1935 List of 1930s jazz standards

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many 1930s standards popularized jazz singer billie holiday s recordings, including these foolish things , embraceable , yesterdays .



begin beguine show tune cole porter s broadway musical jubilee, popularized artie shaw s recording in 1938. considerably longer average song of time (104 bars instead of usual 32 bar aaba form). fred astaire , eleanor powell s tap dance tune in 1940 film broadway melody of 1940 became 1 of popular dance scenes on film.
in sentimental mood jazz song music duke ellington , lyrics manny kurtz , irving mills. ellington s biographer james lincoln collier argues melody composed toby hardwick. song among ellington s popular compositions. both benny goodman , mills blue rhythm band charted song in 1936. @ 1 point, used theme song of 9 different radio shows.
1 of things introduced june knight , charles walters in broadway musical jubilee. song written cole porter. richard himber , orchestra first chart song in late 1935. red garland recorded in london in 1936. teddy wilson made 1944 recording coleman hawkins , recorded following year benny goodman sextet. song known 1 of things .
romance song richard rodgers , lorenz hart s broadway musical jumbo. donald novis , gloria grafton introduced song on stage , recorded paul whiteman , orchestra. doris day sang in jumbo s 1962 film version. ben webster recorded song several times ballad. bill evans trio s 1961 recording on waltz debby among many medium-tempo swing renditions of song.
summertime written george gershwin opera porgy , bess, based on poem dubose heyward. introduced abbie mitchell, 1 of gershwin s best-known compositions. sidney bechet s 1939 hit record helped establish blue note record label. 1 of best-known renditions miles davis , gil evans on porgy , bess (1958). billy stewart had top ten hit song in 1966.
these foolish things song british musical comedy spread abroad, written harry link, holt marvell , jack strachey. introduced french actor jean sablon, recorded in french ces petites choses . billie holiday recorded in 1936 teddy wilson , orchestra. benny goodman had #1 hit song in 1936. lester young made 1952 recording oscar peterson s trio, replacing original melody completely. song known these foolish things remind me of .




^ burlingame, sandra. begin beguine . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 7 may 2009. 
^ cite error: named reference rvb invoked never defined (see page).
^ cite error: named reference rjb invoked never defined (see page).
^ real book, volume i, p. 207.
^ new real book, volume iii, p. 171.
^ wilson, jeremy. in sentimental mood . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ wilson, jeremy. 1 of things . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ cite error: named reference nrb1 invoked never defined (see page).
^ real book, volume i, p. 289.
^ wilson, jeremy. romance . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ hischak 2007, p. 190
^ wilson, jeremy. summertime . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 22 april 2011. 
^ erlewine, stephen thomas. summertime . allmusic. retrieved 22 april 2011. 
^ real book, volume ii, p. 392.
^ wilson, jeremy. these foolish things . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 2 may 2011. 
^ hodeir & pautrot 2006, p. 107






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