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Fats Waller
Middle Years 1 (1936-38)
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Havin' a Ball - Fats Waller, Johnson, James [01]
2. I'm Sorry I Made You Cry - Fats Waller, Clesi, Jeannine
3. Who's Afraid of Love? - Fats Waller, Mitchell, Sidney
4. Please Keep Me in Your Dreams - Fats Waller, Lawnhurst, Vee
5. One in a Million - Fats Waller, Mitchell, Sidney
6. Nero - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
7. You're Laughing at Me - Fats Waller, Berlin, Irving
8. I Can't Break the Habit of You - Fats Waller, Beal, Charlie
9. Did Anyone Ever Tell You? - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
10. When Love Is Young - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
11. The Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me - Fats Waller, Lewis, Sam M. [1]
12. Cryin' Mood - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
13. Where Is the Sun? - Fats Waller, David, Lee
14. Old Plantation - Fats Waller, David [1]
15. To a Sweet Pretty Thing - Fats Waller, Ahlert, Fred E.
16. You've Been Reading My Mail - Fats Waller, Meyer, George [2] W
17. Spring Cleaning - Fats Waller, Powell, Teddy
18. You Showed Me the Way - Fats Waller, Fitzgerald, Ella
19. You Showed Me the Way [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Fitzgerald, Ella
20. Boo-Hoo [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Heyman, Edward
21. The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out) [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Tomlin, Pinky
22. San Anton' - Fats Waller, Denniker, Paul
23. San Anton' [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Denniker, Paul
24. I've Got a New Lease on Love - Fats Waller, Ahlert, Fred E.
25. I've Got a New Lease on Love [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Ahlert, Fred E.
Track Listings (22) - Disc #2
1. Sweet Heartache - Fats Waller, Stept, Sam
2. Sweet Heartache [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Stept, Sam
3. Honeysuckle Rose [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
4. Smarty (You Know It All) - Fats Waller, Freed, Arthur
5. Don't You Know or Don't You Care? - Fats Waller, Fain, Sammy
6. Lost Love - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
7. I'm Gonna Put You in Your Place - Fats Waller, Meyer, George [2] W
8. Blue Turning Grey Over You [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
9. You've Got Me Under Your Thumb - Fats Waller, Brooks, Harry
10. Beat It Out - Fats Waller, Bernier, Buddy
11. Our Love Was Meant to Be - Fats Waller, Davis, Ed
12. I'd Rather Call You Baby - Fats Waller, Lawnhurst, Vee
13. I'm Always in the Mood for You - Fats Waller, Coots, J. Fred
14. She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific - Fats Waller, Coots, J. Fred
15. You're My Dish - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
16. More Power to You - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
17. How Can I? - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
18. The Joint Is Jumpin' - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
19. A Hopeless Love Affair - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
20. What Will I Do in the Morning? - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
21. How Ya, Baby? - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
22. Jealous of Me - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
Track Listings (23) - Disc #3
1. Every Day's a Holiday - Fats Waller, Coslow, Sam
2. Neglected - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
3. My Window Faces the South - Fats Waller, Livingston, Jerry
4. Am I in Another World? - Fats Waller, Green, Bud
5. Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloha? - Fats Waller, Maskill, Jack
6. My First Impression of You - Fats Waller, Stept, Sam
7. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Fats Waller, Fields, Dorothy
8. Georgia on My Mind - Fats Waller, Carmichael, Hoagy
9. Something Tells Me - Fats Waller, Mercer, Johnny
10. I Love to Whistle - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
11. You Went to My Head - Fats Waller, Bernier, Buddy
12. Florida Flo - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
13. Lost and Found - Fats Waller, Tomlin, Pinky
14. Don't Try to Cry Your Way Back to Me - Fats Waller, Kelly
15. Marie - Fats Waller, Berlin, Irving
16. In the Gloaming [Instrumental] - Fats Waller, Traditional
17. You Had an Ev'ning to Spare - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
18. Let's Break the Good News - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
19. Skrontch - Fats Waller, Ellington, Duke
20. I Simply Adore You - Fats Waller, Mann, Paul
21. The Sheik of Araby - Fats Waller, Smith, Harry [2] Be
22. Hold My Hand - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
23. Inside (This Heart of Mine) - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C. [Comp

CD Details

All Artists: Fats Waller
Title: Middle Years 1 (1936-38)
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Original Release Date: 10/27/1992
Release Date: 10/27/1992
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Jive Jazz
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPCs: 078636608327, 078636608341

Synopsis

Amazon.com

While the swing era has been strongly identified with big bands, few musicians of the period enjoyed the success of Fats Waller, who spent most of the period happily leading a sextet. While Waller's popularity was inevitably tied to his casual vocals and the scale of his personality--his verbal humor can become a running commentary on an instrumental--Waller was one of the greatest pianists who ever played jazz. Part of a comprehensive series of Waller's band recordings for RCA, this three-CD set covers his work from December 1936 to April 1938. As with every volume in the series, there's a mix of novelty vocals, sentimental ballads, and superior pop songs. What distinguishes all of it is the genius of the Waller piano, from animated stride to the most thoughtful chord, all of it delivered with a lightness of touch that inspired pianists like Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson. In the spirit of the times, Waller expanded "His Rhythm" to a 14-piece band for the final session, which includes rousing versions of "Sheik of Araby" and Duke Ellington's "Skrontch." --Stuart Broomer

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CD Reviews

The Essential Fats Waller

Bob Marshak | Tempe, Arizona | 12/07/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 3 CD boxed set contains 70 selections, played and sung by Thomas "Fats" Waller, backed up by some of the finest jazz muscians of the 1930's. Originally recorded from December 1936, to April 1938, Fats and his jazz bands, keep your fingers snapping and toes tapping with his signature renditions of songs written by such American icons as Irving Berlin, Guy Lombardo, James McHugh, and Johnny Mercer, as well as his own compositions, written and arranged with the help of his long-time partner, Andy Razaf. His keyboard stylings are unique as are the comments he injects into the lyrics. His instrumental version of "The Love Bug Will Get You (If You Don't Watch Out) will have you dancing in no time flat. He makes a jazz masterpiece out of Berlin's "Marie". For those of you who think Fats Waller is famous only for his Ain't Misbehavin' musical, this CD will show that he was truly a musical genius of the first order."

More fine jazz from Fats

L. A. Grider | Arkansas | 07/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Middle Years Part One sees essentially the same cats coming back from earlier volumes on the record dates, with the exception of some "big band" sides where "His Rhythm" gets fleshed out. Most of the songs are original compositions and it makes me wonder "when the hell did this guy sleep?"

It's too bad these sets went out of print, but thankfully they're still available at a usually reasonable price in good condition. I'm working towards collecting them all. I have a radio show on local community FM, specializing in all kinds of classic American music and Fats always gets a call of appreciation. In a modern music scene full of flash in the pan, photogenic 1-D "artists", I treat the music of Fats and folks like him as manna from music heaven."