Freddy (Freddie) Slack
Frederick Charles Slack (August 7, 1910 – August 10, 1965) was an American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 7, 1910 (La Crosse), Died August 10, 1965 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1955
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 63201 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Doctor Rhythm | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63202 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | On the sentimental side | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63203 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | How'dja like to love me? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63204 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | I fall in love with you every day | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63205 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Love is here to stay | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63206 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | Smoke from a chimney | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63207 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | It's the dreamer in me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63208 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | I was doing all right | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63209 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | My first impression of you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63429 | 10-in. | 3/15/1938 | Two bouquets | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63430 | 10-in. | 3/15/1938 | I can't face the music (without singing the blues) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63431 | 10-in. | 3/16/1938 | Joseph! Joseph! | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63432 | 10-in. | 3/16/1938 | At a perfume counter | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63433 | 10-in. | 3/16/1938 | It's the dreamer in me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63434 | 10-in. | 3/16/1938 | Don't be that way | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63435 | 10-in. | 3/16/1938 | Love walked in | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63436 | 10-in. | 3/16/1938 | The weekend of a private secretary | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63496 | 10-in. | 3/29/1938 | Lost and found | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63497 | 10-in. | 3/29/1938 | Stop! And reconsider | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63498 | 12-in. | 3/29/1938 | I cried for you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63655 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Popcorn man | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ; Ralph Muzzillo | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63656 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | I love you in technicolor | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ; Ralph Muzzillo | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63657 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | At your beck and call | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ; Ralph Muzzillo | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63658 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ; Ralph Muzzillo | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63659 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Who do you think I saw last night? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ; Ralph Muzzillo | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63689 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | John Silver | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63690 | 12-in. | 4/29/1938 | Song of the Volga boatman | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63691 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63692 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | Dusk in Upper Sandusky | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63718 | 10-in. | 5/6/1938 | If you were in my place | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63719 | 10-in. | 5/6/1938 | I let a song go out of my heart | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63720 | 10-in. | 5/6/1938 | I hadn't anyone till you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63787 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | There's a faraway look in your eye | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63788 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | Any old time at all | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63789 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | I let a song go out of my heart | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63790 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | That feeling is gone | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63791 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | If you were in my place | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 63792 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | Arkansaw traveler | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64350 | 10-in. | 7/27/1938 | Tu-li-tulip time | The Andrews Sisters ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64351 | 10-in. | 7/27/1938 | I haven't changed a thing | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64352 | 10-in. | 7/27/1938 | Sha-sha | The Andrews Sisters ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64353 | 10-in. | 7/27/1938 | Killy-La-Lee | The Andrews Sisters ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64365 | 10-in. | 7/29/1938 | Change partners | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64366 | 10-in. | 7/29/1938 | Love is where you find it | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64367 | 10-in. | 7/29/1938 | The yam | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64368 | 10-in. | 7/29/1938 | Garden of the moon | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64757 | 10-in. | 11/21/1938 | Hold tight | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64758 | 10-in. | 11/21/1938 | Billy boy | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64759 | 10-in. | 11/21/1938 | A room with a view | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 64760 | 10-in. | 11/21/1938 | Kinda lonesome | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65001 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | Let's stop the clock | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65002 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | The masquerade is over | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65003 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | Good for nothin' (but love) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65004 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | Deep purple-1 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65005 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | Romance runs in the family | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65006 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | Fate | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65051 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | I get along without you very well | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65052 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | It's anybody's moon | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65053 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | It's all yours | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65054 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | This is it | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65098 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Our love | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65099 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | All of me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65200 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | You're so desirable | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65659 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Romance | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65660 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | A home in the clouds | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65661 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | My love for you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65662 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Shoot the meat balls to me, Dominick boy! | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65663 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | All I remember is you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65664 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Show your linen, , Miss Richardson | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65739 | 10-in. | 