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Musiker: Rushing, Jimmy
Nationalität: US
Geburtsjahr: 1901
Todesjahr: 1972
Instrumente: voc
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 Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret  —  Titel
LabelLabel-NummerAufnahme-Jahr 
 Bennie Moten  —  JAZZ STAR SERIE NO.8RCA VictorRCA LPM 10 0231929-30LP
 Bennie Moten and his Orchestra  —  Jazz Star Serie No.8RCA VictorLPM 10 0231929-30LP
 Bennie Moten Kansas City Orchestra  —  Basie BeginningsRCA9768-21929-32CD
 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 5781929-30CD
 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  New Moten Stomp Volume 4 (1929 -1930)RCAFPM1 70041929+30LP
 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  New Moten Stomp Volume 5 (1929 -1932)RCAFXM1 70621929-32LP
 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  THE COMPLETE BENNIE MOTEN VOL 3/4 (1928 -1930)RCA VictorPM 43693*1929-30LP
 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  THE COMPLETE BENNIE MOTEN, VOLUMES 5/6 (1930 -1932)RCA VictorPM 456881930-32LP
 Bennie Moten's Orchestra (1929 - 1932)  —  TREASURY OF JAZZ N° 59RCA Victor430.690 S1929-32LP
 Benny Goodman  —  Benny Goodman Yale Archives: Volume 3Limelight Records844 317-21989CD
 Benny Goodman  —  Benny in Brussels Vol. 1 & 2ColumbiaCOL-CD 68971958CD
 Benny Goodman  —  Swingtime with Benny GoodmanHistoriaH-6231935-39LP
 Benny Goodman  —  SWINGTIME WITH BENNY GOODMAN 1935 - 1939JOKERSM 30571935-39LP
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  Benny in BrusselsPhilips840 047 BY1958LP
 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 8581936-37CD
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  GREAT VOCALISTS OF YOUR TIMESRCA CamdenCAS-8721935-39LP
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  Memorable Vocal Performances With The Benny Goodman OrchestraRCALSP10037 e1935 - 1939LP
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  The Kingdom of SwingRCA VictorLPM-22471935-38LP
 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Quartet  —  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra The Complete Goodman Vol.4 1936 - 1937RCA VictorAXM2-55371936 - 1937LP
 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra / Quartet  —  THIS IS BENNY GOODMANRCA VictorVPM-6040/1-21935-39LP
 Benny Goodman Big Band  —  In EuropeMusicmastersCIJ 20157 Z1958LP
 Benny Goodman Big Band  —  Live At The International World Exhibition Brussels 1958Magic RecordsAWE 361958LP
 Benny Goodman Trio - Quartet - Quintet - Big Band and Guests  —  Benny Goodman Volume 3 1936 -1939RCA Victor731 0411936-39LP
 Buck Clayton  —  ALL THE CATS JOIN INPhilips MinigrooveBBL 71291953-56LP
XBuck Clayton  —  All the cats join inPhilips MinigrooveB 07163 L1953-56LP
XBuck Clayton  —  ALL THE CATS JOIN IN A BUCK CLAYTON JAM SESSIONColumbiaCL 8821953-56LP
 Buck Clayton  —  Jam SessionPhilips429 411 BE EP
 Buck Clayton  —  Jam Session From The VaultColumbiaCJ 442911953 - 1956LP
 Buck Clayton  —  Jam Sessions From The VaultCBS463336 11953-56LP
 Buck Clayton  —  The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam SessionsMosaic RecordsMD6-1441950-53CD
 Buck Clayton  —  The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam SessionsMosaic RecordsMD6-144 / MQ8-1441936-1943CD
 Buck Clayton  —  The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam SessionsMosaic RecordsMD6 1441950-53CD
 Buck Clayton & His Orchestra  —  Cat Meets ChickColumbiaCL 7781955LP
 Buck Clayton All Stars  —  COPENHAGEN CONCERTSteepleChase RecordsSCC-6006/7 (Doppel) / SCC-6007 (Record 2)1959LP
XBuck Clayton All Stars  —  COPENHAGEN CONCERTSteepleChase RecordsSCC-6006/7 (Doppel) / SCC-6006 (Record 1)1959LP
 Buck Clayton All Stars  —  Copenhagen ConcertSteepleChase RecordsSCCD 36006/71959CD
 Buck Clayton's Orchestra  —  Cat Meets ChickPhilips429 263 BE EP
 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra (Side 1) - Count Basie and his Orchestra (Side 2)  —  JAZUM 45JazumJAZUM 45 / 7601471936-41LP
 Count Basie  —  "the jitters"TAXm-80271939-41LP
 Count Basie  —  "the jitters"TAXTAX m-80271939-41LP
 Count Basie  —  A PORTRAIT OF AN ORCHESTRAVerve511 0381952-57LP
 Count Basie  —  AT SAVOY BALLROOM 1937-1944JOKERSM 30831937-44LP
 Count Basie  —  At The AvadonJoyce MusicLP-10751946 - 1951LP
 Count Basie  —  BASIE ON THE AIRCollector's ClassicsCC91937+38LP
 Count Basie  —  BIG BASIEQueen DiscQ-0251944LP
 Count Basie  —  Big BasieQueen DiscQ-025*1944LP
 Count Basie  —  blues by basiePhilips MinigrooveB 07223 L1939-50LP
