Tag: Mildred Bailey

From the Studio #74 – He’s Not Worth Your Tears – This song got fame from a recording by Jimmie Noone with a vocal chorus by Mildred Bailey. I do an instrumental version. But if you’re out of luck in love and want to give air to your woes, the words are here: “The story’s over he’s gone away (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #298 – Fools Rush In – This is the third of the triple LP album dedicated to Mildred Bailey that CBC released sometime in the 60s. I’ve already chosen a tune from volume one. If I look at all three, I notice that I learned many songs from her versions (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #288 – What Kind O’ Man Is You? – There are a few entries in the discographies of this wonderful Hoagy Carmichael composition. A couple are made in modern times, and among them is a version with my band, because we were (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #118 – Concentratin’ On You. There are vocal records and there are records with orchestras featuring a vocal refrain. In the beginning of the 1930s Mildred Bailey was doing records of both kinds. Here she is mostly in a sentimental mood (…) read more and listenread more and listen