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Song Title	Size	Category	Comments	Performed By	Sequencer
La Vie En Rose	34kb *3.34mpt*	40's Easy Listening French Pop Nostalgia Vocal Pop	A Beautiful Song First Composed And Recorded By Edith In 1946 Becoming A Huge International Hit That Became Her Signature Song And Was Included On Most Of Her Albums Over The Years Including Her 1974 Album By The Same Name *(Her Real Name Was Edith Giovanna Gassion)*	Edith Piaf *(1915-1963)* W&M By Edith Piaf, Mack David & Marcel Louiguy	Ron Tilden
Lili Marlene	40kb *3.18mpt*	40's Big Band War Tunes World	A Favorite World War II Tune By All Soldiers On All Sides Of The Great Conflict *The Tune Was Inspired By An Old 1915 German Poem Composed By Hans Leip In World War I*	Marlene Dietrich Anne Shelton Carly Simon Vaughn Monroe Many More	Andy Bakke
Limehouse Blues	19kb *3.32mpt*	20's+ Broadway Country Country/Pop Jazz Parlor Songs Swing Theme Songs	A Great Guitar Duet Arrangement By Chet & Jerry Of The Classic Jazz Tune Recorded On Nearly 450 Albums By Many Artists Over The Years. This MIDI Version Is From Chet & Jerry's 1972 Album *"Me & Chet"* W&M By Douglas Furber & Phillip Braham In 1922 *(Also One Of The Songs Used In The 1946 Film, Ziegfeld Follies)*	Chet Atkins With Jerry Reed	Larry Kuhns *© 2000*
Listen To The Mocking Bird	33kb *4.21mpt*	19'th Century Pop Ballads Folk Nostalgic Vocals Vocal Music	One Of The Classic Songs Of The 19'th Century Selling Over 20 Million Copies Throughout The United States And Europe And Remaining Popular To This Day *(The Tune Later Became A Very Popular Bluegrass & Folk Fiddle Tune Recorded Under Various Other Titles Including Listen To The Mockingbird, Mockingbird Schottische, & Mocking Bird)*	Various *(Lyrics And Arrangement By Septimus Winner, aka "Alice Hawthorne" In 1854-55 To A Melody Written By Richard Milburn)*	Benjamin Robert Tubb *© 1998*
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)	31kb *5.13mpt*	40's Blues Easy Listening Light Jazz Love Songs Torch Songs	A Beautiful, Classic Female Blues, Torch Song, Tune From 1944 And Still Considered By Many To Be Her Biggest Hit And Is Still Being Included On Albums To This Day! (Billie Has Posthumously Received Five "Grammy Hall Of Fame Awards" This Particular Tune Was Awarded In 1989) *This Great Tune Has Been Recorded On Over 800 Albums By Various Artists Over The Years*	Billie Holiday *(1915-1959)* *W&M By Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, & Jimmy Sherman*	Mel Webb *aka "Kmel"* *(1928-2005)*
Mack The Knife	26kb *3.31mpt*	30's ++ Big Band Easy Listening Jazz Movie Theme Pop Vocals	*An Old Favorite Jazz Standard Recorded By Over 100 Artists In Various Styles From The 30's Thru The 90's. This Song Is Considered A "Top 10"* Jukebox Hit Of All Time "Written By Marc Blitztein"**	Bobby Darin Ella Fitzgerald Louie Armstrong Frank Sinatra Duke Ellington Peggy Lee Many Others	Unknown
Malaguena	28kb *3.28mpt*	Classical Piano Cuba Film Music Latin Latin Jazz Latin Pop Love Songs Spanish World	A Great Classical Piano, Latin Jazz, Tune That Was Originally Composed In Spanish By Cuban Composer Ernesto Lecuona In 1927. A English Translation Was Later Provided By Marian Banks This Beautiful Song Has Been Recorded On Over 550 Albums By Many Artists In Many Styles	Ernesto Lecuona *(1895-1963)*	Eleanor Adams *(1928-2002)*
