1930:
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The Great Economic Depression of 1930 was in full swing. The average person was lucky to have enough cash to take the family to one of the new motion picture palaces sprouting up everywhere. The Songs are much more inventive and interesting. Dixieland music has now greatly declined. A newer type of "Dance Band" has arrived. Motion Pictures now have Sound.

1930
"Handful of Keys" (Waller);
"I Got Rhythm" (Gershwin);
"Rockin' Chair" (Carmichael)
"Let me Sing and I'm Happy". (Al Joson hit)
"Fine and Dandy" (Kay Swift) from B'way show Fine and Dandy
"It Must be True (You Are Mine, All Mine)" (Harry Barris)
"Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard-William Tracy- Doris Tauber)

ex show Girl Crazy, all by Gershwin.
      "But Not For Me"
      "Embraceable You"
      "Bidin' My Time"
      "I Got Rhythm"

"Dancing On THe Ceiling" (Rodgers & Hart) ex London show "Evergreen"
"Ten Cents A Dance" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show Simple Simon
"I Still Believe in You"
"Love For Sale" (Porter) ex show "The New Yorkers"
"My Heart Belongs To Daddy" (Porter) "
"One Love" (Arlen) ex show Earl Carroll Vanities of 1930
"Time On My Hands" (Youmans) ex show Smiles
"Something To Remember You By" (Schwartz) ex show Three's a Crowd
"You're Driving me Crazy" (Donaldson)
"Would You Like To Take A Walk" (Harry Warren) ex show Sweet And Low
"On The Sunny Side Of The Street" (Jimmy McHugh- Dorothy Fields) ex: Lew Leslie's International Revue
"Exactly Like You" (J. McHugh-Fields)
"Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (F. Ahlert)
"My Ideal" (R. Whiting-Newell Chase) ex pix Playboy Of Paris (Chevalier)
"Body And Soul" (Johnny Green) Coleman Hawkins ver. is definitive.
"I'm Yours" (J. Green)
"Memories of You" (E.Blake)
"The Little Things In Life" (Irv. Berlin)
"Beyond The Blue Horizon" ex pix Monte Carlo

1931
"All of Me"; "(You Came To Me From) Out of Nowhere";
"Lazy River";
"When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Leon & Otis Rene; Clarence Muse)
"Sweet And Lovely" (Gus Arnheim; Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare)
"Just Friends" (John Klenner) (Russ Columbo is definitive ver.)
"Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)", (Will Jason and Val Burton)
"You Forgot Your Gloves" (Ned Lehak) ex The Third Little Show
"When Your Lover Has Gone" (E.A.Swan) ex pix Blonde Crazy
"Love is Sweeping the Country" (Gershwin) ex Of Thee I Sing
"Who Cares" " "
"Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen) Cotton Club Revue

ex pix Flying Down To Rio (Youmans) Astaire/Rogers/DelRio
     "Carioca"
     "Music Makes Me", Ginger Rogers sang it in the film.
     "Orchids In The Moonlight"
     "Flying Down To Rio"

ex pix The Band Wagon music by Arthur Schwartz
     "Dancing In The Dark"
     "New Sun In THe Sky"
     "High And Low"

"I Found A Million Dollar Baby" (H.Warren) ex show "Crazy Quilt"
"Goodnight Sweetheart" (Ray Noble)
"(You Came To Me From) Out Of Nowhere" (J. Green)
"Hello My Lover, Goodbye" (J. Green) ex pix Here Goes the Bride.
"Would You Like To Take A Walk"
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams"

1932
"It Don't Mean A Thing";
"Keepin' Out of Mischief Now".
"Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington)
"A Ghost of A Chance" ( Victor Young);
"It Was So Beautiful (And You Were All Mine)", (Harry Barris)
"Here Lies Love" (Ralph Rainger)
"How Deep Is The Ocean"
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Geo. Bassman)
"Willow Weep For Me" (Ann Ronell & Dedicated to Geo. Gershwin)
"Soft Lights and Sweet Music" (Irv. Berlin) show Face The Music
"Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin)
"I'm Playing With Fire" (Irv. Berlin)
"How Deep Is The Ocean" (Irv. Berlin)
"MiMi" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show Love Me Tonight -Chevalier
"Lover" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show Love Me Tonight (Compare Jeanette McDonald's version of Lover with Peggy Lee's)
"Isn't It Romantic" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show: Love Me Tonight
"After You, Who?" (Porter) ex show: Gay Divorce
"Night And Day" " "
"I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (Arlen) Carroll's Vanities of '32
"Alone Together" (Schwartz) ex show: Flying Colors
"Louisiana Hayride" " "
"Rise and Shine" " "
"April In Paris" (Vernon Duke-E.Y.Harburg) ex show Walk A Little Faster
"Don't Blame Me" (J. McHugh) ex Chicago Revue: "Clowns In Clover"
"Love, You Funny Thing" (F. Ahlert)
"Love Is The Sweetest Thing" (Ray Noble)

1933
"Moten Swing";
"Blue Lou";
"Don't Blame Me";
"Yesterdays"; (Berlin)
"Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington)
"Moon Song" (Arthur Johnston), from Pix: Hello Everybody
"I've Got the World on a String"
"If I Love Again" ( Ben Oakland)
"It's The Talk Of The Town" (Jerry Livingston)
"A Hundred Years From Today" (Victor Young) Lee Wiley sang from Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1933
"If I Forget You" (Irving Caesar)
"Under a Blanket of Blue" (Jerry Livingston)
"Blue Prelude" (Joe Bishop -Isham Jones' Tuba Player)
"Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere)

ex show As Thousands Cheer music by Irving Berlin
      "Heat Wave" Ethel Waters ("Sweet Mama Stringbean") sang it
      "How's Chances" "
      "Supper TIme" "
      "Not For All The Rice In China" "
      "Harlem On My Mind" "

"May be It's Because I Love You Too Much" (Berlin) a Pop Song
"It's Only A Paper moon" (Arlen) ex pix Take A chance
"Happy As The Day Is Long" (Arlen) ex Cotton Club Revue
"Stormy Weather" " "
"Everything I Have Is Yours" (Burton Lane) ex pix: Dancing Lady
"Lazybones" (Carmichael-Mercer)
"Love Locked Out" (Ray Noble) (Evokes the era of the '30's very well)
"I Cover The waterfront" (J. Green) ex pix of same name
* "I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You" (Ray Noble)

1934
"Stompin' at the Savoy (Sampson)";
"Solitude" (Ellington);
"Dream of You" (Oliver)
"When A Woman Loves A Man" (Bernard Hanighen and Gordon Jenkins)
"Blame It on My Youth" (Oscar Levant)
"My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow) pix: Belle of the Nineties
"East of the Sun" (Brooks Bowman, Princeton Univ. student)
"Moonglow" (Will Hudson and Eddie DeLange & Irving Mills)
"Stars Fell On Alabama" ( Frank Perkins)
"What A Difference a Day Made" (Maria Grever) Later, Dinah Washington made it a hit.
"The Continental" (Con Conrad) ex pix: Gay Divorcee (starred: Astaire/Rogers)
"Blue Moon" (Rodgers & Hart --Song has a little history)
"The Continental" (Con Conrad) ex pix: The Gay Divorcee. In this film hollywood dropped every Porter song except Night and Day
"I Like The Likes Of You" (V.Duke/Harburg) ex show: Ziegfeld Follies
"What Is There To Say" " "
"Autumn In New York" (V.Duke-Harburg) ex show: Thumbs Up

( Cole Porter music) ex show: 'Anything Goes'
     "All Thru The Night"
     "Blow Gabriel, Blow" (Porter)
     "I Get A Kick Out Of You"
     "You're The Top"

"Let's Fall In Love" (Arlen) ex pix: Lets Fall in Love
"I'll Wind" (Arlen) Cotton CLub Revue of 1934
"As Long As I Live" (Arlen)
"Last Night When We Were Young" (Arlen) ex show: Life Begins at 8:40
"Judy" (Carmichael)
"(You May Not Be An Angel But) I'll String Along With You" (H.Warren)
"The Moon Was Yellow" (F. Ahlert)
"Lazy Bones" (Carmichael-Mercer)

Benny Goodman Starts the Swing Time Era in 1935. The age of the "Big Bands" has dawned. Hollywood is cranking out one musical hit after another. On "The Great White Way", Broadway theatres have one great musical hit after another.

1935
"The Gershwin Grand Opera "Porgy And Bess";
"Blue Moon";
"I Can't Get Started";
"East of the Sun";
"In A Sentimental Mood";
"Truckin'"
"If I Should Lose You" (Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger) pix: Rose of the Rancho
"Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) Benny Goodman's Out-theme.
"Restless" (Sam Coslow & Tom Satterfield) Helen Ward sing it w/BG -difficult

Ex pix: Top Hat (Songs by Irving Berlin)
     "Cheek To Cheek" Astaire/Rogers danced it
     "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
     "Isn't This A Lovely Day"
     "Let's Face The Music And Dance"

"It's Easy To Remember" (Rodgers & Hart) ex pix: Mississippi
"Down By The River" " "

ex show Jumbo music by Rodgers and Hart.
     "Little Girl Blue"
     "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"
     "My Romance"

ex show: Jubilee - Cole Porter score
     "Begin The Beguine"
     "Just One Of Those Things"
     "Why Shouldn't I?"

"Lullaby Of Broadway" (H. Warren) ex pix: Gold Diggers Of 1935
"I Feel A Song Comin' On". (McHugh) ex pix: Every Night At Eight
"In A Sentimental Mood" (Ellington)
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" (F. Ahlert)
"Lullaby Of Broadway" (Dubin & Warren) ex pix: Gold Diggers of 1935

1936
"For Dancers Only";
"Christopher Columbus";
"Honky Tonk Train Blues"
"These Foolish Things";
"The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"
"Until The Real Thing Comes Along", (Holiner; Nichols; Cahn; Chaplin and Freeman)
"You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter)
"There's A Small Hotel" (Rodgers & Hart) Ex show: On Your Toes
"Easy To Love" (Porter) ex pix: Born To Dance
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) "
"I Can't Get Started (With You)" (Duke) ex show: Ziegfeld Follies
"Now" (V.Duke) ex show: The Show Is On
"Little Old Lady" (Carmichael) ex show: The Show Is On
"Did I Remember" (W. Donaldson) ex pix: Suzy w. Grant/Harlow
"Mr Meadowlark" (Donaldson-Mercer)

1937
"One O'Clock Jump";
"Swingin' the Blues";
"Sent For You Yesterday, And Here You Come Today";
"Caravan";
"South Rampart Street Parade"
"There's A Lull In My Life" (Mack Gordon & Harry Revel)
"The Gypsy in My Soul". (Clay Boland)
"Bob White" (Bernard Hanighen & J. Mercer lyric)
"That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown & Sammy Fain)
"Don't Be That Way" ( Edgar Sampson & Mitchell Parish)
I"'ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (Berlin) show: On The Avenue

ex pix 'Shall We Dance' (Astaire/Rogers) Music: Geo. Gershwin
     "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"
     "They All Laughed"
     "They Can't Take That Away From Me"

Geo. Gershwin died July 11, 1937

Gershwin's Damsel in Distress and Goldwyn Follies were released Posthumously
     "A Foggy Day" (Gershwin) ex film A Damsel In Distress
     "Nice Work If You Can Get It" " "
     "Love Walked In" (Gershwin) ex pix: The Goldwyn Follies
     "Love Is Here To Stay" (Gershwin)

ex Show "Babes In Arms" Music by Rodgers and Hart
     "I Wish I Were In Love Again"
     "Johnny One Note"
     "The Lady Is A Tramp"
     "My Funny Valentine"
     "Where Or When"

"Have You Met Miss Jones" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show: I'de Rather Be Right
"In The Still Of The Night" (Porter) ex pix: Rosalie
"I See Your Face Before Me" (Schwartz & Dietz) ex show: Between The Devil
"The Nearness Of You" (Carmichael)
"You're A Sweetheart" (McHugh) ex pix
"Where Are You" (J. McHugh) ex pix: "Top Of The Town"
"Too Marvelous For Words" (Whiting) ex pix: Ready, Willing and Able
"Little White Lies" (Walter Donaldson) rec Dec 6, 1937
"(You're) Too Marvelous For Words" (Mercer) great song
"Jamboree Jones" (Mercer)
"P.S. I Love You" (Mercer)

1938
"Blue and Sentimental";
"Prelude to a Kiss";
"Love Walked Right In" (Gershwin)
"Flat Foot Floogie";
"You Go to My Head"
"I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain) ex pix: Right This Way
"You Go To My Head" (J. Fred Coots)
"(I'm In Love With) The Honorable Mr. So and So" (Sam Coslow) ex pix: Society Lawyer
"Now It Can Be Told" (Irv. Berlin) pix: Alexander's Ragtime Band

ex show 'The Boys From Syracuse' Music: Rodgers & Hart
     "Falling In Love With Love"
     "Sing For Your Supper"
     "This Can't Be Love"

"At Long Last Love" (Porter) ex show: 'You Never Know'
"Get Out Of Town" (Porter) ex show: 'Leave It To Me'
"My Heart Belongs To Daddy" " " "
* "My Reverie" Sung by Bea Wain with Larry Clinton Orch.
* "Louise" (R. Whiting) Ex pix Innocents of Paris - Chevalier sang it.
"Two Sleepy People" (Carmichael-Loesser)
"Small Fry" (Carmichael-Loesser) ex pix: Sing You Sinners
"Heart And Soul" (Carmichael)
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" (Carmichael)
"Jeepers Creepers" (H.Warren) ex pix: Going Places (Satchmo sang it)
"Prelude To A Kiss" (Ellington)
"I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" (Ellington)
"Deep In A Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen) see Sinatra's recording.
* "'Till We Meet Again"
* "Ciribiribin" (Harry James hit record)
* "My Prayer"
(Here are a few more best sellers of the 1938 Pop songs: "Please Be Kind"; "Ti-Pi-Tin"; "On The Sentimental Side"; "I Simply Adore You"; "One Song"; "Moon Of Manakoora"; "I See Your Face Before Me"; "I Fall In Love Everyday"; "Cry, Baby, Cry"; "I Can Dream, Can't I?"; "Dipsy Doodle".

1939
"'Taint What You Do (It's The Way Whatcha Do It)"
"Wham Rebop Boom Bam (I'm a Killer Diller, Yes I Am)"
"An Apple For The Teacher"
"Boomps-A-Daisy"
"Cherokee" (Charlie Barnet's band)
"Deep Purple" (Bea Wain voc w/Larry Clinton Orch.)
"If I Didn't Care" (The Mills Bros ver. )
"I Get Along Without You Very Well"
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Mary Martin's vocal definitive ver.)
"My Prayer"
"Roll Out the Barrel"
"I'll be Seeing You"
"There'll Always B An England"
"This Can't Be Love"
"We'll Meet Again" (England's Vera Lynn's version was definitive.)
"Flyin' Home" (Benny Goodman's ver. is definitive)
"Relaxin' at the Touro";
"All the Things You Are"
"Indian Summer" (Al Dubin words to older Victor Herbert tune)
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" ex show: Too Many Girls - Rodgers & Hart
"Do I Love You" (Porter) ex show Du Barry Was A Lady (also a song called "In The Morning, No!" (a salacious lyric)
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" (Arlen) ex pix: Wizard or Oz
"The Lady's In Love With You" (Burton Lane) ex pix: Some Like It Hot
"Hong Kong Blues" (Carmichael)
"Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom - J. Mercer)
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (R. Bloom) ex revue Cotton Club Parade
"Darn That Dream" (J. Van Heusen)
"Sent For You Yesterday, And Here You Come Today" (Mercer)
* "And The Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman + ?) (B. Goodman Orch)
* "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie Ork)
* "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)"

