 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
1974 The Honey Dripper, Nappy Brown
  1962 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i April 1963 Mal Fitch
1965 Peggy Lee
1956 Jack Denny & His Orchestra
i 1991 Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
  1965 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
  1969 Mistinguett, Fanny Brice REC,PRF
  October 1963 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dan Grisson REC,REL, Billie Haywood PRF
i June 1965 Frank Sinatra
1962 Matt Monro with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence
January 1939 Mary Martin
March 1968 The Temptations [US1]
i 1955 Henry Burr
  1956 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
i 1967 Roy Sone, Marti Webb and The Rita Williams Chorus with The New World Theatre Orchestra conducted by Cyril Stapleton
i 1957 (unknown)
i 1959 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
  March 1942 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
August 1964 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero, Steve Lawrence
i   April 1963 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
September 1939 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Dick Todd with Orchestra and "The Three Reasons"
i   1972 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i   1967 Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC, Tommy Steele and Company PRF,REL
i February 1960 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1966 The Beatles
i November 1967 "Cannonball" Adderley
i November 1967 Chuck Berry
  1959 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
listen on Internet Archive   May 5, 1947 The King Cole Trio REC, The Five Kings REL
i March 1959 Quincy Jones - Harry Arnold and His Orchestra
i 1976 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
1961 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
October 1960 Big Bill
October 1960 Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
i 1966 Charles Braswell and All
i February 1957 Bobby Woodlen's Harlem Mambos
1938 (unknown)
i   February 1960 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
1979 Johnny Williams, His Orchestra and Chorus
i June 1965 Ernest Gold conducting the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
i 1972 Furman and Nash
October 1960 Ivory Joe Hunter
  March 9, 1959 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
i 1959 Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer
1961 Billie Holiday
1962 Debbie Reynolds
i April 1940 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  March 9, 1959 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
1962 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Fred and Tom Waring
September 1938 (unknown), (unknown)
i Live and Love Tonight Basie's Bad Boys (Count Basie) 1977 Unverified
i 1954 Irving Kaufman
1961 (unknown)
Little Green Apples Bing Crosby and Count Basie (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1972 Unverified
November 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (24 artists)
i 1978 Count Basie and His Orchestra
May 1959 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée
i November 1967 Shirley & Lee
i 1967 Tommy Steele with John Davidson and the men in Clancy's Bar
i 1975 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i Lester Leaps In Lester Young With Count Basie Orchestra (Count Basie, Lester Young) 1951 Unverified
1962 Joe Valino - Gene Kutch Orchestra
February 1968 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i March 1967 Alfred Newman
i Lady Be Good Lester Young With Count Basie Orchestra (Lester Young, Count Basie) 1951 Unverified
i November 1967 Eddie Floyd
i 1966 (unknown), Monty Norman, Byron Lee and The Dragonaires
October 1960 Charles Segar
October 1960 Lil Green
  1969 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring REC, Al Jolson BRD
1965 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1966 Little Willie Littlefield
  March 9, 1959 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i   1966 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
1982 (unknown)
i   1955 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra REC,REL
i February 1962 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1975 Count Basie and His Orchestra
November 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (14 artists)
i 1939 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the Direction of Lucky Millinder
Covered by (78 artists)
1959 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
  May 1959 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i 1977 Arthur Fields
March 1966 Arthur Prysock
  1962 Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
i June 1965 Little Jimmy Scott
August 1964 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts, Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
March 1968 Stevie Wonder
  February 1968 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
1959 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
listen on Internet Archive I Want a Little Girl Count Basie and His Orchestra - vocal chorus by Jimmy Rushing (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) 1939 Unverified
I Want a Little Girl Count Basie's All Starts featuring Joe Williams (Count Basie, Joe Williams [US1]) 1955 Unverified
i 1966 The Rolling Stones
August 1964 Wynona Carr
listen on Internet Archive May 3, 1948 Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer's Orchestra
  May 1959 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i   1972 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i 1976 Claire Carleton
listen on Internet Archive   May 3, 1948 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
i February 1960 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i   1966 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i   March 1967 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i February 1960 The Ambassadors [US2]
i 1976 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
August 1966 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
1962 Dick Powell
October 1963 Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald
i March 1967 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
March 1968 Wilson Pickett
i   November 1967 Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles BRD,REL
August 1955 Leroy Carr
March 1968 Aretha Franklin
i 1940 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
i 1976 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
i 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i June 1965 Fats Domino
i   1967 Rita Williams & Beverley Cross REC, Marti Webb, Tommy Steele and James Grout REL
March 1966 King Cole Trio
1962 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
March 1966 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1982 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
i 1984 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
1956 Harry James and His Orchestra
October 1963 Harry James and His Orchestra
  February 1968 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
  1987 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
i   1954 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i June 1965 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
  November 1968 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i 1967 Tommy Steele with Fred MacMurray and Lesley Ann Warren
  1959 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians BRD
i   April 1963 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
i 1967 Marti Webb
1987 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
I Hadn't Changed A Thing Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal by Helen Humes (Count Basie, Helen Humes) 1988 Unverified
  May 1959 (unknown), Clifton Webb PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
  1981 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
I Got Rhythm Count Basie and His Orchestra - Richard Boone (Count Basie, Richard Boone [US1]) 1967 Unverified
i   1964 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i October 1960 Gene Austin
1969 Carl Haworth
i   1967 Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC, Tommy Steele and Company PRF,REL
listen on Internet Archive April 1939 Ink Spots
1969 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
1939 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
1959 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
1951 Big Bill
i 1948 Bing Crosby
February 1968 Peter, Paul and Mary
i   1970 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
  January 15, 1945 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
1961 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  March 1966 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Earl Warren 1983 Unverified
March 1966 Frank Sinatra
i April 1963 Don Gibson
August 1964 Don Gibson
1969 Don Gibson
1956 Dolores Valesco
listen on Internet Archive September 1939 Dolores Valesco
  August 1964 Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Reed REC,REL,PRF
1973 Marion Harris
1973 Bessie Smith
i March 1967 Little Richard
listen on Internet Archive i May 1944 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
i   February 1960 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra REC, Russ Columbo BRD
i 1976 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
October 1963 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
1959 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i Honeysuckle Rose Count Basie and His Orchestra 1937 Unverified
1974 Joe Turner and His Band
1974 Joe Turner
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1971 Jimmy Smith [US]
1989 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
i September 1939 Bumble Bee Slim
