Play It Again 4

Some of the top tunes of 1915 received a new lease on life when they were resurrected during the Big Band Era and beyond.

Playlist

Are you from Dixie? — Murray/Jones

Are you from Dixie? — Wilbur DeParis

Down among the sheltering palms — Lyric Quartet

Down among the sheltering palms — Sammy Kaye

Hello, Frisco, hello — Werrenrath/Kline

Hello, Frisco, hello — Alice Faye

Jelly Roll blues — Piano roll

Jelly Roll blues — Jim Cullam

The old gray mare — Collins/Harlan

The old gray mare — Mitch Miller

Pack up your troubles — Prince’s Band

Pack up your troubles — Bob Crosby

Ragging the scale — Broadway Dance Orchestra

Ragging the scale — Jimmie Lunceford

The sunshine of your smile — John McCormack

The sunshine of your smile — Tommy Dorsey

I ain’t got nobody — Marion Harris

I ain’t got nobody — Louis Prima

If you were the only girl in the world – Henry Burr

If you were the only boy in the world – Barbra Streisand

I love a piano — Billy Murray

I love a piano — Benny Goodman

Swingin’ down the lane – Willie “the Lion” Smith