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