i 1970 The Beatles
i Hey! Jealous Lover Count Basie 1963 Unverified
i 1965 Rev. F. W. McGee
i 1970 The Beatles
i 1966 Dolores Gray
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1966 Gertrude Lawrence PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
  August 1964 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
August 1966 (unknown)
i November 1967 The Vibrations
1969 Ray Charles
1959 Ray Charles
i   1967 Tommy Steele and Marti Webb PRF,REL, Roy Sone & David Heneker REC
  1973 Monette Moore REC, Bessie Smith - Clarence Williams at the Piano REL
May 1959 Johnnie Johnston and Nomi Mitty
i November 1967 Booker T. and The MG's
Gotta Be This or That Bing Crosby with The Count Basie Orchestra (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1990 Unverified
1974 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
i Good Bait Count Basie Orchestra 2000 Unverified
Gonna Build a Mountain Bing Crosby and Count Basie (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1972 Unverified
i Gone With "What" Wind Count Basie and His Orchestra 1940 Unverified
i Gone With "What" Wind Count Basie and Orchestra 1940 Unverified
March 1966 Curtis Lewis and His Trio, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
i   1966 Shirley Bassey REL, Anthony Newley REC
February 1953 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
i November 1967 Little Anthony and The Imperials
July 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
1969 Billie Holiday
i   1965 Steve Lawrence - Arr. & Cond. by Marion Evans REL, Bobby Vee with The Johnny Mann Singers REC
November 1968 Cäcilie Carola, Emma Malkowsky & Kathi Herold, Mills Brothers and Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
i   February 1960 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
i 1966 John Barry
August 1966 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
1973 Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band
i 1970 The Beatles with Billy Preston
November 1968 John Hartford
Gentle on My Mind Bing Crosby and Count Basie (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1972 Unverified
March 1968 Dyke and The Blazers
i 1966 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock
i 1966 Matt Monro
February 1968 Jerry Butler and The Impressions
i   1967 Tommy Steele REL,BRD
i February 1960 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
  August 1964 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i   April 1963 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
1974 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
i 1967 Tommy Steele and Company
October 1946 Timmie Rogers with Al "Stomp Russell Trio; Lucky Thompson; Johnny Otis
listen on Internet Archive i Five O'Clock Whistle Count Basie and His Orchestra 1940 Unverified
March 9, 1959 Tony Bennett with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
1979 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
  March 9, 1959 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
listen on Internet Archive i May 1944 Friars Society Orchestra
1939 Memphis Jug Band, Georgia White
August 1966 Gary McFarland and Co./Clark Terry
  1937 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i   1975 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
1997 Hot Lips Page Trio, Sextet with Dinah Washington
i   1966 Ethel Merman REL,PRF
Everything Is Beautiful Bing Crosby and Count Basie (Bing Crosby, Count Basie) 1972 Unverified
1989 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
June 1955 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
1987 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
Evenin' Count Basie and His Orchestra, vocal by Jimmy Rushing (Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie) 1940 Unverified
i 1970 The Beatles
i February 1960 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i April 1940 Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
i 1966 Monty Norman
1959 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
October 1963 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i 1966 The Beatles
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? Count Basie and His Orchestra - James Rushing December 1938 Unverified
1973 Alberta Hunter
August 1966 Brunswick Quartette
i   1965 The Exciters REL, Ellie Greenwich REC
  1982 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
  April 1939 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
March 1966 The Orioles - Sid Bass Orch.
1959 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  1959 The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
August 1949 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
i Dickie's Dream Lester Young With Count Basie Orchestra (Lester Young, Count Basie) 1951 Unverified
i 1967 John Davidson with Lesley Ann Warren
Deep In the Blues Count Basie and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Helen Humes 1991 Unverified