The 40's Swingtime Era is in full bloom.
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1940
"I'll Be Seeing You" (English Wartime tune)
"I'll Pray for You" (English Wartime tune)
"Bless 'Em All" (English Wartime tune)
"In the Mood" (Glenn Miller's huge hit)
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square" (Vera Lynn vocal hit)
"I've Got My Eyes on You"
"Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland sang it in pix: Wizard of Oz)
"Careless"
"Roll Out the Barrel"
"We'll Meet Again" (Vera Lynn's version is definitive)
"Where or When"
"Fools Rush In"
"Cotton Tail";
"In A Mellotone";
"How High The Moon" (Morgan Lewis) became the BOP Anthem
"Lover Man" (David; Ramirez; Serman) Billie Holiday sings it.
"Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis) Sinatra sings it.
"Everything Happens To Me" (Matt Dennis & Tom Adair lyrics)
"Will You Still Be Mine" (Matt Dennis)
"The Night We Called it A Day" (Matt Dennis)
"Bewitched" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show: Pal Joey
"I Could Wirte A Book" " "
"Everything I"ve Got" (Rodgers & Hart) ex show: By Jupiter
"Nobody's Heart" " "
"Wait 'Till You See Her" ( The Last song with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.)
* "Tradewinds" (Dick McIntyre & his Harmonious Hawaiians) (I don"t know why I put Tradewinds here. It wasn't a hit.)
"I Hear Music" (B. Lane) ex pix: Dancing On A Dime
"Fools Rush In" (Where Angels Fear To Tread) (R. Bloom-Mercer)
"Imagination" (J. Van Heusen)
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" "
"I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) recorded May 23, 1940
* "It Started All Over Again" (Bill Carey - Carl Fisher)

1941
America enters WW2, Dec. 7, 1941 All of our musicians are either enlistees or else, draftees. One way or another, the bands lose their best men. Vocalists get their day in the sun.

"All The Things You Are"
"Just One Of Those Things"
"The Last Time I Saw Paris"
"Whispering Grass"
"White Cliffs of Dover"
"Flamingo";
"Perdido";
"Let Me Off Uptown";
"I'll Remember April";
"I'm Glad There Is You" ( Paul Madeira aand Jimmy Dorsey)
"I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul) pix Ride 'em Cowboy
"Oh Look At Me Now" (Joe Bushkin - TD's Piano player)
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Joe Bushkin) pix Keep 'em Flyin'
"Blues In The Night" (Arlen-Mercer) ex pix blues in the night
* "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" (M. Stoner)
"How About You" (B. Lane) ex show Babes On Broadway
"Ev'ry Time (We Say Goodnight)" (Martin) ex Best Foot Forward
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington)
* "(The Night) A Sinner Kissed a Angel"
* "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest"
* "Swingin' On Nothin'" (Sy Oliver) (TD Ork + Jo Stafford)
* "Yes Indeed, It Comes Out If It's In You" (Sy Oliver)

1942
"Why Don't You Do Right"; Peggy Lee had definitive version
"Deep in The Heart of Texas"
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
"Elmers Tune" (Glenn Miller band hit.)
"I Remember You"
"The Anniversary Waltz" A huge Al Jolson vocal hit.
"When The Lights Go On Again All Over The World" (English Wartime Tune)
"You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine"
"C Jam Blues"
"White Christmas" (Irv. Berlin) pix Holiday Inn
"Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Irv. Berlin) "
"That Old Black Magic" (Arlen-Mercer) ex pix Star Spangled rhythm
"At Last" (H. Warren) ex pix Orchestra Wives Glenn Miller Ork played it
"Serenade In Blue"
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Warren) ex pix "Iceland"
"Can't Get Out Of This Mood" (McHugh) ex pix "Seven Days' Leave"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington)
* "A Heart That's True, There Are Such Things"
* "Baia" (Ray Gilbert) (Disney pix)
* "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" (David- Joseph)
* "Sleepy Lagoon" (Lawrence - Coates)
* "My Silent Love" (Herman/Suesse)

1943
"As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) (Written much earlier than '43)
"All or Nothing At All"
"American Patrol"
"Coming In On a Wing and a Prayer"
"Pistol Packin' Mama"
"Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition"
"You'll Never Know Just How Much I Love You"
"That Old Black Magic" (Arlen-Mercer); ex Star Spangled Rhythm
"You'de Be So Nice to Come Home To"
"Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" (Loesser) pix Xmas Holiday
"Speak Low" (Kurt Weill) ex Bway Show One Touch Of Venus
"To Keep My Love Alive" (Rodgers & Hart) ex Connecticut Yankee
"Out Of My Dreams" (Rodgers & Hammerstein) Ex Oklahoma show.
"Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" (Arlen) ex pix Cabin In The Sky
"My Shining Hour" (Arlen-Mercer) ex pix The Sky's The Limit
"One For My Baby" " "
"Do Nothin' "Till You Hear From Me" (Ellington)
"Sunday, Monday or Always" (J. Van Heusen)

