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It's Been a Long, Long Time (1945)

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Origin and Chart Information
Rank 962
Music Jule Styne
Lyrics Sammy Cahn

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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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Reading and Research
Additional information for "It's Been a Long, Long Time" may be found in:

George T. Simon
Big Bands Songbook
Barnes & Noble
Paperback


(4 pages including the following types of information: anecdotal, performers and sheet music.)

David Ewen
American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary
H. W. Wilson
Hardcover: 489 pages


(1 paragraph 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: film productions, history, performers and style discussion.)
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Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne

Year Rank Title
1947 131 “Time After Time”
1944 300 “I Fall in Love Too Easily”
1948 372 “It's You or No One”
1945 554 “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”
1948 689 “It's Magic”
1944 735 “I'll Walk Alone”
1946 785 “The Things We Did Last Summer”
1945 962 “It's Been a Long, Long Time”

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