Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (The Mooche)

The Mooche (1929)

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”

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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.

Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Year	Rank	Title
1932	84	“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”
1937	629	“Azure”
1929	714	“The Mooche”
1930	932	“Ring Dem Bells”

Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Year	Rank	Title
1931	161	“Mood Indigo”

Harry Carney, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Year	Rank	Title
1930	369	“Rockin’ in Rhythm”

Eddie De Lange, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Year	Rank	Title
1934	136	“Solitude”

Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon and Irving Mills
Year	Rank	Title
1938	46	“Prelude to a Kiss”

Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
Year	Rank	Title
1935	19	“In a Sentimental Mood”

Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
Year	Rank	Title
1933	31	“Sophisticated Lady”

Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Juan Tizol
Year	Rank	Title
1936	17	“Caravan”

Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo and John Redmond
Year	Rank	Title
1938	152	“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart”

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