Top Hits of the 1930s

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Tracklist

1Digital Media: Volume 1
2Digital Media: Volume 2
3Digital Media: Volume 3
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1Just One More Chance
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1931-05-04)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1931-05-04)
orchestra:
CBS Studio Orchestra (on 1931-05-04)
cover recording of:
Just One More Chance (on 1931-05-04)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Bing Crosby23:30
2If I Had a Talking Picture of YouJack Hylton and His Orchestra3:34
3East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
recording of:
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
lyricist and composer:
Brooks Bowman (in 1934)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co.
Arthur Tracy2:34
4Mad About the Boy
recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
Gertrude Lawrence3:17
5Gipsy Moon
recording of:
Gipsy Moon
lyricist:
Frank Eyton
composer:
Igor Borganoff (classical composer)
Richard Crooks3:38
6Goodnight Sweetheart
recording of:
Goodnight, Sweetheart
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher), Reginald Connelly and Ray Noble
translator:
Rudy Vallée
publisher:
Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
part of:
1941
George Metaxa3:16
7Sally
recording of:
Sally (Sally In Our Alley)
writer:
Will E. Haines, Harry Leon and Leo Towers (songwriter)
Gracie Fields3:10
8When It’s Springtime in the Rockies
recording of:
When It’s Springtime in the Rockies
lyricist and composer:
Milt Taggart, Robert Sauer and Mary H. Woolsey (American author, poet and songwriter)
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra3:21
9Dancing in the Dark
recording of:
Dancing in the Dark
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
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)
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
The Revelers3:02
10Rockin’ Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Paul Robeson3:33
11I’m in the Mood for Love
recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
Little Jack Little & His Orchestra3:12
12I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:42
13Moonglow
recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:39
14With a Song in My Heart
recording of:
With a Song in My Heart
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1929)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Imagen Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Hutch3:13
15My Very Good Friend the Milkman
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1935-06-24)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-06-24)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1935-06-24)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-06-24)
guitar:
James Smith (US jazz guitarist active 1930s, recorded with Fats Waller) (on 1935-06-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1935-06-24)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
recording of:
My Very Good Friend the Milkman (on 1935-06-24)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Harold Spina (composer/conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Fats Waller43:32
16I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
recording of:
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1938), Henry Nemo (in 1938) and John Redmond (House vocalist) (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:10
17Bess You Is My Woman Now
recording of:
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
Helen Tibbetts4:56
18Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra3:14
19Canoe Song
recording of:
Canoe Song
lyricist:
Arthur Wimperis
composer:
Mischa Spoliansky (composer)
Paul Robeson3:00
20Paradise
recording of:
Paradise
lyricist:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter) and Gordon Clifford
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
Bing Crosby3:05
21Says My Heart
recording of:
Says My Heart
lyricist:
Frank Loesser (in 1938)
composer:
Burton Lane (in 1938)
Mildred Bailey2:56
22Boogie WoogieTommy Dorsey Orchestra3:08
23Auf Wiederseh’n, My Dear
recording of:
Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear
lyricist:
Milton Ager and Al Goodhart
composer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader) and Al Hoffman
Clarence Johnson2:52
24Scatter‐Brain (Thene Song)
recording of:
Scatter-Brain
lyricist:
Frankie Masters
composer:
Keene Bean and Frankie Masters
Frankie Masters & His Orchestra2:42
25Lady of Spain
recording of:
Lady of Spain
writer:
Stanley J. Damerell, Robert Hargreaves (songwriter) and Henry B. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans (in 1931)
Tino Folgar2:57
26In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
recording of:
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Little Jack Little and Ira Schuster
Ted Lewis and His Band3:02
27I Used to Be Colour Blind
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1938-03-24)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1938-03-24)
orchestra:
Ray Noble and His Orchestra (on 1938-03-24)
recording of:
I Used to Be Color Blind (from "Carefree") (on 1938-03-24)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1938)
Fred Astaire3:05
28Brother, Can You Spare a DimeRudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees3:38
29My Heart Is Taking Lessons in Love
recording of:
My Heart is Taking Lessons (on 1938-01-21)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
James V. Monaco
Bing Crosby2:48
30Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
Gene Austin2:29
31The Dipsy Doodle
recording of:
Dipsy Doodle
lyricist and composer:
Larry Clinton (in 1937)
Nat Gonella and His Georgians3:17
32Red Sails in the Sunset
recording of:
Red Sails in the Sunset
lyricist:
James B. Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Gracie Fields3:11
33Underneath the Arches
recording of:
Underneath the Arches
lyricist and composer:
Bud Flanagan
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Bud Flanagan & Chesney Allen3:03
34Marta
recording of:
Marta (composer Moises Simons, translated English version)
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert
composer:
Moisés Simons
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
Marta (composer Moises Simons, original Spanish lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert)
Arthur Tracy3:10
35When I Take My Sugar to Tea
recording of:
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
composer:
Pierre Norman Connor, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
The Boswell Sisters3:16
36The Peanut Vendor
recording of:
The Peanut Vendor
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert and Marion Sunshine
composer:
Moisés Simons
translated version of:
El manisero
Sam Browne and The Three Ginx3:17
37Sleepy Time Down SouthPaul Robeson3:25
38Serenade in the Night
recording of:
Serenade in the Night (Violino tzigano)
lyricist:
Bixio Cherubini
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
translator:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
Mantovani & His Tipica Orchestra3:20
39Just Let Me Look at You
recording of:
Just Let Me Look at You
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jerome Kern
Geraldo and His Orchestra3:33
40The Big Noise From Winnetka
recording of:
Big Noise From Winnetka
writer:
Crosby and Rodin
composer:
Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra2:48
41The Music Goes ’Round and ’Round
recording of:
The Music Goes Round and Round (by E. Farley, M. Riley, R. Hodgson)
lyricist:
Red Hodgson (in 1935)
composer:
Edward Farley (US trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist & composer) (in 1935) and Mike Riley (US jazz trombonist & songwriter) (in 1935)
Nat Gonella and His Georgians2:59
42The Fleet’s in Port Again
recording of:
The Fleet’s in Port Again
lyricist and composer:
Noel Gay
Billy Cotton & His Band3:11
43The Sun Has Got His Hat On
vocals:
Sam Browne & Chorus (on 1932-07-06)
recording of:
The Sun Has Got His Hat On (on 1932-07-06)
lyricist:
Ralph Butler
composer:
Noel Gay
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
Sam Browne2:52
4Digital Media: Volume 4

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phonographic copyright (℗) by:Goldenlane Records (a division of Cleopatra Records) (in 2008)
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