Worried Life Blues (studio, 1945-01-09: Manor W-1219-W)

Name: Worried Life Blues
Duration: 2 min 54 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Worried Life	?:??	Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra (King of the Bass)	Worried Life / Empty Bed Blues – Part I	Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra (King of the Bass)	Single	US1945	Manor (1940s US)	1002
1.2	Worried Life Blues	2:54	Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra	The Chronological Classics: Dizzy Gillespie 1945	Dizzy Gillespie	Album + Compilation	FR1996	Classics (French jazz reissue label)	888
7.16	Worried Life	2:56	Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra	Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944 – 1946	Don Byas	Album + Compilation	US2023-11	Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)	MD10-277

recorded in:	New York, New York, United States (on 1945-01-09)

producer:	Irving Berman (on 1945-01-09: task: possibly supervised by)
alto saxophone:	Johnny Bothwell (on 1945-01-09)
baritone saxophone:	Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophonist) (on 1945-01-09)
double bass:	Oscar Pettiford (on 1945-01-09)
drums (drum set):	Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-09)
guitar:	Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1945-01-09)
piano:	Clyde Hart (on 1945-01-09)
tenor saxophone:	Don Byas (on 1945-01-09)
trombone:	Vic Dickenson (on 1945-01-09) Benny Morton (on 1945-01-09) Trummy Young (on 1945-01-09)
trumpet:	Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1945-01-09) Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-01-09) Benny Harris (on 1945-01-09)
vocals:	Rubberlegs Williams (on 1945-01-09)

recording of:	Worried Life Blues (on 1945-01-09)

writer:	Sleepy John Estes Maceo Merriweather

publisher:	Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) Universal Duchess Music Corp. Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)

version of:	Someday Baby Blues
is the basis for:	Fred’s Worried Life Blues