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American pop and jazz singer, born May 4, 1919 in Philadelphia; died: December 14, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. Aside from solo work, she sang for Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Woody Herman. McCall joined Woody Herman And His Orchestra in New York to record Big Wig In The Wig Wam in 1939, later returning as vocalist to the first incarnation of Woody Herman & The Herd.

ALBUMS


Mary Ann McCall
Complete Recordings 1950-1959
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records
Mary Ann McCall
You're Mine, You: 1939-1950
2008, CD, Comp, Hep Records (3)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra Featuring Judy Ellington & Mary Ann McCall
Cherokee 1939 1940
1996, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz
Ernestine Anderson, Etta Jones, Mary Ann McCall, Annie Ross
The Ladies
1989, CD, ,
Bop/Swing/Vocal/Ballad
Ray Linn And The Chicago Stompers With Mary Ann McCall
Empty Suit Blues
1981
Nat Pierce Quintet Featuring Mary Ann McCall
5400 North
1979
Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Pearl Bailey, Billie Holiday, Mary Ann McCall, Blossom Dearie
Famous Jazz Vocalists, No. 1
1971
Mary Ann McCall
Melancholy Baby Vol. 2
1960, 7", EP, Mono, Coral,
Mary Ann McCall
Melancholy Baby
1959, Vinyl,
Mary Ann McCall
Detour To The Moon
1958
Mary Ann McCall
Easy Living
1957
Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
An Evening With Mary Ann McCall And Charlie Ventura
1955
Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
Another Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
1954, Vinyl,
Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
An Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
1954, ,
Vocal
Mary Ann McCall
I Cried For You / Until The Real Thing Comes Along
1950, Shellac, 10", Royal Roost
Mary Ann McCall
Sings
1950
Mary Ann McCall With Phil Moore Orchestra*
You're My Thrill / Sunday
1949, Shellac, 10", Discovery Records
Mary Ann McCall / Doris Day
Money Is Honey / My Young And Foolish Heart
1948, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Mary Ann Mc Call*
I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man / Trouble Is A Man
1948, Shellac, ,
Vocal
Mary Ann McCall
Money Is Honey / On Time
1947, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Charlie Ventura Featuring Mary Ann McCall
An Afternoon With Charlie Ventura
7", EP, Columbia
Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
An Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
,
Bop
Mary Ann McCall With Phil Moore Orchestra*
I Hadn't Anyone Till You / You're Mine You
Mary Ann McCall With Phil Moore Orchestra*
I'm Yours / Nice Work If You Can Get It
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
1940 Vol. 2
2007, CD, Comp, Classics (11)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Swing Street Strut
2005, 4xCD, Comp, Membran, Quadromania, ,
Big Band/Swing
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
1940
2003, CD, Comp, Classics (11)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
1987, CD, ,
Big Band/Swing
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Rhapsody In Wood
1979
Woody Herman & The New Thundering Herd
The 40th Anniversary, Carnegie Hall Concert
1977, 2x Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
The Best Of Woody Herman
1975
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
King Of The Saxophone
1975
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Charlie's Choice
1957, 7", EP, Comp, RCA Camden
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Charlie's Choice
1957
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Not Really the Blues / Detour Ahead
1949
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
That's Right / I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
1949
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Tenderly / Jamaica Rhumba
1949, Shellac, ,
Big Band
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
The Crickets / More Moon
1949, Shellac, ,
Big Band
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
'Deed I Do / Birmingham Breakdown
1948, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
P.S. I Love You / My Pal Gonzales
1948, Shellac, ,
Swing/Big Band
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Sabre Dance / Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet
1948
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) / If It's Love You Want (Baby, That's Me)
1946, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Romance In The Dark / Uncle Remus Said
1946, Shellac, ,
Swing
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Night After Night After You / Now You Know
1940, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
It's A Wonderful World / Busy As A Bee
1940, Shellac, 10", Cam, Bluebird (3)
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Blue Ink / Can This Be Love
1940, Shellac, 10", Decca
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
A Lover's Lullaby / You've Got Me Voodoo'd
1940, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Thank Your Stars / I Kinda Like You
1940, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Castle Of Dreams / You've Got Me Out On A Limb
1940, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
And So Do I / It's The Last Time I'll Fall In Love
1940, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
720 In The Books / So Far, So Good
1940
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Afternoon Of A Moax / Wanderin' Blues
1940
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
You And Who Else? / When The Spirit Moves Me
1940
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
From Another World / Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon
1940
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Where Was I? / 'Deed I Do
1940
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
You're Lonely And I'm Lonely / Fools Fall In Love
1940
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
The Fable Of The Rose / The Breeze And I
1940
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Rosetta / Love Me
1939, Shellac, 10", Decca
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Somebody Told Me/ Between 18th And 19th On Chestnut Street
1939, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
For Tonight / Put That Down In Writing
1939, Shellac, 10", Decca
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Woodchopper's Ball / Big-Wig In The Wigwam
1939, Shellac, ,
Big Band
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Put That Down In Writing / At The Woodchopper's Ball
1939
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Woody Herman And His Orchestra 1936-1943
LP, Comp, Ltd, Swingfan
Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
Vol. 1
LP, Mono, Sounds Of Swing
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Star Fell On Alabama / Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

APPEARANCES +


Artie Shaw
These Foolish Things: The Decca Years
2017, 2xCD, Comp, Sepia Records (2), ,
Big Band
Charlie Barnet
The Charlie Barnet Collection 1935-47
2014, 2x CDr, ,
Big Band/Swing
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra*
The Right Idea (A Centenary Tribute - His 50 Finest 1939-1949)
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Retrospective Records
Artie Shaw And His Gramercy 5*
Six Star Treats (The Complete Commercially Released Recordings)
2008, 5x CDr, ,
Swing/Vocal
Various
Hit Parade 1940
2007, CD, Comp, Dynamic Nostalgia
Various
Jazz In The Charts 55/100 - Old Black Joe (1940 (3))
2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Documents,
Various
The Encyclopaedia Of Music / Best Of Big Bands
2006, 3xCD, Comp, RAJON
Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
1950
2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Swing/Big Band
Woody Herman And The Second Herd*
The Road Band 1948 Volume 1 & 2
2003, 2xCD, Album, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing
Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers*
The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Woody Herman And His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)
2003, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2)
Dexter Gordon
Volume 5 - Young Dex 1947 - Complete Edition
2001, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2), ,
Bop
Various
Unforgettable 1940
2001, CD, Comp, Time Life Music
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Musisoft
Woody Herman
The Woody Herman Story
2000
Woody Herman
Heard With Friends
1998, CD, Comp, Jazz Band Records
Charlie Barnet
Mad Mab
1997, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Documents,
Charlie Barnet
Leapin' At The Lincoln
1997, 2x CD,
Charlie Barnet
An Introduction To Charlie Barnet: His Best Recordings 1935-1944
1996, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Best Of Jazz, ,
Big Band/Swing
Nat Pierce*
5400 North
1996
Various
Golden Memories Of The '40s
1992, 4x CD, ,
Vocal/Ballad
Woody Herman
Keeper Of The Flame (The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Four Brothers Band)
1992, CD, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
The Golden Age Of Swing
1990, 5x CD, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
These Were Our Songs: The Early '40s
1985
Charlie Barnet
Big Bands: Charlie Barnet
1983
Charlie Barnet*
The Indispensable Charlie Barnet Volumes 1/2 (1935-1939)
1983, 2x Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Woody Herman
The Complete Woody Herman In Disco Order, Volume 24
1982, LP, Comp, Ajaz Records, ,
Big Band/Swing
Charlie Barnet
The Complete Charlie Barnet, Volume IV 1940 2-Record Set
1982, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Mono, Bluebird (3), ,
Big Band
Artie Shaw
The Later Artie Shaw Complete, Vol. 1
1982, LP, Comp, Ajaz Records, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
The Great Big Bands (L'Age d'Or Des Grands Orchestres Américains)
1982, 2xLP, Comp, RE, Disques Festival
Various
The Great Big Bands
1982, Box Set, 3x Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era
1982, 2x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band
Various
Okeh Jazz
1982, 2x Vinyl,
Various
The Jazz Singers
1982, 4x Vinyl Red Vinyl, Box Set,
Howard McGhee
McGhee Special
1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Jazz Circle Basel
Woody Herman
Hollywood Palladium 1948
1981
Various
Big Band Bash
1979, 6x Vinyl,
Various
I Re Del Jazz
1979, Box Set, 10x Vinyl, ,
Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band
Woody Herman
The Second Herd "Live" In Hollywood - 1948
1978, LP, Album, Mono, Queen-disc
Woody Herman Roadband*
Woody Herman Roadband 1948
1978, LP, Comp, Hep Records (3)
Various
History Of Jazz
1978, 10x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Swing/Bop/Big Band/Ragtime
Charlie Barnet
"The Duke's Ideas" Volume 1 (1939-1941)
