Hot Lips Page

Hot Lips Page

Oran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page (January 27, 1908 – November 5, 1954) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. He was known as a scorching soloist and powerful vocalist. Page was a member of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Artie Shaw's Orchestra and Count Basie's Orchestra, and he worked with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ida Cox. He was one of the five musicians booked for the opening night at Birdland with Charlie Parker in 1949.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1908 (Dallas), Died November 5, 1954 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, vocalist, leader, songwriter, composer, mellophone

Notes: Also known as Oran Page.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 88 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-070342	10-in.	10/30/1941	Take your shoes off, baby (And start runnin' through my mind)	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist
Victor	BS-071712	10-in.	1/21/1942	Sometimes I feel like a motherless child	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	E1VB-1380	10-in.	3/7/1951	That's the one for me	Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist
Victor	E1VB-1381	10-in.	3/7/1951	Let me in	Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	E1VB-2090	10-in.	5/3/1951	I want to ride like the cowboys do	Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist, composer
Victor	E1VB-2091	10-in.	5/3/1951	Strike, while the iron is hot!	Hot Lips Page Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
Columbia	W24245	10-in.	3/21/1939	You're too lovely to last	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W24246	10-in.	3/21/1939	Under a blue jungle moon	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W24247	10-in.	3/21/1939	Everything happens for the best	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W24248	10-in.	3/21/1939	Why did I always depend on you?	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W24249	10-in.	3/21/1939	Long gone blues	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	KC612	10-in.	11/10/1929	Blue Devil blues	Original Blue Devils ; Walter Page	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63393	10-in.	3/10/1938	Good old bosom bread	Hot Lips Page and his Band		vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63394	10-in.	3/10/1938	He's pulling his whiskers	Hot Lips Page and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67091	10-in.	1/23/1940	I would do anything for you	Hot Lips Page and his Band		vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67092	10-in.	1/23/1940	I ain't got nobody	Hot Lips Page and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67093	10-in.	1/23/1940	A porter's love song to a chambermaid	Hot Lips Page and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67094	10-in.	1/23/1940	Gone with the gin	Hot Lips Page and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67099	10-in.	1/23/1940	Walk it to me (Call of the wild)	Hot Lips Page and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67100	10-in.	1/23/1940	I won't be here long	Hot Lips Page and his Band		vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68332	10-in.	11/11/1940	627 stomp	Pete Johnson's Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68333	10-in.	11/11/1940	Piney Brown blues	Pete Johnson's Band ; Joe Turner		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68334	10-in.	11/11/1940	Lafayette	Hot Lips Page Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68335	10-in.	11/11/1940	South	Hot Lips Page Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68435	10-in.	12/3/1940	Harlem rhumbain' the blues	Hot Lips Page and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet

(Results 51-75 of 88 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Page, Hot Lips," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104120.

Page, Hot Lips. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104120.

"Page, Hot Lips." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.