Check out the greatest hits of 1935.
This week on the Spare A Dime blog, we'll be featuring members of the jazz ensemble accompanying our vocalists. But first, let's get in the mood of the era with a list of the top artists and songs from 1935!
How many do you know?
Louis Armstrong: I'm In The Mood For Love, You Are My Lucky Star
Fred Astaire: Cheek To Cheek, No Strings, The Piccolino, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
Gene Autry: Ole Faithful, Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Boswell Sisters: The Object of my Affection
Al Bowlly and the Ray Noble Orchestra:
Blue Moon
Cab Calloway: Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul (pictured above)
The Carter Family: Can The Circle Be Broken
Tom Coakley and his Palace Hotel Orchestra: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Bing Crosby: I Wished The Moon, It's Easy To Remember, Red Sails in the Sunset, Soon
Bob Crosby and his Orchestra: In a Little Gypsy's Tea Room
Xavier Cugat: Begin the Beguine, The Lady In Red
The Dorsey Brothers: Chasing Shadows, Lullaby of Broadway
Tommy Dorsey: On Treasure Island
Eddie Duchin: Cheek To Cheek, I Won't Dance, Lovely To Look At, You Are My Lucky Star
Irene Dunne: Lovely To Look at
Nelson Eddie: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
Duke Ellington: In a Sentimental Mood
Sleepy John Estes: Stop That Thing
Ruth Etting: Life Is A Song
George Formby: Fanlight Fanny
Benny Goodman: Blue Moon, King Porter Stomp
Glen Gray: Blue Moon, When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Richard Himber and his Orchestra: Just One Of Those Things
Little Jack Little: I'm In The Mood For Love
Guy Lombardo: I'm Sittin' High on a Hill Top, Red Sails In The Sunset, What's The Reason
Jimmy Lunceford: Rhythm Is Our Business
Ethel Merman: I Get A Kick Out Of You
Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers: I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
Carmen Miranda: Sonho de Papel
Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra: And Then Some
Ray Noble: Isle of Capri, Let's Swing It, Paris in the Spring
Cole Porter: You're The Top
Leo Reisman: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin', It Ain't Neccessarily So
Riley-Farley Orchestra: The Music Goes Round and Round
Ballew Smith: Roll Along, Prairie Moon
Shirley Temple: On The Good Ship Lollipop
Fats Waller: A Little Bit Independent, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter,
Lulu's Back In Town, Truckin'
Western Brothers: We're Frightfully BBC
Victor Young: She's a Latin From Manhattan
How many do you know?
Louis Armstrong: I'm In The Mood For Love, You Are My Lucky Star
Fred Astaire: Cheek To Cheek, No Strings, The Piccolino, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
Gene Autry: Ole Faithful, Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Boswell Sisters: The Object of my Affection
Al Bowlly and the Ray Noble Orchestra:
Blue Moon
Cab Calloway: Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul (pictured above)
The Carter Family: Can The Circle Be Broken
Tom Coakley and his Palace Hotel Orchestra: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Bing Crosby: I Wished The Moon, It's Easy To Remember, Red Sails in the Sunset, Soon
Bob Crosby and his Orchestra: In a Little Gypsy's Tea Room
Xavier Cugat: Begin the Beguine, The Lady In Red
The Dorsey Brothers: Chasing Shadows, Lullaby of Broadway
Tommy Dorsey: On Treasure Island
Eddie Duchin: Cheek To Cheek, I Won't Dance, Lovely To Look At, You Are My Lucky Star
Irene Dunne: Lovely To Look at
Nelson Eddie: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
Duke Ellington: In a Sentimental Mood
Sleepy John Estes: Stop That Thing
Ruth Etting: Life Is A Song
George Formby: Fanlight Fanny
Benny Goodman: Blue Moon, King Porter Stomp
Glen Gray: Blue Moon, When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Richard Himber and his Orchestra: Just One Of Those Things
Little Jack Little: I'm In The Mood For Love
Guy Lombardo: I'm Sittin' High on a Hill Top, Red Sails In The Sunset, What's The Reason
Jimmy Lunceford: Rhythm Is Our Business
Ethel Merman: I Get A Kick Out Of You
Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers: I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
Carmen Miranda: Sonho de Papel
Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra: And Then Some
Ray Noble: Isle of Capri, Let's Swing It, Paris in the Spring
Cole Porter: You're The Top
Leo Reisman: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin', It Ain't Neccessarily So
Riley-Farley Orchestra: The Music Goes Round and Round
Ballew Smith: Roll Along, Prairie Moon
Shirley Temple: On The Good Ship Lollipop
Fats Waller: A Little Bit Independent, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter,
Lulu's Back In Town, Truckin'
Western Brothers: We're Frightfully BBC
Victor Young: She's a Latin From Manhattan