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Russian Lullaby
Composer: Irving Berlin

Russian_Lullaby was performed probably around 150 times by Jerry Garcia groups between 1975 and 1994. Garcia was inspired to record and perform this song by a version on an Oscar Aleman LP.

The song was written at the start of 1927 and probably first performed, by the singer Douglas Stanbury, at the opening of New York's Roxy Theater on March 11, 1927. Russian Lullaby was recorded many times in the following months of 1927 and subsequently became popular with big bands in the 1930's.



Jerry Garcia

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Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Schubert's Society Orchestra, 1927
no info Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra, 1927
no info Frank Banta, 1927
no info Franklyn Baur, 1927
no info Joe Wilbur, 1927
no info Will Perry and his Orchestra, 1927
no info Charles Harrison, 1927
no info Lee Wilson, 1927
no info The Bostonians, 1927
no info Noel Taylor, 1927
no info Victor Salon Orchestra, 1927
no info Lane's Dance Orchestra, 1927
no info The Faberman Quartet, 1927
no info Fred Fradkin, 1927
no info Eric Van Dusen, 1927
no info Lew White, 1927
no info Edmund Cromwell, 1927
no info Jesse Crawford, 1927
no info Partipilos Mandolin Orchestra, 1927
no info Single (Russian Lullaby / Changes), Benny Goodman, 1938
no info Single (I Can't Get Started / Russian Lullaby), Bunny Bergigan & His Orchestra, 1938
no info Single (How Deep In The Ocean / Russian Lullaby), Joan Edwards, 1939
no info Single (Russian Lullaby / Blue Skies), Mary Lou Williams Trio, 1944
no info Single (Subtle Sextology / Russian Lullaby), Red Norvo's All-Star Septet, 1944
no info Single (Merry Widow / Russian Lullaby), Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, 1944
no info Improvisations, Teddy Wilson with Red Norvo, 1949
no info Single (Russian Lullaby / That's For Me), Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars, 1950
no info Single (Russian Lullaby / By The River St. Marie), Milt Buckner Organ Trio, 1952
no info Vic Dickenson Showcase, Vol. 1, Vic Dickenson, 1954
no info Mambo Moves Garner, Erroll Garner, 1954
no info The Swingin'st, Vido Musso, 1956
no info Do Not Disturb, Priam Keith Orchestra, 1956
no info Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith, 1957
no info The Irving Berlin Song Book, Vol. 1, Ella Fitzgerald, 1958
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no info Impossible Pete Jolly, Pete Jolly, 1958
no info Single (Russian Lullaby / Trapped), Milt Buckner Trio, 195?
no info Rushing Lullabies, Jimmy Rushing, 1960
no info The Around the World!, Firehouse Five Plus Two, 1961
no info Jazz Mission To Moscow, Benny Goodman, 1962
no info Huffin' 'N' Puffin', Ray Nance, 1971
no info John Coltrane (Twofer), John Coltrane, 1972
no info This is My World, Edmundo Ros, 1972
no info Dizzy's Big 4, Dizzy Gillespie/Joe Pass/Ray Brown/Mikey Roker, 1974
no info Hey, There!, Sir Charles Thompson, 1974
no info Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims, 1975
no info Dual Nature, Lew Tabackin, 1976
no info Giants of Jazz, Red Norvo, 1980
no info Standards of Excellence, Al Cohn, 1983
no info The Lullaby, Kenny Drew, 1983
no info Air Play, Benny Goodman, 1985
no info Berlin, Tony Bennett, 1987
no info Compact Jazz: Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner, 1987
no info Improvisations on Keynote, Red Norvo, 1987
no info Face the Music: A Century of Irving Berlin, Dick Hyman, 1989
no info Central Avenue Blues: The Complete All-Star Sextette & V-Disc Sessions, Teddy Wilson, 1990
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no info The 1950's: The Singers, Various Artists (Jimmy Rushing), 1990
no info The Prestige Recordings, John Coltrane, 1991
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no info 1937-1939, Bunny Berigan, 1991
no info Complete Early Transcriptions, Nat King Cole Trio, 1991
no info Soundtracks and Broadcasts, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, 1991
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no info Best Of The Big Bands, Red Norvo featuring Mildred Bailey, 1993
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no info Saturday Night Function, Sackville All Stars, 1993
no info Moments Like This, Charlie Byrd, 1994
no info The Great American Songbook, Dick Hyman, 1994
no info Rock It for Me, Red Norvo, 1994
no info Stuff Smith-Dizzy Gillespie-Oscar Peterson, 1994
no info At Cafe Des Copains, Ralph Sutton, 1994
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no info Calling Berlin, Vol. 1, Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins, 1995
no info The Indispensable Benny Goodman, Vol. 5-6, Benny Goodman, 1995
no info The Essential, Vic Dickenson, 1995
no info The Pied Piper, Bunny Berigan, 1995
no info Wrappin' It Up: The Harry James Years, Vol. 2, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, 1995
no info 1939-1940: Cruisin' with Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington/Cab Calloway, 1995
no info Broadcast Transcriptions 1941-1945, Stan Kenton, 1995
no info Irving Berlin Century, Margie Gibson with Lincoln Maorga, 1995
no info Jumpin' Jive, Cab Calloway, 1996
no info '45: Live at the New Cafe Zanzibar, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, 1996
no info Classics 1944, Mary Lou Williams, 1996
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no info Love for Sale, Paris Washboard, 1996
no info Double Play, Dave Frishberg and Jim Goodwin, 1996
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no info Teenage Stan, Vol. 1: 1943-1946, Stan Getz, 1997
no info In Hollywood, Stan Kenton, 1997
no info Rushing Lullabies/Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass, Jimmy Rushing, 1997
no info Irving Berlin Songbook, Various Artists (Charlie Byrd), 1997
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no info How Deep Is the Ocean?: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Various Artists (Red Norvo), 1997
no info 1937-1938, Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra, 1998
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no info The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions, Stuff Smith, 1999
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no info Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald, 2000
no info Golden Era, Vol. 2, Benny Goodman, 2000
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no info No Better Swing, Benny Goodman, 2000
no info El Rojo: The Complete Keynote Recordings And More, Red Norvo, 2000
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no info Comes Love, Sandy Graham, 2000
no info Sings and Plays with ..., Louis Armstrong, 2001
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no info Classic Sessions, 1928-1929, Ted Lewis, 2001
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