Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 4

One more time for old time's sake. Literally. (I might have used that line before. Sue me.) With this post, we wrap the Popular Songs of 1937 series. Hope you have enjoyed it!  ~  JH

1)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Whistle While You Work”

2)  Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli  ~  “Minor Swing”

3)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ft. Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Goodnight, My Love”

4)  Fred Astaire  ~  “I Can’t Be Bothered Now”

5)  Frances Langford  ~  “Once In A While”

6)  Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  ~  “You Can’t Stop Me From Dreamin’”

7)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Kind Hearted Woman Blues”

8)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “The Morning After”

9)  Ivie Anderson  ~  “All God's Chillun Got Rhythm”

10)  Billie Holiday  ~  “A Sailboat In The Moonlight”

11)  Roosevelt Sykes  ~  “Night Time Is The Right Time”

12)  W. Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys  ~  “Bear Cat Mama”

13)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Beginner’s Luck”

14)  Robert Johnson  ~  “When You Got A Good Friend”

15)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Blue Hawaii”

16)  Chick Webb & His Orchestra  ~  “Harlem Congo”

17)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “So Rare”

18)  Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra  ~  “Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm”

19)  Patsy Montana  ~  “Pride Of The Prairie”

20)  Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell  ~  “Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)”

21)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Marie”

22)  Artie Shaw  ~  “Nightmare”

23)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Stop Breakin’ Down Blues”

24)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Smarty (You Know It All)”

25)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off”

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 3

Oh, look, another one! Yep, and there'll be one more post in this series before it's done. Like it, or not! But I really hope you like it.  ~  JH

1)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

2)  Frances Langford  ~  “Harbor Lights”

3)  Robert Johnson  ~  “32-20 Blues”

4)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Song Of India”

5)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Remember Me?”

6)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Me, Myself, And I”

7)  Roy Acuff  ~  “Great Speckled Bird”

8)  Alice Faye  ~  “This Year’s Kisses”

9)  Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra ft. Bob Goday  ~  “That Old Feeling”

10)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Oozlin’ Daddy Blues”

11)  Irene Dunne  ~  “The Folks Who Live On The Hill”

12)  Mildred Bailey  ~  “Where Are You?”

13)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Someday My Prince Will Come”

14)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “Boo Hoo”

15)  Judy Garland  ~  “Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You)”

16)  Henry Busse & His Orchestra  ~  “With Plenty Of Money And You”

17)  Bukka White  ~  “Shake ‘Em On Down”

18)  Adolph Hofner  ~  “Does My Baby Love Me, Yes Sir!”  (With a name like Adolph and any name that starts with “H” and ends in “er,” it’s a wonder he ever got a break in the biz back then!)

19)  Dizzy Gillespie  ~  “King Porter Stomp”

20)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Come On In My Kitchen”

21)  Fats Waller & His Rhythm ft. Myra Johnson  ~  “This Joint Is Jumpin’”

22)  Benny Goodman Quartet  ~  “I Got A Heartful Of Music”

23)  Fred Astaire  ~  “A Foggy Day”

24)  Connee Boswell ~  “Whispers In The Dark”

25)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Azure”

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 1

I'm not quite done with this seemingly never-ending series of "Popular Songs Of" posts quite yet. There's this set and the three volumes that follow it. Then I'll probably tackle the tunes of 1927 and call it done. I was surprised at how many "keepers" I found among songs that, at eighty years old, are clearly well before my time. Music was just better back in the day, I suppose. And boy, do I feel old in simply admitting THAT! Anyway, here goes... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra  ~  “Sing, Sing, Sing”  (Man, that Gene Krupa could play some drums!)

2)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Things Are Looking Up”

3)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “September In The Rain”

4)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Edythe Wright  ~  “Dipsy Doodle”

5)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Cross Road Blues”

6)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “With A Smile And A Song”

7)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Sweet Leilani”

8)  Roy Acuff  ~  “You’re The Only Star In My Blue Heaven”

9)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Steel Guitar Rag”

10)  Gracie Fields  ~  “It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane”

11)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Caravan”

12)  Mildred Bailey  ~  “Trust In Me”

13)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “On A Little Bamboo Bridge”

14)  Joyce Compton / Irene Dunne  ~  “My Dreams Are Gone With The Wind”

15)  Count Basie  ~  “One O’Clock Jump”

16)  Raymond Scott Quintette  ~  “Powerhouse”

17)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Peace In The Valley”

18)  Fred Astaire  ~  “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

19)  Sophie Tucker  ~  “The Lady Is A Tramp”

20)  Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra  ~  “For Dancers Only”

21)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Jammin’”

22)  Robert Johnson  ~  “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”

23)  Slim & Slam  ~  “The Flat Foot Floogie”

24)  Al Dexter  ~  “Honky Tonk Blues”

25)  Kenny Baker  ~  “Love Walked In”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 3

Here's part 3 of 3 in the Popular Songs Of 1947 series. Plenty to see and hear here, folks. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bing Crosby  ~  “But Beautiful”

2)  Merle Travis  ~  “Steel Guitar Rag”

3)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Across The Alley From The Alamo”

4)  Dorothy Shay  ~  “Feudin’ And Fightin’”

5)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Two Loves Have I”

6)  Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ft. Billy Williams  ~  “The Old Lamplighter”

7)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “To My Sorrow”

8)  The Andrew Sisters & Danny Kaye  ~  “Civilization”

9)  Buddy Clark ft. Ray Noble & His Orchestra  ~  “Linda”

10)  Dinah Shore  ~  “How Soon Will I Be Seeing You?”

11)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Mean To Me”

12)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Don’t Look Now”

13)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Make Believe”

14)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”

15)  Tex Williams  ~  “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”

16)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ft. Kenny Gardner  ~  “Frankie And Johnny”

17)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “Fool That I Am”

18)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “Freight Train Boogie”

19)  Art Lund  ~  “Mam’selle”

20)  Jimmie Davis  ~  “Bang Bang”

21)  Freddy Martin and his Orchestra ft. Stuart Wade  ~  “Managua, Nicaragua”

22)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Bouquet Of Roses”

23)  Roy Brown  ~  “Good Rockin’ Tonight”  (This guy was ahead of his time. Sounds remarkably similar to the earliest rock and roll tunes that would come out a full decade later.)

24)  Frankie Laine  ~  “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”

25)  Mary Martin  ~  “Almost Like Being In Love”