6/6/1939 | This is no dream | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65740 | 10-in. | 6/6/1939 | I poured my heart into a song | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65741 | 10-in. | 6/6/1939 | Especially for you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65742 | 10-in. | 6/6/1939 | An old-fashioned tune is always new | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65743 | 10-in. | 6/6/1939 | All or nothing at all | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65835 | 10-in. | 6/16/1939 | Whisper while we dance | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65836 | 10-in. | 6/16/1939 | Back to back | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65837 | 10-in. | 6/16/1939 | Stairway to the stars | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65838 | 10-in. | 6/16/1939 | The lamp is low | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65876 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | In the middle of a dream | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65877 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | Begone | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65878 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | Rendezvous time in Paree | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65879 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | Is it possible? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65880 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | Body and soul | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65966 | 10-in. | 7/14/1939 | A man and his dream | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65967 | 10-in. | 7/14/1939 | The jumpin' jive | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65968 | 10-in. | 7/14/1939 | Dixieland detour | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 65969 | 10-in. | 7/14/1939 | Go fly a kite | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66082 | 10-in. | 8/14/1939 | One sweet letter from you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66083 | 10-in. | 8/14/1939 | So many times | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66084 | 10-in. | 8/14/1939 | It's funny to everyone but me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66085 | 10-in. | 8/14/1939 | Take a tip from the whippoorwill | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66265 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Let's make memories tonight | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66266 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Are you havin' any fun? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66267 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | If I had you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66268 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Melancholy lullaby | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66269 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Comes love | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66785 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | Love never went to college | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66786 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | I didn't know what time it was | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66787 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | My prayer | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66788 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | You're the greatest discovery (since 1492 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66789 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | A table in the corner | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 66790 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | A man and his drum | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 728 | 10-in. | 2/26/1937 | All God's chillun got rhythm | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 729 | 10-in. | 2/28/1937 | In a little hula heaven | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 730 | 10-in. | 2/28/1937 | Never in a million years | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 731 | 12-in. | 2/28/1937 | La capinera (The wren) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 732 | 10-in. | 2/28/1937 | Listen to the mocking bird | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 733 | 10-in. | 3/2/1937 | Just lately | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 734 | 10-in. | 3/2/1937 | The love bug will bite you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 735 | 10-in. | 3/3/1937 | The love bug wtll bite you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 736 | 10-in. | 3/3/1937 | Jamboree | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 737 | 10-in. | 3/3/1937 | What will I tell my heart? | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 738 | 10-in. | 3/3/1937 | Too marvelous for words | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 739 | 10-in. | 3/3/1937 | Peckin' | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 740 | 10-in. | 3/3/1937 | I got rhythm | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 757 | 12-in. | 3/17/1937 | The Blue Danube waltz | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 758 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | Slap that bass | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 759 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | They all laughed | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 760 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | They can't take that away from me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 761 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | Let's call the whole thing off | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 819 | 10-in. | 6/23/1937 | (I want it) Sweet like you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 820 | 10-in. | 6/23/1937 | Flight of the bumble bee | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 821 | 10-in. | 6/23/1937 | The moon got in my eyes | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 822 | 10-in. | 6/23/1937 | After you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 823 | 10-in. | 6/23/1937 | All you want to do is dance | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 824 | 10-in. | 6/23/1937 | It's the natural thing to do | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2468 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Strange cargo | Freddie Slack and his Eight Beats | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2469 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Boogie woogie on kitten on the keys | Freddie Slack and his Eight Beats | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2470 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Pig foot Pete | Freddie Slack and his Eight Beats | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2471 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | That place down the road a-piece | Freddie Slack and his Eight Beats | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2738 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Rocks in my bed | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2739 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Blues on Central Avenue | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2740 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Goin' to Chicago | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | DLA 2741 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Sun risin' blues | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | L 8382 | 5/4/1955 | Bolero | Freddy (Freddie) Slack | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | L 8383 | 5/4/1955 | Rain drops | Freddy (Freddie) Slack | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | L 8384 | 5/4/1955 | Eating with chopsticks | Freddy (Freddie) Slack | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | L 8385 | 5/4/1955 | Rockin' the boogie | Freddy (Freddie) Slack | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Slack, Freddy (Freddie)," accessed June 3, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344115.
Slack, Freddy (Freddie). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 3, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344115.
"Slack, Freddy (Freddie)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 June 2024.
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LCNAR: Slack, Freddie - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87865098
Wikidata: Freddie Slack - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q204969
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MusicBrainz: Freddie Slack - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f94e172-7e35-4172-a4b6-36cd94716716
ISNI: 0000 0000 5514 1987 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055141987
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