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Say It Isn't So (1932)

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Rank 639
Words and Music Irving Berlin

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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 "Say It Isn't So" may be found in:

Allen Forte
The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950: A Study in Musical Design
Princeton University Press
Hardcover: 336 pages


(5 pages including the following types of information: anecdotal and music analysis.)

Thomas S. Hischak
The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press
Hardcover: 552 pages


(1 paragraph including the following types of information: 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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Irving Berlin

Year Rank Title
1932 49 “How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?)”
1927 129 “Blue Skies”
1935 187 “Cheek to Cheek”
1925 302 “Always”
1946 345 “They Say It's Wonderful”
1925 362 “Remember”
1940 404 “White Christmas”
1927 469 “Russian Lullaby”
1911 578 “Alexander's Ragtime Band”
1927 598 “The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)”
1935 616 “Let's Face the Music and Dance”
1932 639 “Say It Isn't So”
1933 662 “Easter Parade”
1924 751 “What'll I Do”
1950 789 “The Best Thing for You”
1928 838 “Marie”
1936 884 “I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket”
1937 904 “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”
1937 912 “This Year's Kisses”
1924 918 “All Alone”
1937 926 “Change Partners”
1933 959 “Heat Wave”
1938 970 “Now It Can Be Told”
1921 986 “All By Myself”

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