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THEME SONGS

listing compiled by Music Librarian Christopher Popa

    Just like nowadays when the theme song helps to tell the viewer what TV show is coming on and underpins the opening credits of a program, a big band’s theme on the radio in the 1930s and ‘40s immediately identified with music which band was beginning (or ending) a broadcast, while the announcer spoke their name and location. 

    Some of the tunes were original compositions written by the leader himself, while other bands adapted a familiar song in their own way for their own use.

    I have listed the theme for which the bandleader is best-known in a 12-pt.  type size, with composer credits.  If any alternate theme(s) were used, they are shown in an 8-pt. font size, with an appropriate notation.

    I was surprised to see that, between various published sources, there is some disagreement as to what tunes were used by certain bandleaders as themes.

    With all due respect, I would question some of the titles shown by Malcolm F. Bell, who compiled a list of theme songs in 1981.

    For instance, he alleged that, at some point, Larry Clinton used Blind Date as his theme, as well as Isn’t It Time to Fall in Love – they happened to be the “A” and “B” sides of one of Clinton’s Bluebird 78s.  I disagree, so I have not listed either tune. 

    Mr. Bell also claimed that Artie Shaw, at some time, used Nocturne as his theme song.  Shaw did record the piece in 1941 for Victor, but I find no evidence whatsoever that he used it as his theme, so I refuse to list that one, too.

    Perhaps any confusion can be forgiven, because some of the only discographies available for many bands often fail to identify their theme song in broadcast listings.

    One of the most unusual titles for a big band theme was Gene Krupa’s Apurksody, which took its name from spelling “Krupa” backwards and adding “sody” like from “rhapsody.”

Van Alexander

Alexander’s Swinging (Van Alexander)

also: [ per Walker ] Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)

Ray Anthony

The Man with the Horn (Eddie De Lange-Bonnie Lake-Jack Jenney)

Louis Armstrong

When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (Leon Rene-Otis Rene-Clarence Muse)

also: [ per Walker ] On the Sunny Side of the Street (Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh) [ prior to 1937 ]

Desi Arnaz

Tabu (Sam Coslow-W. Franke Harling)

also: I Love Lucy (Eliot Daniel) [ for “I Love Lucy” CBS-TV show, 1951-1957 ]

Gus Arnheim

Sweet and Lovely (Gus Arnheim-Harry Tobias-Jules Lemare)

also: [ per Bell ] Say It with Music (Irving Berlin) and I Surrender, Dear (Gordon Clifford-Harry Barris); [ per Walker ] I Cried for You (Arthur Freed-Abe Lyman-Gus Arnheim) and It Must Be True (Harry Barris-Gus Arnheim-Gordon Clifford)

Georgie Auld

I’ve Got a Right to Know (Georgie Auld-Jack Gale-Sammy Gallop)

Mitchell Ayres

You Go to My Head (Haven Gillespie-J. Fred Coots)

Charlie Barnet

Cherokee (Ray Noble)

also: [ per Mather ] Dream Lullaby [ 1936 ], I’ve Lost Another Sweetheart [ 1936-37 ], Make Believe Ballroom [ for “Make Believe Ballroom” WNEW broadcasts, 1936-37 ], and Redskin Rhumba (Charlie Barnet) [ 1945?-73 ]

Blue Barron

Sometimes I’m Happy (Leo Robin-Clifford Grey-Vincent Youmans)

also: Yesterday and Today [ Associated transcription, 1941 ]

Count Basie

One o’Clock Jump (Count Basie)

also: [ per Sheridan ] Moten Swing (Buster Moten-Bennie Moten) [ 1937 ]

Louie Bellson

The Hawk Talks (Louie Bellson)

also: [ per Bell ] Let’s Call It Swing (Count Basie)

Tex Beneke

Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)

Bunny Berigan

I Can’t Get Started (Ira Gershwin-Vernon Duke)

Ben Bernie

It’s a Lonesome Old Town (Charles Kisco-Harry Tobias [ open ]; Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (Jack Meskill-Jean Schwartz) [ close ]

Will Bradley

Think of Me (Carl Sigman-Freddie Slack)

also: [ per Garrod ] Fatal Fascination (Harlan Thompson-Lewis E. Gensler) [ 1940-41 ]; [ per Simon ] Strange Cargo (Will Bradley-Ray McKinley-Freddie Slack) [ close ]

Randy Brooks

Holiday Forever (John Benson Brooks-Eddie DeLange-Howard B. Phillipe)

Les Brown

Leap Frog (Joe Garland) [ adopted 1943, per Walker ]

also: Dance of the Blue Devils (Les Brown) [ 1936-38? ]; Shangri-La [ 1939-40? ]; Evening Star [ 1941-42? ]

Sonny Burke

Blue Sonata (Sonny Burke)

Henry Busse

Hot Lips (Henry Busse-Henry Lange-Lou Davis) [ open ]; When Day is Done (B.G. De Sylva-Robert Katscher) [ close ]

Billy Butterfield

What’s New?

also: [ per Walker ] Moonlight in Vermont (John Blackburn-Karl Suessdorf)

Bobby Byrne

Danny Boy [ aka The Green Hills of Erin, per Grand Award 33-392 ]

Cab Calloway

Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song) (Cab Calloway-Irving Mills-Clarence Gaskill)

Frankie Carle

Sunrise Serenade (Frankie Carle)

Benny Carter

Melancholy Lullaby (Benny Carter)

also: [ per Walker ] Malibu (Benny Carter) [ later ]

Lee Castle

Jump It, Mr. Trumpet (Randy Ryan-Lee Castle)

Carmen Cavallaro

Polonaise (Frederic Chopin) [ 1945 ]

also: My Sentimental Heart (Carmen Cavallaro) [ 1946-47 ]

Bob Chester

Sunburst

Larry Clinton

The Dipsy Doodle (Larry Clinton)

Al Cooper (Savoy Sultans)

Jumpin’ At the Savoy (Jack Chapman)

Del Courtney

Good Evening [ Lang-Worth transcription, 1941 ]

also: [ per Simon  ] Three Shades of Blue

Warren Covington

[ undetermined ]

Bob Crosby

Summertime (Du Bose Heyward-George Gershwin)

Xavier Cugat

My Shawl (Ombo) (Xavier Cugat)

Al Donahue

Low Down Rhythm in a Top Hat (Al Donahue-Jimmy Eaton-Terry Shand)

also: [ per Bell ] Dream of Bermuda

Sam Donahue

I Never Knew (Tom Pitts-Ray Egan-Roy Marsh)

also: [ per Walker ] Minor DeLuxe (Sam Donahue) and Lonesome

Dorsey Brothers

Sandman (Ralph Freed-Bonnie Lake)

Jimmy Dorsey

Contrasts (Jimmy Dorsey)

Tommy Dorsey

I’m Getting’ Sentimental Over You (Ned Washington-George Bassman)

also: Anything (Phil Napoleon-Frank Signorelli-Eddie DeLange) [ BMI, 1940-41 ]

Eddy Duchin

My Twilight Dream (Lew Sherwood-Eddy Duchin) [ based on Chopin’s Nocturne in E-Flat ]

Sonny Dunham

Memories of You (Andy Razaf-Eubie Blake)

Billy Eckstine

Blue ‘n Boogie (Dizzy Gillespie-Frank Paparelli)

also: [ per Bell ] Jelly, Jelly (Billy Eckstine)

Roy Eldridge

Little Jazz (Buster Harding-Roy Eldridge)

Les and Larry Elgart

(The Gang That Sang) Heart of My Heart (Ben Ryan) [ 1953 ]

also: To the Future (Bill Finegan) [ 1945-46 ]; [ per Simon ] The Dancing Sound (Charlie Albertine)

Duke Ellington

Take the “A” Train (Billy Strayhorn) [ BMI, 1941 ]

also: East St. Louis Toodle-oo (Duke Ellington-Bubber Miley) [ early ]; Sepia Panorama (Duke Ellington) [ 1940 ]; [ per Walker ] Solitude (Duke Ellington-Eddie DeLange-Irving Mills)

Ziggy Elman

And the Angels Sing (Johnny Mercer-Ziggy Elman)

Skinnay Ennis

Got a Date with An Angel (Clifford Grey-Sonny Miller-Jack Waller-Joseph Tunbridge)

also: [ per Bell ] Same Time, Same Place

Maynard Ferguson

Bluebird Land (Jimmy Giuffre)

Shep Fields

Rippling Rhythm (Sol Gice-Shep Fields)

also: Ritual Fire Dance (Manuel de Falla) [ all-reed orchestra, 1942-44 ]

Jack Fina

Dream Sonata (Jack Fina-Harold Spina)

Ted Fio Rito

Rio Rita (Joseph McCarthy-Harry Tierney)

Ralph Flanagan

Singing Winds (Ralph Flanagan-Herb Hendler)  [ 24 Jul 1950, RCA Victor ]

also: Singing Winds (Ralph Flanagan) [ “version 2,” 16 Mar 1952, RCA Victor ]; Giannina Mia (Rudolf Friml ) [ “One Night Stand,” 1960 ]

Chuck Foster

Oh, You Beautiful Doll (Seymour Brown-Nat D. Ayer)

Jan Garber

My Dear (Jan Garber-Freddie Large)

Dizzy Gillespie

Emanon (Dizzy Gillespie-Milton Shaw)

also: [ per Bell ] Groovin’ High (Dizzy Gillespie) and I Waited for You (Gil Fuller-Dizzy Gillespie)

Benny Goodman

Let’s Dance (Gregory Stone-Joseph Bonime-Fanny May Baldridge) [ open ]; Good-bye (Gordon Jenkins) [ close ]

Gray Gordon

One Minute to One (Sam Lewis-J. Fred Coots)

Glen Gray (Casa Loma Orchestra)

Smoke Rings (Ned Washington-Gene Gifford)

also: (Was I to Blame for) Falling in Love with You (Victor Young-M. Neuman-Gus Kahn) [ early ]

Jerry Gray

Desert Serenade (Jerry Gray)

Jimmie Grier

Music in the Moonlight (Newell Chase-Sam Coslow-Jimmie Grier)

also: Bon Voyage, Ship of Dreams [ close for “This Is the Cocoanut Grove” radio program ]

Bobby Hackett

Embraceable You (Ira Gershwin-George Gershwin)

George Hall

Love Letters in the Sand (Nick Kenny-Charles Kenny-J. Fred Coots)

also: [ per Bell ] Every Minute of the Hour (Nick Kenny-Charles Kenny) and It’s Easy to Remember (Lorenz Hart-Richard Rodgers) [ transcribed radio show ]

Mal Hallett

The Boston Tea Party (Frank Ryerson)

Lionel Hampton

Flying Home (Benny Goodman-Lionel Hampton)

Phil Harris

Rose Room (Art Hickman-Harry Williams)

Coleman Hawkins

Body and Soul (Edward Heyman-Robert Sour-Frank Eyton-Johnny Green)

Erskine Hawkins

Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins-William Johnson-Julian Dash)

also: [ per Walker; per Bell ] Swing Out [ prior to 1940 ]

Edgar Hayes

Star Dust (Mitchell Parish-Hoagy Carmichael) [ 1938 ]

also: [ per Bell ] Edgar Steps Out (Edgar Hayes) [ 1937 ]

Ted Heath

Listen to My Music (Ted Heath)

Neal Hefti

Coral Reef (Neal Hefti)

Horace Heidt

I’ll Love You in My Dreams (Gus Kahn-Isham Jones)

Fletcher Henderson

Christopher Columbus (Andy Razaf-Chu Berry)

Woody Herman

Blue Flame (Jimmy Noble-Joe Bishop) [ 1941 ]

also: Blue Prelude (Joe Bishop-Gordon Jenkins) [ 1936-40 ]

Tiny Hill

Angry (Dudley Mecum-Henry Brunies-Jules Cassard-Merritt Brunies)

Richard Himber

It Isn’t Fair (Richard Himber-Frank Warshauer-Sylvester Sprigato)

also: (Was I to Blame for) Falling in Love with You (Victor Young-M. Neuman-Gus Kahn) [ theme song for “Studebaker Champions” radio program ]

Earl Hines

Deep Forest (Andy Razaf-Reginald Foresythe-Earl Hines)

also: [ per Walker and Bell ] Cavernism (Jimmy Mundy-Earl Hines)

Claude Hopkins

(I Would Do) Anything for You (Alex Hill-Bob Williams-Claude Hopkins)

Eddy Howard

Careless (Lew Quadling-Eddy Howard-Dick Jurgens) [ open ]; So Long for Now (Eddy Howard) [ close ]

Dean Hudson

Moon Over Miami (Edgar Leslie-Joe Burke)

Hudson-Delange

Eight Bars in Search of a Melody (Will Hudson)

Will Hudson

Hobo On Park Avenue (Will Hudson)

Ina Ray Hutton

Gotta Have Your Love [ 1940 ]

Illinois Jacquet

Robbins’ Nest (Sir Charles Thompson-Illinois Jacquet)

Harry James

Ciribiribin (A. Pestaloza-Harry James-Jack Lawrence)

Jack Jenney

City Night (Jack Jenney)

Henry Jerome

Night Is Gone (Sid Cooper-Henry Jerome)

also: [ per Simon and Walker ] Nice People (Henry Jerome-Angelo Musolino) [ later ]

Buddy Johnson

Please, Mr. Johnson (Buddy Johnson)

also: [ per Bell ] Walk ‘em (Buddy Johnson) and If You Never Return

Isham Jones

You’re Just a Dream Come True (Charles Newman-Isham Jones)

also: [ per Walker ] Spain (Isham Jones) [ 1920s? ]; [ per Garrod ] Out of Space (Joe Bishop-Gene Gifford-Winston Collins Tharp) [ 1934?-36? ]

Spike Jones

Cocktails for Two (Arthur Johnston-Sam Coslow)

also: Spike Speaks [ “Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra,” 1946 ]; [ per Walker ] The Sheik of Araby (Harry B. Smith-Francis Wheeler-Ted Snyder) and Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy (Del Porter-Carl Hoefle)

Louis Jordan

Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie (Vaughn Horton-Denver Darling-Milt Gabler)

Dick Jurgens

Day Dreams Come True At Night (Dick Jurgens)

Art Kassel

Doodle-Doo-Doo (Art Kassel-Mel Stitzel); Hell’s Bells (Art Kassel) [ later ]

Sammy Kaye

Kaye’s Melody (Sammy Kaye)

also: [ per Walker and Bell ] Until Tomorrow (Sammy Kaye)

Hal Kemp

Got a Date with An Angel (Clifford Grey-Sonny Miller-Jack Waller-Joseph Tunbridge) [ open ]; (How I’ll Miss You) When Summer Is Gone [ close ]

Stan Kenton

Artistry in Rhythm (Stan Kenton)

Wayne King

The Waltz You Saved for Me (Gus Kahn-Emil Flindt-Wayne King)

John Kirby

Pastel Blue (Charlie Shavers-Artie Shaw)

Andy Kirk

Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Cahn-Saul Chaplin-L.E. Freeman-Mann Holiner-Alberta Nichols)

also: [ per Simon and Walker ] Cloudy (Andy Kirk) [ early ]

Gene Krupa

Starburst (Eddie Finckel-Gene Krupa) [ 1944 ]

also: Apurksody (Gene Krupa-Chappie Willet) [ 1938 ]

Kay Kyser

Thinking of You (Walter Donaldson-Paul Ash)

Lester Lanin

Night and Day (Cole Porter)

Elliot Lawrence

Heart to Heart (Elliot Lawrence-S. Bickley Reichner)

Syd Lawrence

Evening Serenade (Syd Lawrence)

Harlan Leonard

Rockin’ with the Rockets (Harlan Leonard-William H. Smith)

also: [ per Walker ] A Mellow Bit of Rhythm (Mary Lou Williams) and Southern Fried (Fred Culliver-Harlan Leonard-James Ross)

Ted Lewis

When My Baby Smiles At Me (Andrew B. Sterling-Ted Lewis-Bill Munro)

also: [ per Bell ] Good Night (Leo Wood-Irving Bibo-Con Conrad)

Enoch Light

You’re the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) (Gene Autry) [ open; “Enoch Light and His Hotel Taft Orchestra” ]; Lights Out (Billy Hill) [ close ]

Little Jack Little

Little By Little

also: [ per Bell ] Jealous (Tommy Malie-Dick Finch-Little Jack Little)

Guy Lombardo

Auld Lang Syne (Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot) (Robert Burns)

also: [ per Bell ] Vilia (Franz Lehar) [ early?; 8 Mar 1944 transcription ]

Johnny Long

The White Star of Sigma Nu (Jack Nelson)

Vincent Lopez

Nola (Felix Arndt)

also: [ per Bell ] On the Air / On the Radio [ specific broadcasts ]

Jimmie Lunceford

Uptown Blues (Jimmie Lunceford)

also: Jazznochracy (Will Hudson) [ early ]

Abe Lyman

California, Here I Come (Al Jolson-B.G. DeSylva-Joseph Meyer)

also: [ per Walker ] Moon Over America

Richard Maltby

Midnight Mood (Richard Maltby)

Ralph Marterie

Carla (Ralph Marterie-Matthew Alagna) [ open ]; Truly (Ralph Marterie) [ close ]

also: [ per Simon ] Trumpeter’s Lullaby (Leroy Anderson)

Freddy Martin

Tonight We Love (Ray Austin-Freddy Martin) [ aka Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B

Flat ]

also: Bye-Lo-Bye Lullaby [ early ]; [ per Walker and Bell ] Early in the Morning [ close ]

Chico Marx

Hold Your Hat [ AFRS #8 ]

Frankie Masters

Scatterbrain (Johnny Burke-Frankie Masters-Kahn Keene-Carl Bean)

also: Moonlight and You (Frankie Masters-Al Dubin) [ 1940s ]

Billy May

Lean, Baby (Billy May)

Clyde McCoy

Sugar Blues (Clarence Williams)

Hal McIntyre

Moon Mist (Mercer Ellington)

also: [ per Walker ] Ecstasy

Ray McKinley

Howdy, Friends (Ray McKinley) [ aka E.T.O. Curtain Call ]

also: Stop, Look and Listen (George Van Eps – John Van Eps) [ 1942 ]; Eddie Sauter composition [ early 1946 ]

Jay McShann

Jiggin’ with Jay

also: [ per Bell ] Confessin’ the Blues (Jay McShann-Walter Brown)

Glenn Miller

Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)

also: Slumber Song (Saul Tepper-Chummy MacGregor) [ BMI, 1940-41 ]; I Sustain the Wings (Glenn Miller-Chummy MacGregor-Sol Meyer-Norman Leyden) [ AAF Band ]

Lucky Millinder (Mills Blue Rhythm Band)

Ride, Red, Ride (Lucky Millinder-Irving Mills)

Vaughn Monroe

Racing with the Moon (Vaughn Monroe-Pauline Pope-Johnny Watson)

Art Mooney

Sunset to Sunrise (Art Mooney)

Russ Morgan

Does Your Heart Beat for Me? (Mitchell Parish-Russ Morgan-Arnold Johnson)

Buddy Morrow

Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)

also: [ per Walker ] Solo; [ per Bell ] You’re Dancing Tonight - Tomorrow

Ozzie Nelson

Loyal Sons of Rutgers

Red Nichols

Wail of the Winds (Harry Warren)

also: [ per Walker ] Parade of the Pennies (Red Nichols)

Ray Noble

The Very Thought of You [ open ]; Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble-James Campbell-Reg Connelly-Rudy Vallee) [ close ]

Red Norvo

Mr. and Mrs. Swing (Red Norvo)

also: [ per Walker and Bell ] I Surrender, Dear (Gordon Clifford-Harry Barris)

Sy Oliver

For Dancers Only (Sy Oliver)

also: [ per Bell ] Yes, Indeed (A Jive Spiritual) (Sy Oliver)

Will Osborne

The Gentleman Awaits (Howard Benedict-Joe Browne-Joe Costa-Bob Mulkey-Will Osborne)

also: [ per Walker ] Beside An Open Fireplace (Paul Denniker-Will Osborne); [ per Bell ] Jazz Nocturne (My Silent Love); In a Boat Out to Sea; Lover (Lorenz Hart-Richard Rodgers)

Tony Pastor

Blossoms (Al Avola)

also: [ per Walker and Bell ] Pastoral

Ben Pollack

Song of the Islands (Chas E. King)

