Count Basie Swings / Joe Williams Sings

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1	Every Day I Have The Blues Composed By – Peter Chatman	5:28
2	The Comeback Composed By – Charles Frazier	5:30
3	All Right, OK, You Win Composed By – Mayme Watts, Sidney J. Wyche	3:03
4	In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) Composed By – Don Raye, Leroy Carr	3:35
5	Roll 'Em Pete Composed By – Joe Turner*, Pete Johnson	3:08
6	Teach Me Tonight Composed By – Gene DePaul, Sammy Cahn	3:00
7	My Baby Upsets Me Composed By – Joe Williams	2:53
8	Please Send Me Someone To Love Composed By – Percy Mayfield	3:27
9	Ev'ry Day (I Fall In Love) Composed By – Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain	3:40
10	As I Love You Composed By – Jay Livingston-Ray Evans*	3:03
11	Stop! Don't! Composed By – Unknown Artist	2:35
12	Too Close For Comfort Composed By – George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener	2:52

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured For – Columbia Record Club

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Bill Graham
• Arranged By – Ernie Wilkins (tracks: 1, 6), Frank Foster (tracks: 2 to 4, 7 to 9)
• Artwork By – David Stone Martin
• Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes
• Bass – Eddie Jones
• Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Marshall Royal
• Drums – Sonny Payne
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess
• Guitar – Freddie Green
• Piano – Count Basie
• Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster
• Trombone – Benny Powell, Bill Hughes , Henry Coker
• Trumpet – Joe Newman, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley
• Vocals – Joe Williams

Notes

Columbia Record Club issue
Recorded July 27 and 27, 1955 in New York.

Original LP issue: Count Basie Swings--Joe Williams Sings Clef MG C-678

Tracks 1-4 were dubbed from the original LP Metal Mother (the only source available for this material)
Tracks 10 and 11 are bonus tracks
Track 12 previously unissued

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 20831-1382-2 06

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG C-678	Count Basie / Joe Williams	Count Basie / Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings--Joe Williams Sings ‎(LP, Album)	Clef Records	MG C-678	US	1955
2332 061	Count Basie / Joe Williams	Count Basie / Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings--Joe Williams Sings ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Verve Records	2332 061	Germany	Unknown
MGV-8063	Count Basie / Joe Williams	Count Basie / Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings ‎(LP, RE)	Verve Records	MGV-8063	US	1957
314 519 852-2	Count Basie / Joe Williams	Count Basie / Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings / Joe Williams Sings ‎(CD, Album)	Verve Records	314 519 852-2	US	1993
V-8488, V-8063	Count Basie / Joe Williams	Count Basie / Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings And Joe Williams Sings ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Verve Records, Verve Records	V-8488, V-8063	US	Unknown