Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues)

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (1932)

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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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Additional information for "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" may be found in:


Alec Wilder American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 Oxford University Press; Reprint edition Hardcover: 576 pages (1 page including the following types of information: 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.)


Thomas S. Hischak The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia Greenwood Press Hardcover: 552 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: film productions, history, performers and style discussion.)


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

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

Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler
Year	Rank	Title
1933	106	“Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)”
1931	157	“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”
1929	169	“Get Happy”
1932	184	“I've Got the World on a String”
1934	234	“Ill Wind”
1934	365	“As Long As I Live”
1933	480	“Let's Fall in Love”
1941	485	“When the Sun Comes Out”
1932	528	“I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues”