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Slim Gaillard

Slim Gaillard
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About the artist

Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 4, 1911 or 1916 – February 26, 1991) was an American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, noted for his scat singing and word play. Despite record company publicity accounts that Gaillard was born in Santa Clara, Cuba of a Greek father and an Afro-Cuban mother, he was born in Pensacola, Florida to a german immigrant named Theopolous Rothschild and an African-American woman named Liza Gaillard. He grew up in Detroit and moved to New York City in the 1930s.

Top songs

  1. Atomic Cocktail
  2. Potato Chips
  3. Chicken Rhythm
  4. Communications
  5. How High The Moon
  6. Yip Roc Heresy
  7. The Flat Foot Floogie
  8. Cement Mixer
  9. Thunderbird
  10. Tutti Frutti
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  1. Slim's Jam
  2. Jump Session (08-17-38)
  3. Jump Session
  4. Communications (12-22-47)
  5. Atomic Cocktail - Remastered
  6. Hit That Jive Jack
  7. Flat Foot Floogie
  8. 8, 9 And 10
  9. Serenade to a Poodle
  10. Dunkin' Bagel
  11. St. Louis Blues
  12. Matzoh Balls
  13. Oh, Lady Be Good
  14. Look-A There
  15. Tutti Frutti (06-27-38)
  16. 'Yip Roc Heresy'
  17. Yo Yo Yo
  18. Babalu (Orooney)
  19. Buck Dance Rhythm
  20. Laughin' in Rhythm
  21. Mishugana Mambo
  22. Momma's In The Kitchen But We've Got "Pop" On Ice
  23. Vout Oreenee
  24. Harlem Hunch
  25. Oh Lady Be Good
  26. African Jive
  27. The Bartender's Just Like a Mother
  28. Tip Light
  29. Arabian Boogie
  30. Atomic Cocktail (12-15-45)
  31. Laughing In Rhythm (03-05-51)
  32. Sabroso
  33. Slim Gaillard's Boogie
  34. My Blue Heaven
  35. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
  36. Laughing in Rhythm
  37. Dopey Joe
  38. Dizzy Boogie
  39. Laguna
  40. Jumpin' at the Record Shop
  41. Don't Blame Me
  42. I Love You
  43. (My Darling) It's You, Only You
  44. Bassology
  45. Groove Juice Special
  46. You Goofed
  47. Sukiyaki Cha Cha
  48. Look-A There (06-27-38)
  49. Boot-Ta-La-Za
  50. Make it Do
  51. Federation Blues
  52. Boip! Boip!
  53. Soony Roony (Song Of Yxabat)
  54. Travelin' Blues
  55. Chinatown, My Chinatown
  56. The Hogan Song
  57. Ya Ha Ha
  58. Matzoh Balles
  59. Ferdinand the Bull
  60. Walkin' & Cookin' Blues
  61. Scotchin' With Soda
  62. There's No Two Ways About It
  63. Minuet In Vout
  64. Yep Roc Heresay
  65. Tutti Frutti 2
  66. Vol Vist Du Gaily Star
  67. Selling Out
  68. Momma's in the Kitchen
  69. Down by the Station
  70. It's Gettin' Kinda Chilly
  71. Tee Say Malee
  72. When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back to You)
  73. Central Avenue Boogie
  74. Sweet Safronia
  75. That's What You Call Romance
  76. Momma's In The Kitchen (10-01-47)
  77. Little Red Riding Woods
  78. Palm Springs Jump
  79. Gomen Nasai
  80. A-Well-A-Take-Em Joe (Crapshooter's Jive)
  81. Communication
  82. Slim Slam Boogie
  83. Tall And Slim
  84. Drei Six Cents
  85. That's What You Call Romance (02-17-38)
  86. The Flat Foot Floogie (02-17-38)
  87. Money, Money, Money
  88. Bongo
  89. Sploghm
  90. Eatin' with the Boogie

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