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Record 1 - 1939
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| A1 |
–Glenn Miller And His Orchestra |
Sunrise Serenade |
| A2 |
–Woody Herman And His Orchestra |
At The Woodchoppers Ball |
| A3 |
–Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra |
Jeepers Creepers |
| A4 |
–Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra |
Tea For Two |
| A5 |
–Harry Sosnik And His Orchestra With Connie Boswell |
The Lamp Is Low |
| A6 |
–Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra With Bob Eberle* |
Deep Purple |
| B1 |
–Hal Kemp And His Orchestra With The Smoothies |
Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) |
| B2 |
–Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra With Jack Leonard |
All The Things You Are |
| B3 |
–Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra |
Cherokee |
| B4 |
–Benny Goodman And His Orchestra With Martha Tilton |
And The Angels Sing |
| B5 |
–Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra With Bob Eberle* |
Stairway To The Stars |
| B6 |
–Jack Miller & His Orchestra With Kate Smith |
Don't Worry 'Bout Me |
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Record 2 - 1938
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| C1 |
–Dick Robertson And His Orchestra |
Drop A Nickel In The Slot |
| C2 |
–Larry Clinton And His Orchestra With Bea Wain |
You Go To My Head |
| C3 |
–Bing Crosby With John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra |
I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams |
| C4 |
–Les Brown And His Band Of Renown With Miriam Shaw |
This Can't Be Love |
| C5 |
–Artie Shaw And His Orchestra |
Back Bay Shuffle |
| C6 |
–Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra With Bob Eberle* |
Love Is Here To Stay |
| D1 |
–Artie Shaw And His Orchestra With Tony Pastor And Chorus |
Indian Love Call |
| D2 |
–Blue Barron And His Orchestra With Russ Carlyle |
Heart And Soul |
| D3 |
–Kenny Baker With Harry Sosnik And His Orchestra |
Love Walked In |
| D4 |
–Russ Morgan And His Orchestra |
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby |
| D5 |
–Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb And His Orchestra |
A Tisket, A-Tasket |
| D6 |
–Bob Hope And Shirley Ross With Harry Sosnik And His Orchestra |
Two Sleepy People |
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Record 3 - 1937
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| E1 |
–The Andrews Sisters With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra |
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means That You're Grand) |
| E2 |
–The Mills Brothers |
The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out) |
| E3 |
–Bing Crosby With John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra |
It's The Natural Thing To Do |
| E4 |
–Benny Goodman Trio |
Where Or When |
| E5 |
–Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians With Lombardo Trio |
Boo-Hoo! |
| E6 |
–Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra With Bob Eberle* |
They Can't Take That Away From Me |
| F1 |
–Benny Goodman And His Orchestra |
I Want To Be Happy |
| F2 |
–Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians With Carmen Lombardo |
September In The Rain |
| F3 |
–Bing Crosby With Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians |
Sweet Leilani |
| F4 |
–Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm With Bobby Goday |
That Old Feeling |
| F5 |
–Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra With Jack Leonard And Chorus |
Marie |
| F6 |
–The Ink Spots |
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off |
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Record 4 - 1936
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| G1 |
–Benny Goodman And His Orchestra With Helen Ward |
Goody Goody |
| G2 |
–Eddy Duchin And His Orchestra With Jerry Cooper |
It's De-Lovely |
| G3 |
–Bing Crosby With Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra |
Pennies From Heaven |
| G4 |
–Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra With Durelle Alexander |
There's A Small Hotel |
| G5 |
–Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm With Bobby Goday |
In The Chapel In The Moonlight |
| G6 |
–Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie |
| H1 |
–Dick Powell With Victor Young And His Orchestra |
With Plenty Of Money And You |
| H2 |
–Wayne King And His Orchestra |
The Night Is Young (And You're So Beautiful) |
| H3 |
–Tony Martin With Victor Young And His Orchestra |
When Did You Leave Heaven? |
| H4 |
