A Salute to the Golden Age of American Popular Music

We salute the music from Broadway, Hollywood, New Orleans, Tin Pan Alley and the "melody makers;" i.e. the bands and singers that brought the music to us via the radio, recordings and live events in the period from the 1920's to the 1960's. This is the golden period of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Larry Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, etc.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

The top 24 songs of 1941

Here are the 24 top songs from the 1941 "Hit Parade;

1. Take the “A” Train — Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
2. Let Me Off Uptown — Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
3. Oh! Look at Me Now — Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
4. Green Eyes — Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
5. I Hear a Rhapsody — Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
6. You Made Me Love You — Harry James & His Orchestra
7. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy — The Andrews Sisters
8. Daddy — Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
9. God Bless the Child — Billie Holiday
10. Yes Indeed! — Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
11. I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire — The Ink Spots
12. Maria Elena — Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
13. Chattanooga Choo Choo — Glenn Miller Orchestra
14. There’ll Be Some Changes Made — Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
15. Star Dust — Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
16. Racing With the Moon — Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra
17. I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time — The Andrews Sisters
18. I Got it Bad And That Ain’t Good — Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
19. New San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
20. Dolores — Bing Crosby
21. Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) — Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
22. Perfidia — Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
23. Elmer’s Tune — Glenn Miller Orchestra
24. ‘Til Reveille — Kay Kyser & His Orchestra "

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