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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908	1942	Wait Till You See Her				R
188	1942	You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To	C		J	R		A
395	1942	You've Changed				R
151	1943	Come Sunday	C		J	R		A
93	1943	Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me	C		J	R	S	A	O
807	1943	Harlem Nocturne
805	1943	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?				R
307	1943	My Shining Hour				R
739	1943	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)				R
948	1943	Opus One
806	1943	People Will Say We're in Love				R
468	1943	See See Rider				R
120	1943	Speak Low	C		J	R		A
87	1943	Star Eyes	C		J	R	S	A	O
399	1943	The Surrey with the Fringe on Top				R
615	1943	Tico Tico (Tico No Fuba)				R
425	1943	Travelin' Light				R
546	1943	Warm Valley				R
173	1943	Woody 'N' You	C		J	R		A
877	1943	You'll Never Know				R
433	1944	52nd Street Theme
440	1944	Be-Bop
548	1944	Blue 'N' Boogie
881	1944	Dizzy Atmosphere
452	1944	Don't You Know I Care?
220	1944	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	C		J	R		A
398	1944	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
277	1944	Good Bait			J
186	1944	Groovin' High	C		J			A
457	1944	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas				R
888	1944	I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues				R
500	1944	I Didn't Know About You				R
300	1944	I Fall in Love Too Easily			J	R
119	1944	I Love You	C		J	R		A
47	1944	I Should Care	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
735	1944	I'll Walk Alone				R
229	1944	I'm Beginning to See the Light			J	R
60	1944	It Could Happen to You	C		J	R	S	A	O
834	1944	Johnny Come Lately
147	1944	Like Someone in Love	C		J	R		A
299	1944	Long Ago (and Far Away)			J	R
141	1944	Moonlight in Vermont	C	M	J	R		A
622	1944	Nancy (with the Laughing Face)
445	1944	The Night We Called It a Day
659	1944	No More
434	1944	Out of This World				R
411	1944	Passion Flower
4	1944	'Round Midnight	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
792	1944	Sentimental Journey				R
829	1944	Star Crossed Lovers