Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Rockin' Chair)

Rockin' Chair (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.

Hoagy Carmichael
Year	Rank	Title
1929	437	“Rockin’ Chair”
1939	661	“I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)”
1932	867	“New Orleans”

Sidney Arodin and Hoagy Carmichael
Year	Rank	Title
1931	682	“Lazy River”

Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
Year	Rank	Title
1930	44	“Georgia on My Mind”

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

Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1941	62	“Skylark”

Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish
Year	Rank	Title
1929	12	“Star Dust”

Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington
Year	Rank	Title
1937	64	“The Nearness of You”

Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish and Dick Voynow
Year	Rank	Title
1939	985	“Riverboat Shuffle”

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