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Over 100 more songs from the 1940s, including: The Anniversary Waltz Baby, It's Cold Outside Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) But Beautiful Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Harlem Nocturne It's a Most Unusual Day Once in Love with Amy Speak Low There's No Business like Show Business You'll Never Walk Alone and more.
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Category: Keyboard & Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Series: Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook
Format: P/V/G
Composer: Various
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Song List For Essential Songs: More Of The 1940s
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Composed by: Duke Ellington and Bob Russell - © 1943
How High The Moon - Composed by: Morgan Lewis - Lyrics by: Nancy Hamilton - From: "Two For The Snow" - © 1940
You'll Never Walk Alone - Composed by: Richard Rodgers - Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II - From: "Carousel" - © 1945
If I Loved You - Composed by: Richard Rodgers - Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II - From: "Carousel" - © 1945
Speak Low - Composed by: Kurt Weill - Lyrics by: Ogden Nash - From: The Motion Picture "One Touch Of Venus" - © 1943
A String Of Pearls - Composed by: Jerry Gray - Lyrics by: Eddie De Lange - From: "The Glenn Miller Story" - © 1941
My Foolish Heart - Composed by: Victor Young - Lyrics by: Ned Washington - From: "My Foolish Heart" - © 1949
Younger Than Springtime - Composed by: Richard Rodgers - Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II - From: "South Pacific" - © 1949
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Composed by: Manning Sherwin - Lyrics by: Eric Maschwitz - © 1940
Tenderly - Composed by: Walter Gross - Lyrics by: Jack Lawrence - From: "Torch Song" - © 1946
Harlem Nocturne - Composed by: Earle Hagen - Lyrics by: Dick Rogers - © 1940
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Composed by: Cole Porter - From: "Seven Lively Arts" - © 1944
Steppin' Out With My Baby - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: The Motion Picture Irving Berlin's "Easter Parade" - © 1947
But Beautiful - Composed by: Jimmy Van Heusen - Lyrics by: Johnny Burke - From: "Road To Rio" - © 1947
It Never Entered My Mind - Composed by: Richard Rodgers - Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart - From: "Higher And Higher" - © 1940
There's No Business Like Show Business - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: The Stage Production "Annie Get Your Gun" - © 1946
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Composed by: Frank Loesser - From: The Motion Picture "Neptune's Daughter" - © 1948
Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) - Composed by: Consuelo Velazquez - © 1941
Early Autumn - Composed by: Ralph Burns and Woody Herman - Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer - © 1949
Like Someone In Love - Composed by: Jimmy Van Heusen - Lyrics by: Johnny Burke - © 1944
Look To The Rainbow - Composed by: Burton Lane - Lyrics by: E. Y. "Yip" Harburg - From: "Finian's Rainbow" - © 1946
Easy Street - Composed by: Alan Rankin Jones - © 1941
I Should Care - Composed by: Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston, and Axel Stordhal - © 1944
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Composed by: Eddie De Lange and Louis Alter - © 1946
Frenesi - Composed by: Alberto Dominguez - © 1939
The Girl That I Marry - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: The Stage Production "Annie Get Your Gun" - © 1946
A Wonderful Guy - Composed by: Richard Rodgers - Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II - From: "South Pacific" - © 1949
Lost In The Stars - Composed by: Kurt Weill - Lyrics by: Maxwell Anderson - From: The Musical Production "Lost In The Stars" - © 1944
Let There Be Love - Composed by: Lionel Rand - Lyrics by: Ian Grant - © 1940
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn - © 1945
Once In Love With Amy - Composed by: Frank Loesser - From: "Where's Charley?" - © 1948
My Shining Hour - Composed by: Harold Arlen - Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer - From: The Motion Picture "The Sky's The Limit" - © 1943
I Hear Music - Composed by: Burton Lane - Lyrics by: Frank Loesser - From: The Paramount Picture "Dancing On A Dime" - © 1940
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) - Composed by: Mack David and Al Hoffman - Lyrics by: Jerry Livingston - From: Walt Disney's "Cinderella" - © 1948
I've Heard That Song Before - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn - From: The Motion Picture "Youth On Parade" - © 1942
I Wish You Love - Composed by: Charles Trenet - © 1946
It's A Most Unusual Day - Composed by: Jimmy McHugh - Lyrics by: Harold Adamson - From: "A Date With Judy" - © 1947
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Composed by: Harold Arlen - Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer - From: The Motion Picture "The Sky's The Limit" - © 1943
Swinging On A Star - Composed by: Jimmy Van Heusen - Lyrics by: Johnny Burke - From: "Going My Way" - © 1944
Juke Box Saturday Night - Composed by: Paul McGrane - Lyrics by: Al Stillman - From: "Stars On Ice" - © 1942
Mairzy Doats - Composed by: Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston - © 1943
Wunderbar - Composed by: Cole Porter - From: "Kiss Me, Kate" - © 1948
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Leo Robin - From: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" - © 1949
Dry Bones - Composed by: Margaret Bonds - © 1946
Let's Get Away From It All - Composed by: Tom Adair and Matt Dennis - © 1941
No Moon At All - Composed by: Dave Mann and Redd Evans - © 1947
Will You Still Be Mine - Composed by: Matt Dennis - Lyrics by: Tom Adair - © 1940
Don't Take Your Love From Me - Composed by: Henry Nemo - © 1941
Hooray For Love - Composed by: Harold Arlen - Lyrics by: Leo Robin - From: The Motion Picture "Casbah" - © 1948
Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn - © 1944
Always True To You In My Fashion - Composed by: Cole Porter - From: "Kiss Me, Kate" - © 1948
Daddy - Composed by: Bob Troup - © 1941
When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - Composed by: Burton Lane - Lyrics by: E. Y. Harburg - From: "Finian's Rainbow" - © 1946
How Little We Know - Composed by: Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer - © 1944
This Love Of Mine - Composed by: Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, and Frank Sinatra - © 1941
Bye Bye Baby - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Leo Robin - From: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" - © 1949
There Are Such Things - Composed by: Stanley Adams, Able Baer, and George W. Meyer - © 1942
For Every Man There's A Woman - Composed by: Harold Arlen - Lyrics by: Leo Robin - From: The Motion Picture "Casbah" - © 1948
I'll Walk Alone - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn - From: The Motion Picture "Follow The Boys" And "With A Song In My Heart" - © 1944
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire - Composed by: Bennie Benjamin and Eddie Durham - Lyrics by: Eddie Seiler and Sol Marcus - © 1940
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues - Composed by: Duke Ellington - Lyrics by: Don George - © 1944
Aren't You Glad You're You - Composed by: Jimmy Van Heusen - Lyrics by: Johnny Burke - © 1945
In The Blue Of Evening - Composed by: D'Artega - Lyrics by: Tom Adair - © 1942
Across The Alley From The Alamo - Composed by: Joe Greene - © 1947
Violets For Your Furs - Composed by: Tom Adair and Matt Dennis - © 1941
The Anniversary Waltz - Composed by: Al Dubin and Dave Franklin - © 1941
It's A Good Day - Composed by: Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour - © 1946
Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: The Stage Production "Miss Liberty" - © 1948
Five Minutes More - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn - © 1946
Bouquet Of Roses - Composed by: Steve Nelson and Bob Hilliard - © 1948
Jealous Heart - Composed by: Jenny Lou Carson - © 1944
Ole Buttermilk Sky - Composed by: Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Brooks - From: The Motion Picture "Canyon Passage" - © 1946
Moonlight Cocktail - Composed by: Lucky Roberts - Lyrics by: Kim Gannon - From: "A Night In Casablanca" - © 1941
Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Composed by: Bennie Benjamin, George David, and Frankie Carle - © 1945
For You, For Me, For Evermore - Composed by: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin - © 1946
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) - Composed by: Fleecie Moore - © 1945
I Still Get Jealous - Composed by: Jule Styne - Lyrics by: Sammy Cahn - From: The Broadway Musical "High Button Shoes" - © 1947
Sioux City Sue - Composed by: Dick Thomas - Lyrics by: Ray Freedman - © 1945
Full Moon And Empty Arms - Composed by: Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman - © 1946
Dear Hearts And Gentle People - Composed by: Sammy Fain - Lyrics by: Bob Hilliard - © 1949
I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Cocoanuts - Composed by: Fred Heahterton - © 1944
Rag Mop - Composed by: Johnnie Lee Wills and Deacon Anderson - © 1949
Elmer's Tune - Composed by: Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop, and Dick Jurgens - © 1941
Linda - Composed by: Jack Lawrence - © 1946
You Always Hurt The One You Love - Composed by: Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts - © 1944
You Call Everybody Darling - Composed by: Sam Marting, Ben Trace, and Clem Watts - © 1946
No Can Do - Composed by: Nat Simon and Charles Tobias - © 1945
You're Breaking My Heart - Composed by: Pat Genaro and Sunny Skylar - © 1948
Buckle Down, Winsocki - Composed by: Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane - From: "Best Foot Forward" - © 1941
A Couple Of Swells - Composed by: Irving Berlin - From: The Motion Picture Irving Berlin's "Easter Parade" - © 1947
Tampico - Composed by: Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher - © 1945
Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) - Composed by: Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman - © 1947
Room Full Of Roses - Composed by: Tim Spencer - © 1949
Candy Kisses - Composed by: George Morgan - © 1948
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) - Composed by: Merle Travis and Tex Williams - © 1947
Ivy - Composed by: Hoagy Carmichael - From: The Motion Picture "Ivy" - © 1947
Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin') - Composed by: Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton, and Mickey Leader - © 1940
The Hut-Sut Song - Composed by: Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael, and Jack Ownes - © 1939
A - You're Adorable - Composed by: Buddy Kaye, Sidney Lippman, and Fred Wise - © 1948
Give Him The Oo-La-La - Composed by: Cole Porter - From: "Dubarry Was A Lady" - © 1940
Why Don't We Do This More Often - Composed by: Allie Wrubel - Lyrics by: Charles Newman - © 1941
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