"Shine On,Harvest Moon" is a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim. It became a pop standard,and continues to be performed and recorded in the 21st century.
"Back in Your Own Back Yard" is a popular song. Officially the credits show it as written by Al Jolson,Billy Rose,and Dave Dreyer;in fact,Billy Rose was exclusively a lyricist,Dreyer a composer,and Al Jolson a performer who was often given credits so he could earn some more money,so the actual apportionment of the credits would be likely to be music by Dreyer,lyrics by Rose,and possibly some small contribution by Jolson.
"Pretty Baby" is a song written by Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era. The song was remembered as being prominent in Jackson's repertory before he left New Orleans in 1912,but was not published until 1916.
"A Gal in Calico" is a song by American composer Arthur Schwartz,with words written by Leo Robin.
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" or "By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon" is a popular love song. The music was written by Gus Edwards,and the lyrics by Edward Madden. The song was published in 1909 and first performed on stage by Lillian Lorraine in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909. It was one of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was also used in the short-lived Broadway show Miss Innocence when it was sung by Frances Farr.
"My Buddy" is a popular song with music written by Walter Donaldson,and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was published in 1922 and early popular versions were by Henry Burr (1922),Ernest Hare (1923) and Ben Bernie.
"The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" is a popular song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was recorded by Isham Jones' Orchestra on December 21,1923,at Brunswick Studios in New York City,and published on January 7,1924. On January 17 in Chicago,Jones recorded another version,with Al Jolson on lead vocals. Both versions made the charts that Spring,with Jolson's peaking at number 2,and Jones' at number 5. Sophie Tucker recorded her version February 1924,released on Okeh 40054.
"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" is a popular song from 1913 composed by James V. Monaco with lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. It was introduced by Al Jolson in the Broadway revue The Honeymoon Express (1913),and used in the 1973 revival of the musical Irene.
"Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland" was one of the most famous and beloved popular songs of the early 20th century. This gentle waltz,with lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson and music by Leo Friedman,was published in Chicago in 1909.
"Somebody Loves Me" is a popular song,with music written by George Gershwin,and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Buddy DeSylva. The song was published in 1924 and featured in George White's Scandals of 1924.
"April Showers" is a 1921 popular song composed by Louis Silvers with lyrics by B. G. De Sylva.
"I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin,with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It is unique among Gershwin compositions in that it was used for two different Broadway productions:Treasure Girl (1928),when it was introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay,and Strike Up the Band (1930),when it was sung by Doris Carson and Gordon Smith. It was later included in the tribute musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012),in which it was sung by Jennifer Laura Thompson. When covered by Frank Sinatra he was a part of Columbia Records.
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" is a 1938 composition by Duke Ellington,with lyrics added by Irving Mills,Henry Nemo and John Redmond. The song became a number one hit for Ellington in 1938. Other hit versions the same year were by Benny Goodman,Jimmy Dorsey,Connee Boswell,Hot Lips Page,and Mildred Bailey. It was performed as part of The Cotton Club Parade of 1938.
"Waves of the Danube" is a waltz composed by Iosif Ivanovici in 1880,and is one of the most famous Romanian tunes in the world. The song has many variations throughout the piece,reminiscent of the music of Johann Strauss. Through the Viennese style variations,there is still a distinct Slavic style. In the United States,it is frequently referred to as "The Anniversary Song",a title given by Al Jolson when he and Saul Chaplin released an adaptation of the song in 1946.
"All by Myself" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin,published in 1921.
"Alabamy Bound" is a Tin Pan Alley tune written in 1924,with music by Ray Henderson and words by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green. It was popularized by Al Jolson and included in the musical Kid Boots,where it was sung by Eddie Cantor. Successful recordings of the song were released in 1925 by Paul Whiteman,Isham Jones and Fletcher Henderson (instrumentals),as well as Blossom Seeley,whose vocal version reached number 2 on the charts. The song has sold over a million copies of sheet music and has been included in several films over the years.
"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton Jr. and lyrics by Henry Creamer. First published in 1922,it was advertised by Creamer and Layton as "A Southern Song,without A Mammy,A Mule,Or A Moon",a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley clichés of the era.
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. It was introduced in 1929 by Ruby Keeler (as Dixie Dugan) in Florenz Ziegfeld's musical Show Girl. The stage performances were accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. On the show's opening night in Boston on June 25,1929,Keeler's husband and popular singer Al Jolson suddenly stood up from his seat in the third row and sang a chorus of the song,much to the surprise of the audience and Gershwin himself. Jolson recorded the song a few days later on July 6,1929,and his rendition rose to number nine on the charts of the day.
"When the Red,Red Robin" is a popular song written,both words and music,by Harry Woods in 1926. The song became the signature song for singer and actress Lillian Roth,who performed it often during the height of her musical career from the late 1920s to the late 1930s.
"Sweet Sue,Just You" is an American popular song of 1928,composed by Victor Young with lyrics by Will J. Harris. Popular versions in 1928 were by Earl Burtnett and by Ben Pollack.