 Count Basie  —  Chapter FiveQueen DiscQ-0341978LP
 Count Basie  —  Chapter FourQueen DiscQ-0331939-41LP
 Count Basie  —  CHAPTER THREEQueen DiscQ-0221939+40LP
 Count Basie  —  Chapter ThreeQueen DiscQ-022*1939+40LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIECaracolCAR. 4271943+45LP
 Count Basie  —  Count BasieCoral Records94 132 EPC1937+38EP
 Count Basie  —  Count BasiePhoenix 10 RecordsPHX304unbekanntLP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIEQueen DiscQ-0081937-42LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIEQueen DiscQ-0151939-41LP
 Count Basie  —  Count BasieQueen DiscQ-008*1937-42LP
 Count Basie  —  Count BasieQueen DiscQ-015*1939-41LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE 1940/44Jazz SocietyAA 5121940+44LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE 1939-1951CBSSONP-504361939-51LP
 Count Basie  —  Count Basie 1949 Shoutin' BluesBluebird07863 66158 21949CD
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRAColumbiaDZ 3201939SH
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRADeccaM.302821939SH
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRADecca303861937SH
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRAOdeon279.7861941SH
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE avec LESTER YOUNG SAXOPhilipsP 07.873 R1939-40LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE ET SON ORCHESTRE Vol. 1RCA130.2451947LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE IN CONCERTVerve711 0441957LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE IN DISCO ORDER, VOLUME 14 1942 -1945AJAZ RecordsAJAZ-2481942-45LP
 Count Basie  —  Count Basie in KANSAS CITYRCA VictorRCA LPV-5141929+32LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE ON V-DISC VOL.2DAN RECORDSVC-50051945LP
 Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE SUPER CHIEFCBS67205 / 312241939-42LP
 Count Basie  —  i grandi del JAZZFabbri EditoriGdj 17 oder Gdj-011936-62LP
 Count Basie  —  Jazz Archives No 76EPM1580821944-45CD
 Count Basie  —  LE DISQUE D'OR DE COUNT BASIEMr.PickwickMPD 2221942-46LP
 Count Basie  —  ONE NIGHT STAND WITH COUNT BASIEJoyce MusicLP-10451945+46LP
 Count Basie  —  One Night Stand with Count BasieJoyce MusicLP-1045*1945+46LP
 Count Basie  —  One Night Stand with Count Basie At the AvadonJoyce MusicLP-1075*1946 - 1951LP
 Count Basie  —  Planet JazzRCA Victor74321 52068 21947-50CD
 Count Basie  —  RCA Years In CompleteRCABVCJ-8601-031947CD
 Count Basie  —  Super ChiefCBS672051936-42LP
 Count Basie  —  Super ChiefCBSM 672051936-42LP
 Count Basie  —  Super ChiefCBS / ColumbiaM 67205 / G 312241936-42LP
 Count Basie  —  Super ChiefColumbiaG 312241936-42LP
 Count Basie  —  The Alternative Takes Volume 1Neatwork RecordsRP 20381936-40CD
 Count Basie  —  THE BASIE BAND 1952 - 1957Metronome0040.2001952-57LP
 Count Basie  —  THE BLUES I LIKE TO HEAR 1938 / 1939MCA Records510.0621938+39LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53969 (LP Vol. II)1939LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53976 (LP Vol. IX)1941LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53970 (LP Vol. III)1939LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53977 (LP Vol. X)1941LP
XCount Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53968 (LP Vol. I)1936-39LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53971 (LP Vol. IV)1939-40LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53975 (LP Vol. VIII)1941LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53973 (LP Vol. IV)1940LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53974 (LP Vol. VII)1940-41LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 1 To 10 1936-1941CBSCBS 66101 Box, CBS 53972 (LP Vol. IV)1940LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 11 To 20 1941-1951CBSCBS 66102, CBS 54162 (LP 4)1942LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 11 To 20 1941-1951CBSCBS 66102 (Box), CBS 54164 (LP 6)1945-46LP
 Count Basie  —  The Complete Count Basie Vol. 11 To 20 1941-1951CBSCBS 66102 (Box), CBS 54165 (LP 7)1946LP
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'Deed I do Jimmy Rushing  —  MR. FIVE BY FIVE "LIVE"MONTAGELP
'deed I doXJimmy Rushing  —  Jimmy Rushing - Mr. Five By FiveColumbiaLP
'Tain't nobody's biz-ness Jimmy Rushing  —  FIVE FEET OF SOULCOLPIXLP
'Tain't nobody's biz-ness (2003 Digital Remaster) Jimmy Rushing  —  FIVE FEET OF SOULRoulette RecordsCD
'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do Jimmy Rushing with Buck Clayton and his Orchestra  —  THE JAZZ ODYSSEY OF JIMMY RUSHINGPhilipsLP
'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do Jimmy Rushing with Buck Clayton and his Orchestra  —  THE JAZZ ODYSSEY OF JIMMY RUSHINGPhilipsLP
'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do Jimmy Rushing  —  SWING THAT BLUESColpix RecordsLP
'Tain't nobody's bizness if I doXJames Rushing with Buck Clayton and his Orchestra  —  THE JAZZ ODYSSEY of JAMES RUSHING ESQ.ColumbiaLP
(Have you forgotten) The you and me that used to be Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  COUNT BASIE at the Savoy Ballroom 1937SagapanLP
12th street Rag Lester Young with Count Basie and his Orchestra  —  Lester Young with Count BasieEpicLP
12th street Rag Count Basie and Lester Young  —  The count and the presidentJolly RogerLP
12th street Rag Lester Young with Count Basie and his Orchestra  —  LESTER YOUNG MEMORIAL ALBUMEpicLP
12th street Rag Lester Young with Count Basie and his Orchestra  —  LESTER YOUNG WITH COUNT BASIEEpicLP
7th Avenue Express Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
9 : 20 Special Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Beaver JunctionVintage JazzCD
9.20 Secial Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
9.20 special Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE 1939-1951CBSLP
9:20 special Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  "Don for Prez"CBSLP
9:20 special Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  CAFE SOCIETY UPTOWN VOL.1 1941Jazz UnlimitedLP
A Journey To A Star Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Avenue CGreen LineCD
A journey to a star Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  AVENUE CGreen LineLP
After You' Ve Gone / Conclusion Buck Clayton & His Orchestra  —  Cat Meets ChickColumbiaLP
After You've Gone Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
After You've Gone Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
After You've gone Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Shoutin' BluesPast Perfect Silver LineCD
Ain' t it lonesome Jimmy Rushing / Ray Charles / Ivory Joe Hunter  —  Blues At MidnightINTERNATIONAL AWARD SERIESLP
Ain't it lonesome Various  —  BIG LITTLE BANDSOnyx RecordsLP
Ain't it lonesome Various  —  BIG BAND BLUESKrazy KatLP
Ain't It The Truth Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Ain't It The Truth Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Avenue CGreen LineCD
Ain't it the truth? Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  AVENUE CGreen LineLP
Ain't lonesome Various  —  J.B. Summers and the Blues ShoutersGotham Krazy KatLP
Ain't She Sweet Buck Clayton & His Orchestra  —  Cat Meets ChickColumbiaLP
All God's chillun got rhythm Jimmy Rushing  —  The You and Me That Used to BeRCALP
All God's chillun got rhythm Jimmy Rushing  —  The You and Me That Used to BeRCALP
All Of Me Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
All or nothing at all Count Basie  —  "the jitters"TAXLP
All or nothing at all Count Basie  —  "the jitters"TAXLP
All or nothing at all Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  "Don for Prez"CBSLP
Allright, Okay, You Win Count Basie Orchestra  —  Mustermesse Basel 1956 Part 2TCB RecordsCD
Almost cried Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 1959FoxyLP
Am I Blue Earl Hines  —  & Jimmy Rushing Blues And ThingsMaster Jazz RecordsLP
Am I blueXEarl Hines with Jimmy Rushing  —  BLUES & THINGSVogueLP
Am I blue ?XJimmy Rushing  —  Jimmy Rushing - Mr. Five By FiveColumbiaLP
Anatomy of a murder Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 1959FoxyLP
And So Little Time Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Avenue CGreen LineCD
And so little time Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  AVENUE CGreen LineLP
Andy's Blues Count Basie  —  One Night Stand with Count Basie At the AvadonJoyce MusicLP
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home Buck Clayton & His Orchestra  —  Cat Meets ChickColumbiaLP
Are you readyXJimmy Rushing  —  Jimmy Rushing - Mr. Five By FiveColumbiaLP
Arkansas bluesXJimmy Rushing  —  Jimmy Rushing - Mr. Five By FiveColumbiaLP
As long as I love you Bennie Moten and his Orchestra  —  Jazz Star Serie No.8RCA VictorLP
As long as I love you Bennie Moten  —  JAZZ STAR SERIE NO.8RCA VictorLP
As long as I love you Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  New Moten Stomp Volume 4 (1929 -1930)RCALP
As long as I love you Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  —  THE COMPLETE BENNIE MOTEN, VOLUMES 5/6 (1930 -1932)RCA VictorLP
