Some Of My Favorite Oldies  

 

Song Name	Singer/Group
1940s

1940
Ballad For Americans	Paul Robeson
Blueberry Hill	Glenn Miller
Body and Soul	Coleman Hawkins
Careless	Glenn Miller
Frenesi	Artie Shaw
I'll Never Smile Again	Tommy Dorsey
Imagination	Glenn Miller
In The Mood	Glenn Miller
Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)	Dick Robertson
Tuxedo Junction	Bing Crosby
When You Wish Upon a Star	The Ink Spots
1941
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Glenn Miller
God Bless The Child	Billie Holiday
Green Eyes	Jimmy Dorsey
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire	Horace Heidt
Stardust	Artie Shaw
String of Pearls	Glenn Miller
Summit Ridge Drive	Artie Shaw
Take The A Train	Duke Ellington
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)	The Ink Spots
You Made Me Love You	Harry James
1942
A String of Pearls	Glenn Miller
Blues In The Night	Woody Herman
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)	Glenn Miller
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo	Glenn Miller
Jersey Bounce	Benny Goodman
Paper Doll	The Mills Brothers
Sleepy Lagoon	Harry James
White Christmas	Bing Crosby
Who Wouldn't Love You?	Kay Kyser
1943
Artistry In Rhythm	Stan Kenton
As Time Goes By	Rudy Vallee
I've Heard That Song Before	Harry James
Perdido	Duke Ellington
Pistol Packin' Mama	Al Dexter & His Troops
Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition	Kay Kyser
That Old Black Magic	Glenn Miller
There Are Such Things	Tommy Dorsey
Two O'Clock Jump	Harry James
1944
Don't Fence Me In	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
G.I. Jive	Louis Jordan
I Love You	Bing Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You	Bing Crosby
I'll Walk Alone	Dinah Shore
I'm Making Believe	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
Mairzy Doates	Merry Macs
San Fernando Valley	Bing Crosby
Shoo-Shoo Baby	The Andrews Sisters
Swinging On A Star	Bing Crosby
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral	Bing Crosby
Trolley Song	Judy Garland
You Always Hurt The One You Love	The Mills Brothers
1945
Candy	Johnny Mercer
Dream	The Pied Pipers
I Can't Begin To Tell You	Bing Crosby
I'm Beginning To See The Light	Harry James
It's Been a Long, Long Time	Harry James
Opus One	Tommy Dorsey
Rum and Coca-Cola	The Andrews Sisters
Sentimental Journey	Les Brown
There! I've Said It Again	Vaughn Monroe
Till The End Of Time	Perry Como
1946
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief	Betty Hutton
Five Minutes More	Frank Sinatra
For Sentimental Reasons	Nat King Cole
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Vaughn Monroe
McNamara's Band	Bing Crosby
Prisoner of Love	Perry Como
The Gypsy	The Ink Spots
1947
Ballerina	Vaughn Monroe
Heartaches	Ted Weems
Huggin And Chalkin	Hoagie Carmichael
Linda	Ray Noble & Buddy Clark
One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie
Peg O My Heart	Harmonicats
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Tex Williams
Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)	Red Ingle
Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-She's Too fat For Me)	Arthur Godfrey
Wiffenpoof Song	Bing Crosby
1948
All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth	Spike Jones
Bumble Boogie	Freddy Martin
Buttons and Bows	Dinah Shore
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover	Art Mooney
It's Magic	Doris Day
Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me)	Peggy Lee
Nature Boy	Nat King Cole
Now Is The Hour	Bing Crosby
Twelfth Street Rag	Pee Wee Hunt
1949
A Little Bird Told Me	Evelyn Knight
Mule Train	Frankie Laine
Riders In The Sky	Vaughn Monroe
Slippin' Around	Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
Someday	Vaughn Monroe
That Lucky Old Sun	Frankie Laine
You're Breaking My Heart	Vic Damone