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (Or Papa Don't Go Out Tonight)	35kb *2.15mpt*	20's+++ Big Band Blues Classic Female Blues Classic Jazz Novelty Trad. Pop Swing	A, Favorite Roaring 20's, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Classic Female Blues, Classic Jazz Tune Dating Back To The Early 20's And Still Being Recorded Thru The 00's By Many Artists In Various Styles	The Georgians Cotton Pickers Ida Cox Kay Starr Nancy Sinatra Smitty Many More *W&M By Milton Ager & Jack Yellen*	Herbert Harari
Margie	12kb *1.22mpt*	30's ++ Big Band Jazz Swing	An Old Favorite Jazz Piano Tune Recorded By Well Over 100 Artists In Many Various Styles From The 30's Thru The 90's *"W&M By Conrad/Davis/Robinson"*	Cab Calloway Louis Armstrong Gene Krupa Jim Reeves Al Jolson Benny Goodman Ray Charles Fats Domino Many Others	Margi Harrell *© 1993* *aka "Llerrah, Inc."*
Minnie The Moocher	34kb *3.19mpt*	30's Big Band Jazz Jive Swing	A Great Old Jive, Swing Tune Composed Originally By Cab And A Huge Hit For Him In 1931 And Since Recorded On Over 140 Albums Over The Years By Many Artists In Various Styles	Cab Calloway *(1907-1994)* Danny Kaye Duke Ellington Blues Brothers Many More	Clifford E. Odenkirk
(The) Missouri Waltz	33kb *2.44mpt*	Country Easy Listening Folk Lullaby Melody	Adopted As The Official Missouri, USA, State Song In 1949 (See The Lyrics)	Written By J. R. Shannon Music By John Valentine Eppel Arranged By Frederick Knight Logan	The Software Toolworks *© 1991* *(This File Provided With Permission To Post By Wallace Music & Sound, Inc.)*
Moonlight Serenade	27kb *3.20mpt*	40's Big Band Classic Jazz	Great Dancing Music Or Just Sit Back And Listen	Glen Miller	Unknown
My Melancholy Baby	28kb *3.25mpt*	1900's+++ Country Easy Listening Film Folk Jazz Love Songs Pop Soundtracks Standards Vocals	A Classic, Easy Listening, Jazz Standard Dating Back To The Early 1900's That Has Been Recorded On Over 450 Albums In A Variety Of Styles By Many Artists Including Mildred Bailey, Larry Adler, Clair Austin, Coleman Hawkins, Dave Brubeck, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Vic Damone, Burl Ives, Hank Locklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Dean Martin, Barbra Streisand And Many, Many More! The song was often recorded and used in motion pictures. It was sung by Bing Crosby in the Hollywood musical "The Birth of the Blues" (1941) and by Judy Garland in "A Star is Born" (1954) and Gogi Grant, dubbing for Anne Blyth, in "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957)	Various *W&M By Maybelle E. Watson, George A. Norton & Ernie Burnett In 1912*	Will Campbell
My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!	29kb *4.09mpt*	Big Band Country Jazz Piano Traditional	A Great Old Tune Composed By Stephen Collins Foster In 1853 And Since Recorded By Many Artists In Various Styles Over The Years This Version Is As Close To The Original Version As You'll Get!	Stephen C. Foster Sons Of The Pioneers Johnny Cash Don Reno Gene Krupa Bing Crosby Lawrence Welk Many More	Benjamin R. Tubb © 1998
Now's The Time	13kb *4.29mpt*	40's Blues Boogie Blues	A Great Boogie Blues Tune From The Mid 40's Recorded On Well Over 200 Albums By Many Artists Over The Years	Charlie Parker *(1920-1955)* *W&M By Charlie Parker*	Jean-Pierre Amringer
