Best of the Big Band Era 1940–1941

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:34
2The Breeze and I
Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra3:21
3Where Was I
recording of:
Where was I? (from the 1940 movie 'Til We Meet Again)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
W. Franke Harling
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra3:21
4The Gaucho Serenade
Dick Todd2:15
5Trade Winds
recording of:
Trade Winds (1940s song)
writer:
Cliff Friend and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
publisher:
Ched Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:02
6South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)
Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra2:55
7Down Argentina Way
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra3:13
8Let There Be Love
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye3:07
9I’m Nobody’s Baby
Bea Wain3:20
10Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues
recording of:
Boogie Woogie on Saint Louis Blues
writer:
William Christopher Handy
Earl Hines and His Orchestra2:50
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra3:16
2Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, 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 (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
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:27
3Maria Elena
Wayne King & His Orchestra2:32
4Star Dust
recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:32
5I Hear a Rhapsody
recording of:
I Hear a Rhapsody
lyricist and composer:
Jack Baker (US songwriter "I Hear a Rhapsody"), George Fragos and Dick Gasparre
publisher:
Broadcast Music Inc.
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra3:20
6Daddy
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye2:58
7Perfida Cancion
Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra2:59
8Oh! Look at Me Now
recording of:
Oh! Look at Me Now
lyricist:
John DeVries (in 1941)
composer:
Joe Bushkin (in 1941)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Embassy Music Corporation and Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:16
9Take the “A” Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn (on 1941-06-12)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Tempo (on 1943-02-19)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra2:57
10The Things I Love
Barry Wood3:06

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ASIN:US: B000K5PYJC [info]