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'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood)

Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra

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21 cited facts

  • 1990
  • 3:13
  • 139 BPM · C major

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  1. Released on Classics, also Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra), Muggles (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra) and Solo Flight (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)

  2. Written by Buddy Bernier, also The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Coltrane), Poinciana (The Song of the Tree) (The Manhattan Transfer) and It’s Good as New (I Painted It Blue) (Louis Prima)

  3. Part of The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1935-1937, also I'm Nuts About Screwy Music, Honest and Truly and Count Me Out

  4. Written by George A. Whiting, also My Blue Heaven (Fats Domino), Believe It, Beloved (Fats Waller and His Rhythm) and You’re an Old Smoothie (Ella Fitzgerald)

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Written by
Buddy Bernier, George A. Whiting and William Haid
Performed by
Al Norris, Dan Grissom, Earl Carruthers, Eddie Durham, Eddie Tompkins, Edwin Wilcox, Elmer Crumbley, Jimmy Crawford, Joe Thomas, Laforest Dent, Moses Allen, Paul Webster, Russell Bowles, Sy Oliver and Willie Smith
Part of
The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1935-1937
Released on
Classics

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  1. 1MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Al Norris

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Al Norris

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  2. 2MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Dan Grissom

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Dan Grissom

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  3. 3MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Earl Carruthers

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Earl Carruthers

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  4. 4MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Eddie Durham

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Eddie Durham

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  5. 5MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Eddie Tompkins

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Eddie Tompkins

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  6. 6MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Edwin Wilcox

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Edwin Wilcox

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  7. 7MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Elmer Crumbley

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Elmer Crumbley

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  8. 8MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Jimmy Crawford

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Jimmy Crawford

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  9. 9MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Joe Thomas

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Joe Thomas

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  10. 10MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Laforest Dent

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Laforest Dent

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  11. 11MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Moses Allen

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Moses Allen

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  12. 12MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Paul Webster

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Paul Webster

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  13. 13MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Russell Bowles

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Russell Bowles

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  14. 14MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Sy Oliver

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Sy Oliver

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  15. 15MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Willie Smith

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was performed by Willie Smith

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  16. 16MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was written by Buddy Bernier

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was written by Buddy Bernier

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  17. 17MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was written by George A. Whiting

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was written by George A. Whiting

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  18. 18MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was written by William Haid

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was written by William Haid

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  19. 19MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1935-1937

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1935-1937

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  20. 20MusicBrainz Classics is the label of the song 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood)

    Classics is the label of the song 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood)

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  21. 21MusicBrainz 'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was released on 1990

    'Tain't Good (Like a Nickle Made of Wood) was released on 1990

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