Benny Goodman Sextet Session
1946 studio album by the Benny Goodman Sextet
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Benny Goodman Sextet Session is a studio album by the Benny Goodman Sextet released by Columbia Records in 1946.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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| Released | 1946 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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The album was released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. C-113).[7]
Reception
The New Yorker wrote upon the album's release: "The Benny Goodman Sextet turns up in a Columbia album (C-113) with eight brilliantly done pieces".[6]
The album spent three weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.[8][9]
Track listing
Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (Columbia set C-113)[7]
All the tracks are marked as "fox trot".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tiger Rag" | Original Dixieland Jazz Band |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Razaf–Waller–Harper |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Note(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She's Funny That Way" | Moret–Whiting | Vocal chorus by Jane Harvey |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Got Rhythm" (from Girl Crazy) | I. Gershwin—G. Gershwin |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just One of Those Things" | Cole Porter |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "China Boy" | Boutelja–Winfree |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shine" | Mack—L. Brown—Dabney |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rachel's Dream" | Goodman |
Charts
| Chart (1946) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums[8] | 1 |