Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra
Bunny Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) was an American jazz trumpe… Read Full Bio ↴Bunny Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) was an American jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended with his early death at age 33 from cirrhosis. Although he composed some jazz instrumentals like "Chicken and Waffles" and "Blues", Berigan was best known for his virtuoso jazz trumpeting. His 1937 classic recording "I Can't Get Started" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975.
Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan was born in Hilbert, Wisconsin, the son of William Patrick Berigan and Mary Catherine (Mayme) Schlitzberg, and raised in Fox Lake, Wisconsin. A musical child prodigy, having learned the violin and trumpet from when he was 14, Berigan played in local orchestras by his mid-teens before joining the successful Hal Kemp orchestra in 1930. He attended University of Wisconsin and while there taught trumpet and played in dance bands after school hours. Since his graduation, he appeared as featured soloist with Hal Kemp, Rudy Vallee, Tommy Dorsey, Abe Lyman, Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman bands. Berigan's first recorded trumpet solos came with the Kemp orchestra, and he was with the unit when they toured England and a few other European countries later in 1930.
Shortly after the Kemp unit returned to the U.S. in late 1930, Berigan, like fellow trumpeter Manny Klein, the Dorsey Brothers and Artie Shaw, became a sought-after studio musician in New York. Fred Rich, Freddy Martin and Ben Selvin were just some conductors who sought his services for record dates. He joined the staff of CBS radio network musicians in early 1931. Berigan recorded his first vocal, "At Your Command," with Rich that year. From late 1932 through early 1934, Berigan was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra, before playing with Abe Lyman's band briefly in 1934.
He returned to freelancing in the New York recording studios and working on staff at CBS radio in 1934. He recorded as a sideman on hundreds of commercial records, most notably with the Dorsey Brothers and on Glenn Miller's earliest recording date as a leader in 1935, playing on "Solo Hop". At the same time, however, Berigan made an association that began his ascent to fame in his own right: he joined Benny Goodman's Swing band. Legendary jazz talent scout and producer John Hammond, who also became Goodman's brother-in-law in due course, later wrote that he helped persuade Gene Krupa to re-join Goodman, with whom he'd had an earlier falling-out, by mentioning that Berigan, whom Krupa admired, was already committed to the new ensemble. With Berigan and Krupa both on board, the Goodman band made the legendary, often disheartening tour that ended with their unexpectedly headline-making stand at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, the stand often credited with the "formal" launch of the swing era. Berigan recorded a number of classic solos while with Goodman, including on "King Porter Stomp," "Sometimes I'm Happy," and "Blue Skies."
Berigan left Goodman to return again to freelancing as a recording and radio musician in Manhattan. During this time (late 1935 and throughout 1936), he began to record regularly under his own name, and continued to back singers such as Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, and Billie Holiday. He spend some time with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra in late 1936 and early 1937, working as a jazz soloist on Dorsey's radio program and on several records. His solo on the Dorsey hit recording "Marie" became considered one of his signature performances. In 1937, Berigan assembled a band to record and tour under his name, picking the then-little known Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke composition, "I Can't Get Started" as his theme song. He made three attempts to organize a band of his own. His last try met with success. Since starting his own orchestra, he played trumpet in nearly every number and directed the band at the same time. Berigan's bravura trumpet work and curiously attractive vocal made his recorded performance of it for Victor the biggest hit of his career. Berigan modeled his trumpet style in part on Louis Armstrong's style, and often acknowledged Armstrong as his own idol, but he was no Armstrong clone. He had a trumpet sound that was unique, and very individual jazz ideas. Armstrong, for his part, recognized Berigan's talents, and praised them both before and after Berigan's death.