Aunt Hagar's Country Home Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Avenue C Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Avenue CGreen LineCD
Avenue C Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  AVENUE CGreen LineLP
Avenue C Count Basie and his Orchestra 1946  —  Count Basie and his Orchestra 1946First Heard RecordsLP
Ay Now Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Ay, Now Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
B flat Blues Count Basie  —  THE V-DISCS VOLUME 2Jazz SocietyLP
B flat Blues Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  THE COUNT BASIE VOLUME 2 1943 -1945Official RecordsLP
B flat blues Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  THE BEST OF COUNT BASIEDisques FestivalLP
B-Flat Blues Count Basie  —  Jazz Archives No 76EPMCD
B-Flat Blues Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Baby Don't Be Mad At Me Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Baby Don't Tell On Me Count Basie  —  The Essential #1CBSCD
Baby Don't Tell On Me Jimmy Rushing  —  Jazz Archives No 49EPMCD
Baby Don't Tell On Me Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Baby don't tell on me Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIEQueen DiscLP
Baby Don't Tell On Me Count Basie  —  The Alternative Takes Volume 1Neatwork RecordsCD
Baby don't tell on me Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  CAFE SOCIETY UPTOWN VOL.1 1941Jazz UnlimitedLP
Baby don't tell on me Count Basie  —  Count BasieQueen DiscLP
Baby won't you please come home Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  THE COUNT WITH JACQUETCaracolLP
Baby won't you please come home Count Basie  —  ONE NIGHT STAND WITH COUNT BASIEJoyce MusicLP
Baby won't you please come home Count Basie  —  One Night Stand with Count BasieJoyce MusicLP
Baby won't you please come home ?XJames Rushing with Buck Clayton and his Orchestra  —  THE JAZZ ODYSSEY of JAMES RUSHING ESQ.ColumbiaLP
Baby' don't you tell on me Count Basie and his Orchestra (Side 1) - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ( Side 2)  —  GREAT JAZZ MUSICMusidiscLP
Baby, don't tell on me Count Basie  —  THE ESSENTIAL COUNT BASIEColumbiaLP
Baby, don't tell on me Count Basie and his Orchestra  —  The CountEncoreLP
Baby, don't tell on me Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE 1939-1951CBSLP
Baby, don't tell on me Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE 1940/44Jazz SocietyLP
Baby, don't tell on me Jimmy Rushing  —  I-WANT-A-LITTLE-GIRLOfficial RecordsLP
Baby, don't you tell on me Count Basie / Chick Webb and their Orchestras  —  SWINGMUSICJokerLP
Baby, don't you tell on me Count Basie, Chick Webb and their Orchestras  —  Swingmusic FROM THE SOUTHLAND CAFE, BOSTONCollector's ClassicsLP
Baby, won't you please come home Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  The Uncollected 1944Hindsight RecordsLP
Baby, won't you please come home Count Basie  —  COUNT BASIE 1940/44Jazz SocietyLP
Baby, won't you please come home Jimmy Rushing with Buck Clayton and his Orchestra  —  THE JAZZ ODYSSEY OF JIMMY RUSHINGPhilipsLP
Baby, won't you please come home Jimmy Rushing with Buck Clayton and his Orchestra  —  THE JAZZ ODYSSEY OF JIMMY RUSHINGPhilipsLP
Baby,Won't You Please Come Home Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Beaver JunctionVintage JazzCD
Bad loser Jimmy Rushing  —  livin' the bluesBlues WayLP
Band 3: Don't you miss your baby Various  —  JAZZ, VOL.4, JAZZ SINGERSFolkways RecordsLP
Basie - Boogie Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Basie Boogie Count Basie  —  One Night Stand with Count Basie At the AvadonJoyce MusicLP
Basie Boogie Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  Avenue CGreen LineCD
Basie Boogie Count Basie and his Orchestra  —  BASIE BOOGIECBSLP
Basie boogie Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  THE COUNT WITH JACQUETCaracolLP
Basie boogie Count Basie & His Orchestra  —  AVENUE CGreen LineLP
Basie Boogie Count Basie with Illinois Jacquet  —  Count Basie with Illinois JacquetSaga RecordsLP
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Rushing stammte aus einer musikalischen Familie; sein Vater war Trompeter in Brass Bands und bei Paraden; die Mutter sang im Kirchenchor und deren Bruder, der Pianist und Sänger Wesley Manning, brachte ihn mit dem Blues in Berührung. Einen Bordellsong seines Onkels, „Tricks Ain’t Walkin’ No More“, einen unanständigen Dialog zwischen einem Zuhälter und seiner Bediensteten, nahm er später auf.
