Mildred Bailey
Born: Mildred Rinker February 27, 1907 (or 1900) in Tekoa, Washington
Died: December 12, 1951 Poughkeepsie, New York
Jazz, Jazz Singer, Jazz Vocals, Big Band, Swing
20’s, 30’s, 40’s
Mrs. Swing, The Rockin’ Chair Lady, Queen of Swing
Discography:
Hit singles
(Vocalion releases only)
Year | Single | US | Cat. No. |
---|---|---|---|
1936 | “For Sentimental Reasons“ | 18 | 3367 |
“More Than You Know“ | 15 | 3378 | |
1937 | “Trust in Me” (A-side) | 4 | 3449 |
“My Last Affair” (B-side) | 10 | 3449 | |
“Where Are You?“ | 5 | 3456 | |
“Never in a Million Years” | 8 | 3508 | |
“Rockin’ Chair“ | 13 | 3553 | |
“It’s the Natural Thing to Do” | 14 | 3626 | |
“Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)” | 14 | 3712 | |
“Right or Wrong“ | 19 | 3758 | |
1938 | “Thanks for the Memory“ | 11 | 3931 |
“Don’t Be That Way” | 9 | 4016 | |
“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart“ | 8 | 4083 | |
“Small Fry“ | 9 | 4224 | |
“So Help Me” | 2 | 4253 | |
“My Reverie“ | 10 | 4408 | |
1939 | “Blame It On My Last Affair” | 13 | 4632 |
“Moon Love” | 14 | 4939 |
Notable recordings
The following are some of Bailey’s most well-known swing recordings
- “Georgia on My Mind” (1932)
- “Lazy Bones” (1933)
- “Heat Wave” (1933)
- “Ol’ Pappy” (1934)
- “I’d Love to Take Orders from You” (1935)
- “Someday, Sweetheart” (1935)
- “When Day Is Done” (1935)
- “Honeysuckle Rose” (1935)
- “Squeeze Me” (1935)
- “‘Long About Midnight” (1936)
- “It Can Happen to You” (1936)
- “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” (1937)
- “Slummin’ on Park Avenue” (1937)
- “Worried Over You” (1937)
- “Love Is Here to Stay” (1938)
- “Please Be Kind” (1938)
- “Weekend of a Private Secretary” (1938)
- “Says My Heart” (1938)
- “Garden of the Moon” (1938)
- “Have You Forgotten So Soon?” (1938)
- “Born to Swing” (1938)
- “I Go for That” (1939)
- “Love’s a Necessary Thing” (1939)
- “I’m Glad There Is You” (1939)
- “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You” (1939)
- “The Lamp Is Low” (1939)
- “I Thought About You” (1939)
- “Bluebirds in the Moonlight” (1939)
- “Darn That Dream” (1939)
- “It’s So Peaceful in the Country” (1940)
- “Almost Like Being in Love” (1947)
Jazz Online:
jazz-on-line.com/artists/Mildred_Bailey.htm
Music Stacks:
http://www.musicstack.com/records-cds/mildred+bailey
Log of Milded’s CBS Radio Show – Music Till Midnight 1944:
http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logm1062.htm
Videos:
Jango:
http://www.jango.com/music/Mildred+Bailey?l=0
http://www.jango.com/music/Mildred+Bailey/_full_bio?l=0
Music Tonic:
http://musictonic.com/music/Mildred+Bailey#v=O7PjdY4YaQg
Anoomi:
http://www.anoomi.com/index.php?ytq=mildred+bailey&action=search
Shelf 3D:
http://shelf3d.com/5N6coZNQHjo#1938 Red Norvo – Love Is Here To Stay (Mildred Bailey, vocal)
Meta Cafe:
http://www.metacafe.com/videos_about/mildred_bailey/
OV Guide:
http://search.ovguide.com/?q=mildred+bailey&ci=424
You Repeat:
http://www.yourepeat.com/g/mildred+bailey
http://www.yourepeat.com/g/mildred+bailey+i+cried+for+you
Books:
Mildred Section of the Encyclopedia of Native Music:
books.google.com/books?id=1fbJeDztFG8C&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=mildred+bailey&source=bl&ots=M582q9gF-Y&sig=qDqmp6Pc5KN39P9wzcRkTmCa4_4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dSenU-OxEYiEogT2voGgCQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwATiWAQ#v=onepage&q=mildred bailey&f=false
Mildred Section in Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz:
books.google.com/books?id=6muvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=mildred+bailey&source=bl&ots=F40T6FeeTR&sig=1KkUICuEe8UynHJnwTrR7mn4fhU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lh6nU6XhMsnYoAS_64LwBg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAzhk#v=onepage&q=mildred bailey&f=false
