It's been another nearly 6 months since posting so I thought I'd get another one done. Back to Australia and Hullabaloo, BLX, the Little Big Weekend (oh how I have missed speakeasy) and more dancing, dancing dancing!
Plenty of DJ folks have been putting together A-Z song lists. So I decided to raise the bar and do a list that's A-Z and in chronological order. I'm not entirely happy with it (one of the more difficult letters sits in one of the more difficult decades - I'm looking at you Q) so if anyone can better it, I'd be happy to hear about it:
Name - Artist - Album - Duration - Date - BPM
A Monday Date - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - Hot Fives & Sevens - Volume 3 - 3:15 - 1928 - 243
Blue Harlem - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 1 - 2:55 - 1932 - 144
Chasing Shadows (-1) - Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 - 2:40 - 1935 - 133
Darktown Strutter's Ball - Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight - The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 - 3:02 - 1936 - 182
E Flat Blues - Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys - 2:48 - 1938 - 115
Frenesi - Artie Shaw - Greatest Hits - 3:06 - 1940 - 150
Groove Juice Special - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart - Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 3 - 2:44 - 1942 - 171
Honeysuckle Rose - Oscar Aleman - Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 - Disc 1 - 2:32 - 1944 - 208
I'm A Shy Guy - Stan Kenton - Intermission Riff - 2:55 - 1945 - 141
Jiminy Crickets - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra - Howdy, Friends - 3:19 - 1946 - 142
Knock Me A Kiss - Louis Jordan - Swing Party: Disc 2 - 2:55 - 1947 - 113
Let's Split - Big Jay Mcneely - The Deacon, Unabridged: Vol. 1 1948 - 1950 - 2:39 - 1948 - 120
My Sweet Hunk o' Trash - Louis Armstrong - Meet the Girls - 3:21 - 1949 - 93
Nobody but Jesus - Sister Wynona Carr - Dragnet for Jesus - 4:35 - 1950 - 135
Original Dixieland One-Step - Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet - 4:15 - 1951 - 253
Preview - Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - The Complete Masters: CD12 1951-53 - 3:03 - 1952 - 162
Quand Tu Danses - Gilbert Becaud - Swing Party: Disc 1 - 2:23 - 1953 - 249
Rose Room - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:54 - 1954 - 138
Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan - Rock & Roll - 2:39 - 1957 - 212
Them There Eyes - Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie - Ella and Basie! - 5:08 - 1963 - 171
Un Jour Comme Un Autre - Brigitte Bardot - Putumayo Presents: French Cafe - 2:22 - 1964 - 65
Vine Street Drag - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Quality Shout! - 2:35 - 1993 - 318
Wailin' Caylen - George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Swingin' Live! - 6:39 - 1998 - 187
Xena for Xmas - Lisa Otey - Hard Workin' Woman - 2:51 - 2001 - 133
You Are My Sunshine - The Treme Brass Band - New Orleans Music - 4:05 - 2008 - 185
Zonky - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band - Chasin' The Blues - 3:49 - 2009 - 216
