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| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| As I Like It (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8213 |
| As Long As I Love You Vocal refrain by James Rushing (Bennie Moten / Henry Woods) | 10-30-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 22660-B |
| Baby Dear (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 11-29-1924 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 8213 |
| Baby Dear (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 6-11-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor |
| Band Box Shuffle (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23007 Bluebird 6710 |
| Blue Room (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 24381 Bluebird B-5585-A |
| Boot It (Bennie Moten) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38144-A |
| Bouncin’ Round (Raph) | 10-31-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23030-B |
| Break A Day Shuffle | 10-31-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor |
| Crawdad Blues (Bennie Moten) | 9-1923 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 8100-B |
| Dear Heart (Dent) | 7-11-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20855-B |
| Ding Dong Blues (2) (Bennie Moten / Staton) | 6-12-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | HMV |
| Ding Dong Blues (3) (Bennie Moten / Staton) | 6-12-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 21199-B |
| 18th Street Strut (Bennie Moten’s Orchestra) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8242-A |
| Elephant Wobble (Bennie Moten) | 9-1923 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 8100-A |
| Everyday Blues (Yo Yo Blues) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38144-B |
| Get Goin’ (Get Ready For Love) (Seymour / Rich) | 10-30-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23023-B |
| Get Low-Down Blues With talking by Lewis (Bennie Moten) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 21693-A |
| Goofy Dust (Bennie Moten / Hayes) | 11-29-1924 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 8184-B |
| Harmony Blues (1) (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor |
| Harmony Blues (2) (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20406 HMV |
| Here Come Marjorie (Bennie Moten / Woods) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor |
| Hot Water Blues (Bennie Moten) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38012-B Bluebird 7938 |
| Imagination Vocal refrain by the Sterling Russell Trio (Russell) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 23378 Bluebird B-5078 |
| It’s Hard To Laugh Or Smile (Bennie Moten) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38037-A Bluebird B-6431-A Bluebird B-8228-A |
| It Won’t Be Long (Bennie Moten / Abrams) | 7-17-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38123-B |
| I Wanna Be Around My Baby All The Time Vocal refrain by James Rushing (Joe Young / George W. Meyer) | 4-15-1931 | New York, New York | Victor 22680-A |
| I Wish I Could Be Blue (1) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham / Count Basie) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor |
| I Wish I Could Be Blue (2) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham / Count Basie) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor |
| Jones Law Stomp (2) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor |
| Jones Law Stomp (3) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor |
| Justrite (1) (Bennie Moten / Al Lewis) | 9-6-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 21739-A |
| Justrite (2) (Bennie Moten / Al Lewis) | 9-6-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | RCA X |
| Justrite (3) (Bennie Moten) | 9-6-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | unissued |
| Just Say It’s Me (Bennie Moten / Buster Moten) | 7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38132-B |
| Kansas City Breakdown (Bennie Moten / Woody Walder) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 21693-B |
| Kansas City Shuffle (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20485-A |
| Kansas City Squabble (Al Lewis / Bennie Moten) | 7-16-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38091-A |
| Kater Street Rag (Bennie Moten Orchestra) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8277-A |
| Lafayette (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor B-10955-A Bluebird 10955 Bluebird B-6218 |
| Let’s Get It (Ira Moten / Bennie Moten) | 7-16-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38072-B |
| Liza Lee (1) Vocal Refrain by James Rushing (Bud Green / Sam H. Stept) | 10-29-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23023-A |
| Liza Lee (2) Vocal Refrain by James Rushing (Bud Green / Sam H. Stept) | 10-29-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23023-A |
| Loose As A Goose (Buster Moten / Bennie Moten) | 7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38123-A |
| Mack’s Rhythm (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham / Count Basie) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor |
| Mary Lee (Bennie Moten / Perry) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38114-B Bluebird B-6638-A |
| Midnight Mama (Jelly Roll Morton) | 12-14-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20422 |
| Milenburg Joys (Jelly Roll Morton) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 24381 Bluebird B-5585-B |
| Missouri Wobble (1) (Bennie Moten) | 12-14-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20422 |
| Missouri Wobble (2) (Bennie Moten) | 12-14-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20422 |
| Moten’s Blues (Bennie Moten) | 7-17-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38072-A Bluebird B-7938-A |
| Moten Stomp (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 6-12-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20955-A Bluebird B-6204-A |
| Moten Swing (Bennie Moten / Ira Moten) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 23384 Bluebird 6032 Bluebird 10259 |
| Muscle Shoals Blues (Thomas) | 12-14-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor |
| Now Goofy Dust – Rag (Bennie Moten) | 7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38091-B |
| New Moten Stomp (1) (Bennie Moten) | 10-30-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23030-A |
| New Moten Stomp (2) (Bennie Moten) | 10-30-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23030-A Bluebird B-6709 |
| New Orleans Vocal refrain by James Rushing (Hoagy Carmichael) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 24216-A Bluebird B-10955-B Bluebird B-6218 |
| New Vine Street Blues (1) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23007 |
| New Vine Street Blues (2) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23007 Bluebird B-6710 |
| Now That I Need You (Smith / Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-31-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Bluebird B-6711-B |