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!	55kb *2.17mpt*	1900's-2000's Big Band Boogie Woogie Novelty Polka Pop Show Tunes Swing Vocal Group Vocals War Tune	A "Golden Great" Old Tune Dating Back To 1917 That Has Always Been A Very Popular Tune And Recorded By Many Artists In Many Styles Over The Years	Orrin Tucker Henry Lewis Andrew Sisters Peggy Lee Lawrence Welk Glenn Miller Many More *W&M By Ed Rose & Abe Olman In 1917*	Frank Schober *aka "Grandpa Schober"*
One For My Baby *aka "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"*	24kb *5.08mpt*	40's+++ Pop Jazz Standards Trad. Pop Vocal Jazz	One Of Johnny Mercer's Classic, Vocal Jazz Tunes That Became A Jazz Standard And Has Been Covered By Many Artists Over The Years	Johnny Mercer *(1909-1976)* *W&M By Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen In 1943*	Sam Snedegar *aka "sksnedegar"*
Over There	17kb *1.12mpt*	10's+++ Big Band Orchestral Pop Patriotic Pop War Tune	A Great Old Favorite, Inspirational, Orchestral Pop And American Popular Song Dating Back To World War One *(In 1942 George Cohen Was Awarded The Congressional Medal Of Honor For The Famous War Tune)*	Charles King Nora Bayes Glenn Miller James Cagney Bill Crosby Many Others *Original Words & Music Composed By George M. Cohen In 1917* *(His Name Is Sometimes Spelled Cohan)* *(1878-1942)*	James K. Taylor
Pennies From Heaven *(Posted 11/09/08)*	34kb *2.35mpt*	30's+++ Easy Listening Film Jazz Soundtrack Vocal Pop	An American Popular Song First Introduced By Bing Crosby In 1936 In The Film Of The Same Name And Since Recorded By Numerous Artists Over The Years On Over 600 Albums Other Notable Artists Who Have Recorded The Song Include Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Arthur Tracy, Big Joe Turner, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Gene Ammons, The Skyliners, Louis Prima And Many Other Jazz And Popular Singers	Bing Crosby *W&M By Arthur Johnston & Johnny Burke In 1936*	Bob Barnes
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	25kb *2.35mpt*	20's+++ Boogie-Woogie Jazz Piano Blues Pre-War Blues	A Classic, Boogie-Woogie, Piano Blues Tune Composed By Clarence "Pinetop" Smith In 1928 And It Became The First Recorded Tune Known Using The Phrase, "Boogie-Woogie" The Tune Has Been Recorded On Numerous Albums By Many Artists Over The Years	*Clarence "Pinetop"* Smith (1904-1929) "Pinetop Was Shot And Killed By A Stray Bullet During A Dancehall Fracas In 1929"**	Don Carroll
Police Dog Blues	18kb *5.03mpt*	Acoustic Blues Folk Blues Originals Ragtime Guitar	An Excellent Example Of The "Acoustic Blues" Style Featuring The Acoustic Guitar "Acoustic Blues" Is Actually A Catch-All Term That Covers All Styles Of Blues Performed On Any Non-Electric Instrument	Mike C. Martin *(Mike C. Martin's Guitar Composition Is Based Around Arthur "Blind Blake's" Original Police Dog Blues From 1926)*	Steve J. McWilliam *© 1998*
Roll 'Em	14kb *2.29mpt*	30's+ Ragtime Boogie Woogie Stride Piano	A Great Ragtime, Boogie Woogie, Stride Piano, Tune Composed By Mary Lou Williams In The 30's And Since Recorded On More Than 80 Albums Over The Years *It Was A Fantastic Hit For Benny Goodman In The 30's And Was Recorded On Many Of His Albums*	Mary Lou Williams *(1910-1981)*	John Farrell
Route 66	45kb *5.58mpt*	40's+ Jazz Jazz Piano Swing	A Great Old Jazz Swing Standard Originally By Bobby Troup And Since Covered By Many Artists In Many Styles From The 1940's Through The 2000's	Bobby Troup *(1918-1999)* Many Others W&M By Bobby Troup	Jeanne Coello
Rum And Coca Cola *aka "L'Anee Passee"*	23kb *1.15mpt*	Big Band Caribbean Steel Traditional Trinidad World War II	This Was A Great Hit For The Andrews Sisters In 1945 And Has Became A Classic	The Andrews Sisters *W&M By Morey Amsterdam*	Andy Bakke *© 1999* *Andy's First Try At A "Caribbean Steel" Style Tune*
Sentimental Journey	26kb *2.31mpt*	40's++ Big Band Easy Listening Jazz Romantic Swing Trad. Pop War Tunes	A Favorite Sentimental And Romantic Song From WWII That Was A Major Hit For Les Brown And His Orchestra In 1944 And Has Been Included On Many Albums Over The Years By Many Artists	Les Brown & His Orchestra Featuring Doris Day *W&M By Bud Green, Les Brown & Ben Homer In 1944*	Gary Hess
Showboat	41kb *9.04mpt*	20's Broadway Medley Musical	A Great Series Of Popular Tunes From The 1927 Musical	Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II Music Jerome Kern	Jackie O'Neill
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	34kb *4.36mpt*	30's++++ Easy Listening Film Jazz Musicals Pop R&B Show Tunes Soundtracks Vocal Jazz Vocal Pop	Mel's Frank Sinatra MIDI Version Of The Great Tune Originally Written For The 1933 Musical Comedy & In 1935 The Movie: "Roberta" *(This Legendary Tune From The 30's Has Been Included On Over 880 Albums Over The Years In Many Styles And By Many, Many Artists)* *I Have This One On My "Fire" Page As It Fits The Firefighter Well!*	Frank Sinatra Irene Dunne Paul Whiteman *(#1-1934)* The Platters (#1-1958) Original W&M By Otto Harbach & Jerome Kern In 1933	Mel Webb *aka "Kmel"* *(1928-2005)*
Some Enchanted Evening	13kb *2.30mpt*	40's Ballads Broadway Easy Listening Musicals Show Tunes Soundtrack Theme Vocals	A Beautiful Easy Listening Love Song From The 1949 Broadway Musical: *"South Pacific"* This Great Song Has Been Recorded On Over 250 Albums By Many Artists Over The Years And Was A #1 For Perry Como In 1949 And A Top 10 Hit For No Less Than Six Other Artists	Ezio Pinza Perry Como Bing Crosby Broadway Singers Frank Sinatra Many Others *W&M By Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers*	Derek Vintschger *aka "ScooterDoo"*
(The) Song Is You	40kb *3.47mpt*	40's++ Big Band Jazz Pop Soundtrack Vocal	A Lively Pretty, Light Jazz, Tune Recorded By Over 200 Artists On Over 470 Albums In Many Styles from The 40's Through The 00's And Was Used As A Soundtrack In The 1993-1995 Cable TV Series: *"Fallen Angels"*	Frank Sinatra Benny Carter Charlie Parker Tommy Dorsey Many Others *Composed By Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern*	Josef Huber
South Of The Border	33kb *2.33mpt*	40's Big Band Country Jazz Swing	Everyones Favorite Spanish Tune Recorded By Many Artists And In Many Styles From The 40's Thru The 90's	Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass *(1964)* Written By Jimmy Kennedy And Michael Carr	Chuck Duklis
Stormy Weather	42kb *3.31mpt*	30's+++ Easy Listening Film Music Jazz Soundtrack Trad Pop Vocal Jazz	A Beautiful Easy Listening, Vocal Jazz, Tune From The Early 1930s First Performed By Ethel Waters And That Lena Later Sang For Her Hollywood Debut In 1943 In A Film By The Same Name. The Song Became Lena's Signature Song And Was Included On Many Of Her Albums Over The Years Including Her 1943 Album By The Same Name The Great Song Has Been Included On More Than 880 Albums By Many Artists In Many Styles Over The Years	Ethel Waters Lena Horne *W&M By Harold Arlen & Ted Kohler In 1933*	Unknown
