Atco Records release Ben E. King’s third studio album : ‘Don’t Play That Song!’ featuring ‘Stand by Me’
Ben E. King‘s ‘Don’t Play That Song!’ feat. ‘Stand by Me’ is his third studio album released on August 20, 1962 by Atco Records.
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Ben E. King‘s ‘Don’t Play That Song!’ feat. ‘Stand by Me’ is his third studio album released on August 20, 1962 by Atco Records.
Miles Davis‘ ‘Bitches Brew’ is a studio double album recorded on August 19–21, 1969 and released in April 1970 by Columbia.
Harry Belafonte‘s ‘Calypso’ is his third studio album recorded on August 18, October 20 and November 9, 1955 and released on March 31, 2009 by RCA Victor.
‘Porgy and Bess’ by Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald is a studio album recorded on August 18-19 & October 14, 1957 and released the same year by Verve.
Nat King Cole‘s ‘After Midnight’ is his fifteenth album recorded in August–September 1956, produced by Lee Gillette and released in 1957 by Capitol
‘Oscar Peterson Trio + One’ is an album (featuring Clark Terry) recorded on August 17, 1964 and released In October 1964 by Mercury.
‘Ella and Louis’ by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio album recorded on August 16, 1956 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet.
Eric Dolphy‘s ‘Out There’ is his second album as band leader, recorded on August 15, 1960 and released the same year by New Jazz.
Abbey Lincoln‘s ‘It’s Magic’ is her third album recorded on July 24 and August 15, 1958 and released the same year by Riverside.
Dinah Washington‘s ‘Dinah Jams’ is a live album recorded in Hollywood on August 15, 1954, featuring Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson and Max Roach among others and released in February 1955 by EmArcy
Art Blakey‘s ‘A Night in Tunisia’ is an album recorded on August 7 and 14, 1960 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt in 1960 and released the same year by Blue Note.
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps’ ‘Bluejean Bop!’ is their debut album produced by Ken Nelson and released on August 13, 1956 by Capitol
Big Brother and the Holding Company’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ is their second album and their last album with Janis Joplin, released on August 12, 1968 by Columbia.
Tim Buckley‘s ‘Goodbye and Hello’ is his second album produced by Jerry Yester & Jac Holzman and released in August 1967, by Elektra.
Aretha Franklin‘s ‘Laughing On The Outside’ is his fourth studio album released on August 12, 1963 by Columbia.
‘Mulligan Meets Monk’ by Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk is an album recorded on August 12–13, 1957 In 1957 and released the same year by Riverside.
‘Jazz Impressions of Japan’ by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is an album recorded following the quartet’s trip to Japan and released on August 10, 1964 by Columbia.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘Live at Mister Kelly’s’ is an album recorded on August 10, 1958 in Chicago and released in 2007 by Verve.