- (1969) Single: "Abraham, Martin and John". NOTES: (1) Remake of the song by Dion DiMucci (2) Reached the Top 40 US charts.
- (1931) Stage: Appeared (credited as Jackie Mabley) in "Fast and Furious" on Broadway. Musical revue [All Black cast].
- (1932) Stage: Appeared (billed as Jackie Mabley) in "Blackberries of 1932" on Broadway. Musical [All Black cast]. Music / lyrics by Donald Heywood and Tom Peluso. Book by Lee Posner and Eddie Green. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ben Bernard (also director). Musical Director: Sam Wooding. Choreographed by Sidney Sprague and Lew Crawford. Scenic Design by Myer Kanin and Buell Scenic Studio. Costume Design by Gladys Douglas. Liberty Theatre: 4 Apr 1932-23 Apr 1932 (24 performances). Cast: Susaye Brown, Amon Davis, John Dickens, Drake and Morton, Baby Goins, Eddie Green, Alice Harris, Georgette Harvey, Monte Hawley, Johnny Long, Natalie Long, Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, Martin and Boisseau, Thelma Meers, Tim Moore, Mantan Moreland, Harold Norton, Sam(my) Paige, Kay Parker, Helen Powell, Robert Raines, Charles Ray, Gertrude Saunders, Bill Shepard, The Brown Madcaps, The Burma/Zulu Maids, The Three Bubbles, The Three Yorkers, Musa Williams [Broadway debut]. Produced by Max Rudnick and Ben Bernard.
- (1939) Stage: Appeared (as "Quince"; billed as Jackie Mabley) in "Swingin' The Dream" on Broadway. Musical comedy. A variation on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Book by Gilbert Seldes and Erik Charell (also producer / director). Lyrics by Edgar De Lange. Music by Jimmy Van Heusen. Vocal arrangements by Lyn Murray. Music orchestrated by Phil Wall, Herb Guigley, Ardon Cornwell and Fletcher Henderson. Musical Director: Don Voorhees. Music for "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie. Music for "Pick-a-Rib," "Rachel's Dream" and "Flying Home" by Benny Goodman. Music for "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn. Music / lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Music for "Ain't Misbehavin" by Fats Waller. Music for "Ain't Misbehaving" by Harry Brooks. Lyrics for "Ain't Misbehaving" and "Christopher Columbus" by Andy Razaf. Music for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Dorothy Fields. Music / lyrics for "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills. Music / lyrics for "Hold Tight-Hold Tight" by Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow and Willie Spotswood; Music for "My Melancholy Baby" by Ernie Burnett. Lyrics for "My Melancholy Baby" by George A. Norton. Music for "Christopher Columbus" by Leon Berry. Music / lyrics for "Way Down Younder in New Orleans" by Larry Clinton. Music for "Ol' Man Mose" by Louis Armstrong. Lyrics for "Ol' Man Mose" by Zilner T. Randolph. Music for "Jeepers Creepers" by Harry Warren. Lyrics for "Jeepers Creepers" by Johnny Mercer. Music for "Oh, You Crazy Moon" by Jimmy Van Heusen. Lyrics for "Oh, You Crazy Moon" by Johnny Burke. Music / lyrics for "The Flat Foot Floogie" by Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart and Bud Green. Music / lyrics for "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Tell Taylor. Music for "Big John's Special" by Horace Henderson. Music for "Dinah" by Harry Akst. Lyrics for "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Music for "Rose Room" by Art Hickman. Lyrics for "Rose Room" by Harry Williams. Music for "Flying Home" by Lionel Hampton. Music for "Sugarfoot Stomp" by Joseph Oliver. Lyrics for "Sugarfoot Stomp" by Walter Melrose. Dialogue directed by Philip Loeb. Center Theatre: 29 Nov 1939-9 Dec 1939 (13 performances). Huge cast included: Louis Armstrong (as "Botton" / "Pyramus"), Bill Bailey (as "Specialty Dancer" / "Cupid"), Dorothy Dandridge (appearing with the Dandridge Sisters), Etta Dandridge (as "Third Pixie"), Vivian Dandridge (as "First Pixie"), Jean Daniels (as "Singer"), Joseph Daniels (as "Jitterbugger"), Gerald De La Fontaine (as "Snug" / "Lion"), The Deep River Boys (as "Performer"), Harry Douglas (as "Singer"), William Downes (as "Jitterbugger"), Elizabeth Dozier (as "Child"), Laura Duncan (as "Singer"), Eadie Edwards (as "Child"), Beatrice Elam (as "Jitterbugger"), Arlyne Evans (as "Jitterbugger"), Hazel Ferguson (as "Child"), Anthony Fleming (as "Dancer"), Charles Ford (as "Singer"), Ruth Ford (as "Polly"), Celestine Fuller (as "Child"), Vernon Gardner (as "Singer"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Herman Green (as "Majordomo"), George Greenridge (as "Jitterbugger"), Ethel Harper (as "Singer"), Raymond Harrison (as "Child"), Ersalyn Hayes (as "Singer"), Juan Hernandez (as "Oberon"), Joseph Holland (as "Theodore, Governor of Louisiana"), Edith Hurd (as "Dancer"), Joyce James (as "Jitterbugger"), Lonnie Jenkins (as "Jitterbugger"), Anne Johnson (as "Jitterbugger"), Clifford E. Johnson (as "Child"), Dottiemae Johnson (as "Jitterbugger"), Irene Johnson (as "Singer"), King Johnson (as "Dancer"), Frances Jones (as "Jitterbugger"), Leroy Jones (as "Jitterbugger"), Lawaune Kennard (as "Dancer"), Catheryn Laughlin (as "Crimson"), Cleo Law (as "Dancer"), George Lawson (as "Singer"), George LeSoir (as "Egbert"), Tommy Lee (as "Jitterbugger"), Martin Logan (as "Dancer"), Lyn Murray Singers, Eleanor Lynn (as "Gloria"), Gladys Madden (as "Singer"), Frank Manning (as "Jitterbugger"), Emmet Matthews (as "Singer"), Emily McCloud )as "Jitterbugger"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Helena"; Broadway debut), Oscar Polk. Produced in association with Jean Rodney.
- Album: "The Funny Sides of Moms Mabley" (Chess Records).
- Album: "Moms Mabley at the Playboy Club" (Chess Records).
- Album: "Moms Mabley on Stage" (Chess Records).
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