Milded Section in Weather Bird:
books.google.com/books?id=w-oMvvaaYgwC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=mildred+bailey&source=bl&ots=2ux597BgBP&sig=ImCl1fpVx1WDsZS6uPKFgc140eM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dSenU-OxEYiEogT2voGgCQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwADiWAQ#v=onepage&q=mildred bailey&f=false
Bios:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Bailey
All Music:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mildred-bailey-mn0000423437
Solid!:
http://www.parabrisas.com/d_baileym.php
Answers:
http://www.answers.com/topic/mildred-bailey
Slipcue:
http://www.slipcue.com/music/jazz/artists/mildredbailey.html
Native American Encyclopedia:
http://nativeamericanencyclopedia.com/mildred-bailey-coeur-dalene/
Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/307409-Mildred-Bailey
Music Brainz:
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e079ff65-ad41-48e9-b6ce-8cdb0db64802
Last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Mildred+Bailey
Britannica:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1299584/Mildred-Bailey
History Link:
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7445
Oldies:
http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Mildred-Bailey.html
All About Jazz:
http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/mildredbailey
Artistopia:
http://www.artistopia.com/mildred-bailey/biography
Jazz.com:
http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/bailey-midred-mildred-rinker
BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/mildred_bailey.shtml
Music Nectar:
http://www.musicnectar.com/music/mildred+bailey.html
Jazz Music Archives:
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/mildred-bailey/?ac=mildred%20bailey
Biography:
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/mildred-bailey
Musician Guide:
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001101/Mildred-Bailey.html
Around the Web:
Jazz Lives:
https://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/who-erased-mildred-
https://jazzlives.wordpress.com/tag/mildred-bailey/bailey/
Shiraz Socialist:
Feminine Writings:
http://femininewritings.tumblr.com/post/78206739451/mildred-bailey-a-voice-of-silk
Virtual Victrola:
Taralinda Muses:
Planet Barbarella:
http://planetbarberella.blogspot.com/2011/11/mildred-baileythe-mother-of-em-allit.html
Women in Music:
http://women-in-music.tumblr.com/search/mildred+bailey
Classic Ladies of Color:
Relative Esoterica:
http://relativeesoterica.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-tears-no-fuss-happy-birthday-bails.html
Mildred Bailey at the Blue Angel:
http://nyapril1946.blogspot.com/2010/07/mildred-bailey-at-blue-angel.html
Pancoco Jams:
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/07/mildred-bailey-shouting-at-amen-corner.html
Running Gamak:
http://www.warrensenders.com/journal/?tag=mildred-bailey
Still a Brooklyn Kid:
http://stillabrooklynkid.blogspot.com/2012/03/born-to-swing-greatness-of-mildred.html
My Vintage Kosher Kitchen:
http://myvintagekosherkitchen.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/cookies-and-milk-and-mildred-
Orange Crate Art:
http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2008/02/mildred-bailey-stars-and-us.html
The Judy Garland Experience:
http://thejudygarlandexperience.blogspot.com/2010/07/mildred-bailey.html
On This Day in Jazz:
http://jazzagemusic.blogspot.com/#uds-search-results
jazzagemusic.blogspot.com/2014/02/february-27th.html
Good Ole Woody:
http://goodolewoody.me/2012/08/12/mildred-bailey-fools-rush-in/
Yehoodi:
http://www.yehoodi.com/search/?q=mildred+bailey
The Thought Criminal:
http://zthoughtcriminal.blogspot.com/2013/09/mildred-bailey-darn-that-dream.html
Legacy.com:
http://www.legacy.com/news/legends-and-legacies/mildred-bailey-mrs-swing/211/
Jazz.com:
http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-mildred-bailey
Jazz Times:
Huckleberries Online:
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/tags/mildred-bailey/
Bixography Forum:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/27140/message/1370459410/When+Was+Mildred+Bailey+Born-
National Congress of American Indians:
http://www.ncai.org/resources/resolutions/mildred-rinker-bailey
Newspaper Rock:
http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2012/03/recognition-sought-for-mildred-bailey.html
Mosaic Records:
Bing Crosby Music Archives:
http://bingfan03.blogspot.com/2012/05/bing-and-mildred-bailey.html
Bing Crosby Theater:
http://www.bingcrosbytheater.com/events/655/thanks-for-the-memory-tribute-to-mildred-bailey
US Stamp Gallery:
http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=91a8151db31376f10da45a9c038747c0b4f595b6
1938 Herald Journal Article:
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19381030&id=K1QsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6coEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5816,5615229
1940 NYT Article:
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1943 NYT Article:
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1944 NYT Ads:
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1946 NYT Ad:
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1950 NYT Article:
search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/111478048/2845784143FB4C23PQ/5?accountid=35117
1951 NYT Obituary:
search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/112101563/2845784143FB4C23PQ/1?accountid=35117
1962 NYT Article:
search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/116161787/2845784143FB4C23PQ/3?accountid=35117
2001 NYT Article:
search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/92142371/2845784143FB4C23PQ/4?accountid=35117
2001 NPR Article:
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/4558280/mildred-bailey-that-rockin-chair-lady
2001 Courant Article:
articles.courant.com/2001-03-18/entertainment/0103180615_1_perfect-pitch-red-norvo-quality-and-quantity
2011 Inlander Article:
http://www.inlander.com/spokane/channeling-mildred-bailey/Content?oid=2134534
2012 Wenatchee World Article:
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/mar/16/idaho-tribe-mrs-swing-was-indian/?print
2014 CDA Press Article:
http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_e90045c6-a119-57e6-9d34-756a08ad0aa9.html
IMBd:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3072906/
Guides Home:
http://www.spokesman.com/guides/bing-crosby/stop-7/
Tumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mildred-bailey
Pinterest:
http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=mildred bailey
My Space:
https://myspace.com/missmildredbailey
Find A Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33582132
Songs:
Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=mildred bailey AND collection%3Aaudio_music
Mix Cloud:
http://www.mixcloud.com/artist/mildred-bailey/
Music VF:
http://www.musicvf.com/Mildred+Bailey.art
8Tracks:
http://8tracks.com/explore/songs/Mildred_Bailey
Rhapsody:
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/mildred-bailey
Old Time Radio Podcast:
http://nostalgic-radio.com/2011/03/09/mildred-bailey-wish-you-were-waiting-for-me-1939.aspx
What Kind of Man is You 1929:
I Like to Do Things For You 1930:
All of Me 1931:
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 1931:
Georgia 1931:
We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye 1931:
Too Late 1931:
He’s Not Worth Your Tears 1931:
Blues in My Heart 1931:
Home 1931:
Lies 1931:
Rockin’ Chair 1932 and 1937:
I’ll Never Be the Same 1932:
Sleepy Time Down South 1932:
Dear Old Mother Dixie 1932:
Strangers 1932:
Love Me Tonight 1932:
Dance Selections from Hot-Cha 1932:
Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon 1932:
Heat Wave 1933:
Doin’ The Uptown Lowdown 1933:
Shouting in That Amen Corner 1933:
Lazy Bones 1933:
There’s a Cabin in the Pines 1933:
But I Can’t Make A Man 1933:
Emaline 1934:
Junk Man 1934:
Ol’ Pappy 1934:
Someday Sweetheart 1935:
Squeeze Me 1935:
When Day is Done 1935:
Downhearted Blues 1935:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qwuPBRKb8
Willow Tree 1935:
Honeysuckle Rose 1935:
Harry Richmond Radio Show 1936:
Picture Me Without You 1936:
More Than You Know 1937:
Just a Stone’s Throw From Heaven 1937:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 1937:
Smoke Dreams 1937:
There’s a Lull in My Life 1937:
The Moon Got in My Eyes 1937:
Where Are You? 1937:
The Morning After 1937:
It’s the Natural Thing to Do 1937:
Bob White 1937:
A Cigarette and a Silhouette 1938:
Lover Come Back To Me 1938:
As Long As You Live 1938:
After Dinner Speech 1938:
Says My Heart 1938:
I Can’t Face the Music Without Singing the Blues 1938:
I Go For That 1938:
My Melancholy Baby 1938:
Love is Here to Stay 1938:
I Used to Be Color-Blind 1938:
What Have You Got That Gets Me 1938:
If You Were in My Place 1938:
Small Fry 1938:
Have You Forgotten So Soon 1938:
Old Folks 1938:
Blame it on My Last Affair 1938:
I See Your Face Before Me 1938:
Bewildered 1938:
The Weekend of the Private Secretary 1938:
Rock it For Me 1938:
Thanks for the Memories 1938:
Don’t Be That Way 1938:
Wigwammin” 1938:
At Your Beck and Call 1938:
So Help Me 1938:
Thanks for the Memory 1938:
Please Be Kind 1938:
They’ll Be Some Changes Made 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
Barrelhouse Music 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
Arkansas Blues 1939 w Mary Lou Williams:
You Don’t Know My Mind 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
The Little Man that Wasn’t There 1939:
Don’t Dally With the Devil 1939:
Tit Willow 1939:
Darn That Dream 1939:
Make With the Kisses 1939:
I See Your Fave Before Me, The Lamp is Low 1939:
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 1939:
It’s Slumbertime in the Swanee 1939:
Prisoner of Love 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
Moon Love 1939:
Three Little Fishes 1939:
I Thought About You 1939:
St. Louis Blues 1939:
Blue Rain 1939:
I Shoulda Stood in Bed 1939:
All the Things You Are 1939:
Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam) 1940:
The Complete Columbia Recordings Volume 10 1940-1941:
1. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) [Alternate Take]
2. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
3. Little High Chairman
4. Easy to Love
5. Give Me Time
6. They Can’t Take That Away from Me
7. A Bee Gezindt
8. After All I’ve Been to You
9. Don’t Take Your Love from Me [Alternate Take][#]
10. Don’t Take Your Love from Me
11. Fools Rush In
12. From Another World
13. I’m Nobody’s Baby
14. Give Me Time
15. How Can I Ever Be Alone?
16. Tennessee Fish Fry
17. I’ll Pray for You
18. Blue (And Broken Hearted)
19. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry [Alternate Take]
20. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry
21. I’ll Be Around [Alternate Take][#]
22. I’ll Be Around
23. My Little Cousin
So Peaceful in the Country 1941:
I’m Afraid of Myself 1941:
Everything Depends on You 1941:
All Too Soon 1941:
Georgia on My Mind 1941:
Carolina Moon 1943:
Evelina 1944:
1944 Radio Show:
Scrap Your Fat 1943:
Jump Jump’s Here 1944:
Me and the Blues 1946:
Cry,Cry, Cry 1950:
Dixieland Clambake 1951: