Roedy Black Music home page

   
Sort by...

 

 
   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 --------------------------------------



 


  

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

 

 

 

 

 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Gold Standard
 Song List
is a
 companion to
 How Music
 REALLY Works!,
 2nd Ed.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About  |  Contact  |  Privacy Policy  |  Customer Service  |
© and ™ 1987 - 2024 Roedy Black Publishing Inc.  All rights reserved.