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| Music Goes Round and Round | |
|---|---|
| Compilation album by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra | |
| Released | Jun 1991 |
| Recorded | December 9, 1935-February 25, 1947 |
| Genre | Jazz, Swing, Big Band |
| Label | Bluebird RCA |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
Music Goes Round and Round is a Tommy Dorsey album of Dixieland recordings from 1935 to 1947, that predated the New Orleans revival in 1940. [1]
| Track | Song Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tiger Rag" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "The Music Goes Round and Round" | 3:24 |
| 3. | "The Day I Let You Get Away" | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Rhythm Saved The World" | 3:18 |
| 5. | "At The Codfish Ball" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "The Milkman's Matinee" | 9:37 |
| 7. | "Twilight in Turkey" | 2:52 |
| 8. | "He's a Gypsy from Poughkeepsie" | 3:01 |
| 9. | "Is This Gonna Be My Lucky Summer?" | 2:29 |
| 10. | "You're My Desire" | 2:38 |
| 11. | "Am I Dreaming?" | 2:33 |
| 12. | "After You" | 3:26 |
| 13. | "The Lady Is a Tramp" | 2:57 |
| 14. | "If the Man in the Moon Were a C**n" | 3:12 |
| 15. | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" | 2:23 |
| 16. | "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" | 3:16 |
| 17. | "Everybody's Doing It" | 2:57 |
| 18. | "Chinatown, My Chinatown" | 3:04 |
| 19. | "The Sheik of Araby" | 2:29 |
| 20. | "As Long as You Live (You'll Be Dead When You Die)" | 2:58 |
| 21. | "Sailing at Midnight" | 3:07 |
| 22. | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | 2:50 |
| 23. | "Alla en el Rancho Grande" | 3:09 |
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