Berigan got the itch to lead his own band full-time and did so from early 1937 until June 1942, with one six-month hiatus in 1940, when he became a sideman in Tommy Dorsey's band. Some of the records he made with his own bands were equal in quality to the sides he cut with Goodman and Dorsey. But a series of misfortunes as well as Berigan's alcoholism worked against his financial success as a bandleader. Bunny also began a torrid affair with singer Lee Wiley in 1936, which lasted into 1940. The various stresses of bandleading drove Berigan to drink even more heavily. Nevertheless, musicians considered him an excellent bandleader. Among the notable players who worked in the Berigan band were: drummers Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, George Wettling, Johnny Blowers, and Jack Sperling; alto saxophonists/clarinetists Gus Bivona, Joe Dixon, and Andy Fitzgerald; vocalists Danny Richards, Ruth Bradley and Kathleen Lane; pianist Joe Bushkin, trombonist/arranger Ray Conniff, trombonist Sonny Lee; bassists Hank Wayland, and Morty Stulmaker, trumpeters Carl "Bama" Warwick, Steve Lipkins, and Les Elgart; tenor saxophonists Georgie Auld,and Don Lodice; and pianist/arranger Joe Lippman.
Berigan was regularly featured on CBS Radio's Saturday Night Swing Club broadcasts from 1936 into 1937. This network radio show helped further popularize jazz as the swing era reached its apogee. For the balance of the 1930s, he sometimes appeared on this program as a guest.
Berigan's business troubles drove him to declare bankruptcy in 1939, and shortly after to join Tommy Dorsey as a featured jazz soloist. By September 1940, Berigan briefly led a new small group, but soon reorganized a touring big band. Berigan led moderately successful big bands from the fall of 1940 into early 1942, and was on the comeback trail when his health declined alarmingly. In April 20, 1942, while on tour, Berigan was hospitalized with pneumonia in Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until May 8. But his doctors discovered worse news: that cirrhosis had severely damaged his liver. He was advised to stop drinking and stop playing the trumpet for an undetermined length of time. Berigan couldn't do either. He returned to his band on tour, and played for a few weeks before he returned to the Van Cortlandt Hotel where he made his home in New York City and suffered a massive hemorrhage on May 31, 1942. He died two days later in Polyclinic Hospital, New York, at age 33. He was survived by his wife, Donna, and his two young daughters, Patricia, 10, and Joyce, 6. Funeral services were conducted Jun 3 at St. Malachy's Churcy, New York.[5] He was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery south of Fox Lake.
Legacy[edit]In compliance with Berigan's wish, the band was kept intact under his name. Mrs. Donna Berigan, his widow, maintained his financial interest in it. Vido Musso, sax player, became the leader.
His 1937 recording of "I Can't Get Started" was used in the film Save the Tiger (1973), the Roman Polanski film Chinatown (1974), and a Martin Scorsese short film,The Big Shave (1967). Woody Allen has used Berigan's music occasionally in his films. In 2010, his Victor recording of "Heigh-Ho" was used on a Gap clothing TV commercial. Berigan's name was used frequently in the comic strip "Crankshaft." Fox Lake, Wisconsin has kept his memory and influence alive with an annual Bunny Berigan Jazz Jubilee since the early 1970s. Most of Berigan's recordings are currently available, and two full-length biographies of him have been published.
Bunny Berigan's compositions (really informally created jam tunes) include "Chicken and Waffles", released as Decca 18117 in 1935 as by Bunny's Blue Boys, and "Blues", released in 1935 as Decca 18116, also with the Blue Boys. (This 1935 session was produced by John Hammond at Decca for, and initially appeared only in, the UK on Parlophone. The Decca issues listed were part of a 4 pocket album set issued in the 1940s during the recording ban.)
Honors[edit]In 1975, Bunny Berigan's 1937 recording "I Can't Get Started" on Victor (25728-A) was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
He was inducted in the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame in 2008.
Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan was born in Hilbert, Wisconsin, the son of William Patrick Berigan and Mary Catherine (Mayme) Schlitzberg, and raised in Fox Lake, Wisconsin. A musical child prodigy, having learned the violin and trumpet from when he was 14, Berigan played in local orchestras by his mid-teens before joining the successful Hal Kemp orchestra in 1930. He attended University of Wisconsin and while there taught trumpet and played in dance bands after school hours. Since his graduation, he appeared as featured soloist with Hal Kemp, Rudy Vallee, Tommy Dorsey, Abe Lyman, Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman bands. Berigan's first recorded trumpet solos came with the Kemp orchestra, and he was with the unit when they toured England and a few other European countries later in 1930.
