Twenties to the Forties
We have one of the largest DJ collections of music from the twenties through the forties in Northwest Ohio. We feature lots of great Big Band music - the original songs by the original artists! Also check out our fifties music as the early fifties featured a lot of great Big Band and Swing as well. Taking a cruise through the decades? Click on over to any of our play lists for more great music.
A Tisket A Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald
'A' You're Adorable - Perry Como f Fontane Sisters
Ac Cent Tchu Ate The Positive - Bing Crosby
Ac Cent Tchu Ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer
Across the Alley from the Alamo - Mills Brothers
Again - Doris Day
Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby
Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Bunny Berigan
All of Me - Paul Whiteman
All Or Nothing At All - Harry James
Along The Navajo Trail - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
American Patrol - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Amor - Xavier Cugat
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Annie Laurie - Billy May
Anniversary Song - Al Jolson
Artistry In Rhythm - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson
As Time Goes By - Rudy Vallee
Baby, Its Cold Outside - Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer
Back Bay Shuffle - Artie Shaw
Bali Ha'i - Perry Como
Ballerina - Buddy Clark
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
Be Careful It's My Heart - Bing Crosby
Beale Street Blues - Jack Teagarden
Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Andrews Sisters
Bell Bottom Trousers - Tony Pastor & His Orchestra
Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Big John's Special - Erskine Hawkins
Birmingham Breakdown - Chocolate Dandies
Black Coffee - Sarah Vaughan
Blue Champagne - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Blue Lou - Bunny Berigan
Blue Moon - Mel Torme
Blues In The Night - Dinah Shore
Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Bob White - Bing Crosby
Boogie Blues - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
Brazil - Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra
Bugle Call Rag - Benny Goodman
Bumble Boogie - Freddy Martin
Buttons And Bows - Dinah Shore
Buzz Me - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Caldonia - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Caldonia - Woody Herman
Candy - Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
Caravan - Duke Ellington
Caravan - Eddie Stone
Careless Hands - Mel Torme
Casa Loma Stomp - Glen Gray
Celery Stalks At Midnight - Will Bradley
Cement Mixer (Put ti Put ti) - Alvino Rey & His Orchestra
Charleston Alley - Charlie Barnet
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
Cherokee - Ray Noble
Cherry - Harry James & His Orchestra
Chi Baba Chi Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) - Perry Como
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Civilization (Bongo,Bongo,Bongo) - Danny Kaye & the Andrews Sisters
Come And Get It - Glen Gray
Come Rain or Come Shine - Frank Sinatra
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Margaret Whiting
Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer - Song Spinners
Continental - Leo Reisman
Cool Water - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington
Cow Cow Boogie - Freddie Slack & His Orchestra
Crazy Rhythm - Harry James
Crazy Rhythm - Fred Elizalde
Cross Patch - Louis Prima
Cruising Down The River - Blue Barron
Cruising Down The River - Frankie Carle
Cuanto La Gusta - Carmen Miranda & the Andrews Sisters
Daddy - Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
Dancing In The Dark - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Dear Hearts And Gentle People - Dinah Shore
Deep Blue Melody - Don Albert
Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Alvino Rey & His Orchestra
Dig You Later (A Hubba Hubba Hubba) - Perry Como
Dinah - Cab Calloway
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Dinah Shore
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman
Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) - Gordon Jenkins
Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Ink Spots
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Andrews Sisters
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Don't Sweetheart Me - Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra
Dream - Pied Pipers
Dreamer's Holiday - Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters
Dreamer's Holiday - Ray Anthony
Easter Parade - Judy Garland
Emperor Jones - Charlie Barnet
Everybody Loves My Baby - Red Nichols
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Feudin' and Fightin' - Dorothy Shay
Flying Home - Charlie Barnet
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
For Me And My Gal - Judy Garland & Gene Kelly
Forever And Ever - Russ Morgan
Four Winds and the Seven Seas - Sammy Kaye
Frenesi - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Gal in Calico - Tex Beneke f the Miller Orchestra
Galway Bay - Bing Crosby
Get Me On Your Mind - Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Nat King Cole
GI Jive - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Give Me Five Minutes More - Tex Beneke & the Miller Orchestra
Glen Island Special - Glenn Miller
God Bless America - Kate Smith
Good Man Is Hard To Find - Les Brown
Goody Goody - Benny Goodman
Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman
Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey
Guilty - Margaret Whiting
Gypsy - Ink Spots
Happy Days are Here Again - Ben Selvin
Happy Feet - Paul Whiteman
Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington
He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings - Kay Kyser
Heartaches - Ted Weems & His Orchestra
Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
His Rocking Horse Ran Away - Betty Hutton
Hot And Anxious - Baltimore Bell Hops
How Are Things In Glocca Morra - Dick Haymes
Huckle Buck - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Huggin' and Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael
I Can't Begin To Tell You - Bing Crosby
I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan
I Don't Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee
I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Harry James & His Orchestra
I Got Rhythm - Don Redman
I Got The Sun In The Morning - Les Brown & His Orchestra
I Had the Craziest Dream - Harry James & His Orchestra
