Jazz Standards Origins, History, Chord Progressions, and CD Recommendations

Songs and Instrumentals

Preserving jazz history by documenting the origins of the standards

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861	1927	Wild Man Blues
182	1928	Basin Street Blues	C		J	R		A	O
612	1928	Cherry
407	1928	Coquette
260	1928	Crazy Rhythm			J	R
953	1928	The Creole Love Call				R
162	1928	I Can't Give You Anything but Love	C		J	R		A
564	1928	I Must Have That Man		M
531	1928	I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)				R
65	1928	If I Had You	C		J	R	S	A	O
797	1928	Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)				R
574	1928	Lonesome Road				R
206	1928	Love Me or Leave Me			J	R
69	1928	Lover Come Back to Me	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
110	1928	Mack the Knife	C		J	R		A
202	1928	Makin' Whoopee			J	R
838	1928	Marie				R
845	1928	My Monday Date
617	1928	Nagasaki				R
519	1928	The Peanut Vendor				R
192	1928	She's Funny That Way	C		J	R		A
132	1928	Softly As in a Morning Sunrise	C		J	R		A
664	1928	Sonny Boy				R
239	1928	St. James Infirmary			J	R
556	1928	Struttin' with Some Barbecue				R
37	1928	Sweet Lorraine	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
193	1928	Sweet Sue, Just You	C		J	R		A
956	1928	Sweethearts on Parade
749	1928	Together
648	1928	West End Blues				R
225	1928	When You're Smiling			J
310	1928	You Took Advantage of Me				R
32	1929	Ain't Misbehavin'	C		J	R	S	A	O
486	1929	Am I Blue				R
432	1929	Black and Blue				R
744	1929	Blue Turning Grey Over You
632	1929	Can't We Be Friends				R
836	1929	Deep Night
150	1929	Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You	C		J	R		A
169	1929	Get Happy	C		J	R		A
745	1929	Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)
15	1929	Honeysuckle Rose	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
582	1929	How Am I to Know?
559	1929	How Long, How Long Blues
753	1929	I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan				R
626	1929	I May Be Wrong				R
702	1929	I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling				R
90	1929	Just You, Just Me	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
189	1929	Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)	C		J	R		A
408	1929	Louise				R