I Could Have Told You

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)

lyric by Carl Sigman (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: No One Cares

I Concentrate On You

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Sinatra's Swingin' Session; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 6

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: This Is Chris

Artist: Herb Ellis

Album: Soft And Mellow

I Can Read Between The Lines

music by Ray (Ramon) Getzov

lyric by Sid Frank

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Where Are You?

I'm A Fool To Want You

music by Joel Herron

lyric by Jack Wolf & Frank Sinatra (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Where Are You?; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 12

Artist: Helen Merrill

Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury (click on link for YouTube video)

Artist: Dinah Washington

Album: Blue Gardenia

I'll Never Smile Again

music and lyric by Ruth Lowe (l-r: Frank Sinatra, Ruth Lowe, Tommy Dorsey)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: No One Cares; Sinatra In Hollywood 1940-1964, Disc 1

Artist: Dave Brubeck

Album: Jazz At The College Of The Pacific

Artist: Jimmy Dorsey

Album: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra 1940

If Love Is Trouble

music by George Handy

lyric by Jack Segal (top)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie

Album: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

I Think Of You

music by Jack Elliott (top)

lyric by Don Marcotte

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Where Are You?

I Love You

music by Harry Archer (above)

lyric by Harlan Thompson (top l-r: Bing Crosby, Herbert Polesie, Harlan Thompson)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Come Swing With Me

Born To Lose

music by Frankie Brown

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Born To Play

Blue Turning Gray Over You

music by Thomas "Fats" Waller

lyric by Andy Razaf

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Braff!

Blue Silhouette

music by Jimmy Dale & Jack Val

lyric by Murray Samos

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland; All About Ronnie

Blow Gabriel Blow

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Blame It On My Last Affair

music by Henry Nemo

lyric by Irving Mills

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings

Blah, Blah, Blah

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song

Black And Blue

music by Thomas "Fats" Waller (above) & Harry Brooks

lyric by Andy Razaf (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Live At Birdland West

Bittersweet

music and lyric by Sam Jones

Artist: Mel Torme, George Shearing

Album: A Vintage Year

Be My All

music and lyric by Bart Howard

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Be A Clown

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Ballad Of The Sad Cafe

music and lyric by Charles DeForest

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe

Too Much Too Soon

music by Ernest Gold (top)

lyric by Al Stillman

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 3; MP3 Download

Too Marvelous For Words

music by Richard A. Whiting (right)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (left)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Songs For Swingin' Lovers; MP3 Download

Artist: Erroll Garner

Album: Live

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Braff!

Artist: Jo Stafford

Album: The Jo Stafford Story; MP3 Download

Artist: Margaret Whiting

Album: Too Marvelous For Words (click on link for YouTube video)

Artist: Coleman Hawkins

Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote

Through A Long And Sleepless Night

music by Alfred Newman (above)

lyric by Mack Gordon (top l-r: Al Dubin, Mack Gordon, Leo Robin, Harry Revel, Harry Warren; below Lorenz Hart, Hoagy Carmichael)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 3; MP3 Download

This Love Of Mine

music by Sol Parker & Hank Sanicola

lyric by Frank Sinatra (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: In The Wee Small Hours; MP3 Download

Artist: The Four Freshmen

Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars

Artist: Dinah Washington

Album: Blue Gardenia; MP3 Download

This Is All I Ask

music and lyric by Gordon Jenkins

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: September Of My Years

The Sweetest Sounds

music by Richard Rodgers (right)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (left)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: Sassy Swings Again; MP3 Download

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Sweet And Swinging

The September Of My Years

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (right)

lyric by Sammy Cahn (left)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: September Of My Years

The Next Time Around

music by Jerry Livingston (top)

lyric by Dan Shapiro

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Divine Sarah Vaughan; MP3 Download

The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

music by Quincy Jones (above) & Henri Gabriel Salvador (top)

lyric by Dorcas Cochran

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: Vaughan & Violins; MP3 Download; MP3 Download

Artist: Quincy Jones

Album: The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, Disc 2

The Boy Next Door

(click on link for YouTube video with Judy Garland)

music by Hugh Martin (above)

lyric by Ralph Blane (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Songs For Young Lovers/Swing Easy; MP3 Download

