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Sessions of 1940

• May 10, 1940
• July 17, 1940
• November (date unknown)
• November or December (date unknown)
• December 6, 1940

1940

May 10, 1940

Hollywood California

Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, drums), Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Wesley Prince (bass), Al Spieldock (drums on *), Helen Forrest (vocals)

• House Of Morgan
• I'd Be Lost Without You *
• Central Avenue Breakdown *
• Jack The Bellboy

Note: credited as Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Note: for RCA Victor Records

July 17, 1940

Hollywood California

Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, drums), Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Wesley Prince (bass), Al Spieldock (drums on *), Helen Forrest (vocals)

• Dough-Ra-Me
• Jivin' With Jarvis
• Blue Because Of You
• I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance

Note: credited as Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra with The Hampton Rhythm Boys
Note: for RCA Victor Records

November (date unknown)

Los Angeles or Hollywood California, for Standard Transcriptions

Nat Cole (piano, vocal), Oscar Moore (guitar, vocal) and Wesley Prince (bass, vocal)

• Early Morning Blues
• Bedtime
• Honey Hush
• French Toast
• Vine Street Jump
• B Flat
• You Send Me
• Love Is My Alibi
• Pogo Stick Bounce
• Gone With the Draft

Note: Nat, Oscar and Wesley are credited as The King Cole Trio.

November or December (date unknown)

Los Angeles or Hollywood California

Nat Cole (piano, vocal), Oscar Moore (guitar, vocal) and Wesley Prince (bass, vocal), Lee Young (drums)

• I Like to Riff
• On the Sunny Side of the Street
• Black Spider Stomp
• By the River St. Marie

Note: Produced by Leon Rene for Ammor Records.
Note: First commercial recordings of the Trio.

December 6, 1940

Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Wesley Prince (bass)

• (DLA 2255A) Sweet Lorraine
• (DLA 2256A) Honeysuckle Rose
• (DLA 2257A) Gone With The Draft
• (DLA 2257B) Gone With The Draft
• (DLA 2258A) This Side Up

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: for Decca Records
Note: DLA 2257B is an alternate take.

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