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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580	1931	Penthouse Serenade				R
670	1931	Prisoner of Love				R
142	1931	Sweet and Lovely	C		J	R		A
760	1931	The Thrill Is Gone
331	1931	When It's Sleepy Time Down South				R
217	1931	When Your Lover Has Gone			J	R
419	1931	Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)				R
190	1931	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	C		J	R		A
568	1931	(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You
393	1931	You're My Everything				R
89	1932	Alone Together	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
750	1932	(I Would Do) Anything for You
130	1932	April in Paris	C	M	J	R		A
38	1932	Don't Blame Me	C		J	R	S	A	O
66	1932	(I Don't Stand A) Ghost of a Chance	C		J	R	S	A	O
49	1932	How Deep Is the Ocean?	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
528	1932	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues				R
210	1932	I'll Never Be the Same			J
184	1932	I've Got the World on a String	C		J	R		A
337	1932	Isn't It Romantic				R
84	1932	It Don't Mean a Thing	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
378	1932	Keepin' Out of Mischief Now				R
118	1932	Lover	C		J	R		A
251	1932	Lullaby of the Leaves			J	R
746	1932	My Silent Love				R
867	1932	New Orleans
33	1932	Night and Day	C		J	R	S	A	O
639	1932	Say It Isn't So				R
159	1932	The Song Is You	C		J	R		A
376	1932	Street of Dreams				R
663	1932	Try a Little Tenderness				R
13	1932	Willow Weep for Me	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
449	1932	You Are Too Beautiful				R
375	1932	You Can Depend on Me				R
640	1932	You're Blase				R
770	1932	You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me				R
516	1933	Carioca				R
298	1933	Close Your Eyes			J	R
566	1933	Drop Me off in Harlem
662	1933	Easter Parade				R
579	1933	Everything I Have Is Yours				R
959	1933	Heat Wave				R
50	1933	I Cover the Waterfront	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
176	1933	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	C		J	R		A
154	1933	It's Only a Paper Moon	C		J	R		A
255	1933	It's the Talk of the Town			J	R
480	1933	Let's Fall in Love				R
776	1933	Moon Song (That Wasn't Meant for Me)				R
641	1933	On the Trail
203	1933	Rosetta			J	R