tracks

Old Grand Dad
Fat And Greasy
Little Curly Hair In A High Chair
Square From Delaware
You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business
Too Tired
'Send Me' Jackson
Eep. Ipe. Wanna Piece Of Pie
Stop Pretending
I'll Never Smile Again
My Mommie Sent Me To The Store
Dry Bones
'Fats' Waller's Original E Flat Blues
Stayin' At Home
Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister
Everybody Loves My Baby
I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar
'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Nezz If I Do
Abercrombie Had A Zombie
Blue Eyes
Scram!
Melancholy Baby
Georgia Grind
Oh Sister Ain't That Hot
Dancing Fool
(You're Some) Pretty Doll
Mamacita
Liver Lip Jones
Buckin' The Dice
Pantin' In The Panther Room
Come Down To Earth, My Angel
Shortnin' Bread
I Repent
Do You Have To Go?
Pan-Pan
I Wanna Hear Swing Songs
You're Gonna Be Sorry
All That Meat And No Potatoes
Let's Get Away From It All
Georgia On My Mind
Rockin' Chair
Carolina Shout
Honeysuckle Rose
Ring Dem Bells
Twenty-Four Robbers
I Understand
Sad Sap Sucker Am I
Headlines In The News
Chant Of The Groove
Come And Get It
Rump Steak Serenade
Getting Much Lately? (Ain't Nothin' To It)
Oh Baby, Sweet Baby
Buck Jumpin'
That Gets It, Mr Joe
The Bells Of San Raquel
Bessie, Bessie, Bessie
Clarinet Marmalade
Winter Weather
Cash For Your Trash
Don't Give Me That Jive
Your Socks Don't Match
We Need A LIttle Love
You Must Be Losing Your Mind
Two Bits (Really Fine)
The Jitterbug Waltz
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Swing Out To Victory
Up Jumped You With Love
Romance A La Mode
That's What The Well-Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear
That Ain't Right
Ain't Misbehavin'
Moppin' And Boppin'
Ain't Misbehavin' / Two Sleepy People
Slightly Less Than Wonderful / There's A Gal In My Life
That's What The Bird Said To Me
Waller Jive / Hallelujah
This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal / Martinique
You're A Viper (The Reefer Song)
Solitude
Bouncin' On A V-Disc
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
The Ladies Who Sing With The Band
To A Wild Rose / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
St Louis Blues
Organ Tests
Pleasure Mad
Back-Bitin' Mama
I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
Maybe - Who Knows?
Chloe
When You're With Somebody Else
Wipe 'Em Off
You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business
Georgia Grind 2
Georgia Grind 3
Oh Sister Ain't That Hot 2
Oh Sister Ain't That Hot 3
Oh Sister Ain't That Hot (Inc)
Dancing Fool 2
Dancing Fool 3
(You're Some) Pretty Doll 2
(You're Some) Pretty Doll 3
Pantin' In The Panther Room
Come Down To Earth, My Angel
Shortnin' Bread
Carolina Shout
Your Socks Don't Match
Martinique
Hallelujah

notes

Piano credits on tracks 2-1 to 2-4 are literally to -- Fats Waller (as Maurice Waller) --

1-1 to 1-8: New York, April 11, 1940.
1-9 to 1-15: New York, July 16, 1940.
1-16 to 1-22: New York, November 6, 1940.
2-1 to 2-4: Liederkranz Hall, New York, 11 or 14 November, 1940.
2-5 to 2-11: Chicago, January 2, 1941.
2-12 to 2-17: New York, March 20, 1941.
2-18 to 3-3: New York, May 13, 1941 (2-18 to 2-23 piano solos).
3-4 to 3-7: Hollywood, July 1, 1941.
3-8 to 3-13: New York, October 1, 1941.
3-14 to 3-17: New York, December 26, 1941.
3-18 to 3-21: New York, March 16, 1942.
3-22, 3-23: New York, July 30, 1942.
4-1, 4-2: New York, July 13, 1942.
4-3: New York, July 30, 1942.
4-4 to 4-6: Hollywood, January 23, 1943.
4-7 to 4-20 (V-Discs, solo piano, organ, vocals): New York, September 16, 1943 (tracks 4-17 to 4-20 as far as is known were not released as V-Discs. They are from Fats Waller's private collection).

Tracks 5-1 to 5-7 are sides where no definitive agreement as to Fats' participation has been reached, but where he might reasonably be expected to have been present.

5-1, 5-2: New York, August 1, 1924.
5-3, 5-4: New York, June 26, 1929.
5-5, 5-6: There is longstanding dispute as to Fats' presence as organist on these sides. Shilkret said he was. However, the session pianist (Milton Rettenburg) said the organ was played by Sigmund Krumgold. New York, March 2, 1928.
5-7: New York, January 3, 1930.

Alternates:

5-8: as 1-5.
5-9 to 5-17: as 2-1 to 2-4.
5-18 to 5-21: as 2-5 to 2-24.
5-22: as 3-14 to 3-17.
5-23, 5-24: as 4-11.

credits

Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Eugene Sedric,
Double Bass [String Bass] – Cedric Wallace, Charles Turner (5) (tracks: 3-14 to 3-17)
Drums – Arthur Trappier (tracks: 3-14 to 3-17, 3-22 to 4-2), Slick Jones
Guitar – Albert Casey, (tracks: 1-9 to 1-22, 2-5 to 2-17, Disc 3, 4-1, 4-2), John Smith (6) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Piano, Celesta, Electric Organ, Vocals – Fats Waller
Trumpet – Herman Autrey (tracks: 3-14 to 3-17), John Hamilton (6)

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