Born on this day – Jimmy Rushing:

Jimmy Rushing

Blues singer

Pianist

August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

1944 - 1944 (1986); 1965-70 - The Scene: Live in New York (2009); At Savoy Ballroom 1937–1944 (1972); Benny Goodman, Benny in Brussels (1958);  Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie: The Songs They Made Famous (1961); Big Boy Blues (1964); Buck Clayton, Copenhagen Concert (1979); Cat Meets Chick (1956); Count Basie at Newport (1957); Dave Brubeck, Brubeck and Rushing (1960); Duke Ellington, Jazz Party (1959); Earl Hines, Blues and Things (1968); Every Day I Have the Blues (1967); Five Feet of Soul (1963); Gee Baby Ain't I Been Good to You (1971); Goin' to Chicago (1955); If This Ain't the Blues (1958); Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy & Jimmy (1967); Listen to the Blues with Jimmy Rushing (1956); Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (1958); Livin' the Blues (1968); Mr. Five By Flve "Live" (1966); Rushing Lullabies (1959); Sings the Blues (1955); The Complete Count Basie, Volumes 1-10 (date?); The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq. (1957); The Newport Years Volume VI (1973); The Original American Decca Recordings / 3CD box set (1992); The You and Me That Used to Be (1971); VV AA -The Sound Of Jazz (1959); Who Was It Sang That Song? (1967).

Movies and television:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); Air Mail Special (1941); Baseball (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Choo Choo Swing (1943); Crazy House (1943); Eileen (2023); Ella Fitzgerald: Good Morning Blues / Visualizer (2023); Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams (2020); Fellow Travelers (2023); Kansas City (1996); Omnibus / Segment: 135th Street (1953); Sarah Sings & Basie Swings (1963); Six-Five Special (1957); Take Me Back, Baby (1941); The Blues (2003); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Learning Tree (1969); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Salton Sea (2002); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978); The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022); The War (2007); When We First Met (2018).