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Mr. Five by Five. " Mr. Five by Five " is a 1942 popular song by Don Raye and Gene DePaul, that describes a heavyset man who is "five feet tall and five feet wide". The person highlighted by the song was Jimmy Rushing, the featured vocalist of Count Basie 's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
23. Jan. 1996 · Mister Five-By-Five: Swingin' Blues Sides (1981) Release Date January 23, 1996. Label. Topaz Jazz Records / Columbia. Format CD. Duration 01:05:17. Release Info. Compilation . Studio Recording . Catalog # TPZ 1019. AllMusic Review. Track ...
According to Gary Giddins, Rushing "brought operatic fervor to the blues," and of his time with Count Basie notes that "just about every record they made together is a classic." [27] He was a four-time winner of Best Male Singer in the Critics' Poll of Melody Maker and a four-time winner of Best Male Singer in the International Critics' Poll in Down Beat . [28]
Mister Five-By-Five: Swingin' Blues Sides by Jimmy Rushing released in 1981. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
‘Mister Five-by-Five’ was probably the loudest Blues Shouter of them all. Fronting the Count Basie Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing was still capable of injecting great emotional force into his performances at a volume that barely needed a microphone! His careful phrasing brought the Blues into the repertiore of swing bands as Count Basie’s front-man; his up-tempo Jump-Blues was popular in the ...
8. Mai 2018 · ” “ Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today, ” “ Exactly Like You, ” “ Going to Chicago, ” “ How Long, How Long, ” “ After You ’ ve Gone, ” and, of course, “ Mr. Five by Five. ” In 1938 Rushing performed with Basie in the “ From Spirituals to Swing ” concerts in New York ’ s Carnegie Hall.
Count Basie, Basie, Count Pianist, bandleader In his monumental second volume on the history of jazz, The Swing Era, Gunther Schuller delays his attempt to define… James Andrew Rushing, Jimmy Rushing Singer For the Record… Selected discography Sources Best known as “Mister Five by Five”—an affectionate reference to his diminutive hei…