1944
"Don't Fence Me In" (Bing Crosby hit vocal)
"I'll Get By" (Turk - Ahlert)
"Lille Marlene" (A German Wartime hit, then "adopted" by the 'West')
"Long Ago And Far Away"
"Mairzy Doats And Dozy Doats A Little Lamsey Divy"
"'Round Midnight";
"Woody 'n You";
"I'm Beginning to See The Light";
"Artistry in Rhythm";
"Eager Beaver";
"Blowin' the Blues Away"
"Sentimental Journey" ( Les Brown; Bud Green and Ben Homer)
"There's No You" (Hal Hopper)
"Moonlight In Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf)
"Ev'ry TIme We Say Goodbye" (Porter) ex show Seven Lively Arts
"Evelina" (Arlen) ex show Bloomer Girl
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" (Arlen) ex pix Here Come The Waves
"The Trolley Song" (H. Martin) ex pix Meet Me In St. Louis
"Have Yourself A merry Little Christmas" "
"The Boy Next Door" (Hugh Martin)
"Skylark" (Carmichael-Mercer)
"How Little We Know" (Carmichael)
"I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington - Russell,lyrics)
"Like Someone In Love" (J. Van Heusen)
"Nancy" (J. Van Heusen) written for Sinatra's daughter
"It Could Happen To You" (J. Van Heusen) ex pix And The Angels Sing
* "Alone, Together"

1945 WW2 ended.
"Billie's Bounce";
"Now's The Time";
"Night in Tunisia";
"Groovin' High"
"Hot House";
"52nd St. Theme";
"Caldonia";
"Bijou";
"Apple Honey"
"We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fisher - Frankie Laine's piano player)
"Laura" (David Raksin & Johnny Mercer lyrics)
"Tenderly" (Walter Gross)
"It Might As Well Be Spring" (Rodgers & Hammerstein) ex pix State Fair
"It's A Grand Night For Singing "
"Out Of This World" (Arlen- Mercer lyric) ex pix
"The More I See You" (H. Warren) ex pix Billy Rose's Dianond Horseshoe
"Give Me The Simple Life" (R. Bloom) ex show Wake Up And Dream

1946
"Ooo Bop Sh'bam";
"Yardbird Suite";
"Ornithology";
"Confirmation"
"You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow) pix Three Little Girls in Blue

ex show Annie Get Your Gun Music by Irv Berlin (every one became a huge hit)
     "The Girl That I Marry"
     "I Got Lost In His Arms"
     "I've Got The Sun In The Morning"
     "My Defenses Are Down"
     "They Say It's Wonderful"
     "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
     "You Can't Get a Man With A Gun"
     "Anything You Can Do"
     "There's No Business Like Show Business"

"Any Place I Hang My Hat" (Arlen) ex pix St Louis Woman
"Come Rain or Come Shine" "
* "Give Me Five Minutes More"
* "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose tune, Bea Wain w/Larry Clinton orch hit.)
* "Laura" (D.Raksin - Mercer) ex pix Laura

1947 The invention of the 45 EP (extended play) record by RCA, followed shortly thereafter by the invention of the 33-1/3RPM LP (long play) record by Columbia.

1947
"Relaxin' at Camarillo";
"Robbins' Nest";
"Deep South Suite"(Ellington)
"Cubana Be & Cubana Bop" (Russell)
"Time After" Time (Jule Styne) pix It Happened in Brooklyn

ex show Finian's Rainbow Burton Lane Composer
     "Old Devil Moon"
     "If This Isn't Love"
     "How Are Things in Gloccamora"

"Ivy" (Carmichael)

