"In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "Tar Paper Stomp" by Wingy Manone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by Edgar Hayes &His Orchestra in 1938.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody,and three other saxophones playing harmony,the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of the 20th century. As of 2023,Ray Anthony is the last surviving member of the orchestra.
"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard the Cunard ocean liner Franconia from Kalabahi,Indonesia,to Fiji. In October 1935,it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee,produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.
"Deep Purple" was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose,who broadcast,1923 to 1939,with May Singhi as "The Sweethearts of the Air" on the NBC radio network. "Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition. The following year,Paul Whiteman had it scored for his suave "big band" orchestra that was "making a lady out of jazz" in Whiteman's phrase. "Deep Purple" became so popular in sheet music sales that Mitchell Parish added lyrics in 1938.
Shine is a popular song with lyrics by Cecil Mack and Tin Pan Alley songwriter Lew Brown and music by Ford Dabney. It was published in 1910 by the Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company and used by Aida Overton Walker in His Honor the Barber,an African-American road show. According to Perry Bradford,himself a songster and publisher,the song was written about an actual man named Shine who was with George Walker when they were badly beaten during the New York City race riot of 1900.
"Oh,Lady Be Good!" is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical Lady,Be Good! written by Guy Bolton,Fred Thompson,and the Gershwin brothers and starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The song was also performed by the chorus in the film Lady Be Good (1941),although the film is unrelated to the musical.
"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.
"Don't Take Your Love from Me" is a popular song written by Henry Nemo and published in 1941. Mildred Bailey first recorded this song in 1940 before publication. It was introduced that year by singer Joan Brooks.
"The Lady's in Love with You" is a popular song which was written by Burton Lane (music) and by Frank Loesser (lyrics). The song was published in 1939 and introduced in the film "Some Like It Hot" (1939) when it was sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross. Ms Ross also sang it in the film with Gene Krupa and His Band. The song was sung by Tony Bennett at his final concerts,at Radio City Music Hall,in 2021.
"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms,where it was introduced by Wynn Murray. Judy Garland sang it in the Rodgers &Hart biopic Words and Music (1948).
"San Antonio Rose" is a swing instrumental introduced in late 1938 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Quickly becoming the band's most popular number,Wills and band members devised lyrics,which were recorded on April 16,1940,and released on Okeh 5694 in August as "New San Antonio Rose". Despite having completed a lengthy Hillbilly/Folk chart run in 1939,which culminated at #1,it quickly rose to the top again,in early 1941. It went on to become the band's theme song for the next forty years,reverting to its original title.
"Flamingo" (1940) is a popular song and jazz standard written by Ted Grouya with lyrics by Edmund Anderson and first recorded by singer Herb Jeffries and the Duke Ellington Orchestra on December 28,1940,for Victor Records. This briefly reached the Billboard charts in 1941.
"Ciribiribin"[tʃiribiriˈbin] is a merry Piedmontese ballad,originally in three-quarter time,composed by Alberto Pestalozza in 1898 with lyrics by Carlo Tiochet. It quickly became popular and has been recorded by many artists. Decades later it enjoyed continued popularity with swing and jazz bands,played in four-four time.
Two Time Winners is the third studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1959 by Cadence Records. This,his third LP for the label,is composed of songs that had been successful on two previous occasions or in two different ways.
To You Sweetheart,Aloha is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released late in the summer of 1959 by Cadence Records. This,his fourth LP for the label,has a Hawaiian theme that coincides with the admission of the 50th of the United States.
"I Can't Escape from You" is a song written music by Richard A. Whiting and lyrics by Leo Robin for the 1936 Paramount Film "Rhythm on the Range",and first introduced in the film when Bing Crosby sang it to Frances Farmer. Crosby recorded it for Decca Records that same year with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and it was in the hit parade for 11 weeks reaching a peak position of No. 7. Crosby recorded the song again in 1954 for his album Bing:A Musical Autobiography.
"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.
Up Swing is a compilation album of phonograph records released by bandleaders Tommy Dorsey,Glenn Miller,Benny Goodman,and Artie Shaw in 1944 as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series. The set,a progenitor to greatest hits releases,features some of the most popular Dance Band Era recordings by the four bandleaders.
Starmaker is a compilation album of phonograph records by Tommy Dorsey,featuring collaborations between Dorsey and artists his band had a role in making popular. These include musicians such as Buddy Rich,composers and arrangers such as Sy Oliver,and vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford. It was released as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series.
Four Star Favorites is a compilation album of phonograph records released in 1941 by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra on Victor Records,containing studio recordings by his second,third and fourth orchestras.
