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
854	1961	Walk on By
341	1949	Walkin'
577	1930	Walkin' My Baby Back Home				R
512	1964	Waltz for Debbie				R
512	1964	Waltz for Debby				R
546	1943	Warm Valley				R
400	1964	Watch What Happens
609	1963	Watermelon Man				R
216	1967	Wave			J
368	1922	Way Down Yonder in New Orleans				R
27	1936	The Way You Look Tonight	C		J	R	S	A	O
241	1945	We'll Be Together Again			J	R
613	1915	Weary Blues
700	1949	Wee
340	1955	Wee Small Hours				R
313	1944	Well You Needn't				R
768	1960	West Coast Blues
648	1928	West End Blues				R
980	1939	Wham
373	1957	What Am I Here For
974	1947	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?				R
717	1969	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life				R
560	1926	What Can I Say AFter I Say I m Sorry				R
560	1926	What Can I Say Dear AFter I Say I m Sorry				R
232	1933	What Is There to Say			J	R
8	1930	What Is This Thing Called Love?	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
993	1962	What Kind of Fool Am I?				R
819	1937	What Will I Tell My Heart
367	1934	What a Difference a Day Made				R
534	1934	(Ooh) What a Little Moonlight Can Do
534	1934	What a Little Moonlight Can Do
945	1967	What a Wonderful World
751	1924	What'll I Do				R
14	1939	What's New?	C		J	R	S	A	O
973	1924	When Day Is Done				R
137	1952	When I Fall in Love	C		J	R		A
331	1931	When It's Sleepy Time Down South				R
349	1936	When Lights Are Low		M
517	1956	When Sunny Gets Blue
580	1931	When We're Alone				R
348	1940	When You Wish Upon a Star				R
225	1928	When You're Smiling			J
99	1933	When Your Heart's on Fire Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	C	M	J	R	S	A	O
217	1931	When Your Lover Has Gone			J	R
675	1938	When a Man Loves a Woman
675	1938	When a Woman Loves a Man
282	1896	When the Saints Go Marching In			J
485	1941	When the Sun Comes Out				R
353	1936	Where Are You				R