In the 1930s and 40s, the most popular entertainment was big bands playing swing music. This definitive collection contains every major hit of the era. 68 songs presented on this amazing 3 CD set. Music legends included on this collection are Glenn MIller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Vaughn Monroe and many more.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Glenn Miller - In The Mood
- Artie Shaw - Begin The Beguine
- Tommy Dorsey w/The Sentimentals - On The Sunny Side Of the Street
- Count Basie - One O Clock Jump
- Harry James w/Helen Forrest - I’ve Heard That Song Before
- Jimmy Dorsey w/Bob Eberly & Helen O Connell - Green Eyes
- Les Brown w/Doris Day - Sentimental Journey
- Benny Goodman w/Martha Tilton, Trmpt Ziggy Elman - And The Angels Sing
- Duke Ellington - Take The ‘A’ Train
- Bunny Berrigan w/Bunny Berrigan - I Can’t Get Started
- Charlie Barnett - Cherokee
- Glenn Miller w/Tex Beneke & The Modernaires - Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Glenn Gray pno/Frankie Carle - Sunrise Serenade
- Woody Herman - At The Woodchoppers Ball
- Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing
- Tommy Dorsey - I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
- Artie Shaw - Dancing In The Dark
- Billy Butterfield w/Margaret Whiting - Moonlight In Vermont
- Sammy Kaye v/The Kaye Choir - Daddy
- Jimmy Lunceford - Organ Grinder’s Swing
- Riley Farley w/Riley & Farley - The Music Goes Round & Round
- Harry James - You Made Me Love You
- Erskine Hawkins - Tuxedo Junction
Disc 2:
- Hal Kemp w/Skinnay Ennis - Got A Date With An Angel
- Tex Beneke - St Louis Blues March
- Tommy Dorsey - Opus One
- Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls
- Lionel Hampton - Flying Home
- Kay Kyser w/Ginny Simms - Music Maestro, Please
- Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo
- Stan Kenton v/Red Dorris - Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
- Vaughn Monroe - There, I’ve Said It Again
- Buddy Morrow - Night Train
- Ted Weems whistler/Elmo Tanner - Heartaches
- Artie Shaw - Franesi
- Jimmy Dorsey w/Bob Eberly & Helen O’ Connell - Tangerine
- Count Basie - Jumpin’ At The Woodside
- Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade
- Benny Goodman - Don’t Be That Way
- Tommy Dorsey v/Jack Leonard - Marie
- Harry James - Ciribiribin
- Benny Goodman - Stompin’ At The Savoy
- Chick Webb w/Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket
- Les Brown - I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
- Claude Thornhill v/Maxine Sullivan - Loch Lomond
- Artie Shaw - Stardust
Disc 3:
- Charlie Barnett - Skyliner
- Glen Gray - Casa Loma Stomp
- Jimmy Dorsey w/Bob Eberle & Helen O Connell - Amapola
- Kay Kyser v/Ginny Simms, Ish Kabbible & Harry Babbitt - Three Little Fishes
- Will Bradley v/Ray McKinley - Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
- Stan Kenton - Artistry In Rhythm
- Jimmy Lunceford v/Trummy Young - T’aint What Ya Do (From It’s The Way That You Do It)
- Woody Herman - Blues In The Night
- Freddy Martin v/Eddie Stone - The Hut Song (From A Swedish Serenade)
- Bob Crosby - Big Noise From Winnetka
- Jan Savitt - 720 In The Books
- Alvino Rey v/Bill Schallen & Skeets Herfurt - Deep In The Heart Of Texas
- Larry Clinton v/Bea Wain - Deep Purple
- Gene Krupa – v/Anita O’ Day & Roy Eldridge - Let Me Off Uptown
- Woody Herman - Blue Flame
- Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady
- Clyde McCoy - Sugar Blues
- Orrin Tucker v/Wee Bonnie Baker - Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
- Shep Fields v/Hal Darwin - South of the Border (From Down Mexico Way)
- Jack Teagarden - I Gotta Right to Sing The Blues
- Sammy Kaye v/Tony Alamo - Harbor Lights
- Freddy Martin pno/Jack Fina - Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat
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