Calendar for 04.05.2024

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Historical Charts
UK Singles
(1952-2024)
UK Albums
(1956-2024)
Billboard Singles
(1940-2024)
Billboard Albums
(1970-2024)
Radio Luxembourg Singles
(1980-1991)

Grammy Awards
Grammy Hall of Fame

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Albums Discography:

# Title Release Date Label Type UK USA 1. Lady Be Good 1939 2. Shoe Shien Boy 1939 3. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie 1940 4. Roseland Shuffle 1940 5. Honeysuckle Rose 1941 6. Digging Around 1941 7. One O'Clock Jump 1941 8. Blue Lester 1942 9. Broadway 1942 10. Easy Does It 1942 11. Jumping At The Woodside 1943 12. Panassie Stomp 1943 13. Twelfth Street Rag 1944 14. Dicki's Dream 1945 15. Pound Cake 1945 16. These Foolish Things 1945 17. It's Only A Paper Moon 1946 18. Lover Come Back To Me 1946 19. She's Funny That Way 1947 20. You're Driving Me Crazy 1947 21. New Lester Leaps In 1948 22. I've Found A New Baby 1948 23. Up & Adam 1950 24. Undercover Girl Blues 1951 25. Trio 1951 Universal 26. President Plays 1952 Wax Time 27. Gigantic Blues 1956 28. Pres Return 1956 29. Pres And Teddy & Teddy Wilson 13.01.1956 Verve 30. Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio 1957 31. Lester Young Story (3LP) 1975 32. Newly Discover Performances Volume One 5/1975 ESP 33. The Genius Of Lester Young (2LP) 10/1975 Verve 34. Lester Swings produced by: Norman Granz 6/1976 Verve 35. Sax Masters & Yusef Lateef (2LP) 11/1976 Vogue 36. The Lester Young Story, Volume Two - A Musical Romance (2LP) 4/1978 CBS 37. The Lester Young Story, Vol 4 - Lester Leaps In (2LP) 8/1979 CBS 38. Mean To Me 6/1980 Verve 39. In Washington, D.C. 1956 12/1980 Pablo 40. In Washington D.C. 1956, Volume III (live) 9/1981 Pablo Live 41. Classic Tenors & Coleman Hawkins 1/1984 Dr Jazz 42. Bird And Prez '49 & Charlie Parker 5/1984 Verve 43. Lester Swings 21.09.1999 Verve 44. The Complete Studio Sessions On Verve (8CD box set) 19.10.1999 Verve 45. Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' 29.02.2000 Verve 46. Lester Young Memorial Album 18.10.2000 Sony 47. Los Angeles to New York 1944-1946 04.09.2001 Cleopatra 48. 1939-47, Vol. 1: The Alternative Takes 23.04.2002 Neatwork 49. Jazz After Hours 04.06.2002 Jazz After Hours 50. Complete Savoy Recordings 02.07.2002 Savoy Jazz 51. Jazz in Paris: Le Dernier Message de Lester Young 16.07.2002 52. A Musical Romance & Billie Holiday 23.07.2002 Columbia/Legacy 53. New York to Los Angeles: 1938-1947 30.07.2002 Fremeaux & Associes 54. Chicago to New York to Los Angeles: 1938-1944 30.07.2002 Fremeaux & Associes 55. Collates 23.12.2002 Doxy 56. Timeless Lester Young 14.01.2003 Savoy Jazz 57. Master's Touch 11.03.2003 Savoy Jazz 58. 1936-1948: The President of the Tenor Sax 01.07.2003 Jazz Legends 59. Kansas City Sax: Complete Kansas City Master Takes 15.07.2003 Jasmine 60. 1951-1952 20.01.2004 Classics 61. With the Oscar Peterson Trio & The Oscar Peterson Trio 16.03.2004 Universe 62. Be-Bop Days 27.07.2004 Definitive Classics 63. Kansas City Swing 27.07.2004 Definitive Classics 64. Blue Lester: The One and Only Lester Young 09.08.2005 Savoy Jazz 65. Lester Leaps In 21.03.2006 Passport Audio 66. At the Reno Club, Kansas City 1936 02.10.2007 67. Live at Birdland credited to: Lester Young Quartet (live) 04.12.2007 Esp Disk Ltd. 68. J.A.T.P. Live at Carnegie Hall & Ben Webster & Roy Eldrige & Dizzy Gillespie (live) 07.04.2009 Lonehill Jazz 69. Centennial Celebration 04.08.2009 OJC 70. Standards: Great Songs / Great Performances 13.07.2010 Verve 71. 100 Years: Forever Young 14.09.2010 Storyville 72. The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio 08.03.2011 Essential Jazz 73. Pres and Teddy 28.06.2011 Universal 74. Jazz Biography 19.07.2011 AAO 75. The Jazz Giants '56 01.11.2011 Universal 76. Too Marvellous for Words 20.03.2012 Candid 77. Complete Lester Young 27.03.2012 PSP 78. Don't You Know Who I Think I Am? 05.06.2012 jazz2jazz 79. The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio & Oscar Peterson 26.06.2012 Wax Time 80. I Want to Be Happy 29.01.2013 Jazz Tune 81. Boston 1950 16.07.2013 Uptown 82. Lester Young Collection: 1936-1947 01.10.2013 Fabulous 83. 7 Classic Albums 09.09.2014

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