The Swing Era: The Music of 1940-1941

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl
2▶12" Vinyl
3▼12" Vinyl
#TitleArtistRatingLength
E1Swanee River
Tommy Dorsey3:03
E2Music Makers
recording of:
Music Makers
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James3:18
E3Let's Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:37
E4Pompton Turnpike
recording of:
Pompton Turnpike
writer:
Will Osborne and Dick Rogers (singer, comedian, songwriter & pianist)
Charlie Barnet3:13
E5720 in the Books
Jan Savitt3:03
F1Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington3:03
F2Snowfall
Claude Thornhill3:16
F3Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller3:32
F4Anvil Chorus, Part I
Glenn Miller2:17
F5Anvil Chorus, Part II
Glenn Miller2:35