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Jy known arranger-names, Duke Elling-
ton's was fifth, Raymond Scott's seventh,
and Will Hudson's ninth.
Benny Goodman stood up for his
rights when it came to the voting for
soloist, and topped Artie Shaw by 142
votes to retain first place in that rating,
followed by Harry James, Tommy Dor-
sey, Dave Harris, Bob Zurke, Lionel
Hampton, Teddy Wilson and Gene Kru-
pa, in that order. In the matter of quar-
tets and trios Goodman also kept the
lead-and an undisputed one-with
4198 votes to Afrain Rollini's 1546; others
rating high on this point were the An-
drews Sisters, Bob Crosby's Bobcats,
the Merry Macs, Raymond Scott Quintet,
Milt Herth, Mills Brothers and the "Mod-
ernaires."
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Ella Fitzgerald rated tops as vocalist
with 1729 votes, Bing Crosby second
with 1201, Mildred Bailey third with 1123.
Others who stood high in the tabulation
were Billie Holiday, Martha Tilton, Bea
Wain, Jack Leonard, Connie Boswell,
Kenny Sargent, Maxine Sullivan.
In naming top soloists among the
various instruments-the clarinet lead-
ership was established, of course, when
Goodman and Shaw placed one-two in
the voting for best soloist without re-
gard for the classification-Teddy Wil-
son nosed out Bob Zurke on piano, and
Harry James, Bunny Berigan and Louis
Armstrong rated best of all trumpeters.
On bass, it was Bob Crosby's Bob Hag-
gart who sneaked in ahead of Harry
Goodman, very much like Benny Heller
led Carmen Mastren on guitar. Gene
Krupa won the drummer's chair over
Ray Bauduc; Tommy Dorsey and Jack
Teagarden were shoved into the trom-
bone chairs easily, and Jimmy Dorsey,
polling more ballots than any other alto
saxophonist, found himself leading the
all-star sax selection of what might be
termed a composite "All-Amedcan
band," beside Bud Freeman Goodman
and Johnny Hodges. Resu'Jts of the
"corn" section of the contest were virt-
ually as anticipated, with Ted Lewis,
Henry Busse, Eddy Duchin and Carmen
Lombardo leading the respective divis-
ions.
Thirty records got seventy or more
votes apiece to win a place in the "Best"
Recordings of 1938 classification, with
most of the votes cast for so-called "hot"
music. They were:
•
I. Sing, Sing, Sing
Benny Goodman .......................... Victor
2. Begin the Beguine
Artie Shaw .............................. Bluebird
3. One O'Clock Jump
Benny Goodman .......................... Victor
4. Don't Be That Way
Benny Goodman .......................... Victor
5. My Reverie
Artie Shaw .............................. Bluebird
6. Memories of You
Casa Loma .................................... Decca
7. Tisket a Tasket
Chick Webb-Ella Fitzgerald .... Decca
8. Wrappin' It Up •
Benny Goodman .......................... Victor
9. South Rampart St. Parade
Bob Crosby .................................... Decca
10. Every Tub
Count Basie .................................. Decca
II. Yancey Special
Bob Crosby .................................. Decca
12. Beck and Call
Red Norvo ............................ Brunswick
13. Back Bay Shuffle
Artie Shaw .............................. Bluebird
14. Happy Farmer
Raymond ScotL. ......... (M) Brunswick
15. Roll 'Em
Benny Goodman ........................ Victor
16. Wacky Dust
Bunny Berigan .............................. Victor
17. Marie
Tommy Dorsey .............................. Victor
18. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Benny Goodman ........................ Victor
19. Liza
Chick Webb ................................ Decca
20. Comin' On
Artie Shaw .............................. Bluebird
21. Indian Love Call
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Artie Shaw .............................. Bluebird
22. Melancholy Baby
Jimmy Lunceford ........................ Decca
23. At Long Last
Kay Kyser ............................ Brunswick
24. Doggin' Around
Count Basie .................................. Decca
25. Dusk in Upper Sandusky
Jimmy Dorsey .............................. Decca
26. Rock It for Me
Chick Webb ................................ Decca
27. Big John Special
Benny Goodman .......................... Victor
28. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Duke Ellington .................... Brunswick
29. Nagasaki
Gene Krupa .......................... Brunswick
30. Bugle Call Rag
Benny Goodman ........................ Victor
Numbers I, 17, 26 and 30 were voted
for in error, since the recordings were
made before 1938, but that 's the way the
tabulation came out.
And that's what musicians and fans
think of the music and the music-makers
of 1938. How did you do, Mr. Music
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