1926–1927 List of 1920s jazz standards

cole porter 1 of few tin pan alley songwriters write both lyrics , music songs. standards include thing called love? (1929), love sale (1930) , night , day (1932).



1926 – big butter , egg man jazz song written percy venable louis armstrong , may alix. first recorded armstrong s hot five; original 1926 recording contains 1 of armstrong s highly regarded cornet solos.
1926 – bye bye blackbird song composed ray henderson lyrics mort dixon. first recorded gene austin, rendition became number 1 hit. nick lucas recorded popular version same year. among jazz performers, tune gained popularity after inclusion on soundtrack of 1955 film pete kelly s blues , on miles davis s 1957 album round midnight.
1926 – deed song composed fred rose lyrics walter hirsch. introduced vaudeville performer s. l. stambaugh , popularized ben bernie s recording. influential clarinetist , bandleader benny goodman s debut recording, made ben pollack , californians in 1926. ruth etting s rendition of song became top ten hit in 1927.
1926 – if (one hour tonight) song composed james p. johnson lyrics henry creamer. introduced clarence williams blue 5 vocalist eva taylor. mckinney s cotton pickers popularized song 1930 recording , used theme song. louis armstrong recorded popular version in 1930.
1926 – ve found new baby song jack palmer , spencer williams. known found new baby , introduced clarence williams blue five. benny goodman orchestra s 1940 version includes influential guitar solo charlie christian. charlie parker recorded tune several times, first in 1940 part of jay mcshann orchestra. parker s interpretation influenced lester young, , saxophonist included quotations young in later recordings. tune particularly popular among dixieland bands.
1926 – muskrat ramble jazz composition kid ory. 1926-1939 published sheet music , recordings spelled muskat ramble. lyrics added in 1950 ray gilbert. first recorded louis armstrong , hot 5 in 1926, became group s recorded piece. composer credit given ory, although bandleader armstrong has claimed have written song himself. others, new orleans clarinetist sidney bechet, have argued buddy bolden tune titled old cow died , old man cried . tune prominent part of dixieland revival repertoire in 1930s , 1940s.
1926 – watch on me show tune broadway musical oh, kay!, composed george gershwin lyrics ira gershwin. gertrude lawrence introduced song on stage, singing rag doll. lawrence made first hit recording of song in 1927. lyricist howard dietz claims have come song s name , helped lyrics, received no official credit. song s jazz popularity established in mid-1940s recordings of billy butterfield, eddie condon, coleman hawkins , ike quebec.
1926 – sugar song maceo pinkard, edna alexander , sidney d. mitchell. first recorded ethel waters in 1926 , popularized standard eddie condon s 1927 recording featured first-timers gene krupa, joe sullivan , frank teschemacher. song known sugar baby o mine , , not confused song named sugar 1927, written jack yellen, milton ager, frank crum , red nichols.
1927 – blue skies show tune irving berlin musical betsy. richard rodgers , lorenz hart had written solo number belle baker, titled funny world , star unsatisfied song , asked berlin write show-stopper musical. berlin responded blue skies , , on opening night audience demanded 24 encores of baker s song. 1927 rendition ben selvin , orchestra, recorded under name knickerbockers , became number 1 hit. al jolson performed song in 1927 in first ever feature-length sound film, jazz singer. jazz renditions include benny goodman s 1938 concert in carnegie hall , tommy dorsey s 1941 recording young frank sinatra on vocals.
1927 – s wonderful show tune broadway musical funny face, composed george gershwin lyrics ira gershwin. introduced on stage adele astaire , allen kearns. vocalist associated song fred astaire, recorded in 1952 accompanied oscar peterson s band. astaire sang song audrey hepburn in 1957 musical film funny face. stan getz s 1950 recording horace silver revived tune jazz standard.




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