Tenderly	26kb *3.56mpt*	40's++ Ballads Country Easy Listening Jazz Pop	This Great Old 40's Jazz Standard Has Been Recorded By Many Artists In Various Styles Over The Years Including Sarah Vaughan, Nat "King" Cole, Louie Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra, Etta James And Even Willie Nelson Plus Many, Many More And Has Also Been Recorded On Over 400 Albums From The 30's Through The 90's	Various *W&M By Walter Gross & Jack Lawrence In 1947*	Will Campbell
That Lucky Old Sun *(Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)*	41kb *3.25mpt*	40's+++ Country Country/Pop Easy Listening Jazz Jump Blues Pop R&B Rockabilly Soundtrack Vocal	A Great Old Song That Has Been Recorded By Numerous Artists In Many Styles Over The Years And Included On Over 265 Albums With The Most Notable Being Frankie Laine's #1 In 1949 That Stayed On The Charts For 22 Weeks, Vaughn Monroe's #9 In 1949, Louie Armstrong's #24 In 1949 And Frank Sinatra's #16 In 1949 The Song Has Also Been Used As A Soundtrack In Several Films Over The Years Including Jerry Lee Lewis's Rockabilly Version In The 1989 Film: *"Great Balls Of Fire"* And Ray Charles's Jump Blues Version In The 1992 Film: *"Malcolm X"*	Louis Armstrong Frankie Laine Vaughn Monroe Ray Charles Johnny Cash Pat Boone Bing Crosby Red Foley Willie Nelson Jerry Lee Lewis The Marcels Many More W&M By Haven Gillespie & Harry Beasley Smith In 1949	Bob Barnes
Up A Lazy River *aka "Up The Lazy River"*	38kb *3.21mpt*	30's++ Big Band Easy Listening Jazz Nostalgic Swing	Ron's Mills Brothers 1948 Version Of The Classic Jazz, Swing Tune Recorded By Many Great Artists Over The Years	Mills Brothers Si Zenter Bobby Darin Doc Evans Pete Fountain Bing Crosby Louis Armstrong Many Others *W&M By Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin In 1931*	Ron Tilden
Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder	24kb *1.56mpt*	40's+ Comedy Irish Novelty Vocals	A Great, Old Irish Standard, Comic/Novelty, Tune Made Famous By Bing Crosby Sometime Between 1940 And 1952 As A Single And Later Included On A 24 Track Compilation Album: "Top O' the Morning: His Irish Collection" Released In 1996	Bing Crosby *W&M George L. Giefer*	Chuck Mourmouris *(Deceased)*
You Oughta' Be In Pictures	29kb *2.49mpt*	30's Jazz Trad Pop Swing	A Great Version Of The "Tin Pan Alley" Pop Tune From The 1930's Performed By Many Artists Over The Years	The Boswell Sisters-30's Sammy Kaye-50's Doris Day-50's Ray Coniff-60's	Chuck Mourmouris *(Deceased)*
Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah	77kb *3.41mpt*	40's Big Band Broadway Children's Dance Film Show Tunes Trad/Pop	This One Will Make You Feel Better In The Morning! A Great Old Tune Which Also Won An Academy Award And An Oscar After Its Introduction In The 1946 Disney Movie: *"Song Of The South"*	Johnny Mercer Louie Armstrong Bing Crosby Doris Day And Many Others Words And Music Score Composed And Arranged For The Disney Film By Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert & Roger Holmes	Gary Wachtel *aka GaryW0001*
Coming Soon	00kb *0.00mpt*	Pre-50's	Many More Coming Soon! Most Of These Type Tunes Are Already On Many Of My Other Pages Including Blues, Jazz, Easy Listening, Alphabetical Pages, Ragtime And My Misc. Featured MIDI's!	Various Artists	Various Sequencers

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