–Bing Crosby With Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra |
I'm An Old Cowhand |
| H5 |
–Benny Goodman And His Orchestra |
Stompin' At The Savoy |
| H6 |
–Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians With Lebert Lombardo |
When My Dreamboat Comes Home |
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Record 5 - 1935
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| I1 |
–Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra |
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You |
| I2 |
–The Boswell Sisters |
Cheek To Cheek |
| I3 |
–Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter |
| I4 |
–Winifred Shaw With Dick Jurgens And His Orchestra |
Lullaby On Broadway |
| I5 |
–Bing Crosby With Victor Young And His Orchestra |
Red Sails In The Sunset |
| I6 |
–Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra With Ramona Davies |
Anything Goes |
| J1 |
–Riley-Farley And The Onyx Club Boys* |
The Music Goes 'Round And Around |
| J2 |
–Bing Crosby With Victor Young And His Orchestra |
On Treasure Island |
| J3 |
–Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees With The Stewart Sisters |
On The Good Ship Lollipop |
| J4 |
–Connie Boswell |
You Are My Lucky Star |
| J5 |
–The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra With Don Matteson, Skeets Herfurt, Roc Hillman |
I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again |
| J6 |
–Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
Honeysuckle Rose |
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Record 6 - These Were Our Bands
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| K1 |
–Russ Morgan And His Orchestra With The Morganaires |
Does Your Heart Beat For Me? |
| K2 |
–Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm |
Rippling Rhythm |
| K3 |
–Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians |
I'll See You In My Dreams |
| K4 |
–Freddy Martin And His Orchestra With Bill Stoker |
The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi |
| K5 |
–Glenn Miller And His Orchestra |
Little Brown Jug |
| K6 |
–Benny Goodman And His Orchestra |
Sing, Sing, Sing (Introducing Christopher Columbus) |
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...And Here's What We Danced To
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| L1 |
–Louis Armstrong And The Mills Brothers |
The Flat Foot Floogee |
| L2 |
–Glenn Miller And His Orchestra, Marion Hutton |
Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) |
| L3 |
–Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
The Joint Is Jumpin' |
| L4 |
–Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra |
The Jumpin' Jive |
| L5 |
–The Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra |
Hold Tight-Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama) |
| L6 |
–Count Basie Orchestra |
Jumpin' At The Woodside |
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Record 7 - These Were Our Guys
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| M1 |
–Bing Crosby With Matty Malneck And His Orchestra |
Stardust |
| M2 |
–Dick Powell WIth Victor Young And His Orchestra |
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm |
| M3 |
–The Ink Spots |
My Prayer |
| M4 |
–Bob Hope And Shirley Ross With Harry Sosnik And His Orchestra |
Thanks For The Memory |
| M5 |
–Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
Your Feets Too Big |
| M6 |
–Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees, Rudy Vallee And The Gentlemen Songsters |
The Whiffenpoof Song |
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...And These Were Our Girls
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| N1 |
–Kate Smith , Jack Miller & His Orchestra |
When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain |
| N2 |
–Dorothy Lamour With Lou Bring And His Orchestra |
The Man I Love |
| N3 |
–The Andrews Sisters |
Beer Barrel Polka |
| N4 |
–Judy Garland With Victor Young And His Orchestra |
Embraceable You |
| N5 |
–The Boswell Sisters |
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails |
| N6 |
–Frances Langford With Harry Sosnik And His Orchestra |
Once In A While |
Box set features numbered sleeves for quick reference, and a 12-page booklet with song history, pictures of the performing artists, and an alphabetical track index.
Select artists appear on this compilation courtesy of MCA Records, Inc. (Denoted with an * in liner notes).
Photo Credits (liner notes): pages 4, 5: from the collection of William L. Simon; Page 6: (top) Culver Pictures, Inc.; page 8: (left) Frank Driggs Collection; (right) Photoworld/FPG
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