Hot Lips Page
Oran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page (January 27, 1908 – November 5, 1954) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. He was known as a scorching soloist and powerful vocalist. Page was a member of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Artie Shaw's Orchestra and Count Basie's Orchestra, and he worked with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ida Cox. He was one of the five musicians booked for the opening night at Birdland with Charlie Parker in 1949. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1908 (Dallas), Died November 5, 1954 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, vocalist, leader, songwriter, composer, mellophone
Notes: Also known as Oran Page.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BRC-53012 | 10-in. | 4/15/1931 | Ya got love | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62909 | 10-in. | 10/27/1930 | Won't you be my baby? | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62910 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | I wish I could be blue! | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62911 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | Oh! Eddie | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62912 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | That too, do | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62913 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | Mack's rhythm | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62914 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | You make me happy | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62915 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | Here comes Marjorie | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62916 | 10-in. | 10/28/1930 | The count | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62921 | 10-in. | 10/29/1930 | Liza Lee | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62922 | 10-in. | 10/30/1930 | Get goin' (Get ready to love) | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62923 | 10-in. | 10/30/1930 | Professor Hot Stuff | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62924 | 10-in. | 10/30/1930 | When I'm alone | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62925 | 10-in. | 10/30/1930 | New Moten stomp | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62926 | 10-in. | 10/30/1930 | As long as I love you | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62927 | 10-in. | 10/31/1930 | Somebody stole my gal | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62928 | 10-in. | 10/31/1930 | Now that I need you | Count Basie ; Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62929 | 10-in. | 10/31/1930 | Bouncin' round | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-62930 | 10-in. | 10/31/1930 | Break a day schuffle | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BRC-68900 | 10-in. | 4/15/1931 | I wanna be around my baby all the time | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74846 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Toby | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74847 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Moten's swing | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74848 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Blue room | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74849 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Imagination | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74850 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | New Orleans | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten ; Jimmy Rushing | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74851 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | The only girl I ever loved | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74852 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Milenberg joys | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74853 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Lafayette | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74854 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Prince of Wales | Count Basie ; Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with piano | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-74855 | 10-in. | 12/13/1932 | Two times | Josephine Garrison ; Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-022923 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | Jumpin' | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter, leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-022924 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | Feelin' high and happy | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-022925 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | At your beck and call | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-022926 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | Rock it for me | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-022927 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | Skull duggery | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, songwriter, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-022928 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | I let a song go out of my heart | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-023733 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | (A sky of blue, with you) And so forth | Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Delores Payne | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
| Victor | BS-023734 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | The pied piper | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023735 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | If I were you | Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Delores Payne | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-023736 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | I'm gonna lock my heart (And throw away the key) | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023737 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | Will you remember tonight tomorrow? | Ben Bowers ; Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
| Victor | BS-032735 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | Small fry | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058149 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Thirsty mama blues | Hot Lips Page Trio ; Hot Lips Page | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-058150 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Just another woman | Hot Lips Page Trio ; Hot Lips Page | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet, mellophone | |
| Victor | BS-058151 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | My fightin' gal | Hot Lips Page Trio ; Hot Lips Page | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058152 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Evil man's blues | Teddy Bunn ; Hot Lips Page Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058153 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Do it, if you wanna | Hot Lips Page Trio | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, trumpet, composer | |
| Victor | BS-067736 | 10-in. | 9/2/1941 | Blues in the night | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068195 | 10-in. | 11/12/1941 | St. James Infirmary blues | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068196 | 10-in. | 11/12/1941 | St. James Infirmary blues | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Jazz/dance band, with trumpet solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-070342 | 10-in. | 10/30/1941 | Take your shoes off, baby (And start runnin' through my mind) | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-071712 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | Sometimes I feel like a motherless child | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | E1VB-1380 | 10-in. | 3/7/1951 | That's the one for me | Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |
| Victor | E1VB-1381 | 10-in. | 3/7/1951 | Let me in | Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | E1VB-2090 | 10-in. | 5/3/1951 | I want to ride like the cowboys do | Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | E1VB-2091 | 10-in. | 5/3/1951 | Strike, while the iron is hot! | Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W24245 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | You're too lovely to last | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Columbia | W24246 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | Under a blue jungle moon | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Columbia | W24247 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | Everything happens for the best | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Columbia | W24248 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | Why did I always depend on you? | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Columbia | W24249 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | Long gone blues | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Decca | 63393 | 10-in. | 3/10/1938 | Good old bosom bread | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63394 | 10-in. | 3/10/1938 | He's pulling his whiskers | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67091 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | I would do anything for you | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67092 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | I ain't got nobody | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67093 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | A porter's love song to a chambermaid | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67094 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | Gone with the gin | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67099 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | Walk it to me (Call of the wild) | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67100 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | I won't be here long | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68332 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | 627 stomp | Pete Johnson's Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68333 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | Piney Brown blues | Pete Johnson's Band ; Joe Turner | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68334 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | Lafayette | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68335 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | South | Hot Lips Page Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68435 | 10-in. | 12/3/1940 | Harlem rhumbain' the blues | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68436 | 10-in. | 12/3/1940 | No matter where you are | Hot Lips Page and his Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 84618 | 5/27/1953 | St. Louis blues | Hot Lips Page | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 84619 | 5/27/1953 | On the sunny side of the street | Hot Lips Page | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 84620 | 5/27/1953 | St. James infirmary | Hot Lips Page | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 84621 | 5/27/1953 | The Sheik of Araby | Hot Lips Page | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |||
| Decca | N 1633 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Woke up clipped | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1634 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Teezol | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1635 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | 'Nuff said | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1636 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | The horn | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1637 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Dirty deal | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1638 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Don't blame me | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1639 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | I surrender dear | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | N 1640 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Tea for two | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Page, Hot Lips," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104120.
Page, Hot Lips. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104120.
"Page, Hot Lips." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83021454
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