A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird (1940-10-14, mx. 28863-1: Master take)

~ Recording by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird?:??Cab Calloway and His Orch.A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird / Make Yourself at HomeCab Calloway and His Orch.Single
OKeh5847
1.6A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayHi De Ho ManCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)G 32593
1.6A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird2:54Cab Calloway & His OrchestraHi De Ho ManCab Calloway & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • -1989
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)462958 2
1.4A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird2:55Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1940‐1941Cab Calloway and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)629
1.16A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird (Master take)2:54Cab Calloway and His Orchestra1940 - 1941Dizzy GillespieAlbum + Compilation
Média 7MJCD 41
1.17A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird2:54Cab Calloway and His Orchestra1940 - 1941Dizzy GillespieAlbum + Compilation
Média 7MJCD 41
1.18A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayAre You Hep to the Jive?Cab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-08-09
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 57645
2.13A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayA Portrait of Cab CallowayCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-12-26
GallerieGALE 432
2.8A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird2:53Cab CallowayMinnie the MoocherCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)20.1909-HI
1.12A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayThe King of Hi‐De‐Ho: 1934–1947Cab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-01-26
Giants of Jazz (Italian)
1.16A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird2:54Cab Calloway & His OrchestraCab Calloway with Chu Berry: 1937/1944Cab Calloway with Chu BerryAlbum + Compilation
EPM Musique, Jazz Archives159872, N° 171
1.12A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayThe King of Hi-De-Ho: 1934-1947Cab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-03-11
Giants of Jazz (Italian)
1.20A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird2:54Cab Calloway & His OrchestraWho’s the Swinginest Man in Town?Cab Calloway & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Jasmine Records (UK label)JASMCD 2588
2.13A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayQuadromania Jazz Edition: Cab Calloway: The Scat SongCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-02-28
222415-444
7.13A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird2:57Cab Calloway and His OrchestraClassic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor SessionsChu BerryAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD7-236
1.18A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayAre You Hep to the Jive?Cab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-02-01
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.6A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird2:54Cab CallowayHi De Ho ManCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-08-10
Wounded Bird RecordsWOU 2593
2.11A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird2:52Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 4/5: Bebop Story – A Musical Revolution That Radically Changed the Road of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-10-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), Membran International GmbH232096
2.8A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird2:53Cab CallowayMr. Minnie the MoocherCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-07-29
Membran233336
1.22A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird, No. 12:54Cab CallowayBD Music Presents: Jazz en cuisineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-10-09
Éditions BDMusic
10.8A chicken ain’t nothin’ but a bird2:54Cab CallowayClassic American Music: Les Plus Grandes Voix Du JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MPO (French pressing plant, manufacturing and distribution company)

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1940-10-14)
alto saxophone:Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-10-14)
double bass:Milt Hinton (on 1940-10-14)
drums (drum set):Cozy Cole (on 1940-10-14)
guitar:Danny Barker (on 1940-10-14)
piano:Bennie Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1940-10-14)
reeds [clarinet, alto saxophone]:Jerry Blake (on 1940-10-14)
saxophone [alto, baritone saxophone]:Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-10-14)
tenor saxophone:Chu Berry (on 1940-10-14)
Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1940-10-14)
trombone:Quentin Jackson (on 1940-10-14)
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-10-14)
trumpet:Mario Bauzá (on 1940-10-14)
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1940-10-14)
Lammar Wright (on 1940-10-14)
vocals and conductor:Cab Calloway (on 1940-10-14)
orchestra:Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1940-10-14)
recording of:A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (on 1940-10-14)

Related works

A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird

lyricist and composer:Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)