Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Swinging the Blues)

Swinging the Blues (1938)

Origin and Chart Information

Rank	520

Written by	William "Count" Basie Eddie Durham

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.

William “Count” Basie and Eddie Durham
Year	Rank	Title
1938	520	“Swinging the Blues”
1938	931	“Every Tub”

William “Count” Basie, Eddie Durham and James Andrew Rushing
Year	Rank	Title
1938	816	“Sent for You Yesterday”