Recordings made Saturday, April 8, 1939

Company	Matrix Number	Size	First Take Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description
Victor	BS-035365	10-in.	3/28/1939	If it's good (Then I want it)	Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (take 1); with female vocal solo (takes 2 and 3)
Victor	BS-035719	10-in.	4/8/1939	"I," the living "I"	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Ida James	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
Victor	BS-035720	10-in.	4/8/1939	Let the punishment fit the crime	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Jimmy Mitchell	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Victor	BS-035721	10-in.	4/8/1939	Swing out (Theme song of Erskine Hawkins)	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-035722	10-in.	4/8/1939	Raid the joint	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-035723	10-in.	4/8/1939	Sunrise serenade	Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-035724	10-in.	4/8/1939	The V.M.I. spirit	Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble
Victor	BS-035725	10-in.	4/8/1939	Washington and Lee swing	Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble
Victor	PBS-036107	10-in.	4/8/1939	Songs and dances of death	Igor Gorin ; Max Rabinowitsch	Baritone vocal solo, with piano
Victor	PBS-036108	10-in.	4/8/1939	Songs and dances of death	Igor Gorin ; Max Rabinowitsch	Baritone vocal solo, with piano
Victor	PBS-036109	10-in.	4/8/1939	Songs and dances of death	Igor Gorin ; Max Rabinowitsch	Baritone vocal solo, with piano
Victor	PBS-036110	10-in.	4/8/1939	Songs and dances of death	Igor Gorin ; Max Rabinowitsch	Baritone vocal solo, with piano
Decca	65366	10-in.	4/8/1939	Three little fishies	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing
Decca	65367	10-in.	4/8/1939	Hooray for spinach	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing
Decca	65368	10-in.	4/8/1939	Step up and shake my hand	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing
Decca	65369	10-in.	4/8/1939	Now and then	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing
Decca	65370	10-in.	4/8/1939	Mandy	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Recordings made on Saturday, April 8, 1939," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1939-04-08.

Recordings made on Saturday, April 8, 1939. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1939-04-08.

Recordings made on Saturday, April 8, 1939." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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