Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Can't We Be Friends)

Can't We Be Friends (1929)

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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 "Can't We Be Friends" 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.)


Joan Peyser The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin Watson-Guptill Publications; Reprint edition Paperback: 319 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: anecdotal.)


Thomas S. Hischak The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia Greenwood Press Hardcover: 568 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary.)


Max Morath The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards Perigee Books Paperback: 235 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: history and performers.)

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