Top 100 Best Big Band Songs

Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Nicholas Brothers, & Dorthy Dandridge

Bobby Darin's Mack the Knife Youtube tried to remove the audio from this song but I know a "super secret" way to get the audio back. Yay! Lyrics: Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it, ah, out of sight Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe So there's never, never a trace of red Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh Lies a body just oozin' life, eek And someone's sneakin' ‘round the corner Could that someone be Mack the Knife? There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river don'tcha know Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town Now d'ja hear ‘bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash? Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown Oh, the line forms on the right, babe Now that Macky's back in town I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown Yes, that line forms on the right, babe Now that Macky's back in town..... Look out, old Macky's back!!

I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN ~ Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ~ Frank Sinatra~ The Pied Pipers~ 1940~ Victor Records. Ruth Lowe, one time pianist with Ina Ray Huttons all-girl orchestra, was inspired to write "ILL NEVER SMILE AGAIN" following the death of her husband, Harold Cohen, after only a few months of marriage.

Stardust trailer

This is my favorite Christmas song, especially when it's played in this version. Hope you enjoy it. Subscribe and let me know if you want to hear any songs on YouTube. I'll do my best to get it on.

lady day ... hmmmm & cosy

When they begin the beguine it brings back the sound of music so tender it brings back a night of tropical splendor it brings back a memory ever green I'm with you once more under the stars and down by the shore an orchestras playing and even the palms seem to be swaying when they begin the beguine to live it again is past all endeavor except when that tune clutches my heart and there we are swearing to love forever and promising never never to part What moments divine what rapture serene to clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted and now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted I know but too well what they mean so dont let them begin the beguine let the love that was once a fire remain an ember let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember when they begin the beguine oh yes let them begin the beguine make them play til the stars that were there before return above you till you whisper to me once more darling I love you and we suddenly know what heaven we're in when they begin the beguine

Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra perform the jazz classic: "In The Mood" (1946) This video is really good, and apparently on DVD now: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7259216 Buy it, you'll like it.

Duke Ellington: Take The "A" Train

Writen by Louis Prima in 1935, This is not much of a song from WW2 but it is one of the most famous songs from the Big Band era