Songs Bucky Knew. :P
Apparently I am all about the 1930s now. :P Anyway I found a website that listed the top popular songs of the 1930s. These are the songs Steve and Bucky would have known very well. I thought it would be fun to do it as a meme.
BOLD the ones you know right off the bat.
Add ASTERISKS if you LOVE the song (you may also MINUS if you dislike a song that much).
Put a QUESTION MARK if it rang a bell but you'd need to look it up to be sure, or you you feel like you should know it but don't quite. I am putting a Tilde on ones I know vaguely.
UNDERLINE if you have a recording of this song (or know it super well), and ITALICIZE if it is the same performer. :)
Optional: put the year you were born and the year your older parent was born.
I was born in 1968 and my dad was born in 1930. Both my mom and my dad listened to 78s as kids; my mom actually still owns a Victrola.
1. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
2. God Bless America - Kate Smith (this song bothers me -- rather -- God Bless Us Every One)
*3. Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland / Glenn Miller I like Mandy Patinkin's version of this. :)
4. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - Benny Goodman
5. Silent Night, Holy Night - Bing Crosby I know this song by heart; Bing is neither here nor there.
6. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway -- makes me think of the Blues Brothers.
~7. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday I have avoided this song due to the disturbing content ):
8. Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson
***9. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller -- a huge favorite of mine. a beautiful song, and also, a Nine/Rose(/Jack) song.
10. If I Didn't Care - Ink Spots
?11. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington -- like In the Mood, I feel like I ought to know this.
12. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie / Benny Goodman / Harry James
13. Wabash Cannon Ball - Roy Acuff a big staple of classic country.
14. Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye And Bye) - Carter Family likewise. but who is singing it in my head, not the Carters I don't think.
15. Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters / Leo Reisman (Harold Arlen) I think in my head it is Ella singing this.
16. Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins / Paul Whiteman / Libby Holman
17. I'm In The Mood For Love - Louis Armstrong / Little Jack Little -- I like this a lot. I don't hear Louis in my head though.
~18. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw -- there is a lot of Cole Porter on this list of course -- I love the album Red Hot and Blue -- on which Begin the Beguine is sung by an African singer in another language. So I can't really claim to know it in English. Mwanake mBeguine!
19. I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan
20. A Tisket, A Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb's Orchestra
21. All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra with Harry James
22. Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman
?23. Pennies From Heaven - Bing Crosby / Eddy Duchin / Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
24. Roll 'Em Pete - Pete Johnson & Joe Turner
25. Tea For Two - Art Tatum -- the tap dancer's classic tune
26. Heartaches - Ted Weems
?27. Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire / Eddy Duchin / Guy Lombardo
28. Deep Purple - Larry Clinton (Bea Wain) / Jimmy Dorsey
29. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
30. Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
31. Stein Song (University Of Maine) - Rudy Vallee
~32. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington (Ivie Anderson) / Mills Brothers
?33. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby / Rudy Vallee -- I think Mandy Patinkin sings this as well. I should know it better.
***34. Night And Day - Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman / Eddy Duchin -- one of my top favorites. Bono sings this on Red Hot and Blue. Also, John Barrowman sang it in that Cole Porter Biopic.
?35. Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
36. Marie - Tommy Dorsey (Jack Leonard)
***37. Puttin' On The Ritz - Harry Richman With Earl Burtnett -- a fantastic song. Folks my age know the superduper Paco version from the 1980s. and of course, Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle.
38. The Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire / Guy Lombardo / Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
?39. Star Dust - Louis Armstrong / Benny Goodman / Tommy Dorsey -- wow, I should totes know this, right?
40. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Andrews Sisters
41. And The Angels Sing - Benny Goodman (Martha Tilton)
~42. All Of Me - Louis Armstrong / Paul Whiteman (Mildred Bailey) -- still don't know the Louis version. Am thinking of Steve Martin and Lili Tomlin of course!
43. Cocktails For Two - Duke Ellington
44. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Tommy Dorsey
- 45. Heart And Soul - Larry Clinton. As a piano teacher, this song is not quite as high on my list of verboten things as Chopsticks.... but close.
46. Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman / Chick Webb
47. Back In The Saddle Again - Gene Autry
***48. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons Of The Pioneers This is a very lovely song. Takes me back to my childhood, when for some reason there was a big resurgence of Sons of the Pioneers on country radio. Also "cool, clear water" :D
49. My Prayer - Ink Spots / Glenn Miller
50. Once In A While - Tommy Dorsey / Horace Heidt
51. These Foolish Things - Benny Goodman / Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday (probably not the song by Jewel I'm guessing)
52. Thanks For The Memory - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross / Shep Fields
53. Indian Love Call - Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy.
*54. Blue Moon - Glen Gray / Benny Goodman
55. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Ray Noble (Howard Phillips) / Billie Holiday / Red Norvo (Mildred Bailey)
56. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Fats Waller
57. Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin / Benny Meroff / Leo Reisman -- this seems to be an immortal standard.
?58. Caravan - Duke Ellington
59. (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway
60. What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
61. My Reverie - Larry Clinton / Bing Crosby
62. Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell / Boswell Sisters -- this is the sort of thing that is often referenced in choral medleys?
63. Did You Ever See A Dream Walking - Eddy Duchin / Guy Lombardo / Bing Crosby
~64. Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller / Red Norvo
65. Just A Gigolo - Ted Lewis / Ben Bernie / Bing Crosby -- probably this IS the same song covered by Diamond Dave Roth?
66. Blue Yodel #9 (Standing On The Corner) - Jimmie Rodgers & Louis Armstrong
67. Sugar Blues - Clyde McCoy
68. King Porter (Stomp) - Benny Goodman
69. Red Sails In The Sunset - Bing Crosby / Guy Lombardo / Mantovani
***70. Summertime - Billie Holiday / Sidney Bechet -- my favorite version of this is by Angelique Kidjo in her native language from Benin.
71. Goody-Goody - Benny Goodman / Bob Crosby / Freddy Martin
~72. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Paul Whiteman / Leo Reisman / Emil Coleman
73. Moon Glow - Benny Goodman / Duke Ellington
74. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey -- I sing this a lot as a church musician.
75. Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby
76. Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
77. The Peanut Vendor - Don Azpiazu / California Ramblers / Red Nichols
78. I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams - Bing Crosby / Russ Morgan
79. Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Andy Kirk / Fats Waller
80. In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town - Ted Lewis / Ted Black
81. The Last Round-Up - George Olsen (Joe Morrison) / Guy Lombardo / Don Bestor / Gene Autry
82. The Very Thought Of You - Ray Noble
83. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
84. Goodnight, Sweetheart - Wayne King / Guy Lombardo / Bing Crosby
85. Beer Barrel Polka - Will Glahe / Andrews Sisters
86. Carelessly - Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
87. Flat Foot Floogee - Slim & Slam / Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers
88. Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
89. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Marian Anderson - have known this by heart since childhood, not the Marian Anderson recording tho.
90. I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols / Ethel Waters / Louis Armstrong - a classic
91. Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford / Benny Goodman
92. Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
93. The Object Of My Affection - Boswell Sisters / Jimmie Grier
**94. Let's Fall In Love - Eddy Duchin -- Birds Do It. Bees Do it. Ella does it perfectly.
~95. Lullabye Of Broadway - Dorsey Brothers (Bob Crosby)
96. The Glory Of Love - Benny Goodman
97. Forty-Second Street - Don Bestor / Hal Kemp
~98. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - Bing Crosby -- does Bing sing a bit of this in a Bugs Bunny cartoon? According to wikipedia, Bugs helped sell war bonds, but does not outrank Steve as an honorary Master Sergeant; not sure if that means he outranks Bucky. :P
99. Prisoner Of Love - Russ Columbo
100. Inka Dinka Doo - Jimmy Durante
Bucky is in my icon saying "who the hell is Bing Crosby."
But later he is like "that song... I knew the bridge... "
BOLD the ones you know right off the bat.
Add ASTERISKS if you LOVE the song (you may also MINUS if you dislike a song that much).
Put a QUESTION MARK if it rang a bell but you'd need to look it up to be sure, or you you feel like you should know it but don't quite. I am putting a Tilde on ones I know vaguely.
UNDERLINE if you have a recording of this song (or know it super well), and ITALICIZE if it is the same performer. :)
Optional: put the year you were born and the year your older parent was born.
I was born in 1968 and my dad was born in 1930. Both my mom and my dad listened to 78s as kids; my mom actually still owns a Victrola.
1. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
2. God Bless America - Kate Smith (this song bothers me -- rather -- God Bless Us Every One)
*3. Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland / Glenn Miller I like Mandy Patinkin's version of this. :)
4. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - Benny Goodman
5. Silent Night, Holy Night - Bing Crosby I know this song by heart; Bing is neither here nor there.
6. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway -- makes me think of the Blues Brothers.
~7. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday I have avoided this song due to the disturbing content ):
8. Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson
***9. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller -- a huge favorite of mine. a beautiful song, and also, a Nine/Rose(/Jack) song.
10. If I Didn't Care - Ink Spots
?11. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington -- like In the Mood, I feel like I ought to know this.
12. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie / Benny Goodman / Harry James
13. Wabash Cannon Ball - Roy Acuff a big staple of classic country.
14. Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye And Bye) - Carter Family likewise. but who is singing it in my head, not the Carters I don't think.
15. Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters / Leo Reisman (Harold Arlen) I think in my head it is Ella singing this.
16. Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins / Paul Whiteman / Libby Holman
17. I'm In The Mood For Love - Louis Armstrong / Little Jack Little -- I like this a lot. I don't hear Louis in my head though.
~18. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw -- there is a lot of Cole Porter on this list of course -- I love the album Red Hot and Blue -- on which Begin the Beguine is sung by an African singer in another language. So I can't really claim to know it in English. Mwanake mBeguine!
19. I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan
20. A Tisket, A Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb's Orchestra
21. All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra with Harry James
22. Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman
?23. Pennies From Heaven - Bing Crosby / Eddy Duchin / Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
24. Roll 'Em Pete - Pete Johnson & Joe Turner
25. Tea For Two - Art Tatum -- the tap dancer's classic tune
26. Heartaches - Ted Weems
?27. Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire / Eddy Duchin / Guy Lombardo
28. Deep Purple - Larry Clinton (Bea Wain) / Jimmy Dorsey
29. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
30. Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
31. Stein Song (University Of Maine) - Rudy Vallee
~32. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington (Ivie Anderson) / Mills Brothers
?33. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby / Rudy Vallee -- I think Mandy Patinkin sings this as well. I should know it better.
***34. Night And Day - Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman / Eddy Duchin -- one of my top favorites. Bono sings this on Red Hot and Blue. Also, John Barrowman sang it in that Cole Porter Biopic.
?35. Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
36. Marie - Tommy Dorsey (Jack Leonard)
***37. Puttin' On The Ritz - Harry Richman With Earl Burtnett -- a fantastic song. Folks my age know the superduper Paco version from the 1980s. and of course, Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle.
38. The Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire / Guy Lombardo / Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
?39. Star Dust - Louis Armstrong / Benny Goodman / Tommy Dorsey -- wow, I should totes know this, right?
40. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Andrews Sisters
41. And The Angels Sing - Benny Goodman (Martha Tilton)
~42. All Of Me - Louis Armstrong / Paul Whiteman (Mildred Bailey) -- still don't know the Louis version. Am thinking of Steve Martin and Lili Tomlin of course!
43. Cocktails For Two - Duke Ellington
44. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Tommy Dorsey
- 45. Heart And Soul - Larry Clinton. As a piano teacher, this song is not quite as high on my list of verboten things as Chopsticks.... but close.
46. Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman / Chick Webb
47. Back In The Saddle Again - Gene Autry
***48. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons Of The Pioneers This is a very lovely song. Takes me back to my childhood, when for some reason there was a big resurgence of Sons of the Pioneers on country radio. Also "cool, clear water" :D
49. My Prayer - Ink Spots / Glenn Miller
50. Once In A While - Tommy Dorsey / Horace Heidt
51. These Foolish Things - Benny Goodman / Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday (probably not the song by Jewel I'm guessing)
52. Thanks For The Memory - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross / Shep Fields
53. Indian Love Call - Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy.
*54. Blue Moon - Glen Gray / Benny Goodman
55. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Ray Noble (Howard Phillips) / Billie Holiday / Red Norvo (Mildred Bailey)
56. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Fats Waller
57. Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin / Benny Meroff / Leo Reisman -- this seems to be an immortal standard.
?58. Caravan - Duke Ellington
59. (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway
60. What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
61. My Reverie - Larry Clinton / Bing Crosby
62. Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell / Boswell Sisters -- this is the sort of thing that is often referenced in choral medleys?
63. Did You Ever See A Dream Walking - Eddy Duchin / Guy Lombardo / Bing Crosby
~64. Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller / Red Norvo
65. Just A Gigolo - Ted Lewis / Ben Bernie / Bing Crosby -- probably this IS the same song covered by Diamond Dave Roth?
66. Blue Yodel #9 (Standing On The Corner) - Jimmie Rodgers & Louis Armstrong
67. Sugar Blues - Clyde McCoy
68. King Porter (Stomp) - Benny Goodman
69. Red Sails In The Sunset - Bing Crosby / Guy Lombardo / Mantovani
***70. Summertime - Billie Holiday / Sidney Bechet -- my favorite version of this is by Angelique Kidjo in her native language from Benin.
71. Goody-Goody - Benny Goodman / Bob Crosby / Freddy Martin
~72. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Paul Whiteman / Leo Reisman / Emil Coleman
73. Moon Glow - Benny Goodman / Duke Ellington
74. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey -- I sing this a lot as a church musician.
75. Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby
76. Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
77. The Peanut Vendor - Don Azpiazu / California Ramblers / Red Nichols
78. I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams - Bing Crosby / Russ Morgan
79. Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Andy Kirk / Fats Waller
80. In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town - Ted Lewis / Ted Black
81. The Last Round-Up - George Olsen (Joe Morrison) / Guy Lombardo / Don Bestor / Gene Autry
82. The Very Thought Of You - Ray Noble
83. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
84. Goodnight, Sweetheart - Wayne King / Guy Lombardo / Bing Crosby
85. Beer Barrel Polka - Will Glahe / Andrews Sisters
86. Carelessly - Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
87. Flat Foot Floogee - Slim & Slam / Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers
88. Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
89. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Marian Anderson - have known this by heart since childhood, not the Marian Anderson recording tho.
90. I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols / Ethel Waters / Louis Armstrong - a classic
91. Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford / Benny Goodman
92. Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
93. The Object Of My Affection - Boswell Sisters / Jimmie Grier
**94. Let's Fall In Love - Eddy Duchin -- Birds Do It. Bees Do it. Ella does it perfectly.
~95. Lullabye Of Broadway - Dorsey Brothers (Bob Crosby)
96. The Glory Of Love - Benny Goodman
97. Forty-Second Street - Don Bestor / Hal Kemp
~98. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - Bing Crosby -- does Bing sing a bit of this in a Bugs Bunny cartoon? According to wikipedia, Bugs helped sell war bonds, but does not outrank Steve as an honorary Master Sergeant; not sure if that means he outranks Bucky. :P
99. Prisoner Of Love - Russ Columbo
100. Inka Dinka Doo - Jimmy Durante
Bucky is in my icon saying "who the hell is Bing Crosby."
But later he is like "that song... I knew the bridge... "