American Popular Song
Smithsonian
Collection of Recordings
SIDE 1
Sophie Tucker
Some of These Days (Brooks)
Bessie Smith
Alexander's Ragtime
Band (Berlin)*1
Billy Murray
I Love a Piano (Berlin)*2
Grace Kerns and Reed
Miller
They Didn't Believe
Me (Kern-Rourke)*1
Al Jolson
April Showers (Silvers-DeSylva)*1
Marion Harris
After You've Gone (Layton-Creamer)*2
Marion Harris
I Ain't Got Nobody (Williams-Graham-Peyton)*1
Marion Harris
The Man I Love (Gershwin-Gershwin)*2
SIDE
2
Fred and Adele Astaire
Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin-Gershwin)*1
Ethel Waters
Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard-Casey)*1
Ethel Waters
I Can't Give You
Anything but Love (McHugh-Fields)*1
Gene Austin
Melancholy (My
Melancholy Baby) (Burnett-Norton)*2
Helen Morgan
Why Was I Born? (Kern-Hammerstein)*2
Fred Astaire
Puttin' On the Ritz (Berlin)*1
Bing Crosby
If I Had You (Shapiro-Campbell-Connelly)*1
Bing Crosby
Out of Nowhere (Green-Heyman)*4
SIDE 3
Bing Crosby
I'm Through with Love
(Malneck-Livingston-Kahn)*2
Bing Crosby
Brother, Can You Spare
a Dime? (Gorney-Harburg)*1
Russ Columbo
Street of Dreams (Young-Lewis)*2
Mildred Bailey
Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael-Gorrell)*2
Irene Taylor
Willow, Weep for Me (Ronell)*2
Benny Goodman Orchestra
with Jack Teagarden
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Arlen-Koehler)*1
Fred Astaire
Night and Day (Porter)*2
Fred Astaire
Isn't This a Lovely
Day? (Berlin)*1
SIDE 4
Fred Astaire
Cheek to Cheek (Berlin)*1
Fred Astaire
A Fine Romance (Kern-Fields)*1
Fred Astaire
They Can't Take That
Away from Me (Gershwin-Gershwin)*1
Frances Langford
I Feel a Song Comin'
On (McHugh-Fields)*1
Louis Armstrong
Jeepers Creepers (Warren-Mercer)*4
Billie Holiday
You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie)*1
Billie Holiday
More Than You Know (Youmans-Rose-Eliscu)*1
Helen Forrest
Day In, Day Out (Bloom-Mercer)*2
SIDE 5
Benny Goodman Orchestra
with Helen Forrest
Taking a Chance on Love (Duke-Latouche-Fetter)*1
Helen Forrest
Skylark (Carmichael-Mercer)*1
Martha Raye
Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton)*1
Judy Garland
Zing! Went the Strings
of My Heart (Hanley)*4
Connie Boswell
The Nearness of You (Carmichael-Washington)*4
Shirley Ross
It Never Entered My
Mind (Rodgers-Hart)*4
Ivie Anderson
I Got It Bad (And That
Ain't Good) (Ellington-Webster)
Lena Horne
Stormy Weather (Arlen-Koehler)*2
SIDE 6
Lena Home
As Long As I Live (Arlen-Koehler)*2
Nat "King" Cole
Sweet Lorraine (Burwell-Parish)*5
Nat "King" Cole
Embraceable You (Gershwin-Gershwin)*5
Judy Garland
But Not for Me (Gershwin-Gershwin)*4
Judy Garland
The Boy Next Door (Martin-Blane)*4
Dinah Shore
Something to Remember
You By (Schwartz-Dietz)*2
Jo Stafford
Alone Together (Schwartz-Dietz)*5
Benny Goodman Quintet
with Peggy Mann
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(Porter)*1
SIDE 7
Frank Sinatra
I Only Have Eyes for
You (Warren-Dubin)*1
Billy Eckstine
A Cottage for Sale (Conley-Robison)*6
Dick Haymes
You Are Too Beautiful
(Rodgers-Hart)*4
Perry Como
They Say It's
Wonderful (Berlin)*2
Buddy Clark
I'll Get By (Ahlert-Turk)*1
Margaret Whiting
Little Girl Blue (Rodgers-Hart)*5
Gene Kelly
Our Love Is Here to
Stay (Gershwin-Gershwin)*7
Fred Astaire
By Myself (Schwartz-Dietz)*8
SIDE 8
Judy Garland
Get Happy (Arlen-Koehler)*7
Judy Garland
The Man That Got Away (Arlen-Gershwin)*1
Mabel Mercer
Hello, Young Lovers (Rodgers-Hammerstein)*1
Jeri Southern
Dancing on the
Ceiling (Rodgers-Hart)*4
Peggy Lee
Easy Living (Rainger-Robin)*4
Rosemary Clooney
Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Parish-Mills)*1
Nat "King" Cole
There Will Never Be
Another You (Warren-Gordon)*5
Nat "King" Cole
Star Dust (Carmichael-Parish)*5
SIDE 9
Sarah Vaughan
'S Wonderful (Gershwin-Gershwin)*8
Sarah Vaughan
Autumn in New York (Duke)*8
Ella Fitzgerald
What Is This Thing
Called Love? (Rodgers-Hart)*8
Ella Fitzgerald
This Can't Be Love (Rodgers-Hart)*8
Ella Fitzgerald
How Long Has This
Been Going On? (Gershwin-Gershwin)*8
Ella Fitzgerald
Blues in the Night (Arlen-Mercer)*8
SIDE 10
Carmen McRae
Speak Low (Weill-Nash)*4
Carmen McRae
Isn't It Romantic? (Rodgers-Hart)*4
Carmen McRae
Baltimore Oriole (Carmichael-Webster)*4
Frank Sinatra
I've Got You under My
Skin (Porter)*5
Frank Sinatra
I Guess I'll Have to
Change My Plan (Schwartz-Dietz)*5
Johnny Mathis
What'll I Do? (Berlin)*1
Joe Williams
I'm Beginning to See
the Light (Ellington-Hodges-James-George)*8
Joe Williams
Come Rain or Come
Shine (Arlen-Mercer)*8
SIDE 11
Fred Astaire
Something's Gotta
Give (Mercer)*4
Mel Torme
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin-Gershwin)*10
Mel Torme
* When the Sun Comes Out (Arlen-Koehler)*10
Mel Torme
One Morning in May (Carmichael-Parish)*11
Kay Starr
You're Driving Me
Crazy (Donaldson)*2
Lena Horne
Just One of Those
Things (Porter)*2
Teddi King
You Don't Know What Love Is (DePaul-Raye)*2
Teddi King
My Future Just Passed (Whiting-Marion)*2
SIDE 12
Elaine Stritch
Easy Street(Jones)*12
Mabel Mercer
My Shining Hour (Arlen-Mercer)*1
Barbara Cook
Glad to Be Unhappy (Rodgers-Hart)*13
Portia Nelson
While We're Young (Wilder-Engvick-Palitz)*14
Bobby Short
Nobody Else but Me (Kern-Hammerstein)*9
Eileen Farrell
Supper Time (Berlin)*1
Gordon MacRae
All the Things You Are (Kern-Hammerstein)*5
Frank Sinatra
Here's That Rainy Day (Van Heusen-Burke)*5
SIDE 13
Tony Bennett
Last Night When We Were Young (Arlen-Harburg)*1
Tony Bennett
A Sleepin' Bee (Arlen-Capote)*1
Tony Bennett
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart)*1
Tony Bennett
I'll Be Around (Wilder)*1
Tony Bennett
Sometimes I'm Happy (Youmans-Caesar)*1
Aretha Franklin
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive (Arlen-Mercer)*1
Eileen Rodgers
I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter)*1
Peggy Lee
As Time Goes By (Hupfield)*5
SIDE 14
Nat "King" Cole
Lush Life (Strayhorn)*5
Leslie Uggams
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year (Loesser)*1
Ella Fitzgerald
I'm Old Fashioned (Kern-Mercer)*8
Sarah Vaughan
Lazy Afternoon (Moross-Latouche)*15
Barbra Streisand
Quiet Night (Rodgers-Hart)*1
Frank Sinatra
September Song (Weill-Anderson)*1
Marilyn Maye
Too Late Now (Lane-Lerner)*2
Barbara Cook
Some Other Time (Bernstein-Comden-Green)*16
