Description

This songbook contains more than 50 of the biggest hits of the 1940s. Each song is sure to spark a memory or create a new one for pianists and vocalists of all ages. For practice, performance, or pleasure, play and sing your way through your favorite decade in pop music history! Titles: The Anniversary Waltz (Vera Lynn) * As Time Goes By (Dooley Wilson) * At Last (Glenn Miller) * Ballerina (Vaughn Monroe) * Blues in the Night (Woody Herman) * Chattanooga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller) * Don't Fence Me In (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters) * Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (The Andrews Sisters) * Elmer's Tune (Glenn Miller) * Enjoy Yourself (Guy Lombardo) * Fools Rush In (Glenn Miller) * A Gal in Calico (Johnny Mercer) * How About You? (Tommy Dorsey) * How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (Buddy Clark) * How High the Moon (Benny Goodman) * I Fall in Love Too Easily (Frank Sinatra) * I'll Walk Alone (Dinah Shore) * I'm in Love (Doris Day) * Imagination (Glenn Miller) * It's Magic (Doris Day) * I've Heard That Song Before (Harry James) * La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf) * Laura (Woody Herman) * Mam'selle (Art Lund) * The More I See You (Dick Haymes) * Near You (Francis Craig) * New York, New York (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, & Jules Munshin) * Oh! What It Seemed to Be (Frank Sinatra) * The Old Lamp-Lighter (Sammy Kaye) * Only Forever (Bing Crosby) * Paper Doll (The Mills Brothers) * Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Guy Lombardo) * Red Roses for a Blue Lady (Vaughn Monroe) * Serenade in Blue (Glenn Miller) * Speak Low (Guy Lombardo) * Straighten Up and Fly Right (Nat "King" Cole) * Swinging on a Star (Bing Crosby) * Take the "A" Train (Duke Ellington) * Taking a Chance on Love (Benny Goodman) * That Lucky Old Sun (Frankie Laine) * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) (Bing Crosby) * The Trolley Song (Judy Garland) * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Dinah Shore) * You'll Never Know (Dick Haymes) * Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (James Baskett).

Songs / Content

• Paper DollJohnny S. Black (composer)
• Long Ago and Far Away (from "Cover Girl")Jerome Kern (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist)
• Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)Johnny Mercer (lyricist); Rube Bloom (composer)
• I've Got a Gal in KalamazooHarry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist)
• The More I See You (from "Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe")Harry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist)
• You'll Never KnowHarry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist)
• Near YouFrancis Craig (composer); Kermit Goell (lyricist)
• LauraDavid Raksin (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist)
• Serenade in BlueHarry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist)
• Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (from "Song of the South")Ray Gilbert (lyricist); Allie Wrubel (composer)
• Taking a Chance on LoveVernon Duke (composer); John LaTouche (lyricist); Ted Fetter (lyricist)
• I Fall in Love Too EasilyJule Styne (composer); Sammy Cahn (lyricist)
• Mam'selleMack Gordon (lyricist); Edmund Goulding (composer)
• That Lucky Old SunBeasley Smith (composer); Haven Gillespie (composer)
• Chattanooga Choo ChooHarry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist)
• Elmer's TuneSammy Gallop (composer); Dick Jurgens (composer); Elmer Albrecht (composer)
• I'm Always Chasing RainbowsJoseph McCarthy (lyricist); Harry Carroll (composer)
• On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa FeHarry Warren (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist)
• The Trolley Song (from "Meet Me in St. Louis")Ralph Blane (composer); Hugh Martin (lyricist)
• How About You?Burton Lane (composer); Ralph Freed (lyricist)
• At LastHarry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist)
• Take the "A" TrainBilly Strayhorn (composer)
• Blueberry HillAl Lewis (composer); Vincent Rose (composer); Larry Stock (composer)
• How Are Things in Glocca Morra (from "Finian's Rainbow")Burton Lane (composer); E. Y. Harburg (lyricist)
• Do You Know What It Means to Miss New OrleansLouis Alter (composer); Edgar Eddie DeLange (lyricist)
• Red Roses for a Blue LadySid Tepper (composer); Roy C. Bennett (composer)
• I Don't Want to Set the World on FireEddie Durham (composer); Bennie Benjamin (composer); Sol Marcus (composer); Edward Seiler (composer)
• Oh! What It Seemed to BeGeorge David Weiss (composer); Bennie Benjamin (composer); Frankie Carle (composer)
• Only ForeverJohnny Burke (lyricist); James Monaco (composer)
• The Anniversary WaltzDave Franklin (composer); Al Dubin (composer)
• Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (from "Pal Joey")Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
• How High the MoonNancy Hamilton (lyricist); Morgan Lewis (composer)
• A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (from "Cinderella")Jerry Livingston (composer); Mack David (composer); Al Hoffman (composer)
• Swinging on a StarJohnny Burke (lyricist); Jimmy Van Heusen (composer)
• I'm Beginning to See the LightDon R. George (composer); Duke Ellington (composer); Johnny Hodges (composer); Harry James (composer)
• The Old LamplighterCharles Tobias (lyricist); Nat Simon (composer)
• As Time Goes By (from "Casablanca")Herman Hupfeld (composer)
• Don't Fence Me In (from "Hollywood Canteen")Cole Porter (composer)
• I'm in LoveJule Styne (composer); Sammy Cahn (lyricist)
• La Vie En Rose (Take Me to Your Heart Again)Mack David (lyricist); Edith Piaf (lyricist); Luis Guglielmi (composer)
• Blues in the NightHarold Arlen (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist)
• Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)J. R. Shannon (composer)
• New York New York (from "On the Town")Leonard Bernstein (composer); Betty Comden (lyricist); Adolph Green (lyricist)
• It's MagicJule Styne (composer); Sammy Cahn (lyricist)
• BallerinaCarl Sigman (composer); Bob Russell (lyricist)
• Enjoy YourselfCarl Sigman (lyricist); Herb Magidson (composer)
• Powder Your Face with SunshineCarmen Lombardo (composer); Stanley Rochinski (composer)
• ImaginationJohnny Burke (lyricist); Jimmy Van Heusen (composer)
• Speak LowKurt Weill (composer); Ogden Nash (lyricist)
• I'll Walk AloneJule Styne (composer); Sammy Cahn (composer)
• I've Heard That Song BeforeJule Styne (composer); Sammy Cahn (lyricist)
• Straighten Up and Fly RightNat King Cole (composer); Irving Mills (composer)
• You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (from "Something to Shout About")Cole Porter (composer)
• Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)Lew Brown (composer); Charles Tobias (composer); Sam Stept (composer)
• A Gal in CalicoLeo Robin (lyricist); Arthur Schwartz (composer)