Victor matrix BS-074783. A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Ray Nance

Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: 2 trumpets, cornet, 3 clarinets, 3 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 trombones, valve trombone, piano, guitar, string bass and drums
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation and collective personnel are from a CD reissue, cross-referenced with Victor ledgers. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session.
The Victor BHC for this matrix has not been located.
Source(s): CD: Duke Ellington centennial edition : The complete RCA Victor recordings (personnel); Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
7/28/1942 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Victor 20-1528 10-in.
7/28/1942 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master RCA Victor DUKE13 Compact disc
7/28/1942 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1A Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-074783. A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Ray Nance," accessed January 8, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055332/BS-074783-A_slip_of_the_lip_can_sink_a_ship.

Victor matrix BS-074783. A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Ray Nance. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055332/BS-074783-A_slip_of_the_lip_can_sink_a_ship.

"Victor matrix BS-074783. A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Ray Nance." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 8 January 2026.

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