Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Memphis Blues)

Memphis Blues (1912)

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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 "Memphis Blues" may be found in:


David Ewen Great Men of American Popular Song Prentice-Hall; Rev. and enl. ed edition Unknown Binding: 404 pages (2 paragraphs including the following types of information: history.)


David Ewen American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary H. W. Wilson Hardcover: 489 pages (2 paragraphs including the following types of information: history and performers.)


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


W. C. Handy, Arna Bontemps Father of the Blues: An Autobiography Da Capo Press; Reprint edition Paperback: 317 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: music analysis. (Page 120). 2 pages including the following types of information: history. (Pages 114-116). 7 pages including the following types of information: history. (Pages 106-112). Includes the following types of information: sheet music. (Pages 103-105). 9 pages including the following types of information: history. (Pages 93-101).)


David Ewen All the Years of American Popular Music Prentice Hall Trade Hardcover: 850 pages (2 paragraphs including the following types of information: history.)

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