Top Songs of the 1930s
|
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Agustín Lara |
Noche de ronda |
Bolero
|
1935 |
|
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Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings |
Boogie Woogie Stomp |
Boogie Woogie
|
1936 |
121 |
8551 |
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy |
Until the Real Thing Comes Along |
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
|
1936 |
|
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Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy |
Walkin' and Swingin |
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
|
1936 |
65 |
4025 |
Art Tatum |
Tea for Two |
Stride
|
1933 |
82 |
5340 |
Art Tatum |
Tiger Rag |
Stride
|
1933 |
16 |
1355 |
Artie Shaw |
Begin the Beguine |
Swing
|
1938 |
141 |
9752 |
Artie Shaw |
They Say |
Swing
|
1938 |
52 |
2886 |
Ben Selvin Orchestra |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
Traditional Pop
|
1930 |
48 |
2754 |
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra |
Moten's Swing |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1933 |
|
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Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra |
Toby |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1933 |
11 |
916 |
Benny Goodman |
Sing, Sing, Sing |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1937 |
57 |
3220 |
Benny Goodman |
King Porter (Stomp) |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1935 |
73 |
4611 |
Benny Goodman |
Don't Be That Way |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1938 |
101 |
7083 |
Benny Goodman |
Moonglow |
Big Band
|
1934 |
126 |
8624 |
Benny Goodman |
Avalon |
Big Band,
Dixieland
|
1937 |
129 |
8713 |
Benny Goodman |
Body and Soul |
Standards,
Swing
|
1935 |
135 |
9549 |
Benny Goodman |
After You've Gone |
Standards,
Swing
|
1935 |
137 |
9723 |
Benny Goodman |
Goody-Goody |
Big Band
|
1936 |
|
|
Benny Goodman |
Sometimes I’m Happy |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1935 |
|
|
Benny Goodman |
Blue Skies |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1935 |
|
|
Benny Goodman |
One O'Clock Jump |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1938 |
122 |
8557 |
Benny Goodman & Charlie Christian |
Stompin' at the Savoy |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1936 |
62 |
3693 |
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Martha Tilton and Ziggy |
And the Angels Sing |
Big Band,
Vocal Jazz
|
1939 |
138 |
9724 |
Benny Goodman (with Ella Fitzgerald) |
Goodnight, My Love |
Big Band
|
1936 |
107 |
7541 |
Bessie Smith |
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl |
Piano Blues,
Vaudeville Blues
|
1931 |
|
|
Bessie Smith |
Gimmie a Pigfoot |
Vaudeville Blues,
Vocal Jazz
|
1934 |
41 |
2469 |
Big Joe Williams |
Baby Please Don't Go |
Delta Blues
|
1935 |
1 |
35 |
Billie Holiday |
Strange Fruit |
Vocal Jazz
|
1939 |
64 |
3879 |
Billie Holiday |
Fine and Mellow |
Vocal Jazz
|
1939 |
100 |
6816 |
Billie Holiday |
He’s Funny That Way |
Vocal Jazz
|
1937 |
133 |
9367 |
Billie Holiday |
Summertime |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
|
1936 |
17 |
1452 |
Bing Crosby |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime |
Traditional Pop
|
1932 |
54 |
2944 |
Bing Crosby |
Pennies from Heaven |
Standards
|
1936 |
132 |
9290 |
Bing Crosby |
Dancing in the Dark |
Standards
|
1931 |
|
|
Bing Crosby |
Out of Nowhere |
Traditional Pop
|
1931 |
|
|
Bing Crosby |
Stardust |
Traditional Pop
|
1931 |
|
|
Bing Crosby |
Temptation |
Traditional Pop
|
1933 |
|
|
Bing Crosby |
Just a Gigolo |
Traditional Pop
|
1931 |
112 |
7791 |
Blind Willie Johnson |
John the Revelator |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
1930 |
63 |
3697 |
Bob Hope/Shirley Ross |
Thanks for the Memory |
Traditional Pop
|
1938 |
108 |
7551 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
San Antonio Rose |
Western Swing
|
1939 |
|
|
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
Steel Guitar Rag |
Western Swing
|
1936 |
|
|
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
Ida Red |
Western Swing
|
1939 |
18 |
1460 |
Bunny Berigan |
I Can't Get Started |
Big Band
|
1936 |
5 |
376 |
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra |
Minnie the Moocher |
Swing
|
1931 |
144 |
9795 |
Cannon's Jug Stompers |
Walk Right In |
Country Blues,
Jug Band
|
1930 |
50 |
2818 |
Carlos Gardel |
El dia que me quieras |
Tango
|
1935 |
58 |
3287 |
Carlos Gardel |
Volver |
Tango
|
1935 |
120 |
8411 |
Carlos Gardel |
Mi Buenos Aires Querido |
Tango
|
1934 |
89 |
5701 |
Carmen Miranda |
O que é que a Bahiana tem |
Marchinha
|
1939 |
|
|
Casa Loma Orchestra |
Casa Loma Stomp |
Swing
|
1931 |
|
|
Charles Trenet |
Je chante |
Chanson
|
1938 |
|
|
Charles Trenet |
Le Soleil et la lune |
Chanson
|
1938 |
|
|
Charles Trenet |
Boum !!... |
Chanson
|
1938 |
|
|
Charles Trenet |
Y'a d'la joie |
Chanson
|
1938 |
|
|
Charlie Barnet |
Cherokee |
Swing
|
1939 |
31 |
1962 |
Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald |
A-Tisket, A-Tasket |
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
|
1938 |
|
|
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra |
Stompin' at the Savoy |
Swing
|
1934 |
4 |
361 |
Coleman Hawkins |
Body and Soul |
Swing
|
1939 |
7 |
723 |
Count Basie |
One O'Clock Jump |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1937 |
118 |
8248 |
Count Basie |
Jumpin' at the Woodside |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1938 |
125 |
8575 |
Count Basie |
Swinging the Blues |
Big Band
|
1938 |
|
|
Count Basie |
Taxi War Dance |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1939 |
|
|
Count Basie |
Doggin Around |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1938 |
37 |
2162 |
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven feat. Lester Young |
Lester Leaps In |
Swing
|
1939 |
127 |
8674 |
Damia |
Les Goélands |
Chanson réaliste
|
1937 |
|
|
Django Reinhardt et Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Dinah |
Jazz manouche
|
1935 |
35 |
2111 |
Don Azpiazu |
El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) |
Latin Jazz,
Rhumba
|
1930 |
9 |
863 |
Duke Ellington |
Mood Indigo |
Dixieland
|
1930 |
29 |
1819 |
Duke Ellington |
Caravan |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1937 |
38 |
2295 |
Duke Ellington |
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1932 |
56 |
3072 |
Duke Ellington |
In a Sentimental Mood |
Big Band
|
1935 |
71 |
4489 |
Duke Ellington |
Reminiscing in Tempo |
Big Band
|
1935 |
113 |
7898 |
Duke Ellington |
Rockin' in Rhythm |
Big Band,
Dixieland
|
1931 |
|
|
Duke Ellington |
Creole Rhapsody |
Dixieland
|
1931 |
|
|
Duke Ellington |
Sophisticated Lady |
Big Band
|
1933 |
|
|
Duke Ellington |
Prelude to a Kiss |
Big Band
|
1938 |
|
|
Duke Ellington |
Daybreak Express |
Big Band
|
1934 |
123 |
8561 |
Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra |
Lovely to Look At |
Traditional Pop
|
1935 |
61 |
3506 |
Ethel Merman |
I Got Rhythm |
Show Tunes,
Traditional Pop
|
1930 |
146 |
9850 |
Ethel Merman |
You're the Top |
Show Tunes,
Traditional Pop
|
1934 |
47 |
2703 |
Ethel Waters |
Stormy Weather |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
|
1933 |
55 |
2966 |
Fats Waller |
Honeysuckle Rose |
Stride,
Vocal Jazz
|
1934 |
111 |
7644 |
Fats Waller |
Viper's Drag |
Ragtime
|
1935 |
139 |
9725 |
Fats Waller |
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie |
Swing
|
1936 |
143 |
9770 |
Fats Waller |
Two Sleepy People |
Stride,
Vocal Jazz
|
1938 |
|
|
Fernandel |
Félicie aussi |
Chanson
|
1939 |
79 |
5111 |
Fletcher Henderson |
Queer Notions |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1933 |
39 |
2341 |
Fred Astaire |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
|
1937 |
78 |
4883 |
Fred Astaire |
The Way You Look Tonight |
Standards
|
1936 |
97 |
6492 |
Fred Astaire |
A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
|
1936 |
136 |
9701 |
Fred Astaire |
Nice Work If You Can Get It |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
|
1937 |
|
|
Fred Astaire |
Puttin' On the Ritz |
Big Band,
Swing,
Traditional Pop
|
1930 |
33 |
2037 |
Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra |
Cheek to Cheek |
Standards
|
1935 |
|
|
Fréhel |
La Java bleue |
Chanson réaliste
|
1939 |
|
|
Gaston Ouvrard |
Je N'suis Pas Bien Portant |
Chanson à texte
|
1934 |
25 |
1744 |
Gene Autry |
Back in the Saddle Again |
Cowboy
|
1939 |
|
|
Gene Autry & Jimmy Long |
The Yellow Rose of Texas |
Cowboy
|
1933 |
|
|
George Formby |
With My Little Stick of Blackpool |
Music Hall
|
1937 |
109 |
7635 |
Glahe Musette Orchestra |
Beer Barrel-Polka |
Polka
|
1939 |
98 |
6554 |
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra |
Sunrise Serenade |
Big Band
|
1939 |
6 |
594 |
Glenn Miller |
In the Mood |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1939 |
14 |
1138 |
Glenn Miller |
Moonlight Serenade |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1939 |
|
|
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet |
Golden Gate Gospel Train |
Southern Gospel,
Vocal Group
|
1937 |
|
|
Growling Tiger |
Money Is King |
Calypso
|
1935 |
|
|
Hal Kemp |
Where or When |
Big Band
|
1937 |
72 |
4601 |
Harry Richman |
Puttin' On the Ritz |
Big Band,
Vocal Jazz
|
1930 |
|
|
Hoagy Carmichael |
Georgia on My Mind |
Traditional Pop
|
1930 |
|
|
Hoagy Carmichael |
Rockin' Chair |
Jazz
|
1930 |
142 |
9753 |
Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers |
Ti-Pi-Tin |
Big Band,
Vaudeville
|
1938 |
134 |
9452 |
Jean Sablon |
Vous qui passez sans me voir |
Chanson
|
1936 |
|
|
Jean Sablon |
Ce petit chemin |
Chanson
|
1933 |
150 |
9968 |
Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy |
Indian Love Call |
Operetta
|
1936 |
80 |
5244 |
Jimmie Lunceford |
Organ Grinder's Swing |
Swing
|
1936 |
88 |
5673 |
Jimmie Lunceford |
For Dancers Only |
Swing
|
1937 |
|
|
Jimmie Lunceford |
White Heat |
Big Band
|
1934 |
|
|
Jimmie Lunceford |
Rhythm Is Our Business |
Swing
|
1935 |
|
|
Jimmie Lunceford |
Stratosphere |
Big Band
|
1934 |
68 |
4345 |
Jimmie Rodgers |
Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) |
Country Yodeling
|
1930 |
|
|
Jimmie Rodgers |
Blue Yodel no. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) |
Country Yodeling
|
1931 |
|
|
Jimmie Rodgers |
Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel |
Country Yodeling
|
1933 |
|
|
Jimmie Rodgers |
Miss the Mississippi and You |
Country Yodeling
|
1932 |
42 |
2501 |
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson |
Roll 'Em Pete |
Boogie Woogie,
Jump-Blues
|
1939 |
|
|
Johnny Hess |
Je suis swing |
Chanson
|
1938 |
44 |
2641 |
Jones-Smith, Incorporated [Count Basie] |
Oh, Lady Be Good |
Swing
|
1936 |
92 |
5878 |
Josephine Baker |
J'ai deux amours |
Chanson
|
1930 |
2 |
156 |
Judy Garland |
Over the Rainbow |
Film Soundtrack,
Traditional Pop
|
1939 |
|
|
Judy Garland |
Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You |
Traditional Pop
|
1937 |
23 |
1682 |
Kate Smith |
God Bless America |
Big Band,
Traditional Pop
|
1938 |
124 |
8569 |
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra |
Three Little Fishes (Itty Bitty Poo) |
Traditional Pop
|
1939 |
83 |
5504 |
Kokomo Arnold |
Milk Cow Blues |
Country Blues
|
1934 |
|
|
Kokomo Arnold |
Old Original Kokomo Blues |
Country Blues
|
1934 |
148 |
9894 |
Larry Clinton & His Orchestra |
My Reverie |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
|
1938 |
12 |
1007 |
Lead Belly |
The Midnight Special |
Delta Blues
|
1934 |
21 |
1660 |
Lead Belly |
Goodnight Irene |
Country Blues
|
1936 |
85 |
5548 |
Lead Belly |
The Gallis Pole |
Delta Blues
|
1939 |
|
|
Lead Belly |
The Bourgeois Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1939 |
|
|
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra feat. Harold Arlen |
Stormy Weather |
Standards
|
1933 |
22 |
1674 |
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire |
Night and Day |
Standards
|
1932 |
|
|
Leo Soileau |
La Valse Gueydan (Jolie Fille) |
Traditional Cajun
|
1935 |
95 |
6457 |
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell |
Blues Before Sunrise |
Piano Blues
|
1934 |
|
|
Lionel Hampton |
When Lights Are Low |
Big Band
|
1939 |
40 |
2347 |
Louis Armstrong |
Star Dust |
Big Band
|
1931 |
46 |
2688 |
Louis Armstrong |
When the Saints Go Marching In |
Dixieland
|
1938 |
|
|
Louis Armstrong |
All of Me |
Vocal Jazz
|
1932 |
|
|
Louis Armstrong |
Lazy River |
Jazz
|
1932 |
|
|
Louis Armstrong |
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen |
Vocal Jazz
|
1938 |
32 |
2022 |
Louis Armstrong with Earl Hines |
Weather Bird |
Swing
|
1930 |
67 |
4295 |
Lucienne Boyer |
Parlez-moi d'amour |
Chanson
|
1930 |
15 |
1294 |
Lydia Mendoza |
Mal Hombre |
Tejano
|
1934 |
|
|
Lys Gauty |
Le Chaland qui passe |
Chanson
|
1933 |
77 |
4775 |
Marian Anderson |
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands |
Spirituals
|
1932 |
128 |
8709 |
Marian Anderson |
Ave Maria |
Lieder
|
1936 |
|
|
Marie Dubas |
Le doux caboulot |
Chanson réaliste
|
1932 |
87 |
5658 |
Mary Lou Williams |
Night Life |
Stride
|
1930 |
|
|
Mary Martin |
My Heart Belongs to Daddy |
Show Tunes,
Traditional Pop
|
1938 |
59 |
3289 |
Max Steiner |
Tara's Theme |
Film Score
|
1939 |
|
|
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe |
Bumble Bee |
Country Blues
|
1930 |
110 |
7638 |
Mildred Bailey |
Rockin' Chair |
Vocal Jazz
|
1932 |
34 |
2109 |
Mississippi Sheiks |
Sitting on Top of the World |
Country Blues
|
1930 |
|
|
Mistinguett |
C'est vrai |
Chanson réaliste
|
1933 |
26 |
1768 |
Patsy Montana |
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart |
Country Yodeling,
Cowboy
|
1935 |
|
|
Pete Steele |
Coal Creek March |
Old-Time
|
1938 |
45 |
2685 |
Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Minor's Swing |
Jazz manouche,
Swing
|
1937 |
91 |
5797 |
Ray Noble & His Orchestra |
The Very Thought of You |
British Dance Band
|
1934 |
86 |
5574 |
Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens |
Tout va très bien madame la marquise |
Chanson,
Satire
|
1935 |
|
|
Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens |
Ca Vaut Mieux Que D'attraper La Scarlatine |
Chanson
|
1936 |
102 |
7255 |
Red Norvo |
Dance of the Octopus |
Chamber Jazz
|
1934 |
106 |
7416 |
Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey |
Take My Hand, Precious Lord |
Traditional Black Gospel
|
1932 |
119 |
8258 |
Rina Ketty |
J'attendrai |
Chanson
|
1938 |
3 |
290 |
Robert Johnson |
Cross Road Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1936 |
8 |
759 |
Robert Johnson |
Hellhound on My Trail |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
10 |
909 |
Robert Johnson |
Love in Vain |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
20 |
1553 |
Robert Johnson |
Sweet Home Chicago |
Delta Blues
|
1936 |
24 |
1725 |
Robert Johnson |
Terraplane Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1936 |
74 |
4637 |
Robert Johnson |
Come On in My Kitchen |
Delta Blues
|
1936 |
115 |
8174 |
Robert Johnson |
Ramblin' on My Mind |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
116 |
8175 |
Robert Johnson |
Stop Breakin' Down Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1938 |
131 |
9220 |
Robert Johnson |
Me and the Devil Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1938 |
|
|
Robert Johnson |
