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Mildred Bailey

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Aliases
Mildred Bailey Comedienne with Orchestra
Mildred Bailey and Her Alley Cats
Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
Mildred Bailey and Her Oxford Greys
Mildred Bailey and Her Swing Band
Real name
Mildred Rinker
Born
February 27, 1907
Died
December 12, 1951
Country
United States
Comments
American singer and band leader, who started her career in 1929 in the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, where she met her later (and third) husband Red Norvo. She was Whiteman's popular female vocalist through 1932, when she left the band over salary disagreements and became jazz singer in her own right known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing".
Family
Red Norvo Husband (1933-1942)
Al Rinker Brother
Charles Rinker Brother
Related
Paul Whiteman Singer in Whiteman's orchestra (1929-1932)
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Covers by Mildred Bailey

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1940 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REL, The Four King Sisters with Orchestra conducted by Alvino Rey REC
1940 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Fuller
listen on Internet Archive May 1947 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
  December 1939 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
July 1941 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   May 1947 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
Always and Always Casino Royal Orchestra vocal chorus by Mildred Bailey (Mildred Bailey) 1938 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1936 Alabama Washboard Stompers – Vocal Chorus by Jake Fenderson
listen on Internet Archive April 1939 Lucille Hegamin - Accompanied by Blue Flame Syncopators
Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey 1942 Unverified
  February 1947 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
listen on Internet Archive   1939 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
April 1938 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
Blue Prelude Mildred Bailey Unverified
December 1939 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
October 1937 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
listen on Internet Archive   1946 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive   1948 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
1932 California Ramblers
Doin' the Uptown Lowdown Mildred Bailey with Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra 1933 Unverified
1938 Chick Webb and His Orchestra, (unknown)
January 1941 Alberta Hunter
listen on Internet Archive   1940 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
July 1941 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   1939 Jessica Dragonette & Lanny Ross BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
December 1936 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Virginia Simms
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Márta Eggerth, Jack Haley, Shirley Ross, Eva Condon and Robert Chisholm
listen on Internet Archive From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Unverified
April 1941 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive January 1932 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Love Mildred Bailey with Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra November 1933 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke
listen on Internet Archive   1939 Monette Moore REC, Bessie Smith - Clarence Williams at the Piano REL
listen on Internet Archive 1946 (unknown performer)
1938 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson
listen on Internet Archive Heat Wave Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey (Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra, Mildred Bailey) 1934 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive Heaven Help This Heart of Mine Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1937 Unverified
December 1944 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   January 15, 1932 Peter Van Steeden and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Dick Robertson REL, Harold Richards REC
listen on Internet Archive 1936 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
1940 Abe Lyman and His Californians – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
listen on Internet Archive 1939 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
1939 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight
If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do) Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   1939 Dorothy Lamour BRD, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Hal Derwin REC
listen on Internet Archive I Hadn't Changed A Thing Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Unverified
May 1938 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1950 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
listen on Internet Archive 1946 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
1932 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC, Ruth Etting
listen on Internet Archive   1939 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
listen on Internet Archive 1946 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1940 Aileen Stanley
It All Comes Back to Me Now Mildred Bailey 1990 Unverified
1942 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
December 14, 1939 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
  May 1946 Pearl Bailey PRF, Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 The Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey
August 1941 Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
  August 1937 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under the direction of John Scott Trotter BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Skinny Ennis REL
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton
listen on Internet Archive   1938 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
June 1938 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1937 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive   1946 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  1938 Ella Logan - Orchestra under direction of Bill Harty REC, Ella Logan - Orchestra under Direction of Alfred Newman BRD
listen on Internet Archive March 1941 Gertrude Lawrence
June 1933 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
1932 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
  1938 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt
September 1932 Bing Crosby
  March 1938 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
  February 1947 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
April 1939 (unknown)
December 14, 1939 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Muse
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 (unknown), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
Moonshine Over Kentucky Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra May 1938 Unverified
  1942 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
listen on Internet Archive   February 1937 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dan Grisson REC,REL, Billie Haywood PRF
listen on Internet Archive   November 1938 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
listen on Internet Archive October 1938 Germaine Alexandre, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1931 Ethel Merman & Rudy Vallée, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC, Peggy Moseley & Rudy Vallée PRF, Ben Bernie and His Orchestra REC, Ethel Merman PRF, Everett Marshall
  April 1937 Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REL, Jack Haley [dubbed by Buddy Clark] BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1938 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
May 1946 Tom Gerun and His Orchestra - Vocal by Scrappy Lambert
listen on Internet Archive March 1938 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Russ Columbo
listen on Internet Archive September 1932 Hoagy Carmichael
listen on Internet Archive May 1941 Hoagy Carmichael
May 1938 Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald
listen on Internet Archive June 1938 Bunny Berigan and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Ruth Gaylor
  May 1938 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harriet Hillard REC,REL, Harriet Hilliard BRD
1937 Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive   July 1938 Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Judy Starr REC
listen on Internet Archive 1935 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
May 1942 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
1939 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive May 1941 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
  January 1941 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
listen on Internet Archive April 1939 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive March 1932 (unknown)
  1975 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
listen on Internet Archive   1946 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
listen on Internet Archive October 1937 Willie Farmer and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Brown
1940 The Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk - Vocal Chorus by Parnell Grina
  1938 Dorothy Lamour - Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer REC, Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD
  May 1958 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
 REL 1939 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC
Covered by (133 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1938 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive   1946 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
August 1945 Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
June 1933 George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Loretta Lee
listen on Internet Archive   1946 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
1939 George Grossmith
listen on Internet Archive February 1937 Wayne King and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive June 1938 Hitch's Happy Harmonists under direction & accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael
1932 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ‑ Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo
listen on Internet Archive 1935 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, Harry Pollock & His Club Maurice Diamonds – Vocal Chorus, Arthur Hall
October 1931 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1931 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1941 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Modernaires
  February 1937 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
listen on Internet Archive 1936 Louisiana Sugar Babes
listen on Internet Archive October 1937 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
1931 Bing Crosby
1931 Russ Columbo
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Virginia Liston
  May 1938 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC, Fred MacMurray BRD
  1938 Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra REL, Dick Powell BRD
  February 1937 Dick Powell BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Bob Allen REC

