Brunswick matrix HS7. It don't mean a thing / Range Riders

TitleSource
It don't mean a thing (Primary title)Disc label
String band; vocal chorus Little Willie (Title descriptor)Disc label
It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (Normalized title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Duke Ellington (songwriter)
Irving Mills (songwriter)
PersonnelNotes
Range Riders (Musical group)
Spec Harrison (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Harold "Little Willie" Roberts (instrumentalist : string bass)
Art Satherley (producer)
Fred Seibs (instrumentalist : violin)
Spec Harrison (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Harold "Little Willie" Roberts (vocalist)
Additional Information
  • Description: String band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Fiddle (violin), clarinet, alto saxophone, piano, guitar, tuba, and string bass
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Identification of personnel for the Range Riders has been frustrating and elusive. The musicians listed are best-guess assumptions based on aural and circumstantial evidence, but nothing is definitive.
Source(s): Chmura files; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/1/1937 Hot Springs, Arkansas. Hamp Williams Building, 510 Ouachita Ave. [1] Unknown
3/1/1937 Hot Springs, Arkansas. Hamp Williams Building, 510 Ouachita Ave. 2 Master Vocalion 03548 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix HS7. It don't mean a thing / Range Riders," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000667280/HS7-It_dont_mean_a_thing.

Brunswick matrix HS7. It don't mean a thing / Range Riders. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000667280/HS7-It_dont_mean_a_thing.

"Brunswick matrix HS7. It don't mean a thing / Range Riders." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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