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Website title: Mr. Trumpet – The Trials, Tribulations and Triumph of Bunny Berigan

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Composed by Cole Porter; head arrangement by Lee Wiley and Bunny Berigan.

Recorded on April 10, 1940 for Liberty Music Shop in New York.

Lee Wiley, vocal with Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Joe Bushkin, piano; Sid Weiss, bass; George Wettling, drums.

NOTE: This the second in a series of posts about Lee Wiley. The fi...


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Composed by Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson and Irving Mills(*).

Recorded by Red Norvo and His Swing Octet for Columbia on January 25, 1935 in New York.

Red Norvo, xylophone, directing: Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Leon “Chu” Berry, tenor saxophone; Johnny Mince, clarinet; Jack Jenney, trombone; Teddy Wilson, piano; George Van Eps, gui...


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Composed by Gene Gifford, Wingy Manone and Joe Bishop; arranged by Gene Gifford.

Recorded by Gene Gifford and His Orchestra for Victor on May 13, 1935 in New York.

Gene Gifford, directing: Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Morey Samel, trombone; Julian “Matty” Matlock, clarinet; Lawrence “Bud” Freeman, tenor saxophone; Claude Thornh...


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Composed by Ray Henderson; arranged by Dick Rose.

Recorded live in performance by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra at Trianon Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio on April 7, 1939.

Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton, first trumpet; Jake Koven and George Johnston, trumpets; Ray Conniff and Bob Jenney, trombones; Arcuiso “G...


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