Hit Parade!: Favorite Themes from America’s Swing Era

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

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:36
2Moonlight Serenade
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-04)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP)
Glenn Miller3:25
3Woodchopper’s Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Woody Herman3:19
4Ciribirbin
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Harry James2:34
5Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway3:15
6I Can’t Get Started
Bunny Berigan4:53
7One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie3:01
8Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy3:04
9Summertime
Bob Crosby3:09
10Jazznocracy
Jimmie Lunceford2:46
11I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills Music, Inc., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Tommy Dorsey3:40
12Contrasts
recording of:
Contrasts
composer:
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey3:04
13Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet3:26
14Snowfall
Claude Thornhill2:38
15Quaker City Jazz
Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters2:03
16Artistry in Rhythm
recording of:
Artistry in Rhythm
composer:
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton3:17
17Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:58
18Nightmare
recording of:
Nightmare
composer:
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw2:53
19Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Lionel Hampton3:00
20Apurksody
Gene Krupa2:58
21Leap Frog
recording of:
Leap Frog
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Les Brown and His Band of Renown1:59
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hot Lips
recording of:
Hot Lips (on 1934-06-04)
lyricist:
Lou Davis (in 1922)
composer:
Henry Busse (in 1922) and Henry Lange (in 1922)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. (on 1922-09-19)
Henry Busse2:35
2Smoke Rings
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra2:55
3Bubbles in the Wine
Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music2:37
4The Very Thought of You
recording of:
The Very Thought of You (on 1934-04-21)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Ray Noble3:35
5Rose Room
Phil Harris3:11
6When My Baby Smiles at Me
Ted Lewis2:53
7The Waltz You Saved for Me
Wayne King3:09
8(How I’ll Miss You) When the Summer Is Gone
Hal Kemp and His Orchestra3:05
9My Twilight Dreem
Eddy Duchin3:32
10Sugar Blues
Clyde McCoy Orchestra2:53
11Hell’s Bells
recording of:
Hell's Bells (Art Kassel theme song)
lyricist and composer:
Art Kassel
Art Kassel and His Kassels2:25
12Does Your Heart Beat for Me?
Russ Morgan3:06
13Drifting and Dreaming
Orrin Tucker3:02
14Rippling Rhythm
Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra1:42
15A Blues Serenade
Henry King3:03
16Got a Date With an Angel
Skinnay Ennis2:15
17Auld Lang Syne
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians2:36
18Daydreams Come True at Night
Dick Jurgens2:51
19My Shawl
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra3:18
20Thinking of You
Kay Kyser2:55
21Nola
Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra2:54

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