Teddy Powell

Blue Mood (Teddy Powell)

also: [ per Simon ] Sans Culottes

Louis Prima

‘Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Henry Creamer-Turner Layton)

also [ per Bell ] Play Pretty

Boyd Raeburn

Raeburn’s Theme (Eddie Finckel)

also: [ per Simon ] Moonlight On Melody Hill [ early ]; Rhythm By Raeburn [ AFRS “One Night Stand” 162, 1944 ] 

Don Redman

Chant of the Weed (Don Redman)

Alvino Rey

Blue Rey (Kermit Levinsky) [ open ]; Nighty-Night (Joe Davis) [ close ]

Tommy Reynolds

Pipe Dreams (Tommy Reynolds)

Buddy Rich

Rain On the Roof (Ann Ronell)

Buddy Rogers

My Buddy (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson)

Luis Russell

New Call of the Freaks (Luis Russell-Carl Barbarin)

Sauter-Finegan

Doodletown Fifers (Bill Finegan-Eddie Sauter)

Jan Savitt

Quaker City Jazz (Jan Savitt-Jimmy Schultz)

also: From Out of Space [ 1943 ]; [ per Walker and Bell ] It’s a Wonderful World (Harold Adamson-Jan Savitt-Johnny Watson)

Raymond Scott

Pretty Little Petticoat (Raymond Scott) [ 1940 ]

also: Enchanted Forest (Raymond Scott) [ 1944 ]

Artie Shaw

Nightmare (Artie Shaw)

also: Bus Blues (aka Free for All) (Artie Shaw) [ Thesaurus transcription 389, Apr 1937 ]

Bobby Sherwood

The Elk’s Parade

also: Waiting [ Lang-Worth transcription, 1944 ]; My Secret Love [ AFRS “One Night Stand” 536, 18 Feb 1945 ]; [ per Walker ] Sherwood’s Forest

Freddie Slack

Strange Cargo (Will Bradley-Ray McKinley-Freddie Slack)

Muggsy Spanier

Relaxin’ At the Touro (Muggsy Spanier)

Phil Spitalny

My Isle of Golden Dreams (Walter Blaufuss-Gus Kahn)

Charlie Spivak

Stardreams (Sonny Burke-Charlie Spivak)

Dick Stabile

Blue Nocturne (Dick Stabile)

Jack Teagarden

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Ted Koehler-Harold Arlen)

Claude Thornhill

Snowfall (Claude Thornhill)

Orrin Tucker

Drifting and Dreaming (Loyal Curtis-Haven Gillespie-Erwin R. Schmidt-Egbert Van Alstyne)

Tommy Tucker

I Love You (Oh, How I Love You) (Tommy Tucker)

Rudy Vallee

My Time Is Your Time (Eric Little-Leo Dance)

Joe Venuti

(Why Couldn’t It Last) Last Night (Nick Kenny-Charles Kenny-Austen Croom-Johnson) [ 1939 ]

Jerry Wald

Call of the Wild

also: Laura (Johnny Mercer-David Raksin); Trains in the Night

Fats Waller

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Andy Razaf-Fats Waller-Harry Brooks)

Chick Webb

Let’s Get Together (Chick Webb)

also: [ per Walker and Bell ] I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful) (Harry Ruskin-Henry Sullivan)

Ted Weems

Out of the Night (Walter Hirsch-Harry Sosnick)

Lawrence Welk

Bubbles in the Wine (Bob Calame-Frank Loesser-Lawrence Welk)

also: Champagne Time (George Cates) [ “The Lawrence Welk Show” syndicated program ]

Paul Weston

Day By Day (Sammy Cahn-Axel Stordahl-Paul Weston)

Paul Whiteman

Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)

Cootie Williams

Echoes of Harlem (Duke Ellington)

Griff Williams

Dream Music (Griff Williams)

Teddy Wilson

Jumpin’ On the Blacks and Whites (Teddy Wilson-Buster Harding)

Si Zentner

Lazy River (Hoagy Carmichael-Sidney Arodin)

also: [ per Bell ] Why Not (Pete Carpenter)

Bob Zurke

Hobson Street Blues (Bob Zurke)

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