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The Cotton Club (soundtrack)

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The Cotton Club
Soundtrack album by
Released10 December 1984 (1984-12-10)[1]
StudioA&R Recording, Clinton Recording
GenreJazz, dixieland, big band
Length42:58
LabelGeffen
ProducerJohn Barry

The Cotton Club is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The album won the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1986.[2][3][4][5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Mooche"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills3:29
2."Cotton Club Stomp #2"Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish2:40
3."Drop Me Off in Harlem"Ellington, Nick Kenny3:03
4."Creole Love Call"Ellington3:01
5."Ring Dem Bells"Ellington, Mills2:46
6."East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"Ellington, Bubber Miley3:20
7."Truckin'"Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler2:00
8."Ill Wind"Harold Arlen, Koehler2:17
9."Cotton Club Stomp #1"Ellington, Harry Carney, John Hodge2:49
10."Mood Indigo"Ellington, Mills, Barney Bigard3:34
11."Minnie the Moocher"Cab Calloway, Mills3:07
12."Copper Colored Gal"J. Fred Coots, Benny Davis1:15
13."Dixie Kidnaps Vera"Barry2:37
14."The Depression Hits/Best Beats Sandman"Barry2:42
15."Daybreak Express Medley"Barry3:43

Charts

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Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 68
U.S. Billboard 200 93

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "advertisement" (PDF). Billboard. 96 (50). New York, NY, USA: Billboard Publications: 2. 8 December 1984. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2024. Full digital recording available December 10 on Geffen Records and Cassettes{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "The Cotton Club - John Barry | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ Barrett, Dan (1 June 2020). "Recording the Cotton Club Soundtrack, Part One". The Syncopated Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ "John Barry: The Man Who Knew the Score". Vanity Fair. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. ^ directorsseries (19 May 2017). "Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club" (1984)". THE DIRECTORS SERIES. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 283. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "John Barry - The Cotton Club (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)". Discogs. Retrieved 13 April 2017.