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1944 compilation album by Various

Up Swing

Compilation album by Various

Released

February 17, 1944

Recorded

1936–1941

Genre

Dance band, swing, jazz

Label

Victor

Glenn Miller chronology

Chicago Jazz Classics
(1943)

Up Swing
(1944)

Smoke
Rings
(1944)

Benny Goodman chronology

Chicago Jazz Classics
(1943)

Up Swing
(1944)

Smoke
Rings
(1944)

Tommy Dorsey chronology

Getting Sentimental with Tommy Dorsey
(1941)

Up Swing
(1944)

Smoke
Rings
(1944)

Artie Shaw chronology

Four Star Favorites
(1941)

Up Swing
(1944)

Smoke
Rings
(1944)

Up Swing is a compilation album of phonograph records released by bandleaders Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw in 1944 as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series. The set, a progenitor to greatest hits releases, features some of the most popular Dance Band Era recordings by the four bandleaders.

Reception

Released in the middle of the 1942-44 recording ban, the album reached number four on the August 4, 1945 Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart, which would soon become the standard. A February 1944 issue of Billboard Magazine highlighted Miller's disc specifically: "Re-issue of this swell tune is one of eight sides comprising Victor's new album, "Up Swing." A close race, but this disk wins. Miller fans, new and old, should eat it up." However, Swing Magazine's Bob Kennedy preferred Shaw's disk and declared the album "an absolute must for collectors."

Track listing

These reissued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Victor P-146.

Disc 1: (20-1549)

"Stompin' At The Savoy", recorded January 24, 1936 with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.
"Don't Be That Way", recorded February 16, 1938 with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.

Disc 2: (20-1550)

"Song of India", recorded February 5, 1937 with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
"Yes Indeed!", recorded February 17, 1941 with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.

Disc 3: (20-1551)

"Begin the Beguine", recorded July 24, 1938 with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra. Arranged by Billy Finegan.
"Oh, Lady Be Good", recorded August 27, 1939 with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra.

Disc 4: (20-1552)

"Tuxedo Junction", recorded February 5, 1940 with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash and Buddy Feyne. Arranged by Jerry Gray.
"A String of Pearls", recorded November 3, 1941 with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Arranged by Jerry Gray.

LP track listing

In 1951, RCA Victor reissued the set on 10" LP as RCA Victor LPT-12.

Side one
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Stompin' At The Savoy"	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	3:14
2.	"Song of India"	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	3:05
3.	"Begin the Beguine"	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:13
4.	"Tuxedo Junction"	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	3:26

Side two
No.	Title	Artist	Length
5.	"A String of Pearls"	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	3:13
6.	"Oh, Lady Be Good"	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:07
7.	"Yes Indeed!"	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	3:29
8.	"Don't Be That Way"	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	3:21

References

"Best Selling Popular Record Albums" (PDF). American Radio History. The Billboard. 4 August 1945. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
"Record Possibilities" (PDF). American Radio History. The Billboard. 26 February 1944. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
Kennedy, Bob (March 1947). "Swing Session with Bob Kennedy". Swing. Vol. 3, no. 3. WHB Broadcasting Co. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500 - 20-2000". 78discography.com. The Online Discographical Project. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
"Various – Up Swing". Discogs. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

Number one hits

1939	"Stairway to the Stars" "Over the Rainbow" "In the Mood"
1940	"Tuxedo Junction" "The Woodpecker Song"
1941	"Song of the Volga Boatmen" "Chattanooga Choo Choo" "Elmer's Tune"
1942	"A String of Pearls" "Moonlight Cocktail" "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo"
1943	"That Old Black Magic"

Other notable songs

"American Patrol"
"Anvil Chorus"
"At Last"
"Blueberry Hill"
"Caribbean Clipper"
"Crosstown"
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)"
"Here We Go Again"
"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem"
"I Know Why (And So Do You)"
"It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake like That)"
"Jukebox Saturday Night"
"Little Brown Jug"
"Moonlight Becomes You"
"Moonlight Serenade"
"The Nearness of You"
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
"Pennsylvania 6-5000"
"Perfidia"
"St. Louis Blues"
"Serenade in Blue"
"Skylark"
"Sunrise Serenade"
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"

