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Frankie Newton (William Frank Newton, January 4, 1906 – March 11, 1954) was a jazz trumpeter from Emory, Virginia. He played in several New York City bands in the 1920s and 1930s, including those led by Sam Wooding, Chick Webb, Charlie Barnet, Andy Kirk and Charlie "Fess" Johnson. In the 1940s he played with bands led by Lucky Millinder and Pete Brown. He played in clubs in New York and Boston, with musicians such as pianist Art Tatum, pianist James P. Johnson, drummer Sid Catlett and clarinetist Edmond Hall. He accompanied Bessie Smith on her final recordings (November 24, 1933), Maxine Sullivan on 'Loch Lomond', and Billie Holiday on her original "Strange Fruit" session in 1939. Between March 1937 and August 1939, eight recording sessions issued under Newton's name were produced. Three sessions in 1937 were made for Irving Mills's Variety label. In 1939, Newton recorded a six-song session with Victor, a four-song session for Vocalion, two individual one-song sessions for Blue Note, and finally one two-song session for Vocalion—14 records in all. He also played with Art Tatum on extended versions of "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Oh, Lady Be Good!", recorded in Harlem after hours. These finally came out in the 1970s as part of Tatum's album God is in the House, first on LP and later on CD.
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The Collection 1929-1946 [2019]
Song | Duration |
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Do Your Duty | 3:11 |
Gimme a Pigfoot | 3:31 |
Mój Empik: Moja Muzyka, Vol. 2 [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Gimme a Pigfoot |
Black Nite Blues [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Gimme a Pigfoot (Gimme a Reefer) | 3:32 |
The Blues Biography [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Gimme a Pig Foot | 3:31 |
Ghost of Yesterday [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Strange Fruit | 3:14 |
The Story of a Forgotten Jazz Trumpeter [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Take Me for a Buggy Ride | 2:40 |
Who's Sorry Now? | 2:48 |
Who's Sorry Now [Take 2] | 2:48 |
The Richard Rodgers Centenary Collection [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Where or When | 2:36 |
The Best of Billie Holiday [Compendia] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Strange Fruit | 3:13 |
Fine and Mellow | 3:17 |
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 2:52 |
Yesterdays | 3:26 |
The Best of Billie Holiday [Intersound] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Strange Fruit | 3:14 |
Fine and Mellow | 3:18 |
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 2:53 |
Yesterdays | 3:27 |
Rare Live Cuts Cafe Society [1997]
Song | Duration |
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I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) [1939] | 2:29 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street [1939] | 6:32 |
1937-1939 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Who's Sorry Now? | 2:44 |
Where or When | 2:32 |
At the Cotton Club, New York 1937 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Who's Sorry Now | 2:49 |
Fine & Mellow [Collector/Magnum] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Strange Fruit | 3:09 |
Fine & Mellow: 1935-1941 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Fine and Mellow | 3:19 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | |
Who's Sorry Now | 2:49 |
Blue Skies | 3:04 |
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