Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

~ Recording by Louis Prima

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South4:12Louis PrimaThe Wildest!Louis PrimaAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)T 755
1.5Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:13Louis PrimaLouis Prima: Capitol Collector’s SeriesLouis PrimaAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 94072 2
1.8Medley: Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:10Louis PrimaLouis Prima (FR budget compilation)Louis PrimaAlbum + Compilation
EMI France252607-2
1.10Basin Street Blues4:13Louis Prima100% Loungin’: Urban Sound for Modern Living, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2748
1.8Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:15Louis PrimaThe Capitol RecordingsLouis Prima / Keely Smith / Sam ButeraAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15776 HI
2.14Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:13Louis PrimaCasinoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1995-11-20
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD2-11389
2.14Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:13Louis PrimaCasinoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
MCA Soundtracks111 389-2, MCD 11389
2.14Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:13Louis PrimaCasinoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD 11433
1.16Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:14Louis PrimaThe Original Louis PrimaLouis PrimaAlbum + Compilation
  • NL1996-02-01
DiskyTO 864682
1.17Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:11Louis Prima & Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the WitnessesBuona SeraLouis Prima & Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the WitnessesAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998
The Entertainers (Italian)CD 216 AAD
2.16Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:14Louis Prima & Keely SmithUltra‐Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin’: The Artist Collection, Volume 1Louis Prima & Keely SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1999-06-08
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 5 20437 2 9
1.6Medley: Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South4:19Louis PrimaThe Wildest!Louis PrimaAlbum
  • US2000-05-16
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), DCC Compact Classics72435-26119-2-8, DZS-184
1.21Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South4:14Louis PrimaBuona Sera - The Best, the WildestLouis PrimaAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-16
Remember (reissues)RMB 75076
1.6Medley: Basin Street Blues / When It'’ Sleepy Time Down South4:14Louis PrimaThe Wildest!Louis PrimaAlbum
EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets, DCC Compact Classics72435-26119-2-8, DZS-184
1.5Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:13Louis PrimaLouis Prima: Capitol Collector’s SeriesLouis PrimaAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2002-07-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.6Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South4:14Louis PrimaThe Wildest!Louis PrimaAlbum
  • US2002-08-13
Capitol Jazz7243 5 38696 2 5
2.6Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:14Louis PrimaGentlemen of SwingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation)300418
1.14Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (medley)4:14Louis PrimaAnthologyLouis PrimaAlbum + Compilation
  • -2016
Steel Music
1.6Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South4:12Louis PrimaThe Wildest!Louis PrimaAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)TTX 40.346

Relationships

producer:Voyle Gilmore
tenor saxophone:Sam Butera (on 1956-04-19)
trumpet and lead vocals:Louis Prima (on 1956-04-19)
orchestra:The Witnesses (on 1956-04-19)
recorded at:Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-04-19)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/290666 [info]
recording of:1. Basin Street Blues (on 1956-04-19: medley)
2. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (on 1956-04-19: medley)

Related works

Basin Street Blues

lyricist and composer:Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
referred to in medleys:Sleeptime Down South Medley (order: 9)
is the basis for:Jasin Street

When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

lyricist:Leon René
Otis René
composer:Clarence Muse
publisher:Leon Rene Publication
Mills Music, Inc.
Otis Rene Publication
Sherwin Music (publisher)
referred to in medleys:Sleeptime Down South Medley (order: 1)
Medley: You Rascal You… (order: 3)
is the basis for:Alles geht einmal zu Ende