300 Greatest Swing Era Songs

1. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1937)
2. Take The A Train - Duke Ellington (1941)
3. In The Mood - Glenn Miller Band (1939)
4. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1938)
5. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) - Billie Holiday (1944)
6. White Christmas - Bing Crosby (1942)
7. Stardust - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1940)
8. I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers (v) (1940)
9. Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong (1955)
10. Chattanooga Choo-Choo - Glenn Miller Band, w/Tex Benecke & The Modernaires (v) (1941)
11. String of Pearls - Glenn Miller Band (1942)
12. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - The Andrews Sisters (1937)
13. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters (1941)
14. At The Woodchoppers Ball - Woody Herman Orchestra (1939, Decca)
15. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie Orchestra (1938)
16. T'Ain't Whatcha Do - Jimmie Lunceford Band (1939)
17. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie Orchestra (1937)
18. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton Band (1942)
19. Blues In The Night - Woody Herman w/his Orchestra (v) (1941)
20. Tenderly - Randy Brooks & His Orchestra (1946)
21. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown Band w/Doris Day (v) (1945)
22. Sometimes I'm Happy - Lester Young (I) (1943)
23. Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman Orchestra (1938)
24. Stardust - Charlie Spivak Orchestra (1943-aircheck)
25. The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me - Sidney Bechet & His Hot Six (1951)
26. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (1953)
27. Solitude - Billie Holiday (1940)
28. Why Don't You Do Right? - Benny Goodman Band w/Peggy Lee (v) (1942)
29. The Man I Love - Benny Goodman Quartet (I) (1937)
30. Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland (1939)
31. It's Only A Paper Moon - Nat "King" Cole Trio (1944)
32. Where Or When - Benny Goodman Trio (I) (1937)
33. Deep Purple - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain, (v) (1938)
34. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire - The Ink Spots (1941)
35. I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan (1937)
36. Nuages - Django Reinhardt (1940)
37. It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes (1945)
38. Hep Hep The Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra (1939)
39. Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters (1945, Decca version)
40. Marie - Tommy Dorsey Band w/Jack Leonard, vocal (1937)
41. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday (1941)
42. Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines Orchestra, w/Billy Eckstine, vocal (1942)
43. The Christmas Song - Nat "King" Cole (1946)
44. A Tisket, A Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald w/Chick Webb Band (1937)
45. Oh! Look At Me Now - Tommy Dorsey Band w/Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers (1941)
46. Summertime - Billie Holiday (v) (1936) / Artie Shaw & Orchestra (I) (1945)
47. Glow-Worm - The Mills Brothers (1952)
48. Frenesi - Artie Shaw & Orchestra, (1940)
49. Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins (1939)
50. I'll Be Seeing You - Tommy Dorsey (Orchestra) w/Frank Sinatra (v) (1940-s, 1944-r)
51. If I Loved You - Perry Como (1945)
52. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller (1936)
53. September Song - Sarah Vaughn (v) w/Teddy Wilson Quartet (1946)
54. The Trolley Song - Judy Garland (1944)
55. Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey Band w/Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell (v) (1941)
56. Perfidia - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (1941)
57. Straighten Up & Fly Right - Nat "King" Cole Trio (1942)
58. Let's Get Away From It All - Tommy Dorsey Band w/Frank Sinatra, & The Pied Pipers (1941)
59. Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman Orchestra (1937)
60. And The Angels Sing - Benny Goodman Orchestra w/Ziggy Elman (I) & Martha Tilton (v) (1939)
61. Taking A Chance On Love - Benny Goodman w/Helen Forrest (v) (1940-s, 1943-r)
62. Yes Indeed! - Tommy Dorsey Band w/Jo Stafford (v) (1941)
63. Nature Boy - Nat "King" Cole (1948)
64. Night And Day - Billie Holiday (1939)
65. Song of India - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1937)
66. You Always Hurt The One You Love - The Mills Brothers (1944)
67. Moonglow - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1940)
68. The Man I Love - Billie Holiday (live, 1946) / (studio, 1939)
69. On The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer (1945) / Judy Garland (1945) [competing versions]
70. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Tommy Dorsey Band w/The Clark Sisters (v) (1944)
71. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Fats Waller (1936)
72. Lady Day - Artie Shaw Orchestra w/Roy Eldridge (I) (1944)
73. Choo-Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1946)
74. Celery Stalks At Midnight - Will Bradley Orchestra (1940)
75. Skyliner - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra (1944)
76. All The Things You Are - Artie Shaw w/Helen Forrest (v) (1939)
77. Long Ago And Far Away - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest (1944)
78. One For My Baby and One More For The Road - Frank Sinatra (1947)
79. I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James Band w/Helen Forrest (v) (1942)
80. Cherokee - Charlie Barnet (1939)
81. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie w/Charlie Parker (1945)
82. Perdido - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (1942)
83. With The Wind and The Rain In Your Hair - Bob Chester Band w/Delores O'Neill (v) (1940)
84. All Or Nothing At All - Harry James Band w/Frank Sinatra (1939)
85. Candy - Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford (v) (1945)
86. The Gypsy - The Ink Spots (1946)
87. Artistry In Rhythm - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1943)
88. Opus One - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1944)
89. The House Of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse w/Freddy Slack Orchestra (1946)
90. Mr. Five By Five - Ella Mae Morse w/Freddy Slack Band (v) (1942)
91. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson (1931, re-issued 1942)
92. Skylark - Harry James Band w/Helen Forrest (v) (1942) / Maxine Sullivan (v) (1943)
93. Personality - Johnny Mercer (1945)
94. Moonlight In Vermont - Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra w/Margaret Whiting (v) (1945)
95. Fools Rush In - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (v) (1940)
96. The Mole - Harry James Orchestra (1941)
97. Sweet Lorraine - Nat "King" Cole Trio (1941)
98. I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller Band, w/Tex Benecke & The Modernaires (1942)
99. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown Orchestra (1946-s, 1949-r)
100. Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey Band w/Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell (v) (1941)

101. This Nearly Was Mine - Tommy Dorsey w/Victor Young (I) (1950)
102. Tabu - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1945)
103. The Man With A Horn - Harry James & His Orchestra (I) (1946)
104. Do You Know What It Means To New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven (1946, Victor)
105. Early Autumn - Woody Herman Band w/Stan Getz (I) (1948)
106. With A Song In My Heart - Doris Day (v) w/Harry James (1950)
107. After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra (1940)
108. The Song Is You - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (v)
(Sinatra's farewell to Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, radio broadcast, 1942)
109. These Foolish Things - Benny Goodman Orchestra w/Helen Ward (v) (1936)
110. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Fred Astaire (v) / Benny Goodman Trio (I) (live broadcast) (1937, both)
111. I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore (1943)
112. Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins (1939)
113. After You've Gone - Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys (1936)
114. Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters (1933)
115. Tampico - Stan Kenton Orchestra w/June Christy (v) (1945)
116. Besame Mucho - Andy Russell (1944)
117. Going to Chicago - Count Basie Band w/Jimmy Rushing (v) (1941)
118. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues - Jack Teagarden (1939)
119. Sent For You Yesterday and Here You Come Today - Count Basie Band w/Jimmy Rushing (v) (1938)
120. Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers (1942)
121. The White Cliffs Of Dover - Vera Lynn (1942)
122. Night and Day - Fred Astaire (1933)
123. Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Nat "King" Cole Trio (1942)
124. When It's Sleepytime Down South - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1931)
125. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby (1944)
126. If I Didn't Care - The Ink Spots (1939)
127. Not So Quiet, Please - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Buddy Rich (I) (1942)
128. Polka Dots & Moonbeams - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (1940)
129. Prisoner of Love - Perry Como (1945)
130. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (1939)
131. Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington Orchestra (1940)
132. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life - Billie Holiday (1937)
133. My Reverie - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain (v) (1938)
134. Love Walked In - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra w/Bob Eberly (v) (1938)
135. I'll Get By - Dick Haymes w/Harry James Orchestra (1941)
136. Jukebox Saturday Night - Glenn Miller Band w/Tex Benecke & The Modernaires (1942)
137. Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire (v) (1935) / Count Basie Orchestra (I) (1949)
138. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire (1937)
139. That's The Way It Is - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots (1945)
140. Rockin' In Rhythm - Duke Ellington/The Jungle Band (1931, Decca/Brunswick version)
141. Brazil - Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra (1942)
142. Exactly Like You - Benny Goodman Quartet w/Lionel Hampton (v) (1936)
143. Loch Lomond - Benny Goodman Orchestra w/Martha Tilton (v) (1937)
144. Let Me Off Uptown - Gene Krupa Orchestra w/Roy Eldridge (I) & Anita O'Day (v) (1946)
145. Any Old Time - Billie Holiday (v) w/Artie Shaw Orchestra (1938)
146. For Me And My Gal - Gene Kelly & Judy Garland (1942)
147. I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Nat "King" Cole Trio (1946)
148. Ramona - Benny Goodman Orchestra (1942)
149. Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Mae Morse (v) w/Freddy Slack Band (1942)
150. Under An Orange-Colored Sky - Nat "King" Cole Trio w/Stan Kenton Orchestra (1950)
151. Eager Beaver - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1943)
152. Little John Special - Lucky Millinder Orchestra w/Dizzy Gillespie (I) (1942)
153. Some Enchanted Evening - Jo Stafford (1949)
154. Don't Take Your Love From Me - Artie Shaw Band w/Lena Horne (v) (1941)
155. Heaven Can Wait - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Jack Leonard (v) (1939)
156. September Song - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1945)
157. The Maid With A Flaccid Air - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1945)
158. The Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire (1936)
159. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Duke Ellington Orchestra (1937)
160. My Blue Heaven - Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five (1940)
161. I Cover The Waterfront - Louis Armstrong & Band (1933) / Billie Holiday (1941)
162. Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle & His Orchestra w/Sidney Bechet (I) (1937)
163. Tippin' In - Erskine Hawkins (1945)
164. Hit The Road To Dreamland - Betty Hutton (1954)
165. Accentuate The Positive - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1944)
166. You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes (1943)
167. Sand In My Shoes - Connie Boswell (1937)
168. The Coffee Song - Frank Sinatra (1946)
169. Basin Street Blues - Benny Goodman Orchestra w/Joe Harris (v) (1934)
170. Summertime - Sidney Bechet (I) (1937)
171. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra (1933)
172. Flamingo - Duke Ellington Orchestra w/Herb Jeffries (v) (1940)
173. Jeep's Blues - Duke Ellington Orchestra w/Johnny Hodges (I) (1938)
174. Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington Orchestra (1950 version)
175. Caravan - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (1937, Columbia)
176. Harlem Congo - Chick Webb & His Orchestra (1937)
177. Let's Dance - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1939)
178. Serenade Of The Bells - Jo Stafford (1947)
179. All God's Chillin' Got Rhythm - Duke Ellington Orchestra w/Ivie Anderson (v) (1937)
180. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) - Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell (1937)
181. What A Difference A Day Made - Kay Starr (v) w/Charlie Barnet Orchestra (1944)
182. Night and Day - Frank Sinatra (v) w/Axel Stohdahl Orchestra (1943)
183. I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Duke Ellington Orchestra w/Ivie Anderson (v) (1941)
184. It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington Band w/Ivie Anderson (v) (1932)
185. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939)
186. The Very Thought of You - Ray Noble Orchestra w/Al Bowlly (v) (1934)
187. Honeysuckle Rose - Lena Horne w/Benny Carter Orchestra (1943)
188. If I Had You - Benny Goodman Sextet (1942)
189. Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller Orchestra (1940)
190. Leap Frog - Les Brown Orchestra (1946)
191. Laura - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra (I) (1945)
192. The World Is Waiting For A Sunrise - Mel Powell Sextet w/Benny Goodman (I) (1942)
193. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glenn Miller Orchestra w/The Modernaires /
The Andrews Sisters (1942) [competing versions]
194. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Sammy Kaye Orchestra w/Don Cornell (v) (1943)
195. Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (I) (1942)
196. East Of The Sun - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (v) (1940)
197. Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet - Ella Mae Morse (1943)
198. Diga Diga Doo - Artie Shaw & His Band (live broadcast-1939)
199. Elks Parade - Bobby Sherwood & His Orchestra (1942)
200. Daddy - Sammy Kaye Orchestra w/The Kay-Dettes (v) (1941)

201. Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1947)
202. Contrasts - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (1940)
203. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington Orchestra (Bluebird/RCA, 1940)
204. Thanks For The Memories - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross (1938)
205. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland (1938)
206. Rock Me To Sleep - Les Brown Brown w/Lucy Ann Polk (v) (1950)
207. I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters (1930)
208. Corner Pocket - Count Basie Orchestra (1955)
209. Get On Board, Little Children - Ella Mae Morse (1943)
210. Avalon - Benny Goodman Quartet (1937)
211. I Didn't Know What Time It Is - Artie Shaw, w/Helen Forrest (v) (1939)
212. Flat Foot Floogie - Slim and Slam (1938)
213. Play A Simple Melody - Bing Crosby w/Gary Crosby (1950)
214. I've Got The Sun In The Morning - Les Brown Band w/Doris Day (1946)
215. It Had To Be You - Betty Hutton (1944)
216. The Music Goes Round and Round - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Edythe Wright (v) (1935)
217. In The Still Of The Night - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Jack Leonard (v) (1937)
218. Adios, Maraquita Linda - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1940)
219. Night Train - Buddy Morrow (1952)
220. Stardust - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Edythe Wright (v) (1937)
221. Across The Alley From The Alamo - The Mills Brothers (1946)
222. Sunday Kind Of Love - Fran Warren (v) w/The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (1947)
223. Little Joe From Chicago - Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy (I) (1938)
224. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Red Norvo Orchestra w/Mildred Bailey (v) (1937)
225. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, & Me) - The Ink Spots (1940)
226. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1944)