Shortly after the Kemp unit returned to the U.S. in late 1930, Berigan, like fellow trumpeter Manny Klein, the Dorsey Brothers and Artie Shaw, became a sought-after studio musician in New York. Fred Rich, Freddy Martin and Ben Selvin were just some conductors who sought his services for record dates. He joined the staff of CBS radio network musicians in early 1931. Berigan recorded his first vocal, "At Your Command," with Rich that year. From late 1932 through early 1934, Berigan was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra, before playing with Abe Lyman's band briefly in 1934.
He returned to freelancing in the New York recording studios and working on staff at CBS radio in 1934. He recorded as a sideman on hundreds of commercial records, most notably with the Dorsey Brothers and on Glenn Miller's earliest recording date as a leader in 1935, playing on "Solo Hop". At the same time, however, Berigan made an association that began his ascent to fame in his own right: he joined Benny Goodman's Swing band. Legendary jazz talent scout and producer John Hammond, who also became Goodman's brother-in-law in due course, later wrote that he helped persuade Gene Krupa to re-join Goodman, with whom he'd had an earlier falling-out, by mentioning that Berigan, whom Krupa admired, was already committed to the new ensemble. With Berigan and Krupa both on board, the Goodman band made the legendary, often disheartening tour that ended with their unexpectedly headline-making stand at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, the stand often credited with the "formal" launch of the swing era. Berigan recorded a number of classic solos while with Goodman, including on "King Porter Stomp," "Sometimes I'm Happy," and "Blue Skies."
Berigan left Goodman to return again to freelancing as a recording and radio musician in Manhattan. During this time (late 1935 and throughout 1936), he began to record regularly under his own name, and continued to back singers such as Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, and Billie Holiday. He spend some time with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra in late 1936 and early 1937, working as a jazz soloist on Dorsey's radio program and on several records. His solo on the Dorsey hit recording "Marie" became considered one of his signature performances. In 1937, Berigan assembled a band to record and tour under his name, picking the then-little known Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke composition, "I Can't Get Started" as his theme song. He made three attempts to organize a band of his own. His last try met with success. Since starting his own orchestra, he played trumpet in nearly every number and directed the band at the same time. Berigan's bravura trumpet work and curiously attractive vocal made his recorded performance of it for Victor the biggest hit of his career. Berigan modeled his trumpet style in part on Louis Armstrong's style, and often acknowledged Armstrong as his own idol, but he was no Armstrong clone. He had a trumpet sound that was unique, and very individual jazz ideas. Armstrong, for his part, recognized Berigan's talents, and praised them both before and after Berigan's death.
Berigan got the itch to lead his own band full-time and did so from early 1937 until June 1942, with one six-month hiatus in 1940, when he became a sideman in Tommy Dorsey's band. Some of the records he made with his own bands were equal in quality to the sides he cut with Goodman and Dorsey. But a series of misfortunes as well as Berigan's alcoholism worked against his financial success as a bandleader. Bunny also began a torrid affair with singer Lee Wiley in 1936, which lasted into 1940. The various stresses of bandleading drove Berigan to drink even more heavily. Nevertheless, musicians considered him an excellent bandleader. Among the notable players who worked in the Berigan band were: drummers Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, George Wettling, Johnny Blowers, and Jack Sperling; alto saxophonists/clarinetists Gus Bivona, Joe Dixon, and Andy Fitzgerald; vocalists Danny Richards, Ruth Bradley and Kathleen Lane; pianist Joe Bushkin, trombonist/arranger Ray Conniff, trombonist Sonny Lee; bassists Hank Wayland, and Morty Stulmaker, trumpeters Carl "Bama" Warwick, Steve Lipkins, and Les Elgart; tenor saxophonists Georgie Auld,and Don Lodice; and pianist/arranger Joe Lippman.
