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Rockin' Chair (1929)

Origin and Chart Information
Rank437
Written by

Hoagy Carmichael

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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Hoagy Carmichael

YearRankTitle
1929437“Rockin’ Chair”
1939661“I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)”
1932867“New Orleans”

Sidney Arodin and Hoagy Carmichael

YearRankTitle
1931682“Lazy River”

Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell

YearRankTitle
193044“Georgia on My Mind”

Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser

YearRankTitle
1938815“Heart and Soul”
1938817“Two Sleepy People”

Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer

YearRankTitle
194162“Skylark”

Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish

YearRankTitle
192912“Star Dust”

Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington

YearRankTitle
193764“The Nearness of You”

Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish and Dick Voynow

YearRankTitle
1939985“Riverboat Shuffle”
Reading and Research

Additional information on “Rockin' Chair” may be found in:


3 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history, performers and style discussion.

1 page including the following types of information: history and lyric analysis.

Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.

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