Er spielte früh autodidaktisch Violine und Klavier. Schon 1923/24 tourte er im Mittleren Westen und Kalifornien als Blues-Sänger. In Los Angeles sang er mit Jelly Roll Morton und Harvey Brooks, kehrte dann aber nach Oklahoma zurück. 1927 ging er zu den Blue Devils von Walter Page, einer der bekanntesten Territory Bands im Südwesten der USA, (wo er bald darauf mit Count Basie zusammentraf[3]) und in das Orchester von Bennie Moten (ab 1929 bis zu nach Motens Tod 1935). Er arbeitete dann weiter im neu gegründeten Count Basie Orchestra; zwischen 1937 und 1939 nahm er mit der Basie-Band zwanzig Titel für Decca Records auf.

Rushing gehörte zur Gruppe der „Blues-Shouter“, und er wurde zu seinem Bluesgesang oft von Basies Band begleitet, die mit Wurzeln im Kansas City Jazz einen stark Blues beeinflussten Swing spielte. In der Basie-Band war er von 1935 bis 1948. Neben den obligatorischen Jump-Nummern, die Rushing häufig sang, ließ Basie spezielle Blues-Titel für ihn schreiben; schon seine erste Plattenaufnahme, der „Blue Devil Blues“ von 1929 mit den Blue Devils gab diese Form vor, und seine dritte Platte, „That’s Too, Do“ (1930) nimmt zwei spätere Klassiker aus der Basie-Ära vorweg, „Good Morning Blues“[4] und „Sent for You Yesterday“ (1938). Als wohl berühmteste Aufnahme von Rushing mit Basie gilt „Goin’ to Chicago Blues“, der auch mit der Band als „I Left My Baby“ eingespielt wurde. Alle Rushing Blues-Titel verbanden alte Volkstexte mit den eigenen des Sängers; er komprimierte sie zu kompakten und beweglichen, aus Viertelnoten bestehenden Phrasen wie „sayin’ Son, you've a home, as long as I've got mine“ oder „I sent for you yesterday, here I come today.“
In seine Zeit in der Basie-Band fallen auch Aufnahmen mit Benny Goodman, Bob Crosby und anderen Bandleadern; nach rund 13 Jahren bei Basie zog er sich, als Basie die Band 1950 vorübergehend auflöste, zunächst zurück und bildete dann eine eigene Gruppe. In der Folge hatte er Gastauftritte u. a. 1957 bei der Basie-Band auf dem Newport Jazz Festival und 1959 bei Duke Ellingtons Jazz Party (Columbia). Rushings Solokarriere begann mit einer Reihe reiner Bluesplatten, die er mit einem eigenen Sextett für Vanguard und Columbia (Little Jimmy Rushing und The Big Brass) einspielte; Vorbilder waren dafür auch die klassischen Aufnahmen von Bessie Smith und Clara Smith. Er arbeitete auch mit dem Dave Brubeck Quartett zusammen; 1959 trat er mit den Buck Clayton All-Stars in Kopenhagen auf. 1963 entstand sein Album Five Feet of Soul mit dem Arrangeur Al Cohn. Er trat dann mit dem Tenorsaxophonisten Zoot Sims im New Yorker Half Note auf, mit ihm entstanden jedoch keine Aufnahmen. 1967 nahm er mit dem Earl Hines Quartett auf; für ein letztes Album für RCA Victor (The You and Me That Used to Be) nahm er 1970 mit seiner Band um Zoot Sims, Al Cohn mit den Gastsolisten Budd Johnson und Ray Nance meist Jazz-Standards auf.
Wegen seiner rundlichen Figur hatte er den Spitznamen „Mr. Five by Five“ (was auch sein Erkennungssong wurde, „he is five feet tall and he’s five feet wide“).