October 1963 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i   March 1967 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
December 1950 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
1989 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
October 1960 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
i 1970 The Beatles
  1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  March 1966 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i   June 1965 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
March 1966 Bubber Johnson
1987 Aretha Franklin
i Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939 Unverified
November 1968 Trío González, Mills Brothers
May 1959 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
1974 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
November 1968 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
i 1978 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
i 1939 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i   1949 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
October 1960 Joe Turner with Vann "Piano Man" Walls and His Orchestra
March 1968 Sam Cooke
1987 Grover Washington Jr. featuring B.B. King
i   March 1967 Etta Moten BRD, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra REL
i   February 1960 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i 1966 The Beatles
August 1966 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i   1965 Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
1959 Karkoff-Orchester, Merle Johnston & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Tom Brown
August 1966 Petula Clark
i 1967 Joyce Bulifant and Lesley Ann Warren
i 1965 The Everly Brothers
i November 1967 Jimmy Reed
listen on Internet Archive   1937 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Male Trio REL, Music in the Russ Morgan Manner REC
  1946 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1975 Count Basie and His Orchestra
April 1942 Ray Kinney and His Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors - Vocal refrain by Alfred Apaka
1974 Willie Bryant with Tab Smith Septette
November 1968 Count Basie and His Orchestra
1939 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
  January 1940 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1966 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
1962 Bessie Smith
i 1984 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1948 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
1959 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1969 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1973 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
  June 1948 Dinah Shore and The Four Hits - Orchestra under the direction of Mischa Russell REC, Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra REL
i 1965 Clifton Webb
listen on Internet Archive i   1941 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
February 1956 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
  May 1959 Ella Logan PRF, Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm - Vocal Refrain by Hal Derwin REC,REL
i 1967 John Davidson and Lesley Ann Warren
i   1967 Tommy Steele, Jessica James, Anna Barry, Irene Byatt, Ian White and Party Guests PRF, Tommy Steele, Will Mackenzie, Norman Allen, Grover Dale, Shopgirls REL
i   December 1955 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
  1956 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
  1965 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
  February 1968 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
May 1959 Ethel Merman
Angel Eyes Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Quincy Jones (Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Quincy Jones) 1966 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive April 1939 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1966 The Beatles
August 1955 Ella Johnson
i   1966 Dick Gautier, Susan Watson and Teenagers PRF,REL
  1961 Kitty Carlisle & Allan Jones BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Maxine Grey REC,REL
All the Things You Are Sarah Vaughan & The Count Basie Orchestra 1981 Unverified
1940 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
April 23, 1943 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i All of Me Count Basie 1963 Unverified
All of Me Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Quincy Jones (Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Quincy Jones) 1966 Unverified
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1967 Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, London, 1963] PRF,REL, Tommy Steele, Beverley Cross, David Heneker & the Rita Williams Singers REC
1972 Henry Mancini - Charley Pride
  February 1962 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
i November 1967 The Temptations [US1]
1969 Big Maybelle
