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Artie Shaw Plays an Album of Popular Music is a studio album of phonograph records released in 1939 by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra. One of only four popular music 78 rpm albums ever released on Bluebird Records, it catalogued Shaw's

Background and reception
In the late 1930s, parent company Victor Records, owned by RCA, attempted to release albums on their 35-cent budget label Bluebird Records.

After ____________, Bluebird mainly shut down and was only later revived for children's albums.

Track listing
These newly issued songs were featured on a 5-disc, 78 rpm album set, Bluebird BP-1.

Disc 1: (B-10124) 1. "Frenesí", recorded March 3, 1940.

2. "Begin the Beguine", recorded July 24, 1938. Disc 2: (B-10125) 1. "Star Dust", recorded October 7, 1940.

2. "Back Bay Shuffle", recorded July 24, 1938.

Disc 3: (B-10126) 1. "Dancing in the Dark", recorded January 23, 1941.

2. "Traffic Jam", recorded June 12, 1939.

Disc 4: (B-10127) 1. "Moonglow", recorded January 23, 1941.

2. "Serenade To a Savage", recorded June 22, 1939.

Disc 5: (B-10128) 1. "Moonglow", recorded January 23, 1941.

2. "Serenade To a Savage", recorded June 22, 1939.

Release history
The original album was issued on four ten-inch 78 rpm records, September 5th, 1941 on Victor Records. Imprints of the album produced after February–March 1946 feature RCA Victor on the cover and labels. In 1949, truncated as six songs, the album was reissued on 45 rpm, WP 85. In 1950, after the format war between vinyl discs subsided, RCA Victor reached a cross-liscening agreement with Columbia to issue their recordings on LP. The following year, the label reissued the six-track album on a 10" LP, LPM-30.

Chart performance
While Four Star Favorites saw release nearly 3$1/2$ years before the first Billboard magazine Best Selling Popular Albums chart appeared, the continued public interest in Shaw's recordings (and those of the Swing era in general) kept the album in print for over 11 years. As such, it did chart, peaking at number 4 on July 28, 1945. The later 45 rpm edition also charted, debuting in late 1951 and reappearing at number 8 in early 1952.

Six out of the album's eight tracks charted upon their original release. "Beguine" and "Frenesí" were both number-one hits, as well as the only selections in the album to chart outside the United States. The four other songs all reached the Top 10 in the US.


 * Singles


 * Album

Notes

Personnel
Track numbers reference the 78 rpm album configuration. Complete personnel per the Glenn Miller Archive, University of Colorado Boulder.


 * Woodwinds


 * Artie Shaw – clarinet, leader
 * Joe Krechter – bass clarinet (track 1)
 * Bud Carlton – alto saxophone (track 1)
 * Blake Reynolds – alto saxophone (track 1)
 * Les Robinson – alto saxophone (tracks 2–8)
 * Hank Freeman – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Neely Plumb – alto saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Jack Stacy – tenor saxophone (track 1)
 * Dick Clark – tenor saxophone (track 1)
 * Ronnie Perry – tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4)
 * Tony Pastor – tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Jerry Jerome – tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Bus Bassey – tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Phil Nemoli – oboe (track 1)
 * Mort Ruderman – flute (track 1)


 * Brass


 * Manny Klein – trumpet (track 1)
 * Charles Margolis – trumpet (track 1)
 * George Thow – trumpet (track 1)
 * Claude Bowen – trumpet (tracks 2, 4)
 * Chuck Peterson – trumpet (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Johnny Best – trumpet (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Jack Cathcart – trumpet (track 3)
 * Billy Butterfield – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * George Wendt – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Clyde Hurley – trumpet (tracks 5, 7)
 * Bernie Privin – trumpet (tracks 6, 8)
 * John Cave – flugelhorn (track 1)
 * Bill Rank – trombone (track 1)
 * Babe Bowman – trombone (track 1)
 * Randall Miller – trombone (track 1)
 * Ted Vesely – trombone (tracks 2, 4)
 * George Arus – trombone (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Harry Rodgers – trombone (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Vernon Brown – trombone (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Jack Jenney – trombone (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Ray Conniff – trombone (tracks 5, 7)
 * Les Jenkins – trombone (tracks 6, 8)


 * Strings


 * Harry Bluestone – violin (track 1)
 * Robert Barene – violin (track 1)
 * Sid Brokaw – violin (track 1)
 * Dave Cracov – violin (track 1)
 * Peter Eisenberg – violin (track 1)
 * Jerry Joyce – violin (track 1)
 * Alex Law – violin (track 1)
 * Mark Levant – violin (track 1)
 * Alex Beller – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Truman Boardman – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Bill Brower – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Ted Klages – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Eugene Lamas – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Bob Morrow – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Jack Ray – viola (track 1)
 * Stan Spiegelman – viola (track 1)
 * Dave Sturkin – viola (track 1)
 * Keith Collins – viola (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Allan Harshman – viola (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Irv Lipschultz – cello (track 1)
 * Jules Tannenbaum – cello (track 1)
 * Fred Goemer – cello (tracks 3, 5, 7)


 * Rhythm


 * Stan Wrightsman – piano (track 1)
 * Les Burness – piano (tracks 2, 4)
 * Johnny Guarnieri – piano (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Bob Kitsis – piano (tracks 6, 8)
 * Bobby Sherwood – guitar (track 1)
 * Al Avola – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Al Hendrickson – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Jud DeNaut – bass (track 1, 3, 5, 7)
 * Sid Weiss – bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Carl Maus – drums (track 1)
 * Cliff "Mr. Time" Leeman – drums (tracks 2, 4)
 * Nick Fatool – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
 * Buddy Rich – drums (tracks 6, 8)


 * Arrangers


 * Artie Shaw (oversaw all arrangements; wrote many)
 * William Grant Still – track 1
 * Jerry Gray – track 2
 * John Bartee – track 4 (possibly)
 * Lennie Hayton – tracks 5, 7
 * Teddy McRae – track 6 (possibly)