227. Snowfall - Claude Thornhill Orchestra (1941)
228. The Man I Love - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (I) (1945)
229. The Blues (Part 1 & Part 2) - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1936, Columbia)
230. Finesse (Night Wind) - Rex Stewart w/Django Reinhardt (1939)
231. Fascinating Rhythm - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Arthur Schutt, piano (I) (1943)
232. Jungle Drums - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (I) (1938)
233. Once In A While - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/The Sentimentalists (v) (1937)
234. 720 In The Books - Jan Savitt & His Top-Hatters (1939)
235. I Wish I Knew - Dick Haymes (v) (1945)
236. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano - Glenn Miller Band w/Ray Eberle (v) (1940)
237. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (1930)
238. I'm Free (What's New ?) - Bob Crosby Orchestra w/Billy Butterfield (v) (1938)
239. South Rampart Street Parade - Bob Crosby & His Orchestra (I) (1937)
240. St. James Infirmary - Artie Shaw Orchestra w/"Hot Lips" Paige (v) (1941)
241. Jingle Jangle Jingle - Kay Kyser & His College Of Musical Knowledge (1942)
242. Lover Come Back To Me - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1939)
243. Are You Hep To The Jive? - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra (1940)
244. You'll Never Walk Alone - Judy Garland (1945)
245. Cross Your Heart - Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five (1940)
246. Smoke Rings - Glen Gray & His Casa Loma Orchestra (1937)
247. Darn That Dream - Mildred Bailey (v)/Benny Goodman Band (1939)
248. He's Funny That Way - Billie Holiday (1937)
249. In A Persian Market - Larry Clinton Orchestra (I) (1938)
250. Dancing In The Dark - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1940)
251. This Year's Kisses - Billie Holiday (v) w/Lester Young (1937)
252. The Woodpecker Song - Glenn Miller Orchestra w/Marion Hutton & The Modernaires (v) (1940)
253. Sugar Blues - Clyde McCoy & His Orchestra (I) (1935)
254. I Hear A Rhapsody - Charlie Barnet Orchestra w/Bob Carroll (v) (1941)
255. Frim Fram Sauce - Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald (1946)
256. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain (v) (1938)
257. 'S Wonderful - Benny Goodman Quartet (1938)
258. Summit Ridge Drive - Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five (1940)
259. Amor - Andy Russell (1944)
260. Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman Orchestra (1945)
261. I Love You - Jo Stafford (1944)
262. You Go To My Head - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain (v) (1938)
263. Blues In The Night - Jimmie Lunceford Band (1942)
264. Dinah - Pee Wee Russell & His Rhythm Makers (1939)
265. It All Comes Back To Me Now - Hal Kemp Orchestra w/Bob Allen (v) (1940)
266. The Nearness Of You - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Helen Southern (v) (1940)
267. G. I. Jive - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1944)
268. I'm Glad There Is You - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra w/Bob Eberly (v) (1941)
269. He Ain't Got Rhythm - Benny Goodman Band w/Jimmy Rushing (v) (1936)
270. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting (1949)
271. My Heart Stood Still - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (1939)
272. Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters (1942)
273. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evenng - Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman (1951)
274. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa Orchestra w/Irene Day (v) (1941)
275. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1946)
276. Without A Song - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (v) (1941)
277. King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman Orchestra (1935)
278. South Bayou Shuffle - Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra (1942)
279. Blue Skies - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (v) (1941)
280. Elmer's Tune - Glenn Miller Orchestra w/The Modernaires (v) (1939)
281. The Lamp Is Low - Tommy Dorsey Band w/Jack Leonard (v) (1939)
282. When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1938)
283. Our Love Is Here To Stay - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain (v) (1938)
284. I Double Dare You - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain (v) (1937)
285. Bounce Me, Brother, With A Solid Four - Will Bradley Orchestra w/Ray McKinley (v) (1941)
286. It Could Happen To You - Jo Stafford (1944)
287. I Remember You - Harry James Orchestra w/Helen Forrest (v) (1942)
288. Back Bay Shuffle - Artie Shaw Orchestra (1938)
289. In The Blue Of Evening - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra (v) (1942)
290. Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman Orchestra (1942)
291. Willow Weep For Me - Stan Kenton Orchestra w/June Christy (v) (1946)
292. Perfidia - Xavier Cugat Orchestra (I) (1943)
293. Time Waits For No One - Helen Forrest (1944)
294. Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet Orchestra (1940)
295. Big Noise From Winnetka - Members of The Bob Crosby Orchestra (I) (1938)
296. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina - Gene Krupa Band w/Anita O' Day (1941)
297. Heartaches - Ted Weems Orchestra w/Elmo Tanner (s-1933, r-1947)
298. Music Makers - Harry James & His Orchestra (1941)
299. Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (N) (1944)
300. The Dipsy Doodle - Larry Clinton Orchestra w/Bea Wain (v) (aircheck-1937)