March 1966 Big Maybelle
October 1963 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
1959 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i Ain't Misbehavin' Basie 1955 Unverified
i 1966 The Beatles
1979 Campbell and Burr
i 1984 Campbell and Burr
1973 Campbell and Burr
i   March 1967 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
  1956 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo & Trio REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i   March 1967 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo & Trio REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
1969 The Revelers [US1]
listen on Internet Archive i June 1939 W. Arlington
i 1966 John Barry

Songs written by Count Basie

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Blue and Sentimental Mack David, Count Basie, Jerry Livingston Count Basie and His Orchestra June 6, 1938 Covered by (144 artists)
Bluebeard Blues Count Basie, Neal Hefti Harry James and His Orchestra REC, Count Basie and His Orchestra REL 1948
Blues in Hoss' Flat Count Basie, Frank Foster Count Basie and His Orchestra March 28, 1958 Covered by (12 artists)
Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra 1937 Covered by (2 artists)
Dickie's Dream Count Basie, Lester Young Count Basie Kansas City Seven September 5, 1939 Covered by (17 artists)
Don't You Miss Your Baby Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing 1938 Unverified
Goin' to Chicago Blues Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing April 10, 1941 Covered by (49 artists)
Gone With "What" Wind Benny Goodman, Count Basie Benny Goodman Sextet 1940 Unverified
Good Bait Count Basie, Tadd Dameron Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars January 9, 1945 Covered by (86 artists)
Good Morning Blues Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie, Eddie Durham Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing August 9, 1937 Covered by (10 artists)
John's Idea Count Basie, Eddie Durham Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1937 Unverified
Jumpin' at the Woodside Count Basie Count Basie and His Orchestra August 23, 1938 Covered by (147 artists)
M Squad Theme Count Basie Count Basie & His Orch. September 9, 1958 Covered by (10 artists)
New Vine Street Blues Count Basie, Bennie Moten Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra October 24, 1929 Covered by (2 artists)
One O'Clock Jump Count Basie Count Basie and His Orchestra July 7, 1937 Covered by (186 artists)
Rumba Negro Count Basie, Bennie Moten Bennie Moten and His Kansas City Orchestra October 23, 1929 Covered by (13 artists)
Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie, Eddie Durham Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing February 16, 1938 Covered by (29 artists)
Shorty George Count Basie, Andy Gibson [US1] Count Basie and His Orchestra November 16, 1938 Covered by (19 artists)
Swingin' the Blues Count Basie, Eddie Durham Count Basie and His Orchestra February 16, 1938 Covered by (75 artists)
Take Me Back, Baby Jimmy Rushing, Tab Smith, Count Basie Count Basie and His Orchestra, vocal by Jimmy Rushing (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) 1941 Unverified
Taps Miller Bob Russell [US], Count Basie Georgie Auld and Orchestra May 22, 1944 Covered by (37 artists)
That Too, Do Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Buster Moten Bennie Moten and His Kansas City Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by James Rushing October 28, 1930 Covered by Back Bay Ramblers
The Jones Law Blues Count Basie, Bennie Moten Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra October 23, 1929 Covered by (6 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Classy Pair - Ella Fitzgerald Sings - Count Basie Plays - With the Count Basie Orchestra Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie and His Orchestra 1982 Pablo Today
Afrique Count Basie & His Orchestra 1971 Flying Dutchman
A Perfect Match Ella and Basie 1979 Pablo Today
April in Paris Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1957 Verve Records
Back with Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra 1964 Roulette
Basie Count Basie & His Orch. December 1957 Roulette
Basie/Eckstine Incorporated Billy Eckstine Sings / Count Basie Plays 1959 Roulette
Basie in Sweden - Recorded Live in Concert Count Basie & His Orchestra featuring Louis Bellson on Drums 1962 Roulette
Basie Meets Bond Count Basie and His Orchestra 1966 United Artists Records
Basie (One More Time) - Music from the Pen of Quincy Jones Count Basie Orchestra March 1959 Roulette
Basie on The Beatles Count Basie 1970 Happy Tiger
Basie Picks the Winners Basie June 1965 Verve Records
Basie Plays Hefti Count Basie & His Orchestra 1958 Roulette
Basie's Beatle Bag Count Basie and His Orchestra 1966 Verve Records
Basie's Best Count Basie 1974 Olympic Records [US]
