Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Strike Up the Band)

Strike Up the Band (1929)

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.

George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Year	Rank	Title
1924	18	“The Man I Love”
1924	22	“Oh, Lady Be Good!”
1930	24	“Embraceable You”
1930	54	“But Not for Me”
1938	57	“Love Is Here to Stay”
1930	73	“I Got Rhythm”
1926	77	“Someone to Watch Over Me”
1937	86	“They Can’t Take That Away from Me”
1937	88	“A Foggy Day”
1927	98	“’S Wonderful!”
1937	158	“Nice Work If You Can Get It”
1937	201	“Love Walked In”
1927	213	“How Long Has This Been Going On?”
1929	320	“Strike Up the Band”
1924	329	“Fascinating Rhythm”
1929	381	“Soon”
1931	419	“Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)”
1935	420	“It Ain’t Necessarily So”
1930	487	“I’ve Got a Crush on You”
1936	766	“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
1936	927	“They All Laughed”
1926	983	“Maybe”

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward
Year	Rank	Title
1935	270	“I Loves You Porgy”
1935	539	“Bess, You Is My Woman Now”

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
Year	Rank	Title
1929	189	“Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)”

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