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200 Of The Best Songs From The Swing Era

Call Number: MP1630.28 .A127 1996
Imprint: Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, 1996
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Song Title Composer Sort descending
Very thought of you, the Ray Noble
Easy Street Alan Rankin Jones
I'll be around Alec Wilder
Willow weep for me Ann Ronell
God bless' the child Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
Stompin' at the savoy Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf
Air mail special Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian
Thinking of you Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
Broadway Bill Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
Who wouldn't love you Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
Fine and mellow Billie Holiday
Don't explain Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog
Is you is, or is you ain't (ma' baby) Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
It's only a pater moon Billy Rose, E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen
Chelsea bridge Billy Strayhorn
Take the \A\ train Billy Strayhorn
Rain Check Billy Strayhorn
Johnny come lately Billy Strayhorn
Don't get around much anymore Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
No more Bob Russell, Toots Camarata
You're Blas Bruce Sievier, Ord Hamilton
Sentimenatal journey Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer
Poinciana (song of the tree) Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon
Tuxedo Junction Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, Julian Dash
Full moon and empty arms Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman
Baby, won't you please come home Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams
I've got you under my skin Cole Porter
My heart belongs to daddy Cole Porter
I concentrate on you Cole Porter
You'd be so nice to come home to Cole Porter
In the still of the night Cole Porter
Easy to love (a.k.a you'd be so easy to love) Cole Porter
Ridin' high Cole Porter
Ev'ry time we say goodbye Cole Porter
Ev'rything I love Cole Porter
I love you Cole Porter
Down under Dizzy Gillespie
Nuages Django Reinhardt, Jacques Larue
I'm beginning to see the light Don George, Jonny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Harry James
You don't know what love is Don Raye, Gene DePaul
For dancers only Don Raye, Vic Schoen, Sy Oliver
That ole devil called love Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts
Fine romance, a Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
Close as pages in a book Dorothy Fields, Sigmund Romberg
Come Sunday Duke Ellington
Something to live for Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Star-crossed lovers, the Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Everything but you Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don Geroge
I let a song go out of my heart Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Irving Mills
Caravan Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
In a sentimental mood Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
How are things in Glocca Morra E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
Right as the rain E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen
April in paris E. Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke
Flamingo Ed Anderson, Ted Grouya
String of pearls, a Eddie DeLange, Jerry Gray
Darn that dream Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
My silent love Edward Heyman, Dana Seusse
Nightingale sang in Berkley Square Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin
On a slow boat to China Frank Loesser
Lady's in love with you, the Frank Loesser, Burton Lane
Heart and soul Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael
Let's get lost Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh
Say it (over and over again) Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh
I don't want to walk without you Frank Loesser, Jule Styne
This love of mine Frank Sinatra, Sol Parker, Henry Sanicola
I hear a rhapsody George Frajos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre
For you, for me, for evermore Geroge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Good-bye Gordon Jenkins
Sweet and lovely Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias
Lovely way to spend an evening, a Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
I couldn't sleep a wink last night Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
My last affair Haven S. Johnson
Gone with the wind Heb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
Don't take your love from me Henry Nemo
(I'm afraid) The masquerade is over Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
These foolish things (remind me of you) Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
By myself Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
I see your face before me Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Long ago (and far away) Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern
My ship Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
I can't get started with you Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke
Let's hanve another cup o' coffee Irving Berlin
Cheek to cheek Irving Berlin
Marie Irving Berlin
I've got my love to keep me warm Irving Berlin
You're easy to dance with Irving Berlin
Russian Lullaby Irving Berlin
This year's kisses Irving Berlin
Fella with an umbrella Irving Berlin
Be careful, it's my heart Irving Berlin
Prelude to a kiss Irving Gordon, Irving Mills, Duke Ellington
I'll be seeing you Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain
All or Nothing at all Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman
Sleepy lagoon Jack Lawrence, Eric Coates
Sunrise serenade Jack Lawrence, Frankie Carle
Foolin' myself Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin
Handful of stars, a Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro
I've found a new baby (a.k.a I found a new baby) Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Golden Earrings Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Victor Young
Up with the Lark Jerome Kern
Lover man (oh, where can you be?) Jimmy Davis, Roger \Ram\ Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
I just found out about love Jimmy McHugh., Harold Adamson