Basie's in the Bag Count Basie and His Orchestra November 1967 Brunswick
Basie Swingin' - Voices Singin' Count Basie with The Alan Copeland Singers August 1966 ABC Records [US]
Basie & Zoot Count Basie and Zoot Sims 1976 Pablo
Big Basie Count Basie 1977 Queen-disc
Bing 'n' Basie Bing Crosby & Count Basie and His Orchestra 1972 Daybreak Records
Blues by Basie Count Basie and His All American Rhythm Section May 1944 Columbia [US]
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue Count Basie & His Orchestra 1959 Roulette
Broadway - Basie's... Way Count Basie & His Orchestra 1966 Command Records
Chairman of the Board Count Basie and His Orchestra 1959 Roulette
Count Basie Count Basie and His Orchestra 1955 RCA Victor
Count Basie and His Orchestra at The Royal Roost 1948 Count Basie & His Orchestra 1997 Drive Entertainment
Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie & His Orch. 1961 Roulette
Count Basie Swings and Joe Williams Sings Count Basie with Joe Williams December 1955 Clef Records
Count Basie Swings / Tony Bennett Sings Tony Bennett and Count Basie & His Orchestra May 1959 Roulette
Dance Along with Basie Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1960 Roulette
Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra 1987 GRP Records
Ella & Basie! Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie October 1963 Verve Records
Evergreens Count Basie 1972 Groove Merchant
Everyday I Have the Blues Joe Williams - Count Basie and His Orchestra 1959 Roulette
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke Count Basie and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra February 1962 Columbia [US]
Flip, Flop and Fly Joe Turner with The Count Basie Orchestra 1989 Pablo
Half a Sixpence Count Basie 1967 Stateside
Hall of Fame Count Basie 1959 Verve Records
High Voltage The Count Basie Orchestra [with Count Basie] 1970 MPS
Hollywood.... Basie's Way Count Basie & His Orch. March 1967 Command Records
How About This Kay Starr - Count Basie 1969 Paramount Records
In Person! Tony Bennett - Count Basie and His Orchestra March 9, 1959 Columbia [US]
It Might as Well Be Swing Frank Sinatra and Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1964 Reprise Records
Just the Blues Count Basie - Joe Williams October 1960 Roulette
Kansas City Suite - The Music of Benny Carter Count Basie & His Orchestra 1960 Roulette
Manufacturers of Soul Jackie Wilson and Count Basie March 1968 Brunswick
Memories Ad Lib Count Basie and Joe Williams 1959 Roulette
Music from Walt Disney's the Happiest Millionaire Count Basie & His Orchestra 1967 Coliseum [US]
Not Now, I'll Tell You When Count Basie & His Orchestra 1958 Roulette
One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald - Count Basie - Joe Williams April 1959 Verve Records
On the Road Count Basie and Orchestra 1980 Pablo Today
Our Shining Hour Sammy Davis – Count Basie - Arranged & conducted by Quincy Jones 1965 Verve Records
Pop Goes Basie Count Basie – Arranged and conducted by Billy Byers 1965 Reprise Records
Prime Time Count Basie and His Orchestra 1977 Pablo
Prysock / Basie Arthur Prysock / Count Basie March 1966 Verve Records
"Rock-A-Bye Basie" Live in '38 & '39 Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring Lester Young 1991 Vintage Jazz Classics
"Satch" and "Josh" Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson 1975 Pablo
Satch & Josh Again Oscar Peterson and Count Basie 1978 Pablo
Send In the Clowns Sarah Vaughan & The Count Basie Orchestra 1981 Pablo Today
Sinatra-Basie - An Historic Musical First Frank Sinatra and Count Basie and His Orchestra 1962 Reprise Records
Sing Along with Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra - With the Voices of Annie Ross, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendrix and Joe Williams November 1958 Roulette
Straight Ahead Count Basie and His Orchestra December 1968 Dot Records
Strike up the Band Tony Bennett - Count Basie and His Orchestra October 1963 Roulette
String Along with Basie Count Basie October 1960 Roulette
Super Count Basie and His Orchestra - 1944/1945 Count Basie and His Orchestra 1973 Musidisc
The Basie Big Band Count Basie 1975 Pablo
The Board of Directors Count Basie & The Mills Brothers February 1968 Dot Records
The Board of Directors Annual Report The Mills Brothers & Count Basie November 1968 Dot Records
The Bosses Count Basie - Joe Turner 1974 Pablo
The Greatest! Count Basie Plays Joe Williams Sings Standards Count Basie with Joe Williams 1956 Verve Records
The Legend - From the Pen of Benny Carter Count Basie & His Orchestra May 1963 Columbia [EMI]
The Old Count and the New Count Count Basie and His Orchestra 1954 Epic
The Songs of Bessie Smith Count Basie / Teresa Brewer 1973 Flying Dutchman
The Timekeepers - Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson Count Basie - Oscar Peterson 1984 Pablo
This Time by Basie - Hits of the 50's & 60's! Count Basie April 1963 Reprise Records
Warm Breeze Count Basie and His Orchestra 1981 Pablo Today
Yessir, That's My Baby Count Basie - Oscar Peterson 1987 Pablo

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
9:20 Special Count Basie and His Orchestra 1941 OKeh
All or Nothing at All Count Basie and His Orchestra 1940 OKeh
Alright, Okay, You Win Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal by Joe Williams August 1955 Clef Records
And the Angels Sing Count Basie and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Helen Humes April 1939 Vocalion [US]
April in Paris Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie and His Orchestra 1956 Clef Records
As I Love You Joe Williams - Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1956 Verve Records
As Long as I Live Benny Goodman and His Sextet featuring Count Basie 1941 Columbia [US]
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Count Basie and His Orchestra January 1940 Columbia [US]
Blame It on My Last Affair Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939 Decca
Blue and Sentimental Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1938 Decca
Bluebeard Blues Count Basie and His Orchestra July 10, 1950 Columbia [US]
Blue Shadows and White Gardenias Count Basie and His Orchestra April 1942 OKeh
Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) Count Basie & His Orchestra 1937 Decca
Boo-Hoo Count Basie and His Orchestra 1937 Decca
Bran' New Dolly Count Basie and His Orchestra 1949 RCA Victor
Broadway Count Basie and His Orchestra 1941 OKeh
Chain Gang Jackie Wilson and Count Basie April 1968 Brunswick
Cherokee Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939 Decca
Danny Boy Count Basie and His Orchestra December 1950 Columbia [US]
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1949 RCA Victor
Don't Worry 'Bout Me Count Basie and His Orchestra April 1939 Vocalion [US]
Don't You Miss Your Baby Count Basie and His Orchestra 1938 Decca
Easy Does It Count Basie and His Orchestra April 1940 Columbia [US]
Every Day Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal by Joe Williams June 1955 Clef Records
Evil Blues Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939 Decca
Fla-Ga-La-Pa Count Basie and His Orchestra October 1946 Columbia [US]
For Your Precious Love Jackie Wilson and Count Basie February 1968 Brunswick
Going to Chicago Blues Count Basie & His Orch. with the Voices of Annie Ross, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendrix and Joe Williams July 1958 Roulette
Gone With What Draft Benny Goodman and His Sextet featuring Count Basie 1941 Columbia [US]
Good Morning Blues Count Basie and His Orchestra 1937 Decca
Hey Lawdy Mama Count Basie September 1939 Decca
Hey, Pretty Baby Count Basie and His Orchestra June 1948 RCA Victor
Hollywood Jump Count Basie and His Orchestra January 11, 1940 Columbia [US]
How Can You Lose Count Basie & His Orch. featuring Joe Williams 1958 Roulette
I Can't Stop Loving You Count Basie May 1963 Reprise Records
I Didn't Know About You Count Basie and His Orchestra January 15, 1945 Columbia [US]
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance Lester Young with Count Basie at the Piano 1948 Savoy Records
I Feel So Good Hadda Brooks with Count Basie 1951 Modern Records
If I Could Be with You Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939 Vocalion [US]
I Found a New Baby Benny Goodman and His Sextet featuring Count Basie 1941 Columbia [US]
I'm Drownin' in Your Deep Blue Eyes Count Basie and His Orchestra July 1947 RCA Victor
It's Monday Every Day Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jeanne Taylor May 3, 1948 RCA Victor
I Worry 'Bout You Arthur Prysock / Count Basie April 1966 Verve Records
Jump for Me Count Basie and His Orchestra June 1939 Vocalion [US]
Jumpin' at the Woodside Count Basie and His Orchestra 1938 Decca
Lester Leaps In Count Basie Kansas City Seven 1939 Vocalion [US]
Listen My Children and You Shall Hear Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1937 Decca
Little Pony Count Basie & His Orchestra May 21, 1951 Columbia [US]
Moonlight Serenade Count Basie and His Orchestra September 1939 Vocalion [US]
Moon Nocturne Count Basie & His Orchestra 1941 OKeh
More Than You Know Count Basie and His Orchestra March 1942 OKeh
My Heart Belongs to Daddy Count Basie and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Humes January 1939 Decca
Oh Lady Be Good Count Basie and His Orchestra 1939 Decca
Oh Red Count Basie 1939 Decca
One O'Clock Boogie Count Basie and His Orchestra May 5, 1947 RCA Victor
One O'Clock Jump Count Basie and His Orchestra August 1937 Decca
Only Forever Count Basie and His Orchestra 1957 Clef Records
Only Forever Count Basie and His Orchestra July 1957 Verve Records
Open the Door, Richard! Count Basie and His Orchestra January 1947 RCA Victor
Pennies from Heaven Count Basie and His Orchestra 1937 Decca
