The Big Bands Swing

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Moonlight 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 Miller3:25
2Blue Moon
recording of:
Blue Moon
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and 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)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Tommy Dorsey & Jack Leonard3:20
3Stars Fell on Alabama
Claude Thornhill2:36
4Shine On, Harvest Moon
Tommy Dorsey2:38
5Moonlight Becomes You
Stan Kenton3:53
6Count Every Star
Charlie Spivak2:32
7Star Dust
Artie Shaw3:36
8How High the Moon
Les Brown2:58
9Story of a Starry Night
recording of:
The Story of a Starry Night
writer:
Mann Curtis (in 1941), Al Hoffman (in 1941) and Jerry Livingston (songwriter) (in 1941)
is based on:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”: I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo
Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle3:31
10Magic is the Moonlight
Freddy Martin & Artie Wayne3:14
11Moonlight Cocktail
Claude Thornhill3:12
12My Heart Stood Still
Artie Shaw2:52
13You Do Something to Me
Tommy Dorsey2:15
14I'm Beginning to See the Light
recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Duke Ellington3:15
15People Will Say We're in Love
Freddy Martin2:19
16Somebody Loves Me
recording of:
Somebody Loves Me
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Harry James2:25
17Love Is Here to Stay
Les Brown3:43
18Why Don't We Do This More Often
Kay Kyser, Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt2:54
19Our Love
Tommy Dorsey & Jack Leonard2:47
20I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me
Artie Shaw3:10
21My Melancholy Baby
Sam Donahue2:42
22Tea for Two
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Tommy Dorsey3:12
23My Blue Heaven
recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
Glenn Miller3:26
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let's Dance
Glen Gray2:36
2The Blue Danube
Tommy Dorsey2:53
3Song of India
recording of:
Song of India
writer:
Red Bone (trombonist)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Edgar Fairchild
is based on:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Tommy Dorsey3:07
4Moon Love
recording of:
Moon Love
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
arranger:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
is based on:
Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle2:52
5Mumble Boogie
Freddy Martin & Jack Fina2:53
6Moonlight Sonata
Glenn Miller3:47
7Clair De Lune
Freddy Martin3:54
8My Reverie
Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle3:07
9Barcarolle
Russ Morgan2:44
10Anvil Chorus (Part II)
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
Glenn Miller2:16
11Some Enchanted Evening
Ralph Flanagan2:42
12Blue Skies
recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra3:19
13Night and Day
Charlie Barnet3:07
14Dancing in the Dark
Artie Shaw3:06
15Just One of Those Things
Tommy Dorsey3:00
16This Can't Be Love
recording of:
This Can’t Be Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell
Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton2:47
17Hello, Young Lovers
Count Basie2:11
18All the Things You Are
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Tommy Dorsey & Jack Leonard3:24
19I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Jimmy Dorsey3:08
20I Get a Kick Out of You
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
Tommy Dorsey2:50
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Way You Look Tonight
Freddy Martin3:18
2That Old Black Magic
recording of:
That Old Black Magic
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Freddie Slack & Margaret Whiting2:41
3Cheek to Cheek
Freddy Martin2:45
4It Happened in Sun Valley
recording of:
It Happened in Sun Valley
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Glenn Miller, Paula Kelly, Ray Eberle, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires2:57
5Swinging on a Star
Neal Hefti2:17
6In the Still of the Night
Count Basie2:00
7They Can't Take That Away from Me
Billy Butterfield3:00
8AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE the Positive
Ray McKinley3:27
9You Turned the Tables on Me
recording of:
You Turned the Tables on Me
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Louis Alter
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1936)
Benny Goodman & Helen Ward2:52
10In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
Les Brown & Lucy Ann Polk3:11
11It Might as Well Be Spring
Count Basie2:33
12Spring Will Be a Little Late this Year
Ralph Flanagan & Harry Prime3:00
13Come Rain or Come Shine
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Tommy Dorsey & Sy Oliver3:20
14I'll Remember April
Charlie Barnet & Bob Carroll3:15
15June is Bustin' Out All Over
Ralph Flanagan2:58
16Indian summer
Charlie Barnet2:43
17September Song
Harry James4:11
18September in the Rain
Sam Donahue2:58
19Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
Vaughn Monroe & The Norton Sisters3:10
▼ CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Red Wing
Les Brown2:56
2The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Artie Shaw2:56
3Dance with a Dolly (with a Hole in her Scockin')
Tony Pastor2:18
4Comin' Thru the Rye
Tommy Dorsey2:32
5Greensleeves
Ray McKinley & Glenn Miller Orchestra2:35
6Loch Lomond
recording of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9598)
Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton2:37
7Camptown Races
Larry Clinton3:21
8Swanee River
Tommy Dorsey3:16
9Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
recording of:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
publisher:
Random House
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1854)
Glenn Miller2:03
10Annie Laurie
Tommy Dorsey2:41
11Streets of Laredo
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Harry James2:36
12Frenesí
recording of:
Frenesi
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Glenn Miller3:28
13Vilia
Artie Shaw3:07
14Malagueña
Billy Butterfield2:54
15La Vie en Rose
Ralph Flanagan2:06
16Brazil
Warren Covington & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra2:25
17Maria Elena
Tony Pastor3:22
18Skip to My Lou
Warren Covington & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra3:51
19Hawaiian War Chant
Tommy Dorsey3:12
20Danny Boy
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
Glenn Miller2:17
21Cumana
Alvino Rey3:10