Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (If I Were a Bell)

If I Were a Bell (1950)

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

The top 300 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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This section shows the jazz standards written by the same writing team.

Frank Loesser
Year	Rank	Title
1950	466	“If I Were a Bell”
1948	630	“On a Slow Boat to China”
1948	898	“Baby, It's Cold Outside”
1961	963	“I Believe in You”
1947	974	“What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?”

Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser
Year	Rank	Title
1938	815	“Heart and Soul”
1938	817	“Two Sleepy People”

Burton Lane and Frank Loesser
Year	Rank	Title
1940	414	“I Hear Music”
1939	665	“The Lady's in Love with You”

Paul Harris and Frank Loesser
Year	Rank	Title
1950	465	“I've Never Been in Love Before”

Additional information for "If I Were a Bell" may be found in:


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.