The Swing Era: The Music of 1940-1941

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

Tracklist

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12" Vinyl 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
A1In the MoodGlenn Miller3:34
A2You Made Me Love YouHarry James3:20
A3Frenesi
Artie Shaw3:16
A4Bizet Has His Day
Les Brown3:10
A5Deep River
Tommy Dorsey4:06
B1Temptation
Artie Shaw3:00
B2Tuxedo 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 Miller3:33
B3Blues on Parade
recording of:
Blues on Parade
composer:
Woody Herman and Toby Tyler
Woody Herman3:10
B4Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet3:23
B5Boogie Woogie on St. Louis BluesEarl Hines3:03
12" Vinyl 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
C1Stealin' Apples
recording of:
Stealin’ Apples
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
Benny Goodman3:01
C2Stardust
Artie Shaw3:42
C3Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
Glenn Miller3:00
C4Well All Right Then
Jimmie Lunceford2:53
C5Two O'Clock Jump
recording of:
Two O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James3:25
D1Sunrise Serenade
recording of:
Sunrise Serenade
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Frankie Carle (in 1939)
Glenn Miller3:23
D2Redskin Rhumba
Charlie Barnet2:38
D3Lonesome Road, Part I
Tommy Dorsey2:31
D4Lonesome Road, Part II
Tommy Dorsey2:18
D5Ciribiribin
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
12" Vinyl 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
E1Swanee River
Tommy Dorsey3:03
E2Music Makers
recording of:
Music Makers
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James3:18
E3Let'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 Goodman2:37
E4Pompton Turnpike
recording of:
Pompton Turnpike
writer:
Will Osborne and Dick Rogers (singer, comedian, songwriter & pianist)
Charlie Barnet3:13
E5720 in the Books
Jan Savitt3:03
F1Take 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 Ellington3:03
F2Snowfall
Claude Thornhill3:16
F3Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
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 Miller3:32
F4Anvil Chorus, Part I
Glenn Miller2:17
F5Anvil Chorus, Part II
Glenn Miller2:35