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Mel Torme At The Crescendo

Artist: Jo Stafford

Album: The Jo Stafford Story; MP3 Download

Artist: Marlene Ver Planck

Album: You'd Better Love Me

Thanks For The Memory

(click on link for YouTube video with Bob Hope & Shirley Ross)

music by Ralph Rainger

lyric by Leo Robin (top standing l-r: Al Dubin, Mack Gordon, Leo Robin, Harry Revel, Harry Warren; below: Lorenz Hart, Hoagy Carmichael)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: After Hours At The London House; MP3 Download

Artist: Bud Shank, Bob Cooper

Album: Mosaic Select 10, Disc 2

The Man In The Looking Glass

music and lyric by Bart Howard

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: September Of My Years

Swing Shift

music by Charlie Spivak (above)

lyric by Johnny Burke (top l-r: Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)

Artist: Count Basie

AQlbum: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944; MP3 Download

Swing

music by Django Reinhardt

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Sweet Sue, Just You

music by Victor Young (top)

lyric by Will J. Harris

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Complete Small Combinations, Vol. 1-2 1935-1937; After You've Gone, Vol. 1; 1934 Bill Dodge All-Star Recordings Complete; MP3 Download

Artist: Miles Davis

Album: 'Round About Midnight

Stealin' Apples

(click on link for YouTube video with Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Mel Powell, Danny Kaye)

music by Thomas "Fats" Waller (top)

lyric by Andy Razaf (above)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Compact Jazz; MP3 Download

Splanky

music by Neal Hefti (l-r: Yve Evans, Neal Hefti)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Yale Recordings, Vol. 7

Snowy Morning Blues

music by James P. Johnson

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Sleepy Time Gal

music by Ange Lorenzo & Richard A. Whiting (top l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)

lyric by Joseph Reed Alden & Raymond B. Egan

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Sleep

music by Earl Burtnett (top) & Adam Geibel

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Yale Recordings, Vol. 7

Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)

music by Hoagy Carmichael (right)

lyric by Stanley Adams (left)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936; MP3 Download

Silent Tears And Roses

music by Eddie del Barrio

Artist: Herb Alpert

Album: Midnight Sun

Santa Claus Came In The Spring

music and lyric by Johnny Mercer

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936; MP3 Download

Sandman

music by Bonnie Lake (above)

lyric by Ralph Freed (top)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936; MP3 Download

Love Is Sweeping The Country

music by George Gershwin (right)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (left)

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song

Love Is A Simple Thing

music by Arthur Siegel (above)

lyric by June Carroll (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Here To Stay; MP3 Download

Love And The Weather

music and lyric by Irving Berlin

Artist: Bob Brookmeyer

Album: The Complete 1953-1954 Quintet Studio Recordings With Stan Getz

Looking Back

music by Thelonius Monk (above)

lyric by Jon Hendricks (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Little Jazzbird

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song

Artist: Margaret Whiting

Album: The Lady's In Love With You!

Listen To Monk

music by Thelonius Monk (above)

lyric by Jon Hendricks (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Lilac Wine

music and lyric by James Shelton

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe

Artist: Helen Merrill

Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury; MP3 Download

Like A Woman

music and lyric by Frank Loesser

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft

Lonely Moments

music by Mary Lou Williams

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Bravura Eloquence; MP3 Download

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Undercurrent Blues; MP3 Download

Artist: Barbara Carroll

Album: Old Friends

Last Time For Love

music and lyric by Carmen McRae

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen McRae With Mat Mathews & Tony Scott Quartets

I've Had My Moments

music by Walter Donaldson (above)

lyric by Gus Kahn (top l-r: Leo Robin, Gus Kahn, Jerome Kern, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Sigmund Romberg)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Close To You

It's Nice To Go Trav'ling

music by Jimmy Van Heusen

lyric by Sammy Cahn

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Come Fly With Me

It Was A Very Good Year

music and lyric by Ervin Drake

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: September Of My Years

It Gets Lonely Early

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)

lyric by Sammy Cahn (right)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: September Of My Years

It All Depends On You

music and lyric by B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson (l-r: B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Come Dance With Me!; Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 10

Isle Of Capri

music by Will Grosz (aka Hugh Williams)

lyric by Jimmy Kennedy (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Come Fly With Me

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

music by David A. Mann

lyric by Bob Hilliard (top: Bob & Jackie Hilliard)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: In The Wee Small Hours; Sinatra's Sinatra

Artist: Herb Alpert

Album: Midnight Sun

Artist: Carly Simon

Album: My Romance

Artist: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding

AQlbum: Trombone For Two

If It's The Last Thing I Do

music by Saul Chaplin (above)

lyric by Sammy Cahn (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Close To You

I See Your Face Before Me

music by Arthur Schwartz

lyric by Howard Dietz

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: In The Wee Small Hours

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Here To Stay

Artist: Carly Simon

Album: My Romance

I See It Now

music by Alec Wilder (top)

lyric by William Engvick

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: September Of My Years

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: That's All

I Love Paris

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Come Fly With Me

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook

Artist: Woody Herman

Album: Early Autumn

I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night

music by Jimmy McHugh (left)

lyric by Harold Adamson (right)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Close To You; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 1; Sinatra In Hollywood 1940-1964, Disc 1

Artist: Count Basie

Album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944

Ev'rytime

music by Hugh Martin (above)

lyric by Ralph Blane (top)

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not

Artist: Marlene Ver Planck

Album: You'd Better Love Me

Evil Blues

music by Count Basie (above l-r: Freddie Green, Count Basie) & Harry "Sweets" Edison (middle)

lyric by Jimmy Rushing (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings

Everything I've Got

music by Richard Rodgers (top)

lyric by Lorenz Hart (above)

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Everybody Loves My Baby

music by Spencer Williams (above)

lyric by Jack Palmer

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: On The Air 1937-1938

Artist: Glenn Miller

Album: The Lost Recordings; MP3 Download

Artist: Lionel Hampton

Album: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions, Disc 1

Every Night About This Time

music by James V. Monaco

lyric by Ted Koehler (top l-r: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: Young Frank Sinatra In The Blue Of Evening

Every Man Should Marry

music by Abner Silver

lyric by Benny Davis (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 10

Evergreen

music by Paul Williams (above)

lyric by Barbra Streisand (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Ever Homeward

music by Jule Styne (above)

lyric by Sammy Cahn (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 8

Erudition

music by Bob Brookmeyer

Artist: Bob Brookmeyer

Album: Complete 1953-1954 Quintet Studio Recordings With Stan Getz

Eeny Meeny Miney Mo

music by Matt Malneck

lyric by Johnny Mercer

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936

Early Autumn

music by Ralph Burns (above) & Woody Herman (center)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

Artist: Stan Getz

Album: Cool Velvet/Voices (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download

Artist: Barbara Carroll

Album: Old Friends

Artist: Woody Herman

Album: Keeper Of The Flame; MP3 Download; Early Autumn (click on link for YouTube video); Woody Herman Memorial-40th Anniversary Concert At Carnegie Hall

All This Could Lead To Love

music by Mundell Lowe (above)

lyric by Walter Bishop, Jr. (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Blue Moon

All My Life

music by Sam H. Stept

lyric by Sidney D. Mitchell

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Complete Small Combinations, Vol. 1-2 1935-1937; After You've Gone, Vol. 1

All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart

music and lyric by Fred Patrick, Claude Reese & Jack Val

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: This Is Chris

All About Ronnie

music and lyric by Joe Greene

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris; All About Ronnie

Artist: Stan Kenton

Album: Retrospective

Ain't Misbehavin'

music by Harry Brooks & Thomas "Fats" Waller (above)

lyric by Andy Razaf (top)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Slipped Disc 1945-1946; B.G. In Hi-Fi

Artist: Johnny Hartman

Album: Unforgettable

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Columbia Years 1949-1953

Ain't It The Truth?

music by Count Basie (top) & Buster Harding

Artist: Count Basie

Album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944 and 1945

After You've Gone

music by Turner Layton (top)

lyric by Henry Creamer

Artist: Terry Gibbs

Album: Memories Of You

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: After You've Gone, Vol. 1; The Small Groups; Small Groups 1941-1945; The Complete Small Combinations, Vol. 1-2 1935-1937; Slipped Disc 1945-1946

Artist: The Four Freshmen

Album: The Four Freshmen & 5 Trombones/The Four Freshmen & 5 Trumpets

Artist: Johnny Hartman

Album: And I Thought About You

Artist: Judy Garland

Album: Judy At Carnegie Hall

Artist: Woody Herman

Album: Mosaic Select No. 31, Disc 1

Artist: Lionel Hampton

Album: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941, Disc 1

A Wonderful Guy

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (right)

Artist: Ruby Braff, Dick Hyman

Album: Music From South Pacific

Artist: Margaret Whiting

Album: Capitol Collectors Series

A Smooth One

music by Benny Goodman

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Compact Jazz; The Small Groups; The Benny Goodman Sextet With Charlie Christian, 1939-1941

A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing

music & lyric by Charles DeForest

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris