Today we listen to a selection of jazz and popular tunes written by the great songwriters during the first half of the twentieth century. We hear the lovely melodies from the pens of the composers and the delightful words from the lyricists of the time. Our recordings are taken from the 1940s to the 1960s, and feature some of the excellent singers who brought these songs to audiences then, and whose work is still with us today. Enjoy this beautiful music!!
Artist Year Song Time
- Helen Forrest 1949 Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody 3:04
- Sammy Davis Jnr 1955 Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 4:43
- Anita O’Day 1960 Why Shouldn’t I 3:09
- Vic Damone 1961 In The Blue Of Evening 4:23
- Doris Day 1957 You Do Something to Me 2:48
- Frank Sinatra 1959 Just Friends 3:41
- Billie Holiday 1949 You’re My Thrill 3:25
- Margaret Whiting 1950 He’s Funny That Way 3:10
- Nat King Cole Trio 1945 I Tho’t You Ought to Know 2:54
- Ella Fitzgerald 1959 For You, For Me, For Evermore 3:26
- Buddy Clark 1947 If I Had My Life To Live Over 3:22
- Lena Horne 1946 Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man 3:03
- Bobby Darin 1962 All By Myself 3:07