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The 101 songs in this collection capture the spirit of the 40's. Thousands of soldiers were returning from the second world war, television shows were the talk of the town, and swing music was the rage. Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers were introducing hit songs from such popular shows as "Oklahoma!", "Carousel" and "State Fair", and Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday and Duke Ellington were popular performers. This is a great collection of music, presented here in the "EZ Play Today" format, that features the melody line (with large, easy to read notes!), lyrics and chord symbols.
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Song List For Essential Songs Of The 1940s
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Composed by: Duke Ellington and Bob Russell - From: "Sophisticated Lady" - © 1942
It Might As Well Be Spring - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers - From: "State Fair" - © 1945
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Composed by: Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen - From: "St. Louis Woman" - © 1946
Bewitched - Composed by: Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers - From: "Pal Joey" - © 1941
Moonlight In Vermont - Composed by: John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf - © 1944
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Composed by: Ray Gilbert and Allie Wrubel - From: "Walt Disney's Song Of The South" - © 1945
I Love You - Composed by: Cole Porter - From: "Mexican Hayride" - © 1943
I'm Beginning To See The Light - Composed by: Don George, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, and Harry James - From: "Sophisticated Ladies" - © 1944
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers - From: "Oklahoma!" - © 1943
A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes - Composed by: Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston - From: "Walt Disney's Cinderella" - © 1948
Stella By Starlight - Composed by: Ned Washington and Victor Young - From: "The Paramount Picture The Uninvited" - © 1946
Day By Day - Composed by: Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, and Paul Weston - From: "The Paramount Television Series Day By Day" - © 1945
I Could Write A Book - Composed by: Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers - From: "Pal Joey" - © 1940
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers - From: "Oklahoma!" - © 1943
Angel Eyes - Composed by: Earl Brent and Matt Dennis - © 1946
Tangerine - Composed by: Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger - From: "The Paramount Picture The Fleet's In" - © 1942
That Old Black Magic - Composed by: Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen - From: "The Paramount Picture Star Spangled Rhythm" - © 1942
I'll Remember April - Composed by: Pat Johnson, Don Raye, and Gene De Paul - © 1941
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Composed by: Cole Porter - From: "Something To Shout About" - © 1942
Route 66 - Composed by: Bobby Troup - © 1946
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Composed by: Paul Francis Webster and Duke Ellington - © 1941
Old Devil Moon - Composed by: E.Y. Harburg and Burton Lane - From: "Finian's Rainbow" - © 1946
Sentimental Journey - Composed by: Bud Green, Les Brown, and Ben Homer - © 1944
They Say It's Wonderful - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: "The Stage Production Annie Get Your Gun" - © 1946
Take The "A" Train - Composed by: Billy Strayhorn - © 1941
How Are Things In Glocca Morra - Composed by: E.Y. Harburg and Burton Lane - From: "Finian's Rainbow" - © 1946
It Could Happen To You - Composed by: Johnny Burke and James Van Heusen - From: "The Paramount And The Angels Sing" - © 1944
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Composed by: Don Raye and Hughie Prince - From: "Buck Privates" - © 1940
All Or Nothing At All - Composed by: Jack Lawrence and Arthur Altman - © 1939
I Remember You - Composed by: Johnny Mercer and Victor Scherzinger - From: "The Paramount Picture The Fleet's In" - © 1942
Nature Boy - Composed by: Eden Ahbez - © 1948
This Nearly Was Mine - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers - From: "South Pacific" - © 1949
On A Slow Boat To China - Composed by: Frank Loesser - © 1948
Love Letters - Composed by: Edward Heyman and Victor Young - From: "The Paramount Picture Love Letters" - © 1945
I Got The Sun In The Morning - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: "The Stage Production Annie Get Your Gun" - © 1946
I'm Old Fashioned - Composed by: Johnny Mercer and Jerome Kern - From: "You Were Never Lovelier" - © 1942
The Last Time I Saw Paris - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern - From: "Lady, Be Good/Till The Clouds Roll By" - © 1940
A Sunday Kind Of Love - Composed by: Barbara Belle, Louis Prima, Anita Leonard, and Stan Rhodes - © 1946
June Is Bustin' Out All Over - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers - From: "Carousel" - © 1945
Candy - Composed by: Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney, and Mack David - © 1944
Seems Like Old Times - Composed by: John Jacob Loeb and Carmen Lombardo - From: "Arthur Godfrey And His Friends" - © 1946
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Composed by: Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen - © 1944
I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Composed by: Frank Loesser and Jule Styne - From: "The Paramount Picture Sweater Girl" - © 1941
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Composed by: Deek Watson and William Best - © 1945
Be Careful, It's My Heart - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: "Holiday Inn" - © 1942
Dearly Beloved - Composed by: Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer - © 1942
Everything Happens To Me - Composed by: Tom Adair and Matt Dennis - © 1941
The Things We Did Last Summer - Composed by: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne - © 1946
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Composed by: Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, and James Cavanaugh - © 1944
I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Composed by: Frank Loesser - From: "The Paramount Picture The Perils Of Pauline" - © 1947
Anything You Can Do - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: "The Stage Production Annie Get Your Gun" - © 1946
Java Jive - Composed by: Milton Drake and Ben Oakland - © 1940
Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy - Composed by: Sammy Gallop and Guy Wood - © 1945
Anniversary Song - Composed by: Al Jolson and Saul Chaplin - From: "The Columbia Picture The Jolson Story" - © 1946
You Don't Know What Love Is - Composed by: Don Raye and Gene DePaul - © 1941
Long Ago (And Far Away) - Composed by: Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern - From: "Cover Girl" - © 1944
Wait Till You See Her - Composed by: Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers - From: "By Jupiter" - © 1942
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Composed by: Scott Wiseman - © 1945
Haunted Heart - Composed by: Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz - From: "Inside U.S.A." - © 1948
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover - Composed by: Nat Burton and Walter Kent - © 1941
Adios - Composed by: Eddie Woods and Enric Madriguera - © 1931
To Each His Own - Composed by: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans - From: "The Paramount Picture To Each His Own/The Paramount Picture The Conversation" - © 1946
Buttons And Bows - Composed by: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans - From: "The Paramount Picture The Paleface" - © 1948
It Only Happens When I Dance With You - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: "The Motion Picture Irving Berlin's Easter Parade" - © 1947
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - Composed by: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne - From: "Glad To See You" - © 1944
In Love In Vain - Composed by: Leo Robin and Jerome Kern - © 1946
Yes Indeed - Composed by: Sy Oliver - © 1940
Dolores - Composed by: Frank Loesser and Louis Alter - From: "The Paramount Picture Las Vegas Nights" - © 1941
Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) - Composed by: Lee Gaines and Duke Ellington - © 1946
The Hucklebuck - Composed by: Roy Alfred and Andy Gibson - © 1948
Daddy's Little Girl - Composed by: Bobby Burke and Horace Gerlach - © 1949
Red Roses For A Blue Lady - Composed by: Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett - © 1948
Crazy He Calls Me - Composed by: Bob Russell and Carl Sigman - © 1949
A Dreamer's Holiday - Composed by: Kim Gannon and Mabel Wayne - © 1949
Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money, Too!) - Composed by: Joe McCoy - © 1941
Manana - Composed by: Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour - © 1948
Pistol Packin' Mama - Composed by: Al Dexter - © 1942
Cruising Down The River - Composed by: Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton - © 1945
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) - Composed by: Billy Austin and Louis Jordan - From: "Follow The Boys" - © 1943
Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - Composed by: Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Eleanor Sheehy - © 1940
There! I've Said It Again - Composed by: Dave Mann and Redd Evans - © 1941
Easy Does It - Composed by: Sy Oliver and Jimmy Young - © 1940
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Composed by: Lionel Hampton and Curley Hammer - © 1945
Jingle Jangle Jingle (I Got Spurs) - Composed by: Frank Loesser and Joseph J. Lilley - From: "The Paramount Picture The Forest Rangers" - © 1942
You Belong To My Heart (Solamente Una Vez) - Composed by: Agustin Lara and Ray Gilbert - © 1941
It's A Pity To Say Goodnight - Composed by: Billy Reid - © 1946
One Dozen Roses - Composed by: Roger Lewis, "Country" Joe Washburn, Dick Jurgens, and Walter Donovan - © 1942
The Old Piano Roll Blues - Composed by: Cy Coben - © 1949
Lili Marlene - Composed by: Mack David, Hans Leip, and Norbert Schultz - © 1943
Sleepy Lagoon - Composed by: Jack Lawrence and Eric Coates - © 1940
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Composed by: Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan - © 1941
Comme Ci, Comme Ca - Composed by: Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer, Pierre Dudan, and Bruno Coquatrix - © 1949
Open The Door, Richard! - Composed by: "Dusty" Fletcher, John Mason, Jack McVea, and Dan Howell - © 1946
The Dummy Song - Composed by: Lew Brown, Billy Rose, and Ray Henderson - © 1944
I Love You So Much It Hurts Me - Composed by: Floyd Tillman - © 1948
Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Way) - Composed by: Zeke Clements and Eddy Arnold - © 1948
I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch) - Composed by: Maurie Hartmann, Billy Fager, and Johnny Kamano - © 1946
I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Pray'rs) - Composed by: Eddie Pola and George Wyle - © 1949
The Firm Fram Sauce - Composed by: Joe Ricardel and Redd Evans - © 1946
It's Grand Night For Singing - Composed by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers - From: "State Fair" - © 1945
Chi-Baba- Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) - Composed by: Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston - © 1947
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