Berigan was regularly featured on CBS Radio's Saturday Night Swing Club broadcasts from 1936 into 1937. This network radio show helped further popularize jazz as the swing era reached its apogee. For the balance of the 1930s, he sometimes appeared on this program as a guest.
Berigan's business troubles drove him to declare bankruptcy in 1939, and shortly after to join Tommy Dorsey as a featured jazz soloist. By September 1940, Berigan briefly led a new small group, but soon reorganized a touring big band. Berigan led moderately successful big bands from the fall of 1940 into early 1942, and was on the comeback trail when his health declined alarmingly. In April 20, 1942, while on tour, Berigan was hospitalized with pneumonia in Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until May 8. But his doctors discovered worse news: that cirrhosis had severely damaged his liver. He was advised to stop drinking and stop playing the trumpet for an undetermined length of time. Berigan couldn't do either. He returned to his band on tour, and played for a few weeks before he returned to the Van Cortlandt Hotel where he made his home in New York City and suffered a massive hemorrhage on May 31, 1942. He died two days later in Polyclinic Hospital, New York, at age 33. He was survived by his wife, Donna, and his two young daughters, Patricia, 10, and Joyce, 6. Funeral services were conducted Jun 3 at St. Malachy's Churcy, New York.[5] He was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery south of Fox Lake.
Legacy[edit]In compliance with Berigan's wish, the band was kept intact under his name. Mrs. Donna Berigan, his widow, maintained his financial interest in it. Vido Musso, sax player, became the leader.
His 1937 recording of "I Can't Get Started" was used in the film Save the Tiger (1973), the Roman Polanski film Chinatown (1974), and a Martin Scorsese short film,The Big Shave (1967). Woody Allen has used Berigan's music occasionally in his films. In 2010, his Victor recording of "Heigh-Ho" was used on a Gap clothing TV commercial. Berigan's name was used frequently in the comic strip "Crankshaft." Fox Lake, Wisconsin has kept his memory and influence alive with an annual Bunny Berigan Jazz Jubilee since the early 1970s. Most of Berigan's recordings are currently available, and two full-length biographies of him have been published.
Bunny Berigan's compositions (really informally created jam tunes) include "Chicken and Waffles", released as Decca 18117 in 1935 as by Bunny's Blue Boys, and "Blues", released in 1935 as Decca 18116, also with the Blue Boys. (This 1935 session was produced by John Hammond at Decca for, and initially appeared only in, the UK on Parlophone. The Decca issues listed were part of a 4 pocket album set issued in the 1940s during the recording ban.)
Honors[edit]In 1975, Bunny Berigan's 1937 recording "I Can't Get Started" on Victor (25728-A) was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
He was inducted in the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame in 2008.
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Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Lyrics
'Deed I Do Do I want you? Oh, my, do I Honey, 'deed…
After You've Gone Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could…
Ain't She Sweet Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
April In Paris I never knew the charm of spring I never met it…
autumn in new york Autumn in new york Why does it seem so inviting Autumn in…
autumn leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
autumn serenade Through the trees comes autumn with her serenade. Melodies t…
Azure Driftin' Dreamin' In an Azure mood, Stardust gleamin' Thru …
Back In Your Own Backyard We leave home expecting to find a blue bird, Hoping ev'ry…
Beale Street Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a…
Blues I don't want you, but I'd hate to lose you You've…
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't…
Caravan Night and stars above that shine so bright The myst'ry…
Don't Be That Way Must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that Must be…
Easy To Love {with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra} I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Frankie & Johnny This the story of Frankie and Johnny They were sweethearts f…
Gone With The Wind Last night we met And I dream of you yet With…
Hold Tight Hold tight hold tight hold tight hold tight Foo-ra-de-ack-a-…
I Can't Get Started I'm a glum one, it's explainable, I met someone unattainable…
I Cant Get Started I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled…
I Cried for You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart I let a song go out of my heart It was…
I Never Knew I wish I knew someone like you could love me I…
I'll Always Be In Love With You I'm writing you, my dear, Just to tell you, In September, yo…
i'll remember april This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
I'm Coming Virginia I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
