Artist	Song
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra & Vocal by Peggy Lee	Why Don't You Do Right
from Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman: The Complete Recordings 1941-1947 (1999)
Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	I'll Be Seeing You (From "The Royal Palm Revue")
from Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey: Platinum & Gold Collection (Remastered) (2003)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Little Brown Jug
from Platinum Glenn Miller (2003)
The Harry James Orchestra	I'm Beginning to See the Light
from The Harry James Orchestra: The Best of the War Years (2006)
Andy Kirk	Until the Real Thing Comes Along
from Musicworld, Vol. 9: Classic Songs (2008)
Billy Eckstine	Cool Breeze
from Mr. B's Legendary Orchestra, Vol. 4 (2007)
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli	Daphne
from Souvenirs (1988)
Buck Clayton, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing & Lester Young	Blues In the Dark
from Black Legends of Jazz (1994)
Chick Webb & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
from Swingsation - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb (1998)
Duke Ellington	Mood Indigo
from The Okeh Ellington (1991)
Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'
from Fats Waller - Thru the 30's, Vol. 2 (2008)
The Nat "King" Cole Trio	Hit That Jive, Jack!
from Hit That Jive Jack: The Earliest Recordings (1996)
Joe Venuti & Zoot Sims	The Blue Room
from Joe & Zoot & More (2002)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra	For Dancers Only
from Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford (1998)
Jimmy Dorsey & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Tangerine
from Contrasts (Decca Jazz) (1993)
Gene Krupa	Let Me Off Uptown
from I'm Beginning to See the Light: Dance Hits from the Second World War (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2007)
Gene Ammons	Somewhere Along the Way
from Young Jug (2004)
Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra	Flat Foot Boogie
from All That Jive (2003)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	Passion Flower
from Highlights from the Centennial Edition (1999)
Mercer Ellington & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Blue Serge
from Black Legends of Jazz (1994)
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra	Big Noise from Winnetka
from South Rampart Street Parade (1992)
Lionel Hampton & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Midnight Sun
from Swingsation: Lionel Hampton (1998)
Ray Noble and His Orchestra	Linda
from 16 Most Requested Songs: The 1940s, Vol. 1 (1989)
Billy Taylor	Thou Swell
from The Billy Taylor Touch (2005)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Moonlight Serenade
from Platinum Glenn Miller (2003)

Comment:

The big-band sound was about more than wailing woodwinds and brash blasts of brass; some of pop’s greatest voices started out in front of a swing band. A young Peggy Lee’s kittenish, come-hither croon pours like honey over the simmering flame of the Benny Goodman band on “Why Don’t You Do Right.” When the Chairman of the Board himself was just a skinny kid with big blue eyes and a crushed-velvet voice, he started making bobbysoxers melt by fronting Tommy Dorsey’s crew on heartbreakers like “I’ll Be Seeing You.” But the boys at the back of the bandstand were the ones that made things move, and the rhythm section gets its licks in on Bob Crosby’s bass-slappin’, tom-tom-thumpin’ instrumental hit “Big Noise from Winnetka.”

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