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200 Of The Best Songs From Jazz Of The 50s

Call Number: MP1630.28 .A124
Imprint: Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [1997?]
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Song Title Composer
'Deed I do Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
(I love you) For sentimental reasons Deek Watson, William Best
(I wonder why?) You're just in love Irving Berlin
Adios Eddie Woods, Enric Madriguera
Afternoon in Paris John Lewis
Alice in wonderland Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain
All of my life Irving Berlin
All of you Cole Porter
Almost in your arms Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Alone at last Victor Young, Robert Hilliard
Alone too long Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
Angel eyes Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
Another time, another place Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Any place I hang my hat is home Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
Anything you can do Irving Berlin
Autumn leaves (les feuilles mortes) Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert, Joseph Kosma
Baubles, bangles and beads Robert Wright, George Forrest
Beautiful love Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne
Best thing for you, the Irving Berlin
Beyond the blue horizon Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling
Beyond the sea Jack Lawrence, Charles Trenet
Blue orchids Hoagy Carmichael
Boplicity (be bop lives) Miles Davis, Ray Passman, Holli Ross
Born to be blue Robert Wells, Mel Torme
But beautiful Jimmy Van Heusen
Buttons and bows Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Ca, C'est L'amour Cole Porter
Call me darling Dorothy Dick, Bert Reisfeld, Mart Fryberg, Rolf Marbot
Call of the faraway hills Mack David, Victor Young
Count every star Sammy Gallop, Bruno Coquatrix
Count your blessings instead of sheep Irving Berlin
Crazy he calls me Bob Russell, Carl Sigman
Cry me a river Arthur Hamilton
Dancing on a dime Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
Day in the life of a fool, a (manha de carnaval) Carl Sigman, Luiz Bonfa
Django John Lewis
Do nothin' till you hear from me Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
Don't go to strangers Russell Smith, J.D. Martin
Down the old ox road Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnson
Early autumn Johnny Mercer, Ralph Burns, Woody Herman
End of a love affair, the Edward C. Redding
Fly me to the moon (in other words) Bart Howard
For every man there's a woman Leo Robin, Harold Arlen
For heaven's sake Don Meyer, Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards
Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis
From this moment on Cole Porter
Get me to the church on time Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Girl that I marry, the Irving Berlin
Glad to be unhappy Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Good Morning Heartache Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake
Gotta be this or that Sunny Skylar
Half nelson Miles Davis
Harlem nocturne Dick Rogers, Earle Hagen
Hello, young lovers Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Here lies love Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Here's that rainy day Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Hey, good lookin' Hank Williams
Hooray for love Leo Robin, Harold Arlen
I ain't got nobody Roger Graham, Spencer Williams, Dave Peyton
I can't escape from you Leo Robin, Richard Whiting
I could have danced all night Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
I could have told you Arthur Williams, Carl Sigman
I don't want to cry anymore Victor Schertzinger
I don't want to set the world on fire Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Seiler
I get along without you very well (except sometimes) Hoagy Carmichael
I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
I hear music Frank Loesser, Burton Lane
I left my sugar standing in the rain Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain
I love Lucy Harold Adamson, Eliot Daniel
I love Paris Cole Porter
I still believe in you Peter Daniels, Dick Allen, Carroll Coates
I thought about you Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen
I wanna be loved Billy Rose, Edward Heyman, John Green
I want to talk about you Billy Eckstine
I wish I didn't love you so Frank Loesser
I'd love to make love to you Ruth Poll, Robert Emmerich
I'll buy that dream Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
I'll remember April Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Pat Johnson
I'm late Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain
I've grown accustomed to her face Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
I've never been in love before Frank Loesser
If I didn't care Jack Lawrence
If I should lose you Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
If I were a bell Frank Loesser
If you can't sing it (you'll have to swing it) Sam Coslow
If you go Michel Emer, Geoffery Parsons
In the wee small hours of the morning Bob Hilliard, David Mann
In walked Bud Thelonious Monk
Into each life some rain must fall Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts
Isfahan Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
It's a lovely day today Irving Berlin
It's all right with me Cole Porter
It's always you Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen
It's magic Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
It's you or no one Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Jubilee Stanley Adams, Hoagy Carmichael
Just in time Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
Just like a butterfly that's caught in the rain Mort Dixon, Harry Woods
Just when we're falling in love Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson, \Illinois\ Jacquet
Lady Bird Tadd Dameron
Lazy afternoon John Latouche, Jerome Moross
Lazy River Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin
Li'l Liza Jane (go li'l Liza) Countess Ada De Lachau
Little street where old friends meet, a Gus Kahn, Harry Woods
Lonely ones, the Don George, Duke Ellington
Lost in meditation Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Lou Singer, Juan Tizol
Lost in the stars Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
Louise Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
Love is a simple thing June Carroll, Arthur Siegel
Love you madly Duke Ellington
Love, you didn't do right by me Irving Berlin
Lush Life Billy Strayhorn
Midnight sun Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer
Milestones Miles Davis
Misty Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
Moments like this Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
Mona Lisa Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Music makers Don Raye, Harry James
My future just passed George Marion Jr., Richard Whiting
My little brown book Billy Strayhorn
My little suede shoes Charlie Parker
My one and only love Robert Mellin, Guy Wood
My romance Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Nardis Miles Davis
Nature boy Eden Ahbez
Never let me go Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Night has a thousand eyes, the Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
No moon at all Dave Mann, Redd Evans
Now it can be told Irving Berlin
Oh! look at me now John DeVries, Joe Bushkin
Old devil moon E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
On the street where you live Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
One dozen roses Roger Lewis, \Country\ Joe Washburn, Dick Jurgens, Walter Donovan
Only a rose Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml
Peanut vendor, the Marion Sunshine, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Moises Simons
Peg o' my heart Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher
Picnic Steve Allen, George W. Duning
Portrait of Jenny, a Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson
Put your dreams away (for another day) Ruth Lowe, Stephan Weiss, Paul Mann
Rain (falling from the sky) Robert Mellin, Gunther Finlay
S'posin' Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker
Sand in my shoes Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
Satin doll Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
Save your love for me Buddy Johnson
Sing, you sinners Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling
Sleepin' bee, a Truman Capote, Harold Arlen
Small fry Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael
So in love Cole Porter
So what Miles Davis
Soft lights and sweet music Irving Berlin
Something wonderful Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Song is ended, the (but the melody lingers on) Irving Berlin
Stella by starlight Ned Washington, Victor Young
Steppin' out with my baby Irving Berlin
Stolen moments Oliver Nelson
Strangers in paradise Robert Wright, George Forrest
Suddenly it's spring Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen
Take love easy John LaTouche, Duke Ellington
Teach me tonight Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
Teaneck Nat Adderley
Tenderly Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross
There are such things Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer
There little worlds Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby
There say it's wonderful Irving Berlin
Things we did last summer, the Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Till there was you Meredith Willson
To each his own Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Too close for comfort Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss
Too darn hot Cole Porter
Too late now Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
Troubled waters Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
True blue Lou Leo Robin, Sam Coslow, Richard A. Whiting
Two sleepy people Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael
Unchained melody Hy Zaret, Alex North
Upper Manhattan medical group (ummg) Billy Strayhorn
Warn valley Duke Ellington
We'll be together again Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer
When I fall in love Edward Heyman, Victor Young
When Sunny gets blue Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher
When the world was young Johnny Mercer, Vannier, M. Philippe-Gerard
Why can't you behave Cole Porter
Why try to change me now Joseph McCarthy, Cy Coleman
Wild is the wind Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin
Winter moon Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Adamson
Witchcraft Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
With every breath I take Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
With the wind and the rain in your hair Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards
Woman in love, a Frank Loesser
Work song Oscar Brown Jr., Nat Adderley
You can depend on me Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines
You keep coming back like a song Irving Berlin
You leave me breathless Ralph Freed, Frederick K. Hollander
You say you care Leo Robin, Jule Styne
You're lukcy to me Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
You're sensational Cole Porter
You've Changed Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
Young and foolish Arnold B. Horwitt, Albert Hague
Young at heart Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards
Young love Erroll Garner
Younger than springtime Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers