Mercury Records Catalog: 25000 series

Mercury 25000 series (10 inch LP)

MG 25001  Paul Baron - The Student Prince

MG 25002  Various Artists - 9 Song Hits From Kiss Me Kate - South Pacific

possibly Cootie Williams (tp, ldr) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

2083	Why Can't You Behave

MG 25003  Jan August - Piano Rhythm

MG 25004  Tony Martin - See You In My Dreams

MG 25005  not used?

MG 25006  Benay Venuta - Sings All Time - Old Time Favorites

MG 25007  Frankie Laine - Favorites

Mannie Klein (tp) Si Zentner (tb) Don Bonnee (cl) Babe Russin (ts) Carl Fischer (p) George Van Eps (g) and others

479	By The River Sainte Marie
481	That's My Desire

Babe Russin (ts -1) Carl Fischer (p) Perry Botkin (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Lou Singer (d, vib) and others

1. 602-2	On The Sunny Side Of The Street
2. 605-2	Black And Blue

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra

1131	Shine
1132	We'll Be Together Again

same personnel

1280	But Beautiful

Ziggy Elman, Zeke Zarchey (tp) Claude Lakey, Babe Russin, Wilbur Schwartz (sax) Carl Fischer (p) Phil Stevens (b) Lou Singer (d) Frankie Laine (vo)

2740	Georgia On My Mind

MG 25008  Alec Wilder Octets

MG 25009  Machito - Latin-American Rhythms

Frank Davila, Bobby Woodlen (tp) Mario Bauza (tp, ob) Gene Johnson, Fred Skerritt (as) Jose Madera (ts) Leslie Johnakins (bars) Rene Hernandez (p) Roberto Rodriguez (b) Luis Miranda (cga) Jose Mangual (bgo) Ubaldo Nieto (tim) Graciela Perez (vo) Machito (ldr, maracas, claves, vo)

2463	Jungle Drums
2464	Asia Minor
2465	Un Poquito De Tu Amor
2466	Liorra Timbero (Llora Timbero)
2793	El Sopon
2794-1	Gone City
2795	Desert Dance (Cleopatra Rumba)
2796-1	U-Bla-Ba-Du

MG 25010  Frances Langford - Rainbow Rhapsody

MG 25011  Eddy Howard - Selected Song Favorites

MG 25012  Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Piano

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d)

331-1

Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera

same personnel

430-3

Swanee River Boogie

same personnel

625-4

Twelfth St. Boogie

Marvin Randolph (tp -1,2) Gene Ammons (ts) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Al Burroughs (d)

1. 929-2	St. Louis Blues
2. 930-1	Shufflin' The Boogie
3. 931-1	S.P. Blues

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) unknown (d)

1170-2	The Sheik Of Araby
1171-2	You Are My Sunshine

MG 25013  Edmond O'Brien - My Beloved

Shorty Rogers (tp) Vernon Brown (tb) Aaron Sachs (cl) Don Byas (ts) Bill Rowland (p) Billy Taylor (b) Cozy Cole (d)

HL81-3

They Didn't Believe Me

MG 25014  Josh White - Strange Fruit

Josh White (vo, g)

QB1688	Bad Housing Blues
QB1689	Hard Time Blues
QB1691	Southern Exposure
QB1692	Jim Crow Train (Jim Crow Blues)

same personnel

KJW9	Evil Hearted Man
KJW10	John Henry
KJW11	House Of The Rising Sun
KJW12	Strange Fruit

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26010.

MG 25015  Count Basie And His Kansas City Seven

Lester Young (ts) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Slam Stewart (b) Sid Catlett (d)

HL1-2	Just You, Just Me
HL2-2	I Never Knew
HL3-2	Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite
HL4-2	Sometimes I'm Happy

Buck Clayton (tp -1,3) Dicky Wells (tb -1,3) Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (d)

1. HL21-2	After Theatre Jump
2. HL23-1	Lester Leaps Again (Lester Leaps In)
3. HL24-2	Destination K.C.

MG 25016  Irving Fazola And His Dixielanders

Tony Dalmado (tp) Julian Lane (tb) Irving Fazola (cl) Steve Giarratano (ts) Pete Laudeman (p) Bunny Franks (b) Charlie Duke (d)

HL1001	Someday Sweetheart
HL1002	The Isle Of Capri
HL1003	When Your Lover Has Gone
HL1004	With You Anywhere You Are

same personnel

HL1005	Sweet Lorraine
HL1006	Mostly Faz
HL1007	Clarinet Marmalade
HL1008	Jazz Me Blues

MG 25017  Jack Fina - Piano Dance Classics

MG 25018  Earl Hines And His All Stars

Joe Thomas (tp) Trummy Young (tb) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Earl Hines (p) Teddy Waters (g) Billy Taylor (b) Cozy Cole (d)

HLK17-1	Blue Moon
HLK18-6	Father Co-Operates
HLK20-2	Thru' For The Night (Through For The Night)

Charlie Shavers (tp) Tab Smith (as) Earl Hines (p) Al Lucas (b) Jo Jones (d)

HL25-2	Mountain Air
HL27-2	Stardust
HL28-3	Rosetta

MG 25019  More Jan August Favorites

MG 25020  Rhumba With Machito

Mario Bauza, Frank Davilla, Bobby Woodlen (tp) Gene Johnson, Freddie Skerritt (as) Jose Madera (ts) Leslie Johnakins (bars) Rene Hernandez (p) Roberto Rodriguez (b) Luis Miranda (cga) Jose Mangual (bgo) Umbaldo Nieto (tim) Machito (maracas, arr, dir)

3045	At Sundown
3046	Donkey Serenade
3047	Why Do I Love You?
3048	Hall Of The Mambo King
3049	The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
3050	St. Louis Blues
3051	Tea For Two
3052	Rose Room

MG 25021  not used?

MG 25022  Hank Jones' Piano

Hank Jones (p)

601 | 236 | 1965-1	The Night We Called It A Day
602 | 237 | 1964-1	Yesterdays
603 | 238 | 1966-1	You're Blase
604 | 239 | 1963-1	Tea For Two
605 | 240 | 1967-1	Blues For Lady Day
606 | 241 | 1968-1	Blue Room

** also issued on Mercury MG 35014, MGC 100; Clef MGC 100.

MG 25023  The Flip Phillips Quartet

Flip Phillips (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)

360-5	Lover
361-1	Don't Take Your Love From Me
362-2	Flip's Boogie
363-1	Feelin' The Blues
364-1	Lover Come Back To Me
365-3	Blue Room

** also issued on Mercury MGC 105, MGC 105x45; Clef MGC 105; Universal (J) UCCV 9038.

MG 25024  Oscar Peterson - Piano Solos (not released?)

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra

1129	Cherie I Love You

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others

1432	Till We Meet Again

omit others

2845	Rockin' Chair

same personnel

2849	(Waiting) At The End Of The Road
2850	Exactly Like You
2851	Don't Do Something To Someone Else

same personnel

2857	You're Wonderful

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b)

375-1	They Didn't Believe Me
376-3	Lover Come Back To Me
377-1	Where Or When
378-3	Three O'Clock In The Morning
379-1	All The Things You Are
380-1	Oscar's Blues

Frankie Laine (vo) and others

3377	I'm In The Mood For Love

** transfered to Mercury MGC 106.

MG 25025  Frankie Laine

Babe Russin (ts) Carl Fischer (p) Perry Botkin (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Lou Singer (d, vib) and others

606-2

Blue Turning Grey Over You

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra

1246

Hold Me

Ziggy Elman, Zeke Zarchey (tp) Claude Lakey, Babe Russin, Wilbur Schwartz (sax) Carl Fischer (p) Phil Stevens (b) Lou Singer (d) Frankie Laine (vo)

2742	(Where Are You) Now That I Need You?

MG 25026  Frankie Laine - ???

Mannie Klein (tp) Si Zentner (tb) Don Bonnee (cl) Babe Russin (ts) Carl Fischer (p) George Van Eps (g) and others

480	September In The Rain

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra

1245	When You're Smiling

Herb Geller (as, cl) replaces Fischer

868	Kiss Me Again

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra

2847	Carry Me Back To Ole Virginny

same personnel

2852	I Get Sentimental Over You

same personnel

2856	Satan Wears A Satin Gown

add others

3133	Black Lace

MG 25027  Frankie Laine

Babe Russin (ts) Carl Fischer (p) Perry Botkin (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Lou Singer (d, vib) and others

601-3	Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
603-2	West End Blues

Herb Geller (as, cl) Frankie Laine (vo) unidentified orchestra

867	By The Light Of The Stars

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra

2854	God Bless The Child
2855	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)

add others

3132	The Cry Of The Wild Goose

MG 25028  Vic Damone - ???

MG 25029  Vic Damone

MG 25030  Eddy Howard - ???

MG 25031  Eddy Howard

MG 25032  Tito Guizar

Tito Guizar (vo) Jose Melis And His Orchestra

523	Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay! My Serenade
524	I'll Never Love Again
525	Diez Minutos Mas
526	El Rancho Grande
528	Linda Mujer
529	Guadalajar

Tito Guizar (vo) and others

458	Noche De Ronda
462	Juiame

MG 25033  Jack Fina

MG 25034  Clyde McCoy - Sugar Blues

Clyde McCoy (tp) Billie Jane Bennett (vo -2) unidentified orchestra

1. 1715-2/P5	Sugar Blues
2. 1716/P6	Tear It Down
3. 1717/P7	Basin Street Blues

Clyde McCoy (tp) unidentified orchestra

1719/P88	At Sundown
1720/P89	Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
1721/P90	There's Good Blues Tonight

same personnel

1724/P162	Stormy Weather
1726-2/P164	Mississippi Mud

MG 25035  Jose Melis - ???

MG 25036  Tony Martin

MG 25037  not used?

MG 25038  Art Kassell - ???

MG 25039  Ted Weems And His Orchestra

MG 25040  Frankie Laine

** reissue of Mercury MG 25024 (alt.).

MG 25041  Playing On The Zither With Herman Stachow

MG 25042  Jan August - Piano Roll Favorites

MG 25043  Charles Magnante - Wizard Of The Accordion

MG 25044  Henry Weber And His Concert Orchestra - Famous Strauss Walzes

MG 25045  Vic Damone - Sings America's Favorites

MG 25046  unknown artists - Cherished American Songs

MG 25047  Sylvan Levin - Light Classical Gems

MG 25048  Ralph Norman And Henry Weber Orchestras - Foremost Classical Favorites

MG 25049  Various Artists - The Music Of Jerome Kern And George Gershwin

MG 25050  Glenn Osser - All-Time Favorite Song Hits

MG 25051  Songs By Lanny Ross

MG 25052  unknown artists - The Music Of Victor Herbert And Rudolf Friml

MG 25053  Various Artists - The Best Loved Music Of Sigmund Romberg

MG 25054  Vic Damone - All-Time Song Hits

MG 25055  Glenn Osser - The Great Songs Of Our Time

MG 25056  Vivian Della Chiesa With Sylvan Levin's Orchestra

MG 25057  unknown artists - Immortal Songs For The Home

MG 25058  Claramae Turner With Sylvan Levin's Orchestra - Favorite Light Classics

MG 25059  Patti Page

MG 25060  Dinah Washington

Willie Cook, Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (tp) Gus Chappell (tb) possibly Dave Young (ts) possibly Rudy Martin (p) possibly Bill Settles (b) Oliver Coleman (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

202-2

I Can't Get Started With You

Bob Merrill, Cootie Williams (tp) Robert Cole (as) William Parker (ts) Arnold Jarvis (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Leonard Swain (b) Sylvester "Vess" Payne (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1594-4

I Want To Cry

George Hudson (tp) Rupert Cole, Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) James Forman (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2825	How Deep Is The Ocean
2830-2	I Only Know

Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3182-3	It Isn't Fair
3185-2	Why Don't You Think Things Over

possibly Benny Powell (tb) Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3408-4	I'll Never Be Free
3409-3	I Wanna Be Loved

MG 25061  Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

MG 25062  Teddy Wilson/Red Norvo - Improvisations

Aaron Sachs (cl) Red Norvo (vib) Teddy Wilson (p) Remo Palmieri (g) Slam Stewart (b) Eddie Dell (d)

HL49-1	Subtle Sextology
HL50-3	Blues A La Red
HL51-1	The Man I Love
HL52-2	Seven Come Eleven

Joe Thomas (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Hank D'Amico (cl) Red Norvo (xyl -1, vib -2) Teddy Wilson (p) Slam Stewart (b) Specs Powell (d) Johnny Thompson (arr)

1. HL61-2	Russian Lullaby
2. HL62-3	I Got Rhythm

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26002 entitled "Red Norvo - Improvisations".

