Johnny Hartman private CDs
JOHNNY HARTMAN: THE COMPLETE RCA VICTOR SESSIONS, 1951-'52
JH 2
New York, May 14, 1952 - HOWARD BIGGS ORCHESTRA & CHOIR:
1. E2-VB-6347 1/1A MY TASK 3:10
2. E2-VB-6346 1 A THERE IS A WAY 3:10
3. E2-VB-6346 1 B THERE IS A WAY 3:10
New York, April 30, 1952 - HOWARD BIGGS ORCHESTRA & CHOIR:
4. E2-VB-6136 1/1A LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING 3:10
5. E2-VB-6136 2 LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING 2:56
6. E2-VB-6137 1/1A BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC 2:52
New York, February 18, 1952 - HOWARD BIGGS ORCHESTRA
7. E2-CB-5632 1 I FEEL LIKE CRYING 3:10
New York, March 3, 1952 - HOWARD BIGGS ORCHESTRA
(These three titles possibly unissued)
8. E2-CB-5632 2 I FEEL LIKE CRYING 2:58
9. E2-VB-5663 1/1A DON'T TALK DARLING 3:10
10. E2-VB-5664 1/1A STORMY AFTERNOON 2:40
New York, February 18, 1952 - HOWARD BIGGS ORCHESTRA
11. E2-CB-5631 BLACK SHADOWS 2:57
New York, September 25, 1951 - PEREZ PRADO ORCHESTRA:
12. E1-FB-3644 WILD 2:40
13. E1-FB-3645 SAFARI 2:50 (vocal re-recorded 11/6)
New York, August 6, 1951 - NORMAN LEYDEN ORCHESTRA & CHOIR:
14. E1-VB-2950 I'M AFRAID 2:38
15. E1-VB-2951 WHEEL OF FORTUNE 2:32
16. E1-VB-2952 I RAN ALL THE WAY HOME 3:04
17. E1-VB-2953 LEMME GO 2:15
New York, May 21, 1951 - NORMAN LEYDEN ORCHESTRA
18. E1-VB-2156 OUT OF THE NIGHT 3:00
19. E1-VB-2157 WORRY BIRD 2:40
the four titles by JOHNNY HARTMAN with DIZZY GILLESPIE'S ORCHESTRA:
20. D9VB473 I SHOULD CARE - Chicago, April 14, 1949
21. D9VB474 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC - Chicago, April 14, 1949
22. D9VB1009-1 YOU GO TO MY HEAD - Chicago, May 6, 1949
23. D9VB1795 IF LOVE IS TROUBLE -New York, July 6, 1949
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JOHNNY HARTMAN: SESSIONS FOR REGENT, MERCURY AND APOLLO, 1947-'50
JH 1
THE TEN REGENT SIDES, 1947; Produced & arranged by Danny Mendelson
1. WHY MUST I BE TORMENTED?
2. WHAT'S TO BECOME OF ME?
3. JUST YOU, JUST ME
4. A WOMAN ALWAYS UNDERSTANDS
5. I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART
6. I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN
7. JUST A WEARYING FOR YOU
8. WHY WAS I BORN?
9. SOMETIME REMIND ME TO TELL YOU
10. THERE GOES MY HEART
THE MERCURY SESSION WITH ERROLL GARNER: New York, August
1949
(first side taken from CD, other three dubbed from 78s)
11. REMEMBER
12. HOME
13. EASY TO REMEMBER
14. SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
THE MERCURY SESSION WITH JIMMY CARROLL'S ORCHESTRA (featuring Bobby Tucker): New York, July 1949
15. S 'POSIN'
16. CLOSE YOUR EYES (skips in 78, unfortunately)
17. GOODBYE
18. EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON YOU
TWO OF THE FOUR (SUPPOSEDLY) SIDES BY HARTMAN FOR APOLLO, MAY 1950:
19. NOBODY'S GOT IT BETTER THAN ME
20. ONLY FOR YOU LUCIA
Note: If anybody has copies of the other two (?) Apollo tracks, please get in touch with me! (The songs are, reportedly, NIGHTINGALE and SIX P.M..)
FOUR SONGS WITH EARL HINES AND HIS ORCHESTRA
21. MIDNIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS - MGM 78, late 1947 (?)
22. "Musically Yours" transcribed radio show, theme
& opening
23. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (six-minute magnum opus, great tenor)
24. "Musically Yours" ending theme (cuts off - ran out
of room!)
25. A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY - 8/19/53 - King 78
26. WHEN I DREAM OF YOU - 8/19/53 - King 78
