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On the Sunny Side of The Street...who really wrote it?

Do you have a few minutes to relax and listen to one of the greatest big band recordings?Here is Sy Oliver's swinging arrangement for Tommy...
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Merry misbehaviour: Old-time radio listening, 14 October

Fats Waller & His Orchestra: Live at the Yacht Club, New York (CBS, 1938) "Some people has music in them," legendary stride piano...
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This date in music history-Fats Waller born

Jazz great "Fats Waller was born 105 years ago on this date (May 21). Per AllAboutJazz: "He was music's first organist and one of the...
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Grab your coat, don't forget your hat-Tommy Dorsey swings

May I suggest that you grab your coat and don't forget your hat, leave your worries on the doorstep. Sounds like a music cue! Well it is. Sit back...
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The integration of the big bands-one story

The music business, as was most of American society of the first half of the 20th century, was segregated. The leaders in bringing down many of the...
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This is the song that was stolen?

May I suggest that you grab your coat and don't forget your hat, leave your worries on the doorstep. Sounds like a music cue! Well it is. Sit back...
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Did songwriter steal famous song?

FATS WALLER CD COVER CLICK TO BUY Jimmy McHugh is the published composer of “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” but there is at least a...
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It's Fats Waller's birthday

Jazz great "Fats Waller was born 105 years ago on this date (May 21). Per AllAboutJazz: "He was music's first organist and one of the...
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I Can't Get Started-version three

CONTINUING IN OUR SERIES ABOUT THE VARIATIONS IN THE RECORDED LYRICS OF "I CAN'T GET STARTED WITH YOU":Here is EIla Fitzgerald's version...
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On the sunny side of the street.

May I suggest that you grab your coat and don't forget your hat, leave your worries on the doorstep. Sounds like a music cue! Well it is. Sit back...
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