I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Sammy Kaye
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Duke Ellington
I Love You - Bing Crosby
I Love You Because I Love You - Earl Hines
I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - King Cole Trio
I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Mills Brothers
I Never Knew - Sam Donohue & His Orchestra
I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now - Perry Como
I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder - Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
If I Loved You - Perry Como
I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
I'll Buy That Dream - Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) - Harry James & His Orchestra
I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore
I'm A Big Girl Now - Sammy Kaye
I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James
I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James
I'm in the Mood for Swing - Benny Carter
I'm Making Believe - Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald
I'm Old Fashioned - Fred Astaire
I'm Puttin' All My Eggs in One Basket - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
In the Blue of Evening - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
In The Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
It Could Happen To You - Jo Stafford
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
It Had To Be You - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
It Might As Well Be Spring - Frank Sinatra
It's A Good Day - Peggy Lee
It's All Over Now - Peggy Lee
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James
It's Easter Time - Perry Como
It's Love Love Love - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
It's Only A Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald & the Delta Rhythm Boys
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown
I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & His Orchestra
I've Heard that Song Before - Harry James
Java Five - Ink Spots
Jeepers Creepers - Al Donahue
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Jersey Bounce - Red Norvo
Jimtown Blues - Ben Pollack
Jingle Jangle Jingle - Kay Kyser
Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller
Jumpin' At The Woodside - Benny Goodman
Just An Old Manuscript - Glen Gray
King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman
Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside) - Dinah Shore
Laura - Woody Herman
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) - Sammy Kaye
Lazy River - Mills Brothers
Leap Frog - Les Brown
Let Me Off Uptown - Gene Krupa
Let's Dance - Benny Goodman
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Dorsey Brothers
Let's Get Lost - Vaughn Monroe
Lili Marlene - Perry Como
Linda - Buddy Clark
Linda - Ray Noble & His Orchestra
Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters
Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
Little On The Lonely Side - Frankie Carle
Long Ago (And Far Away) - Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes
Love Turns Winter Into Spring - June Christy
Lovely Weather for Ducks - Rosemary Clooney
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) - Billie Holiday
Lullaby of Broadway - Dorsey Brothers
MacNamara's Band - Bing Crosby
Mairzy Doats - Merry Macs
Mam'selle - Art Lund
Managua, Nicaragua - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Mañana - Peggy Lee
Margie - Billy May
Marie - Tommy Dorsey
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Fletcher Henderson
Maybe It's Because - Dick Haymes
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet - Ella Mae Morse
Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway
Miss You - Dinah Shore
Mission To Moscow - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby
Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Moonlight In Vermont - Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra
Moten Swing - Count Basie
Mr Ghost Goes To Town - Hudson de Lange
Mr Roberts Roost - Count Basie
Mule Train - Frankie Laine
Munson Street Breakdown - Lionel Hampton
Music Goes Around - Riley Farley Orchestra
Music Makers - Harry James
My Adobe Hacienda - Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
My Devotion - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - Les Brown
My Happiness - Pied Pipers
My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart) - Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orch
My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart) - Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra
Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
Near You - Francis Craig & His Orchestra
New San Antonio Rose - Bing Crosby
Night and Day - Frank Sinatra
Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Nightmare - Artie Shaw
Non Stop Flight - Artie Shaw
Oh! Lady Be Good - Artie Shaw
Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin' - Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin
Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
Old Lamp Lighter - Sammy Kaye
Old Man Blues - Sidney Becket
Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
Once in Love with Amy - Ray Bolger
One Dozen Roses - Harry James & His Orchestra
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
Open the Door, Richard - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Open the Door, Richard! - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Opus One - Tommy Dorsey
Organ Grinder's Swing - Joe Haynes
Otto Make That Riff Staccato - Duke Ellington
Our Love Affair - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Out of Nowhere - Bing Crosby
Panama - Luis Russel
Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton
Peg O My Heart - Harmonicats
Peg O' My Heart - Buddy Clark
Peg O' My Heart - Three Suns
Pennsylvania Polka - Andrews Sisters
People Will Say We're in Love - Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin
Personality - Johnny Mercer
Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers
Pistol Packin' Mama - Bing Crosby
Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smil - Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters
Prisoner Of Love - Perry Como
Put Another Chair At The Table - Mills Brothers
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any G - Dick Haymes
Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
Remember - Red Norvo
Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - Vaughn Monroe
Room Full Of Roses - Sammy Kaye
Royal Garden Blues - Ted Lewis