Web Covers by Mildred Bailey

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
After All I've Been to You Mildred Bailey 1940 Columbia [US]
All the Things You Are Mildred Bailey December 1939 Vocalion [US]
Almost Like Being in Love Mildred Bailey - With Julian Work conducting May 1947 Majestic
Always and Always Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey 1938 Brunswick
Always - Hold On, Keep Your Hand on the Plow - I Remember You Joan Edwards, Mildred Bailey, Jo Stafford December 1944 V Disc
At Sundown Mildred Bailey with Ellis Larkins Conducting February 1947 Majestic
Barrel-House Music Mildred Bailey and Her Oxford Greys 1939 Vocalion [US]
Bewildered Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra April 1938 Vocalion [US]
Blame It on My Last Affair Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra February 1939 Vocalion [US]
Blues in My Heart Mildred Bailey with Casa Loma Orchestra October 1931 Brunswick
Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra October 1937 Vocalion [US]
Concentratin' (On You) Mildred Bailey Comedienne with Orchestra 1932 Victor
Darn That Dream Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey January 4, 1940 Columbia [US]
Daydreaming (All Night Long) Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey June 1938 Brunswick
Don't Be That Way Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Vocalion [US]
Don't Dally with the Devil (Too Long) Mildred Bailey accompanied by Orchestra and The Charioteers 1939 Vocalion [US]
Don't Take Your Love from Me Mildred Bailey 1940 Columbia [US]
Down Hearted Blues Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1939 Vocalion [US]
Ev'rything Depends on You Mildred Bailey July 1941 Decca
Faithful Forever Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey 1939 Columbia [US]
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) Mildred Bailey 1941 Columbia [US]
For Sentimental Reasons Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra December 1936 Vocalion [US]
Georgia on My Mind Mildred Bailey with The Delta Rhythm Boys April 1941 Decca
Georgia on My Mind - Mood Indigo Mildred Bailey - Gene Austin and His Orchestra January 1932 Victor
Give Me the Time Mildred Bailey 1940 Columbia [US]
Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer) Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra July 1939 Vocalion [US]
Home Mildred Bailey January 15, 1932 Victor
How Can I Ever Be Alone? Mildred Bailey 1940 Columbia [US]
I Can Read Between the Lines Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra April 1939 Vocalion [US]
I Cried for You Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1939 Vocalion [US]
(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1939 Vocalion [US]
If You Ever Should Leave Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Vocalion [US]
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra May 1938 Vocalion [US]
I See Your Face Before Me Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Vocalion [US]
I Think of You Mildred Bailey with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik 1942 Decca
It's a Women's Prerogative Mildred Bailey with Orchestra directed by Ted Dale May 1946 Majestic
It's So Peaceful in the Country Mildred Bailey August 1941 Decca
Lazy Bones Mildred Bailey with Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra June 1933 Brunswick
Love Is Here to Stay Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey 1938 Brunswick
Love Is Where You Find It Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Vocalion [US]
Lover, Come Back to Me Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra March 1938 Vocalion [US]
Make with the Kisses Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey December 14, 1939 Columbia [US]
Me and the Blues Mildred Bailey with Ellis Larkins Conducting 1946 Majestic
Moon Love Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra July 1939 Vocalion [US]
My Last Affair Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra February 1937 Vocalion [US]
My Melancholy Baby Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra November 1938 Vocalion [US]
My Reverie Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra October 1938 Vocalion [US]
Never in a Million Years Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra April 1937 Vocalion [US]
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Mildred Bailey - Orchestra under direction of Alec Wilder 1940 Columbia [US]
None but the Lonely Heart - There'll Be a Jubilee Frank Sinatra - Mildred Bailey August 1945 V Disc
Old Folks Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Vocalion [US]
Please Be Kind Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey March 1938 Brunswick
Rockin' Chair Mildred Bailey with The Delta Rhythm Boys May 1941 Decca
Rockin' Chair Mildred Bailey September 1932 Victor
Says My Heart Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey May 1938 Brunswick
Slumming on Park Avenue Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey 1937 Brunswick
Small Fry Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra July 1938 Vocalion [US]
So Help Me (If I Don't Love You) Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1938 Vocalion [US]
Someday Sweetheart Mildred Bailey and Her Swing Band 1935 Vocalion [US]
Sometimes Mildred Bailey with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik May 1942 Decca
St. Louis Blues Mildred Bailey April 1939 Vocalion [US]
Stop the Sun Stop the Moon (My Man's Gone) Mildred Bailey March 1932 Victor
The Moon Got in My Eyes Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra August 1937 Vocalion [US]
There'll Be Some Changes Made Mildred Bailey and Her Oxford Greys 1939 Vocalion [US]
They Say Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1939 Vocalion [US]
Tit-Willow Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra 1939 Vocalion [US]
Washboard Blues Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra June 1938 Vocalion [US]
When That Man Is Dead and Gone Mildred Bailey with The Delta Rhythm Boys March 1941 Decca
Where Are You? Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra February 1937 Vocalion [US]
Willow Tree Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats 1936 Parlophone
Worried over You Red Norvo and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mildred Bailey October 1937 Brunswick
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) Mildred Bailey 1931 Brunswick
You Started Something Mildred Bailey with Ellis Larkins Trio 1948 Majestic

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