Artist: Buddy Johnson Orch.
Author: Bob Sparkler
Label: Decca
Year: 1942
Also recorded for Savoy, National and Chez Paree.
Covers:
Gatemouth Moore [as I Ain't Mad At You (Pretty Baby); survivor of the Walter Barnes Orch., tragically remembered for being on stage of the Rhythm Club in Natchez, MS when that whole place burned down in 1940 with 209 trapped inside; re-recording in '77 as Bishop Gatemouth Moore]
Jesse Price [as I Ain't Mad At You (You Ain't Mad At Me)]
Count Basie [idem; vocal: Taps Miller]
Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns [as Loberta; vocal: Bobby Marchan, a New Orleans drag queen]
Frankie Ford [as Roberta; B-side of Sea Cruise; see there]
Bobby Merrell [for RCA Victor]
Animals [as Roberta]
Substantial differences between versions, sometimes only linked by the title. Another link, not by accident, is Kansas City, hometown of Moore, Price, Basie and Merrell.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
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