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1931 Smith Ballew (as ‘Buddy Blue’) - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)

1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Begin The Beguine - Xavier Cugat (Don Reid, vocal)

1930 George Olsen - Shoo The Hoodoo Away (Fran Frey, vocal)

1933 Harry Reser - My Galveston Gal (Harriet Lee & the Harmonians, vocal)

1918 Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag

1923 Paul Whiteman - Wonderful One

1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Heartaches - Ted Weems (Decca reissue of 1938 version--a #1 record)

1920 Paul Whiteman - Whispering

1947 Pee Wee King - Tennessee Waltz (Redd Stewart, vocal)

1929 HITS ARCHIVE: Lover, Come Back To Me! - Paul Whiteman (Jack Fulton, vocal)

1941/1943 Benny Goodman - It’s Always You (Helen Forrest, vocal) (78rpm version)

1929 Van Phillips - (I’m A Dreamer) Aren’t We All (Billy Milton, vocal)

1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Jalousie (Jealousy) - Boston Pops Orchestra (recorded 1935)

1940 Horace Heidt - Say It (Over And Over Again) (Virginia Le Ahn & Henry Russell, vocal)

1935 George Hall - Will O’ The Wisp (Sonny Schuyler, vocal)

1934 Sam Robbins - Mister Magician (Won’t You Bring My Baby Back To Me) (Sam Robbins, vocal)

1939 HITS ARCHIVE: The Umbrella Man - Kay Kyser (Harry Babbitt & Ginny Simms, vocal)

1937 HITS ARCHIVE: Caravan - Duke Ellington

1939 Artie Shaw - Day In, Day Out (Helen Forrest, vocal)

1946 Dardanelle Trio - September Song

1954 HITS ARCHIVE: Skokiaan - Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band

1929 HITS ARCHIVE: Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me - Nick Lucas

1941 Harry James - The Mole

1934 OSCAR-WINNING SONG: The Continental - Leo Reisman (Leo Reisman, vocal)

1928 Ted Weems - Me And The Man In The Moon (Art Jarrett, vocal)

1942 HITS ARCHIVE: This Is No Laughing Matter - Charlie Spivak (Garry Stevens & Stardusters, vocal)

1941 HITS ARCHIVE: I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) - Duke Ellington (Ivie Anderson, vocal)

1932 Baby Rose Marie - Say That You Were Teasing Me (with Fletcher Henderson Orch.)

1951 HITS ARCHIVE: Get Out Those Old Records - Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner & Carmen Lombardo, vocal)

1st RECORDING OF: Walk, Don’t Run! - Johnny Smith (1954)

1938 Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra - Thanks For The Memory

1932 HITS ARCHIVE: All Of Me - Paul Whiteman (Mildred Bailey, vocal)

1932 HITS ARCHIVE: Was That The Human Thing To Do - Bert Lown (Elmer Feldkamp, vocal)

1940 version: Bing Crosby - Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)

1943 HITS ARCHIVE: Sunday Monday Or Always - Bing Crosby (a cappella) (a #1 record)

1937 HITS ARCHIVE: The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down - Eddy Duchin (Lew Sherwood, vocal)

1939 HITS ARCHIVE: Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday

1932 Dell Lampe - It’s Within Your Power (Elmer Feldkamp, vocal)

1936 Charlie Barnet - Make Believe Ballroom (Modernaires, vocal)

1938 Red Norvo - The Weekend Of A Private Secretary (Mildred Bailey, vocal)

1935 Al Bowlly & Ray Noble’s Orch. - Blue Moon

1932 HITS ARCHIVE: Isn’t It Romantic - Harold Stern (Bill Smith, vocal)

1949 Sarah Vaughan - Make Believe (You Are Glad When You’re Sorry)

1943 HITS ARCHIVE: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Ink Spots

1st RECORDING OF: Singin’ In The Rain - The Rounders (1929)

1938 Red Norvo - Love Is Here To Stay (Mildred Bailey, vocal)

1932 HITS ARCHIVE: You Can Depend On Me - Louis Armstrong

1931 Sid Phillips - Heartaches (Al Bowlly, vocal)

1941 HITS ARCHIVE: Music Makers - Harry James (instrumental)

1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Tenderly - Randy Brooks (instrumental)

1939 HITS ARCHIVE: An Apple For The Teacher - Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell