Today I sing the blues /

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Songs I like to sing! /

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'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do / by Humes, Helen

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Angels of the night : popular female singers of our time / by Mellers, Wilfrid Howard, 1914-

Table of Contents: “…The Rockbottom reality of the blues: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Sippie Wallace, Alberta Hunter, Helen Humes, Big Mama Thorntono, Dinah Washington -- 3. …”

American singers : twenty-seven portraits in song / by Balliett, Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Alec Wilder -- Alberta Hunter -- Cleo Brown -- Nellie Lutcher -- Joe Turner -- Helen Humes -- Ray Charles -- Joe Williams -- Sylvia Syms -- Peggy Lee -- Margaret Whiting -- Anita Ellis -- Teddi King, Mary Mayo and Barbara Lea -- Tony Bennett -- Mel Torme -- George Shearing -- Julius La Rosa -- Mabel Mercer -- Bobby Short -- Hugh Shannon -- Julie Wilson -- Blossom Dearie -- Carol Sloan -- Betty Carter -- Dave Frishberg.…”

Jazz notes : interviews across the generations / by Josephson, Sanford

Table of Contents: “…Seeing Stardust : "Hoagy" Carmichael -- The joint is jumpin' : Thomas "Fats" Waller -- No joke : Giuseppe "Joe" Venuti -- One o'clock jump : William "Count" Basie -- Melody man : Jonah Jones -- God is in the house : Art Tatum -- Road warriors : Earle Warren, Howard McGhee, and Milt Hinton -- The happy singer : Helen Humes -- The religion of bebop : John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie -- Classical jazz : George Shearing -- Take five : Dave Brubeck -- Duke's man : Norris Turney -- Singing the chords : Jon Hendricks -- Traveling with King Louis : Arvell Shaw -- Beyond the big bands : Gerry Mulligan -- Musical chameleon : Dick Hyman -- Flying high : Maynard Ferguson -- Growing up with jazz : Stanley Cowell -- Horn of emotion : David Sanborn -- Jazz ambassador : Billy Taylor.…”

Contemporary records original jazz classics sampler.

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Swingin' with Humes. by Humes, Helen

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The complete recorded works of Albinia Jones, 1938-1949.

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The best of Gene Norman's blues jubilees /

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California blues /

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A few honest words : the Kentucky roots of popular music / by Howard, Jason, 1981-

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Super Chief /

Online access for Gustavus community.

The complete Decca recordings / by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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What a difference a day makes : women who conquered 1950s music / by Bergsman, Steve

The world of Count Basie / by Dance, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…Count Basie (bandleader and piano) -- Jimmy Rushing (vocalist) -- Lester "Prez" Young (tenor saxophone and clarinet) -- Buck Clayton (trumpet and arranger) -- Jo Jones (drums) -- Eddie Durham (trombone, guitar, and arranger) -- Earle Warren (alto saxophone) -- Dicky Wells (trombone and arranger) -- Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet) -- Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone and clarinet) -- Helen Humes (vocalist) -- Snooky Young (trumpet) -- Joe Newman (trumpet) -- Preston Love (alto saxophone) -- Marshall Royal (alto saxophone and clarinet) -- Lockjaw Davis (tenor saxophone) -- Frank Wess (flute, saxophones, and arranger) -- Frank Foster (tenor saxophone and arranger) -- Joe Williams (vocalist) -- Al Grey (trombone) -- Sonny Cohn (trumpet) -- Eric Dixon (tenor saxophone, flute, and arranger) -- Bobby Plater (alto saxophone and arranger) -- Richard Boone (trombone and vocal) -- Nat Pierce (bandleader, piano, and arranger) -- Jay McShann (bandleader, piano, and vocal) -- Gene Ramey (bass) -- Gus Johnson, Jr. …”

The Kentucky African American encyclopedia /

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2005 Southern music CD

Table of Contents: “…Row, row, row your boat (Schoolchildren of Wanseko, Uganda) -- Number Nine train (Dale Hawkins) -- Where did my baby go (Howard Tate) -- Sally Jo (Ricky Skaggs) -- Milk cow blues (Johnnie Lee Wills and his Boys) -- Crow dance (Zora Neale Hurston) -- Had a gal called Sal (Lightnin' Hopkins) -- I'm gonna make her love me (Jim Ford) -- Oliver galop / Blind Tom (played by John Davis) -- Get the mop (Henry "Red" Allen) -- Hot smoke and sassfras (Bubble Puppy) -- You'll be the death of me (Johnny Winter) -- Ballad of a teenage queen (Cowboy Jack Clement) -- The Arizona yodeler (the DeZurik Sisters) -- Symphonique #6 (Good for goodie) (Moondog) -- On revival day (A rhythmic spiritual) (Bessie Smith) -- When the saints go marching in (Helen Humes) -- Beale Street blues (Nat King Cole) -- Southern gul (Erykah Badu) -- Piece of my heart (Erma Franklin) -- Trouble's back in town (the Wilburn Brothers) -- This room for rent (Sammi Smith) -- Searching the desert for the blues (Blind Willie McTell) -- You said a bad word (Joe Tex) -- I'm glad you're mine (Al Green) -- Jesus hits like the atom bomb (the Pilgrim Travelers) -- Suspicious minds (Elvis Presley) -- Dearest (Buddy Holly) -- Un Matin, J'etais sur ma Galerie (Elita, Mary, and Ella Hoffpauir).…”

Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / by Shaw, Arnold

Table of Contents: “…King -- Shirley Gunter & The Queens -- The Teen Queens -- The Cadets -- The Jacks -- Etta James -- Jesse Belvin -- Jack McVea -- Paul Reiner -- Ralph Bass -- Mesner Brothers -- Helen Humes -- Amos Milburn -- Charles Brown -- Lightnin' Hopkins -- Floyd Dixon -- Peppermint Harris -- Thurston Harris -- The Five Keys -- Shirley & Lee -- Gene & Eunice -- Bob Geddins -- Lowell Fulson -- Jimmy McCracklin -- Roy Hawkins -- Lafayette Thomas -- Johnny Fuller -- Jimmy Wilson -- Chris Strachwitz -- Mance Lipscomb -- Big Joe Williams -- Big Jay McNeely -- Clifton Chenier -- Lew Chudd -- Antoine "Fats" Domino -- Dave Bartholomew -- Ricky Nelson -- Smiley Lewis -- The Spiders -- Dootsie Williams -- The Penguins -- The Medallions -- The Meadowlarks -- Randy Wood -- The Del-Vikings -- Sam Cooke -- Syd Nathan -- Lucky Millinder -- Bull Moose Jackson -- Henry Glover -- Tiny Bradshaw -- Bill Doggett -- Lonnie Johnson -- Ivory Joe Hunter -- Wynonie "Mr. …”