In the mood Joe Garland
Why don't you do right (get me some money, too!) Joe McCoy
Moonlight in vermont John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
Pennies from heaven John Burke, Arthur Johnston
Like someone in love Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Moonlight becomes you Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Swinging on a star Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Imagination Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Polka dots and moonbeams Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Aren't you glad you're you Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Come rain or come shine Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
My shining hour Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
That old black magic Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
One for my baby (and one more for the road) Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
Out of this world Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
Skylark Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
I'm old fashioned Johnny Mercer, Jerome kern
Dearly beloved Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern
Tangerine Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
I remember you Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
It could happen to you Jonny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Someday my prince will come Larry Morey, Frank Churchill
Blue Flame Leo Corday, James Noble, Joe Bishop
Thanks for the memory Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Easy living Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
June in January Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Old feeling, the Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
House I live in, the Lewis Allen, Earl Robinson
Where or when Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
My funny Valentine Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I could write a book Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I didn't know what time it was Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
You're nearer Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
There's small hotel Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
It never entered my mind Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
This can't be love Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Lady is a tramp, the Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Bewitched Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I wish I were in love again Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Wait till you see her Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Nobody's heart Lorenz Hart, Richrad Rodgers
Why can't I? Lorenz Hart, Rochard Rodgers
Them there eyes Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Doris Taubner
I'm just a lucky so and so Mack David, Duke Ellington
Don't you know I care (or don't you care to know) Mack David, Duke Ellington
Blue and sentimental Mack David, Jerry Livingston, Count Basie
Candy Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer
Sinner kissed an angel, a Mack David, Ray Joseph
There will never be another you Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
Until the real thing comes along Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
There is no greater love Marty Symes, Isham Jones
Things ain't waht they used to be Mercer Ellington
Nearness of you, the Ned Washington, Hoagy Carmichael
When you wish upon a star Ned Washington, Leigh Harline
Speak low Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
I'll take romance Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland
All the things you are Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
All through the day Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Folks who live on the hill, the Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Last time I saw Paris, the Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Surrey with the fringe on top, the Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
If I loved you Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
People will say we're in love Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
It might as well be spring Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Who? Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
I got it bad and that ain't good Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington
I'm glad there is you (in this world of ordinary people) Paul Madeira, Jimmy Dorsey
Bijou Ralph Burns
Cherokee Ray Noble
I hadn't anyone till you Ray Noble
Jersey bounce Robert Wright, Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson, Robert Wright
It's a blue world Robert Wright, George Forrest
I don't know why (I just do) Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert
I'll never smile again Ruth Lowe
Day by day Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
I should care Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
I'll walk alone Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
I've heard that song before Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
It's been a long, long time Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Something I dreamed last night Sammy Fain, Herbert Magidson, Jack Yellen
Undecided Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers
You turned the tables on me Sidney Mitchell, Louis Alter
What a diff'rence a day made Stanley Adams, Maria Grever
Yes indeed Sy Oliver
Stormy Weather (keeps rainin' all the time) Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
I gotta right to sing the blues Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
Between the devil and the deep blue sea Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
Jitterburg waltz Thomas \Fats\ Waller, Richard Maltby
In the blue of evening Tom Adair, D'Artega
Night we called it a day, the Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Will you still be mine Will you still be mine Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Everything happens to me Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Violets for your furs Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Let's get away from it all Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Doctor Jazz Walter Melrose, Joseph \King\ Oliver
Wild root Woody Herman, Neal Hefti