Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Something to Live For)

Something to Live For (1939)

Origin and Chart Information

Rank	439

Words and Music	Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn

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.

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Year	Rank	Title
1939	439	“Something to Live For”
1950	567	“Love You Madly”
1964	718	“Isfahan”
1944	829	“Star Crossed Lovers”

Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines and Billy Strayhorn
Year	Rank	Title
1945	461	“Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’”

Duke Ellington, John Latouche and Billy Strayhorn
Year	Rank	Title
1941	237	“Day Dream”

Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Billy Strayhorn
Year	Rank	Title
1953	45	“Satin Doll”

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