MG 25063  Golden Gate Quartet - Look Up

MG 25064  Lawrence Welk - Polkas

MG 25065  George Hartman - New Orleans Jazz

George Hartman (tp) Julian Laine (tb) Leonard Centobie (cl) Roy Zimmerman (p) Lloyd Dantin (g) John Bell (b) John Castaing (d)

GH1-A	Diga Diga Doo
GH2-A	Jazz Me Blues
GH3-A	Muskrat Ramble
GH4-A	Tin Root Blues

MG 25066  Sylvan Levin/Glenn Osser - Classic Favorites / Fritz Kreisler Favorites

MG 25067  Alfred Newman - Famous Arias From The Opera

MG 25068  Bernie Leighton/Johnny Guarnieri - Piano Contrasts

Joe Thomas (tp) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Billy Taylor (b) Cozy Cole (d)

HL82-1	Rose Room
HL84-4	Coquette

Buck Clayton (tp) Flip Phillips (ts) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Milt Hinton (b) J.C. Heard (d)

HL105-4	Why Do I Love You?
HL106-4	All My Life

Bernie Leighton (p) Hy White (g) Trigger Alpert (b) Dave Tough (d)

HL159-1	Beyond The Moon
HL160-2	Have You Met Miss Jones?
HL161-2	I See Your Face Before Me
HL163-2	Things Are Looking Up

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26018 entitled "Johnny Guarnieri/Bernie Leighton - Piano Stylings".

MG 25069  Caesar Petrillo And His Orchestra/Mercury Studio Orchestra - Keepsakes / Songs That Will Never Fade

MG 25070  Alvaro De La Torre And His Cuban Orchestra - Tropic Rhythms

MG 25071  Various Artists - Trombone Time

Vic Dickenson, Bill Harris, Claude Jones, Benny Morton (tb) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Al Hall (b) Sid Catlett (d)

HL37-3	Where Or When
HL38-1	Lisa
HL39-5	Once In A While

Joe Thomas (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb, vo -1,2, tb -3) Hank D'Amico (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Herman Chittison (p) Billy Taylor (b) George Wetling (d)

1. HL72-4	Home
2. HL74-1	You Brought A New Kind Of Love
3. HL75-1	Somebody Loves Me

MG 25072  Alfred Newman - Captain From Castle

MG 25073  unknown artists - Songs Of Israel

MG 25074  Various Artists - Hot Trumpet Ensembles

Roy Eldridge, Joe Thomas (tp) Emmett Berry, Jonny Guarnieri (p) Israel Crosby (b) Cozy Cole (d)

HL5-1	Don't Be That Way
HL6-1	I Want To Be Happy
HL7-4	Fiesta In Brass
HL8-1	St. Louis Blues

Jonah Jones (tp) Tyree Glenn (tb, vib) Hilton Jefferson (as) Buster Harding (p, arr) Milt Hinton (b) J.C. Heard (d)

HL53-2	Lust For Licks
HL54-3	Just Likes A Butterfly

Charlie Shavers (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Billy Taylor (b) Denzil Best (d)

HL68-2	My Man
HL69-1	El Salon De Gutbucket

Joe Thomas (tp) Tyree Glenn (tb) Hilton Jefferson (as) Jerry Jerome (ts) Bernie Leighton (p) Hy White (g) Billy Taylor (b) Lee Abrams (d)

HL166-2

Black Butterfly

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26015 entitled "Holiday In Trumpet".

MG 25075  Alto Sax Artistry Featuring Willie Smith

Billy May (tp, arr) Murray McEachern (tb) Willie Smith (as) Arnold Ross (p) Les Paul (g) Ed Mihelich (b) Nick Fatool (d)

HL90-2	September In The Rain
HL91-5	You Ought To Be In Pictures
HL92-5	Moten Swing
HL93-2	Willow Weep For Me (Willie Weep For Me)

Emmett Berry (tp) Willie Smith (as) Corky Corcoran (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Allan Reuss (g) Ed Mihelich (b) Nick Fatool (d) Johnny Thompson (arr)

HL94-3	What Is This Thing Called Love?
HL95-3	Minor Blues

Willie Smith (as) Nat King Cole (p) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (d)

HL122-4	The Way You Look Tonight
HL123-2	Airness A La Nat

MG 25076  Chubby Jackson & Bill Harris All-Stars - Jazz Journey

Howard McGhee (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Flip Phillips (ts) Ralph Burns (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Dave Tough (d)

HL76	Northwest Passage
HL77	Cryin' Sands

Pete Candoli (tp) Alvin Burroughs (d) replaces McGhee, Tough

D5CB321-1	Cross Country
D5CB322-1	Characteristically, B.H.
D5CB323-1	Mean To Me
D5CB324-1	She's Funny That Way

Tony Aless (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Shelly Manne (d)

HL113-1	Head Quarters
HL115-3	Sam's Caravan

MG 25077  Jerry Byrd With Danny Kuaana And His Islanders

MG 25078  Phil Napoleon's Emperors Of Jazz - Dixieland Classics, Vol. 1

Phil Napoleon (tp) Lou McGarity (tb) Joe Dixon (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Felix Giobbe (b) Tony Spargo (d)

SWFD10-1	At The Jazz Band Ball
SWFD10-2	Clarinet Marmalade
SWFD10-3	Little Emperor Blues
SWFD10-4	Muskrat Ramble

Peanuts Hucko (cl) replaces Dixon

SWFD12-5	Fidgety Feet
SWFD12-6	Nobody's Sweetheart
SWFD12-7	Royal Garden Blues
SWFD12-8	Tigar Rag

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26008.

MG 25079  Phil Napoleon's Emperors Of Jazz - Dixieland Classics, Vol. 2

Phil Napoleon (tp) Vernon Brown (tb) Sal Franzella (cl) Frank Signorelli (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Felix Giobbe (b) Tony Spargo (d -1/3, d, vo -4)

1. SWFE16-15	Sensation Rag
2. SWFE16-16	Livery Stable Blues
3. SWFE16-17	That's Plenty
4. SWFE16-18	Sister Kate

Spargo plays (d)

SWFE17-19	Satanic Blues
SWFE17-20	I'll Never Be The Same
SWFE17-21	South Rampart Street Parade
SWFE17-22	Bugle Call Rag

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26009.

MG 25080  Joseph Lasicky - Polkas

MG 25081  Raman Vatican Choir, Licinio Rafice, Director - Music For Christmastide

MG 25082  Various Artists - Christmas Favorites

MG 25083  unknown artists - Camp Meetin' Choir - Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1

MG 25084  unknown artists - Camp Meetin' Choir - Negro Spirituals, Vol. 2

MG 25085  Ralph Marterie And His Orchestra

MG 25087  Jan August - ???

MG 25088  Frankie Laine With Harry Geller's Orchestra (no details)

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others

3726	If I Were A Bell

MG 25089  Herb Jeffries - Magenta Moods

MG 25090  Herb Jeffries Sings

MG 25091  Herb Jeffries

MG 25093  Alfred Newman - Music To Remember

MG 25094  Alfred Newman - Hit Musical Favorites

MG 25095  Muggsy Spanier And His Dixieland Band

Muggsy Spanier (cor) George Brunies (tb) Darnell Howard (cl) Floyd Bean (p) Truck Parham (b) Sid Catlett (d)

3373	Dixie Flyer
3374	Lazy Piano Man
3375	Sweet Georgia Brown
3376	Feather Brain

Harry Graves (tb) Don Chester (d) replaces Brunies, Catlett

3675	Home
3676	It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary
3677	Caution Blues
3678	Alabama Jubilee

** also issued on EmArcy MG 26011.

MG 25097  Frankie Laine - Mr. Rhythm Sings

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others

1435	With All My Heart
1438	Inspiration Point

MG 25098  Frankie Laine With Harry Geller's Orchestra (no details)

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others: same session

1441	I Haven't The Heart

MG 25099  Jan August - ???