Martha Raye - Martha Raye Swings (2007)

Born in Montana in 1916, Martha Raye was the daughter of a vaudeville couple and joined her parents’ act as soon as she learned to walk. She made her Broadway debut in the 1934 musical revue Calling All Stars. While appearing as a singer-comedienne at the Trocadero in Hollywood, Paramount quickly signed her to a contract and she literally exploded on the screen in her feature debut, Rhythm on the Range with Bing Crosby, easily stealing the picture with what would become her trademark song - (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It - better remembered today as “Mr. Paganini”.

Martha Raye (vocals); Dennis Sandole (guitar); Charlie Barnet (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gene Kinsey, Ray DeGeer (alto saxophone); Kurt Bloom (tenor saxophone); Bob Dawes (baritone saxophone); Everett McDonald, Ed Stress, Frank Bradley, Arthur Robey, George Seaberg, Al Killian, Paul Webster (trumpet); Ed Fromm, Porky Cohen, Tommy Pederson (trombone); Bill Miller (piano); George Jenkins (drums).