Artist	Song
Fred Astaire	Cheek to Cheek
from Fred Astaire's Finest Hour (2003)
Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
from 16 Most Requested Songs: Bing Crosby (1992)
Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket
from Big Bands, Vol. 1 (1992)
Guy Lombardo	Happy Days Are Here Again
from Auld Lang Syne (1998)
Judy Garland	Over the Rainbow (From "The Wizard of Oz")
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Judy Garland (1999)
Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land
from Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection (1996)
Cab Calloway Orchestra	Minnie the Moocher ("Theme Song")
from The Very Best Of (2008)
Louis Armstrong	When the Saints Go Marching In
from Louis Armstrong: The Ultimate Collection (Box Set) (2000)
Duke Ellington	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
from The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962) (2004)
Benny Goodman Trio	Puttin' On the Ritz
from Benny Goodman 3-4-5-6-7 (2008)
Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Jumpin' at the Woodside
from The Best of Early Basie (1996)
Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit (1939 Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday (2002)
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees	As Time Goes By
from Songs That Won the War (2008)
Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance
from Hit Songs from Broadway (2005)
Mildred Bailey	Georgia On My Mind
from The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 19 (2008)
Ethel Waters	I Got Rhythm
from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000)
Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On the Corner)
from RCA Country Legends: Jimmie Rodgers (2002)
Louis Armstrong	I'm in the Mood for Love
from Louis Armstrong: Highlights from His Decca Years (1994)
Buck Clayton, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Herschel Evans & Lester Young	One O'Clock Jump
from Count Basie's Finest Hour (2002)
Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	Night and Day (From "The Gay Divorce")
from A Centennial Celebration (1997)
Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'
from Fats Waller - Thru the 30's, Vol. 2 (2008)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	Star Dust
from The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing - The Tommy Dorsey Centennial Collection (2005)
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra & Helen Ward	Heart and Soul
from Jazz for Swingin' Lovers (2000)
Guy Lombardo	Auld Lang Syne
from All Time Favorites (1998)
Fred Astaire	Cheek to Cheek
from Fred Astaire's Finest Hour (2003)
Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
from 16 Most Requested Songs: Bing Crosby (1992)
Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket
from Big Bands, Vol. 1 (1992)
Guy Lombardo	Happy Days Are Here Again
from Auld Lang Syne (1998)
Judy Garland	Over the Rainbow (From "The Wizard of Oz")
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Judy Garland (1999)
Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land
from Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection (1996)
Cab Calloway Orchestra	Minnie the Moocher ("Theme Song")
from The Very Best Of (2008)
Louis Armstrong	When the Saints Go Marching In
from Louis Armstrong: The Ultimate Collection (Box Set) (2000)
Duke Ellington	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
from The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962) (2004)
Benny Goodman Trio	Puttin' On the Ritz
from Benny Goodman 3-4-5-6-7 (2008)
Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Jumpin' at the Woodside
from The Best of Early Basie (1996)
Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit (1939 Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday (2002)
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees	As Time Goes By
from Songs That Won the War (2008)
Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance
from Hit Songs from Broadway (2005)
Mildred Bailey	Georgia On My Mind
from The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 19 (2008)
Ethel Waters	I Got Rhythm
from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000)
Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On the Corner)
from RCA Country Legends: Jimmie Rodgers (2002)
Louis Armstrong	I'm in the Mood for Love
from Louis Armstrong: Highlights from His Decca Years (1994)
Buck Clayton, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Herschel Evans & Lester Young	One O'Clock Jump
from Count Basie's Finest Hour (2002)
Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	Night and Day (From "The Gay Divorce")
from A Centennial Celebration (1997)
Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'
from Fats Waller - Thru the 30's, Vol. 2 (2008)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	Star Dust
from The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing - The Tommy Dorsey Centennial Collection (2005)
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra & Helen Ward	Heart and Soul
from Jazz for Swingin' Lovers (2000)
Guy Lombardo	Auld Lang Syne
from All Time Favorites (1998)
Fred Astaire	Cheek to Cheek
from Fred Astaire's Finest Hour (2003)
Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
from 16 Most Requested Songs: Bing Crosby (1992)
Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket
from Big Bands, Vol. 1 (1992)
Guy Lombardo	Happy Days Are Here Again
from Auld Lang Syne (1998)
Judy Garland	Over the Rainbow (From "The Wizard of Oz")
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Judy Garland (1999)
Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land
from Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection (1996)
Cab Calloway Orchestra	Minnie the Moocher ("Theme Song")
from The Very Best Of (2008)
Louis Armstrong	When the Saints Go Marching In
from Louis Armstrong: The Ultimate Collection (Box Set) (2000)
Duke Ellington	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
from The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962) (2004)
Benny Goodman Trio	Puttin' On the Ritz
from Benny Goodman 3-4-5-6-7 (2008)
Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Jumpin' at the Woodside
from The Best of Early Basie (1996)
Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit (1939 Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday (2002)
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees	As Time Goes By
from Songs That Won the War (2008)
Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance
from Hit Songs from Broadway (2005)
Mildred Bailey	Georgia On My Mind
from The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 19 (2008)
Ethel Waters	I Got Rhythm
from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000)
Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On the Corner)
from RCA Country Legends: Jimmie Rodgers (2002)
Louis Armstrong	I'm in the Mood for Love
from Louis Armstrong: Highlights from His Decca Years (1994)
Buck Clayton, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Herschel Evans & Lester Young	One O'Clock Jump
from Count Basie's Finest Hour (2002)
Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	Night and Day (From "The Gay Divorce")
from A Centennial Celebration (1997)
Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'
from Fats Waller - Thru the 30's, Vol. 2 (2008)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	Star Dust
from The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing - The Tommy Dorsey Centennial Collection (2005)
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra & Helen Ward	Heart and Soul
from Jazz for Swingin' Lovers (2000)
Guy Lombardo	Auld Lang Syne
from All Time Favorites (1998)

Comment:

The Dirty '30s gave the world widespread depression, but the pain was eased by the escapist crooning of Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, the feel-good big-band sounds of Duke Ellington — "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" — and the heartfelt melodrama of Judy Garland, who defied grim reality with "Over the Rainbow."

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