"Angry" is a popular song, with music by Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies, and Jules Cassard, composed in 1924. Lyrics by Dudley Mecum were added when the song was published in printed form in the following year,1925.
The song was first recorded in an instrumental version by Merritt Brunies and his Friars Inn Orchestra for Autograph Records in Chicago in November 1924.[1]Ted Lewis and His Band recorded their own instrumental version on June 22, 1925, and then on June 26, 1925, The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) recorded the first vocal version.[2][3]
Earl Hines and his orchestra recorded the song on 13 September 1934 for Decca Records (catalog No. 183A), in an arrangement by bassist Quinn Wilson.[9]
Kay Starr - a single release that reached No. 26 in the Billboard charts in 1951.[10]
References
^ Rust, Brian (1978) Jazz Records,1897-1942, 4th Revised and Enlarged Edition, Arlington House, New Rochelle, New York, page 189.