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Swanee,
Gershwin's first big hit, as sung by Al Jolson.
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Another classic Jolson song, from 1921
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Ethel Waters classic "Stormy
Weather"
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Mills Brothers tune, from
1944. Also done up by Spike Jones and his Orchestra
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A classic from Al
Jolson - 1913, later sung by Judy Garland in a famous scene,
to a picture of Clark Gable
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A "catchy waltz
melody" from 1923.
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Did you know Otis Redding's
big hit from 1967 was actually written in 1932?
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1927 - a
"symphonic ukelele arrangment" by Gus Kahn - also
another Spike Jones hit from the 40's
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A romantic song hit from 1919,
amazingly covered by Alice Cooper in 1972
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A romantic 1923 ballad.
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The Marx's were saddled
with boy/girl love stories in some of their moves. This song
was a minor hit for Alan Jones, father of Jack Jones. Kitty
Carlisle went on to marry playwright Moss Hart and appear on
"Whats My Line" for about a hundred years.
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George Gerswin's last completed song. He
was working on "Our Love is Here to Stay", another timeless classic, when he died in July of 1937.
Notice
the blurb in the lower right corner - this movie introduced
Edgar Bergen and "Charlie McCarthy" to the world.
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Tiny Tim resurrected this
classic from 1929. "Gold Diggers of Broadway" was
one of the first "behind the scenes" movie
musicals with sound and dialog.
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One of my oldest pieces, from 1901.
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Kipling didn't write many songs. In fact,
he didn't know he wrote this one. The composer simply set a
short Kipling verse to music. From 1903
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Everyone knows this one.
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Entertainer Eddie Cantor made this his
theme song. A big hit for him in the early 1930's
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Many songs were written about World War One
doughboys going "over there". This one was published
in 1918
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