Will Bradley - Beat Me Daddy (The Singles Collection 1939-47) Will Bradley
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Will Bradley was a trombonist and bandleader who came to the fore during the swing and big band era of the late 1930s, and developed a strand of music during the early 1940s which took advantage of the then-current popularity of boogie-woogie music. Using a jazz and R&B-flavoured big band style, and often recording as a smaller group, he was aided in this by his featured drummer and singer Ray McKinley and his pianist Freddie Slack, who went on to have hits in his own right. Not all his recordings were boogie-woogie efforts, and he produced a great deal of stylish swing records, based around his trombone work, many of them featuring vocalists Ray McKinley, Jimmy Valentine, Louise Tobin, Lyn Gardner, Terry Allen and others.
This 46-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from his releases on the Vocalion, Columbia, Joe Davis, Beacon and Signature labels from these years. It features his US No. 2 hits “Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar” and “Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat”, plus his other hits “Down The Road A Piece”, “Celery Stalks At Midnight”, “There I Go”, “High On A Windy Hill” and Cryin’ The Boogie Blues”.
His was a very distinctive strand of the music of this era, and he was one of the most noted hitmakers in the boogie-woogie genre.
Track List
1. MEMPHIS BLUES Will Bradley & His Orch. (Vocalion 5130) 1939
2. I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Will Bradley & His Orch. (Vocalion 5182) 1939
3. I'M FIT TO BE TIED Will Bradley & His Orch. (Vocalion 5210) 1939
4. MEAN TO ME Will Bradley & His Orch. (Vocalion 5237) 1939
5. SWINGIN' A DREAM Will Bradley & His Orch. (Vocalion 5262) 1939
6. HALLELUJAH! Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35333) 1939
7. I'M COMING VIRGINIA Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35345) 1939
8. A GHOST OF A CHANCE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35376) 1940
9. JIMTOWN BLUES Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35376) 1940
10. IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35414) 1940
11. FLYIN' HOME Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35422) 1940
12. O SOLE MIO Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35443) 1940
13. AFTER I SAY I'M SORRY Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35443) 1940
14. RHUMBOOGIE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35464) 1940
15. BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR PTS. 1 & 2 Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35530) 1940
16. STRANGE CARGO Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35545) 1940
17. IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35566) 1940
18. DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35629) 1940
19. CELERY STALKS AT MIDNIGHT Will Bradley Trio (Columbia 35707) 1940
20. DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE Will Bradley Trio (Columbia 35707) 1940
21. ROCK-A-BYE THE BOOGIE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35732) 1940
22. SCRUB ME MAMA, WITH A BOOGIE BEAT Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35743) 1940
CD 2
1. THERE I GO (Columbia 35743) 1940
2. FIVE O'CLOCK WHISTLE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35793) 1940
3. HIGH ON A WINDY HILL Will Bradley & His Orch. ( 35912) 1941
4. STARDUST Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35939) 1941
5. CHICKEN GUMBOOGIE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35939) 1941
6. BOUNCE ME BROTHER WITH A SOLID FOUR Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 35963) 1941
7. IT'S SQUARE BUT IT ROCKS Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36014) 1941
8. THAT'S HER MASON DIXON LINE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36044) 1941
9. THINK OF ME Will Bradley & His Orch. Feat. Ray Mckinley (Columbia 36225) 1941
10. BOOGLIE WOOGLIE PIGGY Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36231) 1941
11. LOVE ME A LITTLE LITTLE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36231) 1941
12. ALL THAT MEAT AND NO POTATOES Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36248) 1941
13. IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36286) 1941
14. I'M TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36297) 1941
15. CALL IT ANYTHING, IT'S LOVE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36340) 1941
16. BASIN STREET BOOGIE Will Bradley 6 Texas Hotdogs (Columbia 36340) 1941
17. APRIL IN PARIS Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36401) 1941
18. THE THREE B'S Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36444) 1941
19. FRY ME A COOKIE WITH A CAN OF LARD Will Bradley & His Orch. (Columbia 36719) 1941
20. CRYIN' THE BOOGIE BLUES Will Bradley And His Boogie Woogie Boys (Joe Davis/Beacon 7013) 1944
21. LIGHTNIN' BOOGIE Will Bradley And His Boogie Woogie Boys (Joe Davis/Beacon 7014) 1944
22. SUGAR HILL BOOGIE Will Bradley And His Boogie Woogie Boys (Joe Davis/Beacon 7014) 1944
23. TURN THE KNOB ON THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT Will Bradley & His Orch. (Signature 15049) 1947
24. BOP ‘N' BOOGIE Will Bradley & His Orch. (Signature 15134) 1947
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