Gold Standards: 40 Classics from the Great American Songbook

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1Stormy WeatherLena Horne3:25
2Blues in the Night
cover recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. and WB Music Corp.
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Peggy Lee3:19
3I’ve Got the World on a StringFrank Sinatra2:14
4Autumn Leaves
vocals:
Bing Crosby and Gary Crosby
recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc.
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
Bing Crosby3:23
5I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
cover recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc.
Lena Horne3:13
6One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
Frank Sinatra3:07
7Ol’ Man River
Paul Robeson2:40
8A Fine Romance
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Billie Holiday2:56
9Dearly Beloved
June Christy3:14
10The Way You Look Tonight
Dick Haymes3:56
11All the Things You Are
Harry James3:20
12The Folks Who Live on the HillBing Crosby3:10
13It’s Magic
performer:
Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra (from 1954-10-20 until 1954-10-21)
cover recording of:
It’s Magic (from 1954-10-20 until 1954-10-21)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The 21st Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Romance on the High Seas
Sarah Vaughan3:12
14Guess I’ll Hang My Tears out to Dry
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1946-07-30), John Sewell (on 1946-07-30) and Julius Tannenbaum (on 1946-07-30)
double bass:
Phil Stephens (on 1946-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1946-07-30)
French horn:
Richard Perissi (on 1946-07-30)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1946-07-30)
harp:
Ann Mason (on 1946-07-30)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (on 1946-07-30)
saxophone:
Fred Dornbach (on 1946-07-30), Herbie Haymer (on 1946-07-30), Jules Kinsler (on 1946-07-30) and Harry Klee (on 1946-07-30)
trombone:
Hoyt Bohannon (on 1946-07-30), George Jenkins (on 1946-07-30) and Ed Kusby (on 1946-07-30)
trumpet:
Clyde Hurley (on 1946-07-30), Manny Klein (on 1946-07-30) and Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (on 1946-07-30)
viola:
Abe Hochstein (on 1946-07-30), Alexander Neiman (on 1946-07-30) and Stanley Spiegelman (on 1946-07-30)
violin:
William Bloom (on 1946-07-30), Werner Callies (on 1946-07-30), Walter Edelstein (on 1946-07-30), Sam Freed (on 1946-07-30), David Frisina (on 1946-07-30), Howard Halbert (on 1946-07-30), Sol Kindler (on 1946-07-30), Morris King (on 1946-07-30), Eugene Lamas (on 1946-07-30), Dan Lube (on 1946-07-30), Mischa Russell (on 1946-07-30) and Gerald Vinci (on 1946-07-30)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1946-07-30)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (on 1946-07-30)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and Chappell Music
Frank Sinatra3:28
15Oh, Lady Be Good
cover recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good!
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
Ella Fitzgerald3:10
16Someone to Watch Over Me
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
Ella Fitzgerald3:19
17Embraceable You
recording of:
Embraceable You
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Billie Holiday3:16
18Nice Work If You Can Get It
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Billie Holiday2:30
19Summertime
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-12-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1949)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1949-12-21)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sarah Vaughan3:18
20The Man I Love
cover recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Sarah Vaughan2:46