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Artwork for MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) Chick Webb and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald

MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing)

Chick Webb and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald

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18 cited facts

  • 1938
  • 3:08
  • 185 BPM · C major

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  1. Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)

  2. Written by Marion Sunshine, also When I Get Low I Get High, The Peanut Vendor (Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra) and I Got a Guy

Credits

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Written by
Marion Sunshine
Performed by
Beverly Peer, Bobby Johnson, Bobby Stark, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, George Matthews, Hilton Jefferson, Mario Bauzá, Nat Story, Sandy Williams, Taft Jordan, Teddy McRae, Tommy Fulford and Wayman Carver
Part of
I Let a Tear Fall in the River / MacPherson Is Rehearsin'
Released on
Decca Records

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  1. 1MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Beverly Peer

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Beverly Peer

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Bobby Johnson

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Bobby Johnson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Bobby Stark

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Bobby Stark

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Chick Webb

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Chick Webb

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Ella Fitzgerald

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Ella Fitzgerald

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by George Matthews

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by George Matthews

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Hilton Jefferson

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Hilton Jefferson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Mario Bauzá

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Mario Bauzá

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Nat Story

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Nat Story

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Sandy Williams

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Sandy Williams

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Taft Jordan

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Taft Jordan

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Teddy McRae

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Teddy McRae

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Tommy Fulford

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Tommy Fulford

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Wayman Carver

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was performed by Wayman Carver

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  15. 15MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was written by Marion Sunshine

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was written by Marion Sunshine

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  16. 16MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) is part of the release I Let a Tear Fall in the River / MacPherson Is Rehearsin'

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) is part of the release I Let a Tear Fall in the River / MacPherson Is Rehearsin'

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  17. 17MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing)

    Decca Records is the label of the song MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing)

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  18. 18MusicBrainz MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was released on 1938

    MacPherson is Rehearsin' (To Swing) was released on 1938

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