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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 song. He
was working on it 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 early "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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