1977, LP, Comp, RCA,
Various
60 Of The Greatest Big Bands
1977, 6x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band
Jake Hanna
Jake Hanna's Kansas City Express
1976
Charlie Barnet -vs- Woody Herman
One Night Stand With The Battle Of The Bands
1974
Various
The Bands Within The Bands
1974
Artie Shaw
The Best Of
1973
Charlie Barnet
Vol 1
1968, ,
Big Band/Swing
Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
1962, LP, Mono, Imperial, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Woody Herman
The Thundering Herds
1962
Various
The RCA Victor Encyclopedia Of Recorded Jazz: Album 1 All To Bec
1956, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Woody Herman And His Woodchoppers, Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Blues In The Night / Some Day Sweetheart / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / Am I Blue
1954, 7", EP, Columbia
Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five
There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love / Nothin' For Nothin'
1950
Woody Herman And His Orch.*
Tha's Right / I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
1949, Shellac, 10", Capitol Records
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra*
Tin Roof Blues / You've Got Me Voodoo'd
1942, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice, ,
Big Band
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra* / Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra*
The Breeze And I / Blue Rain
1941, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra*
Leapin' At The Lincoln / Dark Avenue
1940
Woody Herman
The Brothers' Band (1948)
LP, Album, Swing Treasury
Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five
The Artie Shaw Gramercy 5
LP, Comp, Ltd, Artie Shaw Club
Wingy Manone
On The Jazzband Bus
LP, Album, Imperial
Woody Herman
The Brother's Band (1948)
LP, Comp, Swing Treasury
Various
Tenor Saxes
Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Bop/Swing
Various
America ! Jazz Divas From Bessie To Billie
2015, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Vocal
Various
50 Singing Ladies - Une Anthologie 1933 / 1959
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Nocturne, ,
Vocal/Swing
Various
Late Night Jazz
2009, 3xCD, Comp, Union Square Music,
Various
Simply Late Night Jazz
2008, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Simply, Union Square Music,
Woody Herman
The Essence of Woody Herman
2008, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Delta Music, Essence (3)
Various
Swing A Song, Part 2
2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2), ,
Swing/Vocal
Various
Classic Divas
2007, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Dlx, Green Umbrella Entertainment,
Various
That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 4 (1946-1951)
2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
Dixieland/Cool Jazz/Bop/Swing/Big Band
Various
50 Sublimes Chanteuses De Jazz / 1945-1955, Vol. 2
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Body & Soul (2)
Various
History Of Jazz 1948-1955
2005, Box, Comp + 8xCD, Comp, Top Jazz (4), ,
Bop/Swing
Various
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz - Part 2 (1941 - 1953)
2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Swing/Vocal/Ballad/Rhythm & Blues/Bop/Cool Jazz/Gospel
Various
JazzExpress Presents The Jazz Singers
2004, CD, Comp, Metro, Union Square Music Ltd.
Various
Les Chanteuses Des Grands Orchestres Swing / Girls Singers Of The Big Swing Bands 1936-1952
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Swing/Big Band/Vocal
Various
Savoy On Central Ave.
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Savoy Jazz
Various
Essential Jazz, Over 150 Great Performances
2002, 8x CD, ,
Big Band/Hard Bop/Bop/Easy Listening/Swing
Various
Cheek To Cheek - Dancing Through The 30s And 40s
2002, ,
Easy Listening
Various
Stormy Whether / Female Band Singers
2000, CD, Comp, Mono, RCA, BMG
Various
With Vocal Refrain...Sing For Your Supper
1993, CD, ,
Swing
Various
Swing & Sweet
1992, 3x Vinyl, ,
Swing/Big Band/Ragtime
Various
The Golden Age Of Swing
1990
Various
Starparade Vol.3
1986, LP, Comp, Lotus
Various
Starparade
1986, 3xLP, Comp, Lotus
Various
Starparade Vol.3
1986, Cass, Comp, Lotus, ,
Easy Listening
Crosby*, Waters*, Charles*, Bailey*, Tormé*
The Jazz Singers
1982,
Max Roach / Bud Shank
Sessions, Live
1976, LP, Album, Calliope (3),
Various
Jazz-History Vol. 15 Big Bands / Vocalistas Famosas
1974, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Metro Records, Metro Records, MGM Records, MGM Records,
Various
Jazz Spectrum Famosas Vocalistas Del Jazz, No. 12
1972, LP, Comp, Metro Records
Various
Monophonic Instrumental & Vocal Sampler
1959, LP, Mono, Jubilee
Various
Almost Like Being In Love
1957
Various
Songs Of Rodgers & Hart / Songs of Johnny Green
1951, 10", Hol, Discovery Records
Various
Norgran Records Disc Jockey Copy
LP, Comp, Promo, Norgran Records,
Various
Popular Melodies That Will Live Forever
4xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest
Various
Famous Jazz Vocalists, No. 1
Vinyl
Various
201 Vocal Standards From A To Z
Woody Herman
In Disco Order, Volume 25
1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Unofficial, Ajaz Records
Woody Herman
In Disco Order Volume 5
1978, LP, Comp, Mono, Unofficial, Ajax
Woody Herman
In Disco Order Volume 3
1977, LP, Comp, Mono, Unofficial, Ajax
Woody Herman
In Disco Order Volume Four
1977, LP, Comp, Mono, Unofficial, Ajax