Albums

Chicago Jazz Classics (1943)
Up Swing (1944)
Smoke Rings (1944)
Glenn Miller (1945)
Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Volume II (1947)
Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" (1954)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert (1958)
Pure Gold (1975)
In the Digital Mood (1983)

Members

Vocalists	Marion Hutton Ray Eberle Tex Beneke Jack Lathrop Ernie Caceres Kay Starr Dorothy Claire Paula Kelly The Modernaires Skip Nelson
Musicians	Al Klink Al Mastren Paul Tanner Toby Tyler Tommy Mack Frank D’Annolfo Howard Gibeling Jimmy Priddy Wilbur Schwartz Stanley Aronson Hal McIntyre Tex Beneke Ernie Caceres Jimmy Abato Gabe Galinas Hal Tennyson Benny Feman Babe Russin Skip Martin Johnny Austin Lou Mucci Bob Price Charlie Hill Legh Knowles Mickey McMickle Clyde Hurley Johnny Best Zeke Zarchy Charles Frankhauser Billy May Ray Anthony Alec Fila Bill Graham Steve Lipkins Allan Reuss Arthur Ens Dick Fisher Jack Lathrop Bobby Hackett Bill Conway Chummy MacGregor Bob Spangler Cody Sandifer Frankie Carlson Maurice Purtill Rollie Bundock Tony Carlson Trigger Alpert Doc Goldberg
Arrangers	Jerry Gray Bill Finegan Glenn Miller Billy May
Composers	Glenn Miller Harry Warren Mack Gordon

Army Air Force
band alumni

Media

Films	The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Orchestra Wives (1942) Upbeat in Music (1943) The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Publications	125 Jazz Breaks for Trombone (1927) Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging (1943)

v t e Benny Goodman
Albums	A Jazz Holiday (1928) Swinging 34 Vols. 1 & 2 (1934) Original Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet Sessions, Vol. 1: After You've Gone (1935) Air Play (1936) From Spirituals to Swing (1938) Up Swing (1944) Smoke Rings (1944) Swedish Pastry (1948) The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950) Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman (1957) The Benny Goodman Treasure Chest (1959) Benny Goodman in Moscow (1962) Benny Goodman Today (1970) The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian: 1939–1941 (1989)
Songs	"Jersey Bounce" "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" "Sleep" "Taking a Chance on Love" "Why Don't You Do Right" "Symphony"
Related articles	The Benny Goodman Story The Swing Kings
Commons

v t e Tommy Dorsey
Studio albums	The One and Only Tommy Dorsey (1961) Tommy Dorsey's Dance Party (1966) Tommy Dorsey (1937–1941) (1976) Yes Indeed! (1990)
Compilation albums	Up Swing (1944) Smoke Rings (1944) Starmaker (1944) The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions (1982) Music Goes Round and Round (1991) Stop, Look and Listen (1994) This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 1 (2001) It's D'Lovely 1947–1950 (2004)
Songs	"Boogie Woogie" "Dolores" "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" "For Sentimental Reasons" "The Hucklebuck" "I Can Dream, Can't I?" "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "I'll Be Seeing You" "I'll Never Smile Again" "Imagination" "In the Blue of Evening" "In the Middle of a Dream" "Indian Summer" "It's Always You" "Just as Though You Were Here" "Let's Get Away from It All" "The Morning After" "Oh! Look at Me Now" "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "Once in a While" "Only Forever" "Our Love Affair" "Sleep" "Stardust" "Take Me" "There Are Such Things" "This Is No Dream" "This Love of Mine" "To You" "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" "Yes, Indeed!" "You Taught Me to Love Again"
The Dorsey Brothers	"Annie's Cousin Fannie" "Tomorrow's Another Day" "Harlem Chapel Chimes" "Dese Dem Dose"
Related articles	Jimmy Dorsey The Fabulous Dorseys Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey I Remember Tommy

v t e Artie Shaw
Compilation albums	Four Star Favorites Up Swing
Singles	"Begin the Beguine" "Indian Love Call" "Deep Purple" "All the Things You Are" "Stranger in Paradise" "What Is This Thing Called Love?" "Alone Together" "Frenesi" "Gloomy Sunday" "Stardust" "Moonglow" "Dancing in the Dark" "Blues in the Night" "Love Walked In" "It Had to Be You" "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "How Deep Is the Ocean?"
Films	Second Chorus Dancing Co-Ed
Related	Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got "Smug Alert!"

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