Mercury Records Catalog: 78/45 rpm 5000/5100 series
Mercury 5000 series (10 inch 78 rpm and 7 inch 45 rpm)
5003 Frankie Laine - September In The Rain / Ain't That Just Like A Woman
Mannie Klein, trumpet; Si Zentner, trombone; Don Bonnee, clarinet; Babe Russin, tenor sax; Carl Fischer, piano; George Van Eps, guitar; and others.
Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1946
| 480 | September In The Rain |
| 482 | Ain't That Just Like A Woman |
5006 Tito Guizar - I'll Never Love Again / He Like It! She Like It!
Tito Guizar, vocal; Jose Melis And His Orchestra.
September 10, 1946
| 524 | I'll Never Love Again |
| 527 | He Like It! She Like It! |
5007 Frankie Laine - By The River Sainte Marie / That's My Desire
Mannie Klein, trumpet; Si Zentner, trombone; Don Bonnee, clarinet; Babe Russin, tenor sax; Carl Fischer, piano; George Van Eps, guitar; and others.
Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1946
| 479 | By The River Sainte Marie |
| 481 | That's My Desire |
** also released on Mercury 5007x45.
5008 Erroll Garner - Frantonality / Where Or When
Errol Garner, piano; Red Callender, bass; Nick Fatool, drums.
Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 1946
| 333-1/2 | Frantonality |
Errol Garner, piano; Red Callender, bass; Lou Singer, drums.
Los Angeles, CA, July 14, 1946
| 453-1/2 | Where Or When |
** also released on Mercury 5008x45.
5009 Albert Ammons - Deep In The Heart Of Texas / Sweet Patooty Boogie
Albert Ammons, piano; Ike Perkins, guitar; Israel Crosby, bass; Jack Cooley, drums.
WGN Studios, Chicago, IL, November 12, 1946
| 623-3 | Deep In The Heart Of Texas |
| 624-3 | Sweet Patooty Boogie |
** also released on Mercury 5009x45.
5022 Buddy Rich - Dateless Brown / Desperate Desmond
Paul Cohn, Bitsy Mullens, Jim Pupa, Carl Warwick, trumpet; Sam Hyster, Johnny Mandel, Earl Swope, trombone; Romeo Penque, alto sax; George Berg, Mick Blanos, tenor sax; Sid Brown, baritone sax; Tony Nichols, piano; Lenny Mirabella, guitar; Joe Shulman, bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal.
NYC, February 5, 1946
| 213-1 | Dateless Brown |
| 215-1/2 | Desperate Desmond |
** also released on Mercury 5022x45.
5024 Buddy Morrow - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Lullaby
Buddy Morrow, trombone, leader; unidentified orchestra.
1946
| 211 | Lullaby |
| 336 | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes |
** also released on Mercury 5024x45.
5052 Ted Weems - Peg O' My Heart / Violets
no details.
5059 Frankie Laine - By The Light Of The Stars / Kiss Me Again
Herb Geller, alto sax, clarinet; Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra.
1947
| 867 | By The Light Of The Stars |
| 868 | Kiss Me Again |
5091 Frankie Laine - Shine / We'll Be Together Again
Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Carl Fischer, conductor.
Los Angeles, CA?, November 8, 1947
| 1131 | Shine |
| 1132 | We'll Be Together Again |
5096 Frankie Laine - I've Only Myself To Blame / But Beautiful
same session.
Los Angeles, CA?, November 8, 1947
| 1130 | I've Only Myself To Blame |
same personnel.
1947
| 1280 | But Beautiful |
Mercury 5100 series (10 inch 78 rpm and 7 inch 45 rpm)
5114 Frankie Laine - Baby That Ain't Right / May I Never Love Again
Carl Fischer, piano; Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Harry Geller, conductor; and others.
late 1947
| 1431 | May I Never Love Again |
Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Carl Fischer, conductor.
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
| 1244 | Baby That Ain't Right |
5118 Clyde McCoy - Sugar Blues / 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Clyde McCoy, trumpet; unidentified orchestra.
Detroit, MI, May 11, 1946
| 1715-2/P5 | Sugar Blues |
same personnel.
Detroit, MI, June 29, 1946
| 1720/P89 | 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans |
5130 Frankie Laine - Baby Don't Be Mad At Me / Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon
Carl Fischer, piano; Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Harry Geller, conductor; and others.
late 1947
| 1433 | Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon |
Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Carl Fischer, conductor.
1947
| 1278 | Baby Don't Be Mad At Me |
5136 Clyde McCoy - Mississippi Mud / Oh Baby What You Do To Me
Clyde McCoy, trumpet; Billie Jane Bennett, vocal; unidentified orchestra.
Detroit, MI, June 29, 1946
| 1722-1/P91 | Oh Baby What You Do To Me |
Clyde McCoy, trumpet; unidentified orchestra.
maybe NYC, 1947
| 1726-2/P164 | Mississippi Mud |
5143 Frankie Laine - When You're Smiling / no info
Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Carl Fischer, conductor.
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
| 1245 | When You're Smiling |
5158 Frankie Laine - Hold Me / Ah, But It Happens
same session.
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
| 1246 | Hold Me |
same personnel.
1947
| 1279 | Ah, But It Happens |
5174 Frankie Laine - Singing The Blues / Thanks For Your Kisses
Carl Fischer, piano; Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Harry Geller, conductor; and others.
late 1947
| 1436 | Thanks For Your Kisses |
Frankie Laine, vocal; unidentified orchestra, Carl Fischer, conductor.
Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 1947
| 1247 | Singing The Blues |
5185 George Hartman - Diga Diga Doo / Muskrat Ramble
George Hartman, trumpet; Julian Laine, trombone; Leonard Centobie, clarinet; Roy Zimmerman, piano; Lloyd Dantin, guitar; John Bell, bass; John Castaing, drums.
New Orleans, LA, March 14, 1941
| GH1-A | Diga Diga Doo |
| GH3-A | Muskrat Ramble |
** originally released on Keynote K602 in 1944.