| Other author/creator | Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Murray, Billy singer. |
| Other author/creator | Kerns, Grace, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Miller, Reed, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Jolson, Al, 1886-1950 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Harris, Marion, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Astaire, Fred singer. |
| Other author/creator | Astaire, Adele singer. |
| Other author/creator | Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Austin, Gene, 1900-1972 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Columbo, Russ, 1908-1934, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Bailey, Mildred singer. |
| Other author/creator | Taylor, Irene, 1906-1988, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 singer. |
| Included Work | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Alexander's ragtime band. |
| Included Work | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Stop! look! listen! I love a piano. |
| Included Work | Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954. Bombo. April showers. |
| Included Work | Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Lady, be good! Man I love. |
| Included Work | Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Lady, be good! Fascinating rhythm. |
| Included Work | McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969. Blackbirds of 1928. I can't give you anything but love. |
| Included Work | Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Sweet Adeline. Why was I born? |
| Included Work | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Puttin' on the Ritz. Puttin' on the Ritz. |
| Included Work | Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990. Americana. Brother, can you spare a dime? |
| Included Work | Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986 Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932. I gotta right to sing the blues. |
| Included Work | Brooks, Shelton. Some of these days. |
| Included Work | Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954. April showers. |
| Included Work | Layton, Turner. After you've gone. |
| Included Work | Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965 I ain't got nobody. |
| Included Work | Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943. Sweet Georgia Brown. |
| Included Work | Burnett, Ernie, 1884-1959. My melancholy baby. |
| Included Work | Shapiro, Ted. If I had you. |
| Included Work | Green, Johnny, 1908-1989 Out of nowhere. |
| Included Work | Malneck, Matty. I'm through with love. |
| Included Work | Young, Victor, 1900-1956 Street of dreams. |
| Included Work | Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981. Georgia on my mind. |
| Included Work | Ronell, Ann. Willow weep for me. |
| Included Work | Ebony Four, performer. |
| Included Work | Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. |
| Included Work | Sam Lanin and his Famous Players, performer. |
| Included Work | Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, performer. |
| Included Work | Benny Goodman Orchestra performer. |
| Contents |
Some of these days / Shelton Brooks (4:11) (Sophie Tucker) -- Alexander's ragtime band (2:57) (Bessie Smith) ; I love a piano (2:39) (Billy Murray) / Irving Berlin -- They didn't believe me / Jerome Kern ; M.E. Rourke (3:34) (Grace Kerns ; Reed Miller) -- April showers / Louis Silvers ; Buddy DeSilva (3:00) (Al Jolson) -- After you've gone / Turner Layton ; Henry Creamer (3:18) (Marion Harris) -- I ain't got nobody / Spencer Williams ; Roger Graham ; Dave Peyton (3:17) (Marion Harris) -- The man I love (3:22) (Marion Harris) ; Fascinating rhythm (2:21) (Fred Astaire ; Adele Astaire) / George Gershwin ; Ira Gershwin -- Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie ; Maceo Pinkard ; Kenneth Casey (3:08) (Ethel Waters with her Ebony Four) -- I can't give you anything but love / Jimmy McHugh ; Dorothy Fields (3:07) (Ethel Waters ; Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- Melancholy (My melancholy baby) / Ernie Burnett ; George A. Norton (3:25) (Gene Austin) -- Why was I born? / Jerome Kern ; Oscar Hammerstein II (3:22) (Helen Morgan) -- Puttin' on the Ritz / Irving Berlin (2:32) (Fred Astaire) -- If I had you / Ted Shapiro ; James Campbell ; Reg Connelly (3:09) (Sam Lanin and his Famous Players ; Bing Crosby) -- Out of nowhere / John Green ; Edward Heyman (3:09) (Bing Crosby) -- I'm through with love / Matty Malneck ; Fud Livingston ; Gus Kahn (3:09) (Bing Crosby) -- Brother can you spare a dime? / Jay Gorney ; E.Y. Harburg (3:09) (Bing Crosby) -- Street of dreams / Victor Young ; Sam M. Lewis (2:54) (Russ Columbo) -- Georgia on my mind / Hoagy Carmichael ; Stuart Gorrell (3:26) (Mildred Bailey) -- Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (3:27) (Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra ; Irene Taylor) -- I gotta right to sing the blues / Harold Arlen ; Ted Koehler (3:08) (Benny Goodman and his Orchestra ; Jack Teagarden). |
| General note | Smithsonian Collection: A 22009. |
| General note | Manufacturer's number on individual discs along with the set number: RD 031-1, A5 23373. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Booklet with notes by James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor and Dwight Blocker Bowers, including biographies of singers, songwriters, and composers, and bibliography (152 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.) accompanies 5 disc set. |
| Performer |
Sophie Tucker ; Bessie Smith ; Billy Murray ; Grace Kerns and Reed Miller ; Al Jolson ; Marion Harris ; Fred and Adele Astaire ; Ethel Waters with her Ebony Four ; Duke Ellington & his Orchestra ; Gene Austin ; Helen Morgan ; Sam Lanin and his Famous Players ; Bing Crosby ; Russ Columbo ; Mildred Bailey ; Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (featuring Irene Taylor) ; Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (featuring Jack Teagarden) |
| Contains title |
Girl from Utah They didn't believe me. |
| Publisher number | A22009 Smithsonian Collection |
| Publisher number | RD 031 Smithsonian Collection |
| Publisher number | A5 17983 Smithsonian Collection |
| Publisher number | A5 23373 Smithsonian Collection |
| Publisher number | A17984 Smithsonian Collection |
