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Click on the colored square where genre and decade intersect. Each
colored square shows the number of Gold Standard songs for that
genre
and decade. Each list is sorted alphabetically by SONG TITLE.
-------------------------------------- DECADE
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YR |
SONG TITLE |
GENRE |
SONGWRITER(S) |
SWING, 1930 - 1939 (12 Songs) |
1937
|
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
|
Swing
|
Cahn, S., Chaplin, S., &
Secunda, S.; REC: The
Andrews Sisters
|
1937
|
Caravan
|
Swing
|
Ellington, D., Mills, I., & Tizol,
J.; REC: Duke Ellington; Art
Pepper; Lambert, Hendricks, &
Ross; Wynton Marsalis
|
1936
|
Goody-Goody
|
Swing
|
Malneck, M., & Mercer, J.;
REC: Benny Goodman
|
1938
|
I'll Be Seeing You
|
Swing
|
Fain, S., & Kahal, I.; REC:
Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey;
Vera Lynn; Bing Crosby; Ruth
Brown; Rod Stewart
|
1938
|
In The Mood
|
Swing
|
Garland, J., & Razaf, A.; REC:
Glenn Miller; Benny Goodman;
Artie Shaw; Glen Gray; Duke
Ellington; Ray Anthony; Bette
Midler
|
1935
|
Lullaby Of Broadway
|
Swing
|
Warren, H., & Dubin, A.; REC:
The Dorsey Brothers
Orchestra
|
1937
|
One O'Clock Jump
|
Swing
|
Basie, Count; REC: Count
Basie; Lester Young; Benny
Goodman; Louis Armstrong;
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross;
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
|
1937
|
Roll 'Em
|
Swing
|
Williams, Mary Lou; REC:
Benny Goodman; Mary Lou
Williams; Andy Kirk; Louis
Armstrong; Harry James;
Cootie Williams; Bud Powell;
Jay McShann
|
1936
|
Sing Sing Sing
|
Swing
|
Prima, Louis; REC: Benny
Goodman
|
1939
|
Solo Flight
|
Swing
|
Christian, C., Goodman, B., &
Mundy, J.; REC: Benny
Goodman; Charlie Christian;
Buddy Pizzarelli; Jimmy
Mundy
|
1934
|
Stompin' At The Savoy
|
Swing
|
Goodman, B., Sampson, E.,
Webb, C., & Razaf, A.; REC:
Benny Goodman; Clifford
Brown; Jimmy Dorsey
|
1939
|
Tain't What You Do (It's
The Way That Cha Do It)
|
Swing
|
Oliver, S., & Young, J. O.;
REC: Jimmie Lunceford;
Benny Goodman; Harry
James; Mildred Bailey; Ella
Fitzgerald
|
|
|
|
|
SWING, 1940 - 1949 (22 Songs) |
1944
|
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The
Positive
|
Swing
|
Arlen, H., & Mercer, J.; REC:
Bing Crosby & the Andrews
Sisters; Ella Fitzgerald; Frank
Sinatra
|
1940
|
Air Mail Special
|
Swing
|
Christian, C., Goodman, B., &
Mundy, J.; REC: Benny
Goodman; Ella Fitzgerald;
Charlie Christian; Lionel
Hampton; Fats Navarro
|
1943
|
And Her Tears Flowed
Like Wine
|
Swing
|
Kenton, S., Lawrence, C., &
Greene, J.; REC: Stan Kenton;
Ella Fitzgerald; Anita O'Day;
Dinah Washington; Jon Carroll
|
1941
|
Artistry In Rhythm
|
Swing
|
Kenton, Stan; REC: Stan
Kenton; Pete Rugolo; Duke
Ellington; BBC Big Band;
Benny Goodman
|
1940
|
Beat Me Daddy (Eight To
The Bar)
|
Swing
|
Raye, D., Prince, H., &
Sheehy, E.; REC: Will Bradley;
The Andrews Sisters; Woody
Herman; Commander Cody &
His Lost Planet Airmen;
George Shearing; Glenn Miller
|
1941
|
Boogie Woogie Bugle
Boy
|
Swing
|
Raye, D., & Prince, H.; REC:
The Andrews Sisters; Bette
Midler
|
1942
|
Brazil
|
Swing
|
Barroso, A., & Russell, S. K.;
REC: Jimmy Dorsey; Les Paul;
Django Reinhardt; Frank
Sinatra; Xavier Cugat
|
1941
|
Chattanooga Choo
Choo
|
Swing
|
Warren, H., & Gordon, M.;
REC: Glenn Miller
|
1942
|
Don't Sit Under the
Apple Tree (With
Anyone Else But Me)
|
Swing
|
Brown, L., Tobias, C., & Stept,
S. H.; REC: The Andrews
Sisters; Glenn Miller
|
1941
|
Flying Home
|
Swing
|
Hampton, L., Goodman, B., &
Robin, S.; REC: Lionel
Hampton; Benny Goodman;
Charlie Christian; Ella
Fitzgerald; Mary Lou Williams
|
1944
|
I'm Beginning To See
The Light
|
Swing
|
Ellington, D., James, H.,
Hodges, J., & George, D.;
REC: Harry James; Peggy
Lee; Clarence "Gatemouth"
Brown
|
1944
|
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't
(Ma' Baby)?
|
Swing
|
Jordan, L., & Austin, B.; REC:
Louis Jordan; The Andrews
Sisters; Glenn Miller; Woody
Herman; Bing Crosby; Anita
O'Day
|
1942
|
I've Got A Gal In
Kalamazoo
|
Swing
|
Warren, H., & Gordon, M.;
REC: Glenn Miller; Louis
Armstrong; The Andrews
Sisters; Tommy Dorsey
|
1946
|
On The Atchison,
Topeka, And The Santa
Fe
|
Swing
|
Warren, H., & Mercer, J.;
REC: Judy Garland
|
1945
|
Opus One
|
Swing
|
Oliver, S., & Garris, S.; REC:
Tommy Dorsey
|
1940
|
Pennsylvania 6-5000
|
Swing
|
Gray, J., & Sigman, C.; REC:
Glenn Miller
|
1942
|
Perdido
|
Swing
|
Tizol, J., Drake, E., &
Lengsfelder, H. J.; REC: Duke
Ellington; Harry James; Mary
Lou Williams
|
1943
|
Shoo Shoo Baby
|
Swing
|
Moore, Phil; REC: The
Andrews Sisters
|
1942
|
String Of Pearls, A
|
Swing
|
Gray, J., & De Lange, E.;
REC: Benny Goodman; Glenn
Miller
|
1941
|
Take The "A" Train
|
Swing
|
Strayhorn, Billy; REC: Duke
Ellington; Stuff Smith; Anita
O'Day; Marian McPartland;
Betty Roche; Chaka Khan;
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
|
1942
|
Tangerine
|
Swing
|
Schertzinger, V., & Mercer, J.;
REC: Jimmy Dorsey; Chet
Baker
|
1940
|
Tuxedo Junction
|
Swing
|
Hawkins, E., Dash, J., Feyne,
B., & Johnson, W.; REC:
Glenn Miller
|
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The Gold Standard
Song List is a
companion to
How Music
REALLY Works!,
2nd Ed.
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The Gold Standard
Song List is a
companion to
How Music
REALLY Works!,
2nd Ed.
Top
The Gold Standard
Song List is a
companion to
How Music
REALLY Works!,
2nd Ed.
Top |