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Jimmy Rushing

Blues
Crooner
Jazz
Born August 26, 1901, Jimmy Rushing was an extremely influential jump blues and jazz vocalist and musician best known as the featured vocalist in Count Basie’s Orchestra beginning in 1935 and lasting until 1948. Initially a pianist, he became a singer in 1924 when the vocalist of the band asked him to duet with her. Nicknamed ‘Mr. Five by Five’ because of his physical build, his early forays into singing professionally included stints with Walter Page’s Blue Devils in 1927, moving on to Bennie Moten’s band in 1929. Moten died in 1935 and Rushing joined the Count Basie Orchestra t...
Songs
There'll Be Some Changes Made
There'll Be Some Changes MadeDave Brubeck, Jimmy Rushing and The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel

2:10

My Melancholy Baby
My Melancholy BabyDave Brubeck, Jimmy Rushing and The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel

4:01

I Want a Little Girl
I Want a Little GirlT-Bone Walker and Jimmy Rushing

T Bone Shuffle

5:39

Old Fashioned Love
Old Fashioned LoveJimmy Rushing

The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq. / Jimmy Rushing And The Smith Girls

2:34

He Ain't Got Rhythm
He Ain't Got RhythmBenny Goodman, Jimmy Rushing and Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

Sing, Sing, Sing

2:48

Piney Brown Blues
Piney Brown BluesJimmy Rushing

The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq. / Jimmy Rushing And The Smith Girls

3:43

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