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Strike Up the Band (1929)

Origin and Chart Information
Rank320
Music

George Gershwin

LyricsIra Gershwin

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

 The top 100 are fully documented:
 

YearRankTitle
19301“Body and Soul”
19392“All the Things You Are”
19353“Summertime”
19444“'Round Midnight”
19355“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
19376“My Funny Valentine”
19427“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
19308“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
19339“Yesterdays”
194610“Stella By Starlight”

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Written by the Same Composer or Team...
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George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

YearRankTitle
192418“The Man I Love”
192422“Oh, Lady Be Good!”
193024“Embraceable You”
193054“But Not for Me”
193857“Love Is Here to Stay”
193073“I Got Rhythm”
192677“Someone to Watch Over Me”
193786“They Can’t Take That Away from Me”
193788“A Foggy Day”
192798“’S Wonderful!”
1937158“Nice Work If You Can Get It”
1937201“Love Walked In”
1927213“How Long Has This Been Going On?”
1929320“Strike Up the Band”
1924329“Fascinating Rhythm”
1929381“Soon”
1931419“Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)”
1935420“It Ain’t Necessarily So”
1930487“I’ve Got a Crush on You”
1936766“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
1936927“They All Laughed”
1926983“Maybe”

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward

YearRankTitle
1935270“I Loves You Porgy”
1935539“Bess, You Is My Woman Now”

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn

YearRankTitle
1929189“Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)”
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