Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (The Best Things in Life Are Free)

The Best Things in Life Are Free (1927)

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.

Lew Brown, B G DeSylva and Ray Henderson
Year	Rank	Title
1926	501	“Birth of the Blues”
1928	749	“Together”
1927	818	“The Best Things in Life Are Free”
1926	937	“It All Depends on You”

Lew Brown, B G DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Al Jolson
Year	Rank	Title
1928	664	“Sonny Boy”

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