Music For A First Love

Album Music For A First Love by Dinah Washington

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Music For A First Love
Disc #-Track #Song
Composer Lyrics Arranger
Musicinas
Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists
Recording DateRecording LocationAttribution
1-1Embraceable You

Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
Dinah Washington(vo),Dave Young(ts),Harry “Pee Wee” Jackson,Sonny Cohn,Willie Cook(tp),Gus Chappell(tb),Rudy Martin(p),Bill Settles(b),Oliver Coleman(d) & Gus Chappell’s Orchestra 1/14 1946
  • Chicago,IL
  • Big Band
1-2Stairway To The Stars

Music:Frank Signorelli,Matty Malneck , Lyrics:Mitchell Parish
Dinah Washington(vo),Billy Bauer(gt),Tony Aless(p),Chubby Jackson(b) & Chubby Jackson’s Big Band 3/25, 4/15 1947
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
1-3Am I Asking Too Much

Music:Helen Miller,Fay Whitman/
Dinah Washington(vo),Andrew Gardner(as),Dave Young(ts),Harry Jackson(tp),Rudy Martin(p),Bill Settles(b),Curtis Walker(d) & Dave Young Orchestra 4/5 1947
  • Chicago,IL
  • NY,NY19/50)
  • Big Band
1-4(What Can I Say, Dear) After I Say I’m Sorry?

Music:Walter Donaldson , Lyrics:Abe Lyman
Dinah Washington(vo),Hurley Ramey(gt),Rudy Martin(p),Bill Settles(b) 11/13 1947
  • Chicago,IL
  • Drumless
1-5Harbor Lights

Music:Will Grosz , Lyrics:Jimmy Kennedy
Dinah Washington(vo) & Jimmy Carroll Orchestra
Jimmy Carroll(cond)
9/1 1950
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
  • Strings
1-6How Deep Is The Ocean? (How High Is The Sky)

Music:Irving Berlin , Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Dinah Washington(vo),Ernie Wilkins,Rupert Cole(as),Cecil Payne(bs),George Hudson(tp),Freddie Green(gt),James Forman(p),Ray Brown(b),Teddy Stewart(d) & Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra 3/4 1949
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
1-7Time Out For Tears

Music:Irving Berman
Jimmy Carroll(cond)
Dinah Washington(vo) & Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra
9/1 1950
  • NY,NY
  • Strings
1-8If I Loved You

Music:Richard Rodgers , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II
Dinah Washington(vo),Teddy Stewart(d) & Teddy Stewart Orchestra 2/27 1950
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
1-9I Want To Cry

Music:Harry Pirone, Lille Randall
Dinah Washington(vo),Robert Cole(as),William Parker(ts),Bob Merrill,Cootie Williams(tp),Mundell Lowe(gt),Arnold Jarvis(p),Leonard Swain(b),Sylvester “Vess” Payne(d) & Cootie Williams’ Orchestra 12/30 1947
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
1-10It Isn’t Fair

Music:Richard Himber, Frank Warshauer, Sylvester Sprigato
Dinah Washington(vo),Teddy Stewart(d) & Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra 2/27 1950
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
1-11I Want To Be Loved

Music:Savannah Churchill
Dinah Washington(vo),Ernie Wilkins(as),Cecil Payne(bs),Benny Powell(tb),Freddie Green(gt),Ray Brown(b),[OR Billy Bauer(gt),Tony Aless(p),Chubby Jackson(b)],Teddy Stewart(d) & Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra 5/9 1950
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band
1-12I Only Know

Music:Richard Johnson,Dinah Washington/
Dinah Washington(vo),Ernie Wilkins,Rupert Cole(as),Cecil Payne(bs),George Hudson(tp),Freddie Green(gt),James Forman(p),Ray Brown(b),Teddy Stewart(d) & Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra 3/4 1949
  • NY,NY
  • Big Band