Rum and Coca Cola - Andrews Sisters
Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
San Fernando Valley - Bing Crosby
San Sue Strut - Casa Loma
Scatterbrain - Frankie Masters
Scrub Me, Mama, With A Boogie Beat - Will Bradley & His Orchestra
Seems Like Old Times - Vaughn Monroe
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown
Shoo Fly Pie (And Apple Pan Dowdy) - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Shoo Shoo Baby - Andrews Sisters
Shuffle Off to Buffalo - Hal Kemp
Shuffle Rhythm - Jan Savitt
Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing) - Benny Goodman
Sioux City Sue - Bing Crosby
Sleep - Woody Herman
Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James & His Orchestra
Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
Slow Freight - Benny Carter
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
So Tired - Russ Morgan
Soft Wings - Erskine Hawkinds
Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza
Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday
Some Other Spring - Tony Bennett
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Somebody Stole My Gal - Benny Goodman
Someday - Mills Brothers
Someday - Vaughn Monroe
Sophisticated Swing - Count Basie
South America, Take It Away - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
South Rampart Street Parade - Bob Crosby
Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
Spring, Spring, Spring - 7 Brides for 7 Brothers Cast
St Louis Blues - Artie Shaw
St Louis Blues March - Tex Beneke and His Orchestra
St Louis Wiggle Rhythm - Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Stardust - Nat King Cole
Stardust - Jack Jenney
Stealin' Apples - Fletcher Henderson
Stompin' At The Savoy - Chick Webb
Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming) - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Stormy Weather - Lena Horne
Straighten Up And Fly Right - King Cole Trio
String Of Pearls - Glenn Miller
Strip Polka - Johnny Mercer
Sugar Blues - Clyde McCoy
Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson
Sugar Is Back In Town - Ambrose
Sunday Kind of Love - Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
Sunday, Monday or Always - Bing Crosby
Sunflower - Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
Surrender - Perry Como
Sweet Georgia Brown - California Ramblers
Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby
Sweet Lorraine - Teddy Wilson
Swing is Here - Roy Eldridge
Swingin' on Nothin' - Tommy Dorsey
Swingin' Uptown - Jimmy Lunceford
Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
Symphony - Benny Goodman
Symphony - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
T'Aint What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford
Take The A Train - Duke Ellington
Take The A Train - Duke Ellington
Taking a Chance on Love - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Tampico - Stan Kenton
Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Temptation - Perry Como
That Lucky Old Son (Just Rolls Around Heaven All D - Frankie Laine
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All D - Frankie Laine
That Old Black Magic - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
That's My Desire - Frankie Laine
There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
There Goes That Song Again - Russ Morgan
There! I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe
There'll Be Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs Of Dov - Kay Kyser
There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - Elton Britt
They Say Its Wonderful - Perry Como
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Things Ain't the What They Used to Be - Duke Ellington
This Is The Army, Mr Jones - Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra
Three Little Words - Claude Hopkins
Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
Till The End Of Time - Perry Como
Time Waits For No One - Helen Forrest
To Each His Own - Eddy Howard
To Each His Own - Ink Spots
Together - Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes
Tonight We Love - Tony Martin
Too Ra Loo Ral - Bing Crosby
Trav'lin' Light - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
Trolley Song - Jo Stafford
Trolley Song - Judy Garland
Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Under a Blanket Of Blue - Casa Loma Orchestra
Uptown Rhapsody - Teddy Hill
Waitin' For The Train To Come In - Peggy Lee
Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Louis Armstrong
Well, Git It - Tommy Dorsey
What Is This Thing Called Love - Les Paul
When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestr
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano - Ink Spots
When You Were Sweet Sixteen - Perry Como
When You Wore A Tulip And I Wore A Big, Red Rose - Judy Garland & Gene Kelly
When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New - Jimmy Roselli
Whiffenpoof Song - Bing Crosby with Fred Waring & the Glee Club
Whispering Hope - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
White Cliffs Of Dover - Kate Smith
Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well - Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Who Walks In When I Walk Out - Ray Noble
Who Wouldn't Love You - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Whole World Is Singing My Song - Les Brown & His Orchestra
Why Don't Ya Do Right - Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman
Why Don't You Do Right - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Why Don't You Do Right- - Benny Goodman
Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming - Patti Page Quartet
Wonderful Guy - Margaret Whiting
Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
You Always Hurt The One You Love - Mills Brothers
You Belong To My Heart - Bing Crosby
You Call Everybody Darlin' - Al Trace & His Orchestra
You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) - Nat King Cole
You Came a Long Way (From St Louis) - Ray McKinley & Some of the Boys
You Do - Dinah Shore
You Keep Coming Back Like A Song - Dinah Shore
You Made Me Love You - Harry James
You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) - Les Brown & His Orchestra
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Dinah Shore
You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners
Younger Than Springtime - South Pacific Cast
You're Nobody til Somebody Loves You - Frank Sinatra
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Judy Garland
Zip A Dee Doo Dah - Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers