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20 Original Hit Songs of 1940

Genre: Jazz, Rock, Blues, Pop, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen

Style: Big Band, Swing, Rock & Roll

Country: UK, US

Label(s): The CDCard Company (CD547S)

01. The Ink Spots - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain 3:14

02. Benny Carter & His Orchestra - All of Me 3:22

03. Lena Horne - One for My Baby 3:26

04. Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-5000 3:17

05. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Time Changes Everything 2:36

06. Billie Holiday - Night & Day 3:01

07. Artie Shaw - Frenesi 3:07

08. Fats Waller - 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do 3:02

09. Elisabeth Welch - The Nearness of You 3:30

10 Tommy Dorsey - Stardust 3:15

11 Charlie Barnet - Rockin' in Rhythm 3:13

12 Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady 2:51

13 Lionel Hampton - Flying Home 3:01

14 Turner Layton - A Nightingale Song in Berkeley Square 3:21

15 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Are You Hep to the Jive? 2:52

16 Bukka White - Back Train Blues 2:59

17 Benny Goodman - Goodbye 3:22

18 Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Sleep 3:04

19 Artie Shaw - Summit Ridge Drive 3:22

20 Billie Holiday - The Man I Love 3:06

More from: Various


Genre: Jazz, Blues

Country: UK

Label(s): The CDCard Company (CDC1646547)

01. The Ink Spots - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

02. Benny Carter & His Orchestra - All of Me

03. Lena Horne - One for My Baby

04. Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-5000

05. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Time Changes Everything

06. Billie Holiday - Night & Day

07. Artie Shaw - Frenesi

08. Fats Waller - 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do

09. Elisabeth Welch - The Nearness of You

10 Tommy Dorsey - Stardust

11 Charlie Barnet - Rockin' in Rhythm

12 Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady

13 Lionel Hampton - Flying Home

14 Turner Layton - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

15 Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive?

16 Bukka White - Black Train Blues

17 Benny Goodman - Goodbye

18 Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Sleep

19 Artie Shaw - Summit Ridge Drive

20 Billie Holiday - The Man I Love

More from: Various