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Benny Goodman Sextet Session
Studio album by
the Benny Goodman Sextet
Released1946
LabelColumbia
The Benny Goodman Sextet chronology
Benny Goodman's Sextet
(1944) 		Benny Goodman Sextet Session
(1946)

Benny Goodman Sextet Session is a studio album by the Benny Goodman Sextet released by Columbia Records in 1946.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The album was released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. C-113).[7]

Reception

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The New Yorker wrote upon the album's release: "The Benny Goodman Sextet turns up in a Columbia album (C-113) with eight brilliantly done pieces".[6]

The album spent three weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.[8][9]

Track listing

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Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (Columbia set C-113)[7]

All the tracks are marked as "fox trot".

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tiger Rag"Original Dixieland Jazz Band 
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't Misbehavin'"Razaf–Waller–Harper 
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Note(s)Length
1."She's Funny That Way"Moret–WhitingVocal chorus by Jane Harvey 
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Got Rhythm" (from Girl Crazy)I. Gershwin—G. Gershwin 
Side 5
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just One of Those Things"Cole Porter 
Side 6
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."China Boy"Boutelja–Winfree 
Side 7
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shine"Mack—L. Brown—Dabney 
Side 8
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rachel's Dream"Goodman 

Charts

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Chart (1946) Peak
position
US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums[8] 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Advance Record Releases". Billboard. April 6, 1946.
  2. ^ Collier's. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. October 1946.
    Life. Time Incorporated. October 1946.
  3. ^ "Billboard". April 6, 1946.
  4. ^ Records for the Millions. Hermitage Press. 1948.
  5. ^ The Billboard Encyclopedia of Music. 1946.
  6. ^ a b The New Yorker. F-R Publishing Corporation. 1946. Benny Goodman Sextet turns up in a Columbia album (C-113) with eight brilliantly done pieces. They are "Tiger Rag," "Ain't Misbehavin'", "She's Funny That Way,"
  7. ^ a b "Benny Goodman Sextet – Benny Goodman Sextet Session – 4 x Shellac (10-, 78 RPM, Album), 1946". 1946 – via Discogs.
  8. ^ a b "Billboard". June 1946.
  9. ^ See List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1946.
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