1948
"Lemon Drop";
"Early Autumn";
"Godchild";
"Well You Needn't";
"Chasin' the Bird";
"Manteca"
"You've Come A Long Way From St.Louis" (John Benson Brooks & Bob Russell lyric). listen to Ray McKinley sing it
"Buttons And Bows" (Livingston & Evans) pix Paleface
"It Only Happens When I Dance With You" (Berlin) pix Easter Parade

ex show Kiss Me Kate Music: Cole Porter
     "Another Op'nin', Another Show"
     "So In Love"
     "Wunderbar"
     "Why Can't You Behave"
     "We Open In Venice"
     "Tom, Dick or Harry"
     "Too Darn Hot"
     "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"

"For Every Man There's A Woman" (Arlen) ex pix Casbah
"It's A Most Unusual Day" (J. McHugh) ex pix A Date With Judy
* "I'm In The Mood For Love" (J. McHugh)

1949
"Move";
"Jumpin' With Symphony Sid";
"Israel";
"Crosscurrent";
"Lady Bird";
"In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee"
"Scarlet Ribbons" (Evelyn Danzig) Harry Belafonte sings it.

1950
"Bag's Groove"; Not a hit. Mentioned here for historical purposes.
"Twisted";
"Venus De Milo";
"Intuition"
"More I Cannot Wish You" (Frank Loesser) play Guys and Dolls
"You're Just In Love" (Berlin) ex show Call Me Madam. ( A "Double" song similar to "Play a Simple Melody" 1913)
"The Best Thing For You (Is Me)" (Berlin) ex Call Me Madam

1951
"Coral Reef" (Hefti)
"Farmer's Market" (Art Farmer)
"Make The Man Love Me" (Schwartz & Dietz) ex show 'A Tree Grows In Brooklyn'

(Lane & Lerner) ex show 'Too Late Now'
"Too Late Now"
"On A Clear Day You Can See Forever"
"What Did I Have That I Don't Have Now"

"My Resistance Is Low" (Carmichael)
"Here's To My Lady" (Rube Bloom - J. Mercer)

1952
"Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing)
"That's All" (Bob Haymes and Alan Brandt lyrics) THIS IS A WELL NAMED SONG..IT was the END of the Big Band Era.

By 1950, for reasons too complex to summarize, the professional traditons of songwriting ends. The mechanism that could produce, and market, great songs has disappeared. (Some of the reasons are mentioned in the "Musings" section at the top of our homepage.)

The "baby boomer" generation is now the 'market' for American songs. This group seems not to know the difference between real musical excitement and manipulated hysteria. People go to rock 'concerts' not for the music, but to be a part of a 'happening'. The "dumbing down" of America is in full swing.

The Rock Era begins, -still some fine tunes emerge.

1953
"I Love Paris" (Porter) ex show: 'Can Can'
"Here's That Rainy Day" (J. Van Heusen) ex show: Carnival In Flanders

1954
"Misty"
"The Man That Got Away" (Arlen) ex pix: A Star Is Born
"Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree" (Arlen) ex show: House of Flowers
"A Sleepin' Bee" (Arlen) ex show House of Flowers

1955
"Blue Lights" (Gryce);
"All Of You" (Porter) ex show: Silk Stockings
"An Occasional Man" (Hugh Martin) ex pix: The Girl Rush (Jeri Southern, voc)

1958 "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn + J. Mercer Lyrics)

1960
"Little Susie" (Ray Bryant)
"(Love is Prettier) The Second Time Around" (J. Van Heusen)

1963
"You Are For Loving" (H. Martin) ex Rev.show: of Best Foot Forward .
"Call Me Irresponsible" (Van Heusen) ex pix: Papa's Delicate Condition

1964
"You'de Better Love Me" (Hugh Martin) ex show: Blythe Spirit

A great many musicians, and others, have called the 1960s and up the era of NOISE. Electric string boards (erroneously called guitars), are teamed up with "gazillion" watt amplifiers. "Ears" are turning from gold to tin to lead. And, finally, deaf (the amplifiers and the earphones do take their toll). This is a generalization, of course. There is some good music being produced.

The TV; Record companies, concert promoters, are all catering to the lowest common denominator of musical intelligence. BUT, a large number of people still listen to, and immensely enjoy, the big bands and their acoustic instruments, playing in a sophisticated style. And wherever these bands appear, they are winning converts.

American (and World) music is obviously in a transitionary phase. Let's hope that the future holds something better.