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They Say It's Wonderful (1946)

Origin and Chart Information
AKAThey Say That Falling in Love Is Wonderful
Rank 345
Words and Music Irving Berlin

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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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Irving Berlin

Year Rank Title
1932 49 “How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?)”
1927 129 “Blue Skies”
1935 187 “Cheek to Cheek”
1925 302 “Always”
1946 345 “They Say It's Wonderful”
1925 362 “Remember”
1940 404 “White Christmas”
1927 469 “Russian Lullaby”
1911 578 “Alexander's Ragtime Band”
1927 598 “The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)”
1935 616 “Let's Face the Music and Dance”
1932 639 “Say It Isn't So”
1933 662 “Easter Parade”
1924 751 “What'll I Do”
1950 789 “The Best Thing for You”
1928 838 “Marie”
1936 884 “I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket”
1937 904 “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”
1937 912 “This Year's Kisses”
1924 918 “All Alone”
1937 926 “Change Partners”
1933 959 “Heat Wave”
1938 970 “Now It Can Be Told”
1921 986 “All By Myself”

Reading and Research
Additional information for "They Say It's Wonderful" may be found in:

Alec Wilder
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
Oxford University Press; Reprint edition
Hardcover: 576 pages
3 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.

Allen Forte
The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950: A Study in Musical Design
Princeton University Press
Hardcover: 336 pages
5 pages including the following types of information: history and music analysis.

Thomas S. Hischak
The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press
Hardcover: 568 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary.

Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball
Reading Lyrics
Pantheon
Hardcover: 736 pages
Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.

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