| Oh! Eddie (1) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 22958-A |
| Oh! Eddie (2) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 22958-A |
| Pass Out Lightly (2) (J. Washington) | 6-12-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 21199-A |
| Pass Out Lightly (3) (J. Washington) | 6-12-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 21199-A |
| Prince Of Wails (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 23393 Bluebird 6851 |
| Professor Hot Stuff (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham / Count Basie) | 10-30-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23429 |
| Rit-Dit-Ray (2) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23342 |
| Rit-Dit-Ray (3) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23342 |
| Rite Tite (Clemmons / Bennie Moten Clemmons) | 7-17-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38104-A |
| Rumba Negro (Spanish Stomp) (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23037-B |
| Sad Man Blues (Bennie Moten) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38048 |
| She’s No Trouble (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38021-B Victor 24893-B |
| She’s Sweeter Than Sugar (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8255-B |
| Sister Honky Tonk (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8277-B |
| Slow Motion (Bennie Moten) | 9-6-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38012-A |
| Small Black (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23342 |
| Small Black (Bennie Moten / Count Basie) | 10-23-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 23342 |
| Somebody Stole My Gal Vocal Chorus by Bill Basie (Leo Wood) | 10-31-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23028-B Bluebird 5481 Bluebird 6709 |
| South (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 11-29-1924 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 9184-B |
| South (Bennie Moten / Washington) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38021-A Victor 24893-A |
| South Street Blues (Bennie Moten Orchestra) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8255-A |
| Sugar (Maceo Pinkard) | 6-11-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20855-A |
| Sweatheart Of Yesterday (Holt / Sanders / Bennie Moten) | 10-24-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38114-A Bluebird B-6851-A |
| Terrific Stomp (Bennie Moten / Booker Washington) | 7-16-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38081-B Bluebird 6304 |
| That Certain Motion (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes / Beny) | 7-17-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38104-B |
| That’s What I’m Talking About (Bennie Moten) | 7-17-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38081-A |
| That Too, Do (1) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham / Count Basie) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 22793-B |
| That Too, Do (2) (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham / Count Basie) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 22793-B |
| The Count (Gordon) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Bluebird 6719 |
| The New Tulsa Blues (Bennie Moten) | 6-11-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 21584-A |
| The Only Girl I Ever Loved Vocal refrain by the Sterling Russell Trio (Ziegler) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 23378 |
| Thick Lip Stomp (1) (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20406 |
| Thick Lip Stomp (2) (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | HMV |
| Things Seem Blue To Me (Bennie Moten / Thamon Hayes) | 5-14-1925 | Kansas City, Missouri | Okeh 8242-B |
| Toby (Bennie Moten / Eddie Barefield) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 23384 Bluebird 6032 Bluebird 10259 |
| Tough Breaks (Harlan Leonard / Bennie Moten) | 9-6-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor V-38037-B Bluebird B-6638-B |
| Tulsa Blues (Bennie Moten) | 11-29-1924 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 8184-A |
| Trouble In Mind (1) (Richard M. Jones) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor |
| Trouble In Mind (2) (Richard M. Jones) | 9-7-1928 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 21739-B |
| Twelfth Street Rag (1) (Euday Bowman) | 6-11-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | RCA X |
| Twelfth Street Rag (2) (Euday Bowman) | 6-11-1927 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20946-A |
| Two Times (Sanberg) | 12-13-1932 | Camden, New Jersey | Victor 23393 |
| Vine Street Blues (Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra) | 11-29-1924 | St. Louis, Missouri | Okeh 8194-A |
| When I’m Alone (Bennie Moten / Jimmy Rushing) | 10-30-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 22734 |
| Won’t You Be My Baby? (1) (Bennie Moten / James Rushing) | 10-27-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23028-A |
| Won’t You Be My Baby? (2) (Bennie Moten / James Rushing) | 10-27-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor 23028-A Bluebird B-6711-A |
| When Life Seems So Blue (Bennie Moten / Hayes) | 7-18-1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor V-38132-A |
| White Lightin’ Blues (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor |
| Ya Got Love Vocal refrain by James Rushing (Goodhart / Nelson / Hoffman) | 4-15-1931 | New York, New York | Victor 22680-B |
| Yazoo Blues (1) (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20485-B |
| Yazoo Blues (2) (Bennie Moten) | 12-13-1926 | Chicago, Illinois | Victor 20485-B |
| You Made Me Happy (Bennie Moten / Eddie Durham) | 10-28-1930 | Kansas City, Missouri | Victor |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Eddie Barefield | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone |
| Count Basie | Piano |
| Leroy Berry | Banjo |
| Harry Cooper | Cornet |
| LaForrest Dent | Banjo |
| Eddie Durham | Trombone, Guitar, Arranger |
| Josephine Garrison | Vocals |
| Willie Hall | Drums |
| Thamon Hayes | Trombone |
| Joe Keyes | Trumpet |
| Harlan Leonard | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone |
| Ed Lewis | Cornet |
| William Little, Jr. | Vocals |
| Willie McWashington | Drums, Vocals |
| Dan Minor | Trombone |
| Bennie Moten | Piano, Conductor |
| Ira “Buster” Moten | Accordian, Piano |
| Oran “Hot Lips” Page | Trumpet |
| Vernon Page | Bass Brass |
| Walter Page | Bass |
| Jimmy Rushing | Vocals |
| Dee Stewart | Trumpet |
| Sam Tall | Banjo |
| James Taylor | Vocals |
| Woody Walder | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone |
| Booker Washington | Cornet |
| Jack Washington | Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone |
| Ben Webster | Tenor Saxophone |
| Paul Webster | Cornet |
| Lammar Wright | Cornet |
| The Sterling Russell Trio | Vocals |
| Goin’ To Kansas City, by Nathan W. Pearson, Jr, University of Illinois Press, 1994 |
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