Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Just a Closer Walk with Thee)

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Origin and Chart Information

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”

Click on Songs for the full list.

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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.

Traditional
Year	Rank	Title
n/a	397	“Dark Eyes”
n/a	403	“Greensleeves”
n/a	430	“Dear Old Stockholm”
n/a	478	“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
n/a	492	“Swanee River”
n/a	514	“Frankie and Johnny”
n/a	538	“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”
n/a	649	“Danny Boy”
n/a	651	“Deep River”
n/a	729	“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
n/a	731	“Amazing Grace”
n/a	781	“Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
n/a	958	“Auld Lang Syne”

Henry Thacker Burleigh and Traditional
Year	Rank	Title
1918	505	“Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child”

Joe Primrose and Traditional
Year	Rank	Title
1928	239	“St. James Infirmary”