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
|
|
Robert Johnson |
32-20 Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
|
|
Robert Johnson |
Kind Hearted Woman Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
|
|
Robert Johnson |
Walkin' Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1937 |
66 |
4271 |
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans |
Great Speckled Bird |
Traditional Country
|
1936 |
27 |
1774 |
Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys |
Wabash Cannonball |
Traditional Country
|
1938 |
147 |
9884 |
Rudy Vallée |
Stein Song (University of Maine Fighting Song) |
Big Band,
Traditional Pop
|
1930 |
|
|
Rudy Vallée |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
|
1932 |
105 |
7386 |
Ruth Etting |
Ten Cents a Dance |
Traditional Pop
|
1930 |
36 |
2151 |
Sidney Bechet |
Summertime |
Dixieland,
Swing
|
1939 |
75 |
4675 |
Sidney Bechet |
Maple Leaf Rag |
Dixieland
|
1932 |
|
|
Sidney Bechet |
Shag |
Dixieland
|
1932 |
51 |
2844 |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
This Train |
Traditional Black Gospel
|
1939 |
28 |
1790 |
Skip James |
Devil Got My Woman |
Delta Blues
|
1931 |
93 |
6344 |
Skip James |
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues |
Delta Blues
|
1931 |
|
|
Skip James |
I'm So Glad |
Delta Blues
|
1931 |
81 |
5259 |
Sol Hoopii |
Hula Girl |
Hawaiian Music
|
1933 |
53 |
2936 |
Solomon Linda |
Mbube |
Mbube
|
1939 |
99 |
6688 |
Son House |
My Black Mama |
Delta Blues
|
1931 |
43 |
2590 |
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) |
Good Morning (Little) School Girl |
Acoustic Chicago Blues
|
1937 |
|
|
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) |
Decoration Blues / Decoration Day Blues |
Acoustic Chicago Blues
|
1938 |
149 |
9933 |
Stéphane Grappelly and His Hot Four with Django Reinhardt |
Djangology |
Jazz manouche
|
1936 |
140 |
9747 |
Ted Weems & His Orchestra |
Heartaches |
Big Band
|
1933 |
130 |
8730 |
Teddy Wilson/Billie Holiday |
What a Little Moonlight Can Do |
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
|
1935 |
49 |
2784 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Bei mir bist du schön |
Swing,
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Group
|
1937 |
76 |
4702 |
The Boswell Sisters |
Alexander's Ragtime Band |
Traditional Pop
|
1934 |
13 |
1067 |
The Carter Family |
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) |
Appalachian Folk Music,
Country Gospel
|
1935 |
104 |
7347 |
The Carter Family |
Worried Man Blues |
Acoustic Blues,
Appalachian Folk Music,
Traditional Country
|
1930 |
|
|
The Charleston Chasers |
Basin Street Blues |
Swing
|
1931 |
90 |
5761 |
The Golden Gate Quartet |
Rock My Soul |
Traditional Black Gospel
|
1938 |
19 |
1477 |
The Ink Spots |
If I Didn't Care |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Group
|
1939 |
96 |
6487 |
The Monroe Brothers |
What Would You Give in Exchange? |
Close Harmony
|
1936 |
30 |
1899 |
The Sons of the Pioneers |
Tumbling Tumbleweeds |
Cowboy
|
1934 |
145 |
9843 |
Tino Rossi |
Marinella |
Chanson
|
1936 |
60 |
3315 |
Tommy Dorsey |
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You |
Swing
|
1936 |
94 |
6354 |
Tommy Dorsey |
Marie |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1937 |
|
|
Tommy Dorsey |
Song of India |
Big Band,
Swing
|
1937 |
103 |
7263 |
Tommy Dorsey feat. Edythe Wright |
Star Dust |
Big Band
|
1936 |
70 |
4419 |
Trio Matamoros |
Lágrimas negras |
Bolero son
|
1932 |
117 |
8195 |
Vera Lynn |
We'll Meet Again |
Standards
|
1939 |
69 |
4410 |
Walter Huston |
September Song |
Film Soundtrack,
Standards
|
1938 |
|
|
Washington Phillips |
A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter |
Gospel
|
1930 |
84 |
5515 |
W.H. Stepp |
Bonaparte's Retreat |
Old-Time
|
1937 |
114 |
7938 |
Woody Herman |
Woodchopper's Ball |
Dixieland,
Swing
|
1939 |