From Branch to Branch
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From Branch to Branch is the title of a recording by singer/guitarist Leon Redbone
, released in 1981. It was his first on Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 152 on the Billboard
Pop Albums charts.
Production notes
Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone is a singer and guitarist specializing in interpretations of early 20th-century music, including jazz and blues standards and Tin Pan Alley classics....
, released in 1981. It was his first on Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 152 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Pop Albums charts.
Track listing
- "(Mama'a Got a Baby Named) Te Na Na" (Redbone) – 2:58
- "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" (Redbone) – 3:00
- "Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)" (Peter Frost, George Little, Fred RoseFred Rose (musician)Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...
) – 2:42 - "Step It up and Go" (Redbone) – 3:40
- "Your Cheatin' HeartYour Cheatin' Heart"Your Cheatin' Heart" is a song written and recorded by the American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams in 1952, but released after his death in 1953.. It is often considered one of his greatest songs, and one of the great songs of country music...
" (Hank Williams) – 3:02 - "Seduced" (Gary Tigerman) – 2:40
- "Why" (Jelly Roll MortonJelly Roll MortonFerdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
, Ed Werac) – 4:42 - "My Blue HeavenMy Blue Heaven (song)"My Blue Heaven" is a popular song written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George A. Whiting. It has become part of various fake book collections....
" (Walter DonaldsonWalter DonaldsonWalter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, composing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.-History:...
, George A. WhitingGeorge A. WhitingGeorge A. Whiting was a vaudeville song and dance man, and also a writer of lyrics for popular songs during the vaudeville era. He toured with singer Sadie Burt, whom he later married and had 3 daughters with. His best known work is "My Blue Heaven", with music by Walter Donaldson...
) – 2:21 - "Extra Blues" (Redbone) – 4:03
- "When You Wish upon a StarWhen You Wish upon a Star"When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...
" (Leigh HarlineLeigh HarlineLeigh Adrian Harline was a film composer.-Career:Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he worked for various radio stations before joining the Walt Disney studios in 1932 as arranger and scorer...
, Ned WashingtonNed WashingtonNed Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
) – 2:01 - "Prairie Lullaby" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:30
Personnel
- Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar
- Dr. JohnDr. JohnMalcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
– piano, drums, hambone - Mitch Holder – guitar
- Ralph Humphrey – drums
- Tim May – banjo
- Grady TateGrady TateGrady Tate, , is a hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer.He has played with Lional Hampton, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count...
– drums - Terry Waldo – drums
- Michael Braun – drums
- Bob Cranshaw – bass, vibraphone
- Jonathan Dorn – tuba
- Tom Artin – trombone
- Vince Giordano – sax
- Bobby Gordon – clarinet, sax
- Jack Maheu – clarinet
- Victor Morosco – clarinet
- Robert Payne – trombone
- Ed Polcer – trumpet
- Jim Rothermel – clarinet, saxophone
- Jim Self – tuba
- Dick Halligan – arranger
- William S. Fischer – string arrangements
Production notes
- Beryl Handler – producer
- Joel Dorn – producer
- Ed Sprigg – engineer
- Vince McGarry – engineer
- Michael O'Reilly – assistant engineer
- Tom Heid – assistant engineer
- Sandi Young – art direction