Ride On Count Basie and His Orchestra 1942 Columbia [US]
Robin's Nest Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1948 RCA Victor
Roll 'Em Pete Count Basie and His Orchestra December 1955 Clef Records
Rusty Dusty Blues Count Basie and His Orchestra April 23, 1943 Columbia [US]
Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today Count Basie and His Orchestra 1938 Decca
Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today Al Hibbler with Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1953 Mercury
Shine on Harvest Moon Count Basie and His Rhythm 1949 RCA Victor
Smack Dab in the Middle Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1956 Clef Records
Softly, with Feeling Count Basie and His Orchestra May 1954 Clef Records
Somebody Stole My Gal Count Basie and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Stop Beatin' 'Round the Mulberry Bush Count Basie and His Orchestra September 1938 Decca
Taps Miller Count Basie and His Orchestra July 1945 Columbia [US]
Texas Shuffle Count Basie and His Orchestra 1938 Decca
The Kid from Red Bank Count Basie and His Orchestra December 1957 Roulette
The King Count Basie and His Orchestra 1946 Columbia [US]
The M Squad Theme Count Basie & His Orch. October 1958 Roulette
This Heart of Mine Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring Lynne Sherman April 16, 1945 Columbia [US]
Thursday Count Basie and His Orchestra March 1939 Decca
Tickle-Toe Count Basie and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Time on My Hands Count Basie and His Orchestra December 1943 Columbia [US]
Tuesday at Ten Count Basie and His Orchestra 1941 OKeh
Untouchable Irene Reed with Count Basie & His Orch. February 1962 Roulette
Wholly Cats Benny Goodman and His Sextet featuring Count Basie November 1940 Columbia [US]
Why Not Count Basie and His Orchestra 1952 Mercury

Performances also appear on

Tributes

Title Performer Release date Label
A Chip Off the Old Block Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood 1964 Blue Note
All About That Basie The Count Basie Orchestra September 2018 Concord Jazz
André Persiany joue Count Basie André Persiany 1958 Columbia [EMI]
April in Paris - The Lori Mechem Quartet Plays More Count Basie Lori Mechem Quartet 2009 Cognito Music
Basie - Cally Sammy - The Music of Count Basie and Sammy Nestico Sammy Nestico and the SWR Big Band 2005 Hänssler
Basiecally Speaking Pete York & Young Friends September 27, 2013 ACT
Basie - Straight Ahead The Bill O'Connell Big Band 1992 Blue Birdland
Big Band Basie Clark Terry - Frank Wess 1995 Reference Recordings
Count Basie Remembered - Volume One The New York Allstars 1997 Nagel Heyer Records
Count Basie Remembered - Volume Two The New York Allstars 1997 Nagel Heyer Records
Dear Mr. Basie Frank Wess Harry Edison Orchestra 1990 Concord Jazz
Diggin' the Count Michel Pastre Big Band 2001 DJAZ
Don't Count Him Out... Jesper Thilo Quintet Plus One 1993 Music Mecca
Down for the Count Harry Allen 2007 Swingbros
Drummer Donnie O'Brien Meets Manhattan Swing - In a Basie Mood Donnie O'Brien - Special Guest Carmen Leggio with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch, Jay Leonhart 2004 Arbors Records
For Basie Randy Reinhart – Jesper Thilo Sextet March 28, 2006 Nagel Heyer Records
Hits of Basie and Ellington The Francis Bay Orchestra 1966 Saga Eros
Homage to Count Basie Bob Mintzer Big Band 2000 DMP [Digital Music Products]
I Dig the Duke - I Dig the Count Mel Tormé November 1962 Verve Records
Jesper Thilo Plays Basie and Ellington Jesper Thilo 1996 Music Mecca
Live at the Triple Door Celebrating Sinatra and Basie Joey Jewell with Jim Kerl's Swing Session Big Band May 2010 Northwest Recording Artists
Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie Oscar Peterson 1956 Clef Records
Percussion in a Tribute to Count Basie The Frankie Capp Percussion Group 1960 Kimberly [1]
Planet D Nonet Presents Kings of Kansas City Swing Bennie Moten & Count Basie Planet D Nonet 2017 Eastlawn Records
Ray Bryant Plays Basie & Ellington Ray Bryant 1987 EmArcy
Shiny Stockings - The Lori Mechem Quartet Plays... Count Basie The Lori Mechem Quartet 2003 Cognito Music
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra June 1954 RCA Victor
Sing a Song of Basie Dave Lambert and His Singers, Jon Hendricks and His Lyrics, featuring Annie Ross and the Basic Rhythm Section March 1958 ABC-Paramount
String Along with Basie Rune Gustafsson, Jan Schaffer, Georg Wadenius, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1989 Sonet
Swingin' High with The Bay Big Band The Bay Big Band March 1959 Omega Disk
This One's for Basie Buddy Rich and His Orchestra, Arrangements by Marty Paich 1956 Norgran Records
To Duke and Basie Clark Terry, Red Mitchell 1986 Enja Records
Tribute to Count Basie The Gene Harris All Star Big Band 1987 Concord Jazz
Wild About Basie! The Joe Bucci Duo February 1963 Capitol Records