Smash Hits of the 40’s

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1How High the Moon
recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Helen Forrest with Harry James and His Orchestra3:01
2Frenesi
recording of:
Frenesí
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra3:05
3Elmer’s Tune
alto saxophone:
Lloyd “Skip” Martin (on 1941-08-15) and Clint Neagley (on 1941-08-15)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1941-08-15)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1941-08-15)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1941-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1941-08-15)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Big band era guitarist) (on 1941-08-15)
piano:
Mel Powell (American composer and jazz pianist) (on 1941-08-15)
tenor saxophone:
George Berg (on 1941-08-15) and Vido Musso (on 1941-08-15)
trombone:
Cutty Cutshall (on 1941-08-15) and Lou McGarity (on 1941-08-15)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1941-08-15), Al Davis (on 1941-08-15), Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet) (on 1941-08-15) and Cootie Williams (on 1941-08-15)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1941-08-15)
recording of:
Elmer’s Tune (on 1941-08-15)
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Elmer Albrecht and Dick Jurgens
Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:51
4Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra3:15
5Blues in the Night
lead vocals:
Dinah Shore
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (on 1942-01-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Dinah Shore3:12
6A String of Pearls
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-11-03)
recording of:
A String of Pearls (on 1941-11-03)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra3:13
7You’ll Never Know
recording of:
You’ll Never Know
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1943 winner)
Dick Haymes2:46
8Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1943-10-04)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1943-10-04)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1943-10-04)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1943-10-04)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1943-10-04)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1943-10-04)
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (on 1943-10-04)
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five52:43
9On the Sunny Side of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Ancar Enterprises Inc., Cotton Club Publishing, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Vydia Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:13
10Temptation
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Ted Steele and His Orchestra (in 1945)
recording of:
Temptation
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
Perry Como2:43
11Macnamara’s Band
recording of:
McNamara’s Band (1945 song)
lyricist:
John J Stamford (songwriter) and The Jesters (Irish group from the '40s) (in 1945)
composer:
Shamus O'Connor (songwriter)
revision of:
MacNamara’s Band
Bing Crosby2:46
12Ole Buttermilk Sky
recording of:
Ole Buttermilk Sky (1946 song)
lyricist:
Jack Brooks (English–American lyricist)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Hoagy Carmichael2:15
13September Song
vocals:
Walter Huston
conductor:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song (in 1944)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Walter Huston2:31
14Linda
instruments and orchestra:
Ray Noble and His Orchestra
lead vocals:
Buddy Clark (US 1930s~1940s singer)
spoken vocals:
Buddy Clark (US 1930s~1940s singer) and Anita Gordon
vocals:
Buddy Clark (US 1930s~1940s singer) and Anita Gordon
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: JB 344 (1))
recording of:
Linda (1946 song) (on 1946-11-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
Buddy Clark & Anita Gordon3:16
15They Can’t Take That Away From Me (live)
live cover recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee2:17
16Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
Les Paul2:58
17A Little Bird Told Me
recording of:
A Little Bird Told Me
lyricist and composer:
Harvey O. Brooks
Evelyn Knight2:41
18Again
recording of:
Again
lyricist:
Dorcas Cochran
composer:
Lionel Newman
Doris Day2:48
19Cruising Down the River
recording of:
Cruising Down the River (1945 song)
writer:
Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton
Russ Morgan2:38
20Mule Train
cover recording of:
Mule Train
composer:
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and W. Disney Mus. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Frankie Laine2:35