Count Basie Orchestra Blue Skies / The King
1946 Shellac
Big Band
Vocal

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Columbia
tracks a alto saxophone [uncredited] George Dorsey
tracks b alto saxophone [uncredited] Jimmy Powell
alto saxophone [uncredited] Preston Love
baritone saxophone, clarinet [uncredited] Rudy Rutherford
double bass [uncredited] Rodney Richardson
tracks b drums [uncredited] Jo Jones
tracks a drums [uncredited] Shadow Wilson
guitar [uncredited] Freddie Green
piano [uncredited] Count Basie
tenor saxophone [uncredited] Buddy Tate
tenor saxophone [uncredited] Illinois Jacquet
tracks a trombone [uncredited] Dickie Wells
trombone [uncredited] Eli Robinson
tracks b trombone [uncredited] George Matthews
trombone [uncredited] J.J. Johnson
trombone [uncredited] Ted Donnelly
trumpet [uncredited] Ed Lewis
trumpet [uncredited] Emmett Berry
trumpet [uncredited] Harry Edison
trumpet [uncredited] Snooky Young
Made By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
A&B fox trots.

Side A recorded in Los Angeles, CA October 9, 1945
Side B recorded in New York City, NY February 4, 1946
Cash Box Review 16 September 1946
Matrix / Runout: HCO 1563 (A side label)
Matrix / Runout: CO 35733 (B side label)
Matrix / Runout: HCO 1563 A 1- (A side stamped variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: co 35733 1A (B side stamped variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: HCO1563 B 1-23 R (A side stamped variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 2 CO35733 A 1A 15 H (B side stamped variant 2)