Mercury Records Catalog: 78/45 rpm 5800/5900 series

Mercury 5800 series (10 inch 78 rpm and 7 inch 45 rpm)

5804   Dinah Washington - New Blow-Top Blues / Trouble In Mind

Paul Quinichette, tenor sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Keter Betts, bass; Jimmy Cobb or Gus Johnson, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal; unidentified brass, Nook Shrier, conductor.

NYC, September 24, 1951

4223-1New Blow-Top Blues

unknown, trumpet; unknown, alto sax; Wardell Gray, unknown, Ben Webster, tenor sax; unknown, baritone sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; unknown, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal.

Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1952

4733-4Trouble In Mind

5809   Basin Street Six - Basin Street Stomp / Margie

George Girard, trumpet; Joe Rotis, trombone; Pete Fountain, clarinet; Roy Zimmerman, piano; Bunny Franks, bass; Charlie Duke, drums.

Chicago, IL, September 19, 1951

4217Basin Street Stomp
4218Margie

5817   Xavier Cugat - Jungle Flute / no info

Diablito, vocal; Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra.

Fine Sound, NYC, 1952

4794Jungle Flute

5819   Maynard Ferguson - And So I Waited Around / Homing Pigeon

Chico Alvarez, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Dick Kenny, trombone; Abe Most, Bud Shank, alto sax; Jimmy Giuffre, tenor sax; Bob Gordon, baritone sax; Frank Patchen, piano; Barney Kessel, guitar; Joe Mondragon, bass; Shelly Manne, drums; Kay Brown, vocal; Pete Rugolo, arranger.

Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 1952

4931And So I Waited Around
4932Homing Pigeon

5827   Ralph Marterie - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams / Stompin' At The Savoy

Jerry Dittman, Corny Panico, Art Schindelbeck, trumpet; Ralph Marterie, trumpet, conductor; Paul Crumbaugh, Jim George, Paul Severson, Bobby Speer, trombone; Len Gagliardi, Jack Gaylo, alto sax; Kenny Mann, Larry Regan, tenor sax; Charlie Spero, baritone sax, clarinet; Matt Alagna, piano; Johnny Bibb, guitar; Henry Poston, bass; Henry Riggs, drums; Bob Connally, vocal.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, February, 1952

4763Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
4766-2Stompin' At The Savoy

5829   Xavier Cugat - Festival / no info

Abbe Lane, Don Rodney, vocal; Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra.

Fine Sound, NYC, 1952

4799Festival

5842   Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy / I Can't Face The Music

unknown, trumpet; Wynton Kelly, piano; unknown, guitar; Keter Betts, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal; unidentified brass and strings, Walter Rodell, conductor.

Chicago, IL, March 24, 1952

4896Mad About The Boy
4897I Can't Face The Music

** also released on Mercury 5842x45.

5852   Ralph Marterie - The Music Goes Round And Round / I'm Yours

Jerry Dittman, Warren Kime, Corny Panico, Art Schindelbeck, trumpet; Ralph Marterie, trumpet, conductor; Paul Crumbaugh, Jim George, Paul Severson, Bobby Speer, trombone; Len Gagliardi, Jack Gaylo, alto sax; Kenny Mann, Mike Simpson, tenor sax; Charlie Spero, baritone sax, clarinet; Matt Alagna, piano; unknown, guitar; Henry Poston, bass; Henry Riggs, drums; unidentified chorus.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, October, 1951

4635The Music Goes Round And Round

Ralph Marterie, trumpet, conductor; Ray Shaw, vocal; unidentified orchestra.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, April, 1952

9025I'm Yours

5860   Ralph Marterie - Street Scene / In A Persian Market

Ralph Marterie, trumpet, conductor; Ennio Bolognini, cello #1; unidentified orchestra.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, April, 1952

1. 9024Street Scene
2. 9027In A Persian Market

5863   Maynard Ferguson - Roses All The Way / Wow!

Chico Alvarez, Maynard Ferguson, trumpet; Shorty Rogers, trumpet #1, trumpet, arranger #2; Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Dick Kenny, trombone; Abe Most, Bud Shank, alto sax; Jimmy Giuffre, tenor sax; Bob Gordon, baritone sax; Frank Patchen, piano; Barney Kessel, guitar; Joe Mondragon, bass; Shelly Manne, drums; Kay Brown, vocal #1; Pete Rugolo, arranger #1.

Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 1952

1. 4930Roses All The Way
2. 4933Wow!

5864   Billy Williams - Who Knows / It's Best We Say Goodbye

Billy Williams, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Glenn Osser, conductor.

1952

9146Who Knows
9149It's Best We Say Goodbye

5866   Billy Williams - Azure-Te / Stay

same session.

1952

9147Azure-Te
9148Stay

5879   Muggsy Spanier - Tiger Rag / South

Muggsy Spanier, cornet; Ralph Hutchinson, trombone; Darnell Howard, clarinet; Floyd Bean, piano; Truck Parham, bass; Barrett Deems, drums.

Chicago, IL, May 28, 1952

9050Tiger Rag
9051South

5882   Ralph Marterie - Peanut Vendor / Crazy Eyes (aka Dark Eyes)

Ralph Marterie, trumpet, conductor; unidentified orchestra.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, April, 1952

9023Peanut Vendor
9026Crazy Eyes (aka Dark Eyes)

5885   Xavier Cugat - African Lament / no info

Leslie Scott, vocal; Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra.

Fine Sound, NYC, 1952

4800African Lament

Mercury 5900 series (10 inch 78 rpm and 7 inch 45 rpm)

5906   Dinah Washington - Stormy Weather / Makebelieve Dreams

unknown, trumpet; Wynton Kelly, piano; unknown, guitar; Keter Betts, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal; unidentified brass and strings, Walter Rodell, conductor.

Chicago, IL, March 24, 1952

4898Stormy Weather

Dinah Washington, vocal; unidentified orchestra.

Chicago, IL, 1952

9037Makebelieve Dreams

** also released on Mercury 5906x45.