Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (My Shining Hour)

My Shining Hour (1943)

Origin and Chart Information

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on Songs for the full list).

The top 100 are fully documented:

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella By Starlight”

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Written by the Same Composer or Team...

This section shows the jazz standards written by the same writing team. Click on a name to see all of a writer's jazz standards.

Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1946	51	“Come Rain or Come Shine”
1942	180	“That Old Black Magic”
1941	207	“Blues in the Night”
1943	307	“My Shining Hour”
1941	416	“This Time the Dream’s on Me”
1944	434	“Out of This World”
1943	739	“One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)”

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2 pages including the following types of information: music analysis.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary and performers.

6 paragraphs including the following types of information: history and performers.

2 paragraphs including the following types of information: anecdotal and lyric analysis.

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