Mercury Records Catalog: 78/45 rpm 5000/5100 series

Mercury 5000 series (10 inch 78 rpm/7 inch 45 rpm)

Mer. 5003  Frankie Laine - September In The Rain c/w Ain't That Just Like A Woman

Mannie Klein (tp) Si Zentner (tb) Don Bonnee (cl) Babe Russin (ts) Carl Fischer (p) George Van Eps (g) and others
Universal Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1946
480September In The Rain
482Ain't That Just Like A Woman

Mer. 5006  Tito Guizar - I'll Never Love Again c/w He Like It! She Like It!

Tito Guizar (vo) Jose Melis And His Orchestra
September 10, 1946
524I'll Never Love Again
527He Like It! She Like It!

Mer. 5007  Frankie Laine - By The River Ste Marie c/w That's My Desire

Mannie Klein (tp) Si Zentner (tb) Don Bonnee (cl) Babe Russin (ts) Carl Fischer (p) George Van Eps (g) and others
Universal Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1946
479By The River Sainte Marie
481That's My Desire
** also issued on Mercury 5007x45.

Mer. 5008  Erroll Garner - Frantonality c/w Where Or When

Erroll Garner (p) Red Callender (b) Nick Fatool (d)
Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 1946
333-1/2Frantonality
Lou Singer (d) replaces Fatool
Los Angeles, CA, July 14, 1946
453-1/2Where Or When
** also issued on Mercury 5008x45.

Mer. 5009  Albert Ammons - Deep In The Heart Of Texas c/w Sweet Patooty Boogie

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d)
WGN Studios, Chicago, IL, November 12, 1946
623-3Deep In The Heart Of Texas
624-3Sweet Patooty Boogie
** also issued on Mercury 5009x45.

Mer. 5022  Buddy Rich - Dateless Brown c/w Desperate Desmond

Paul Cohn, Bitsy Mullens, Jim Pupa, Carl Warwick (tp) Sam Hyster, Johnny Mandel, Earl Swope (tb) Romeo Penque (as) George Berg, Mick Blanos (ts) Sid Brown (bars) Tony Nichols (p) Lenny Mirabella (g) Joe Shulman (b) Buddy Rich (d, vo)
NYC, February 5, 1946
213-1Dateless Brown
215-1/2Desperate Desmond
** also issued on Mercury 5022x45.

Mer. 5024  Buddy Morrow - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes c/w Lullaby

Buddy Morrow (tb, ldr) unidentified orchestra
1946
211Lullaby
336Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
** also issued on Mercury 5024x45.

Mer. 5052  Ted Weems - Peg O' My Heart c/w Violets

no details

Mer. 5059  Frankie Laine - By The Light Of The Stars c/w Kiss Me Again

Herb Geller (as, cl) Frankie Laine (vo) unidentified orchestra
1947
867By The Light Of The Stars
868Kiss Me Again

Mer. 5091  Frankie Laine - Shine c/w We'll Be Together Again

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra
Los Angeles, CA?, November 8, 1947
1131Shine
1132We'll Be Together Again

Mer. 5096  Frankie Laine - I've Only Myself To Blame c/w But Beautiful

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra: same session
Los Angeles, CA?, November 8, 1947
1130I've Only Myself To Blame
same personnel
1947
1280But Beautiful

Mercury 5100 series (10 inch 78 rpm/7 inch 45 rpm)

Mer. 5114  Frankie Laine - Baby That Ain't Right c/w May I Never Love Again

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others
late 1947
1431May I Never Love Again
Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
1244Baby That Ain't Right

Mer. 5118  Clyde McCoy - Sugar Blues c/w Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Clyde McCoy (tp) unidentified orchestra
Detroit, MI, May 11, 1946
1715-2/P5Sugar Blues
same personnel
Detroit, MI, June 29, 1946
1720/P89Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Mer. 5130  Frankie Laine - Baby Don't Be Mad At Me c/w Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others
late 1947
1433Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon
Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra
1947
1278Baby Don't Be Mad At Me

Mer. 5136  Clyde McCoy - Mississippi Mud c/w Oh Baby What You Do To Me

Clyde McCoy (tp) Billie Jane Bennett (vo) unidentified orchestra
Detroit, MI, June 29, 1946
1722-1/P91Oh Baby What You Do To Me
Clyde McCoy (tp) unidentified orchestra
maybe NYC, 1947
1726-2/P164Mississippi Mud

Mer. 5143  Frankie Laine - When You're Smiling c/w ???

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
1245When You're Smiling

Mer. 5158  Frankie Laine - Hold Me c/w Ah, But It Happens

Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra: same session
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
1246Hold Me
same personnel
1947
1279Ah, But It Happens

Mer. 5174  Frankie Laine - Singing The Blues c/w Thanks For Your Kisses

Carl Fischer (p) Frankie Laine (vo) Harry Geller (cond) unidentified orchestra, and others
late 1947
1436Thanks For Your Kisses
Frankie Laine (vo) Carl Fischer (cond) unidentified orchestra
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
1247Singing The Blues

Mer. 5185  George Hartman - Diga Diga Doo c/w Muskrat Ramble

George Hartman (tp) Julian Laine (tb) Leonard Centobie (cl) Roy Zimmerman (p) Lloyd Dantin (g) John Bell (b) John Castaing (d)
New Orleans, LA, March 14, 1941
GH1-ADiga Diga Doo
GH3-AMuskrat Ramble
** reissue of Keynote K602.