indian summer Summer, you old Indian Summer You're the tear that comes aft…
It Don't Mean a Thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
it might as well be spring I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as…
It's Wonderful It's a wonderful world I'm just walking on air Talk…
Jazz Me Blues There are blues that you get from worry. There are blues…
june in january Memphis in June A shady veranda under a Sunday blue sky Memp…
Let'S Do It Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let's…
Louisiana Get goin', Louisiana hayride! Get goin', we all is ready! St…
Marie Marie, Marie, Marie Marie, the dawn is breaking Marie, (ooh…
Me Minus You When a girl has the heart of a mother It must…
Old Man Mose Now one time there lived an old man With a very…
Out of Nowhere You came to me from out of nowhere You took my…
Peg O' My Heart Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Poor Butterfly Poor butterfly 'Neath the blossoms waiting Poor butterfly F…
Rose Room I want to take you to a little room A little…
Russian Lullaby Mm Mm Every night you'll hear her croon A Russian lullaby …
San Francisco It only takes a tiny corner of This great big…
santa claus came in the spring I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
See You Sinners Brothers, sisters Listen to what I say Moanin' and groanin' …
september in the rain The leaves of brown came tumbling down Remember in September…
September Song For it's a long, long while from May to December But…
She Reminds Me Of You Oh! Will you never let me be? Oh! Will you never…
Sophisticated Lady They say into your early life romance came And in this…
spring in december I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
spring is here Spring is here! Why doesn't my heart go dancing? Spring is…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
suddenly it's spring You think that money is everything And still, it's anybody's…
Summertime There's a time each year That we always hold dear Good old…
Sunday I knew every monday Thinking over to sunday That one day tha…
Sunrise Serenade Good morning Good morning You sleepyhead It's dawning Stop y…
Swanee River Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Swing Mister Charlie Swing Mister Charlie, Oh swing Mister Charlie, I don't care …
Swingtime in Springtime When it's springtime in the Rockies I am coming back to…
T'ain't What You Do Do you know what is means to miss New Orleans I…
That Foolish Feeling I saw you last night and got that old feeling When…
The First Time I Saw You The first time ever I saw your face I thought the…
The Prisoner's Song Oh, I wish I had some-one to love me Some-one…
the red leaves of autumn The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
There'll Be Some Changes Made They say, 'don't change the old for the new' But I've…
Tiger Rag Hold that tiger Hold that tiger Hold that tiger Hold that ti…
Troubled When you're down and out When you're on the street When even…
Wearing Of The Green Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hear The news that's going…
Whistle While You Work When the work begins to pile up, And your temper starts…
winter wonderland Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, In the lane, snow is…
You Made Me Love You You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
You Took Advantage of Me When a girl has the heart of a mother It must…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bunny Berigan:
A Fine Romance A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend…
A Little Bit Later On A little bit later on A little bit later on Just wait,…
A Melody From The Sky Love is ev'rywhere it's music fills the air All nature seems…
Ain Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
Ain't She Sweet Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
Ain't She Sweet? Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
Aint She Sweet Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
All God s Chillun Got Rhyth Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see m…
All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
Am I Blue I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
Azure Driftin' Dreamin' In an Azure mood, Stardust gleamin' Th…
Back In You Own Backyard We leave home expecting to find a blue bird, Hoping ev'ry…
Back In Your Own Backyard We leave home expecting to find a blue bird, Hoping ev'ry…
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea I don't want you, but I'd hate to lose you You've…
Button One two button your shoe Put on your coat and hat I'll…
Can't Get Started I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled…
Caravan Night and stars above that shine so bright The myst'ry…
Dear Old Southland Dear old Southland I hear you calling me. And I long…
did i remember The night was filled with sweet surrender I had a million…
Doggone I've Done It Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love Doggone, it hit…
East of the Sun East of the sun and west of the moon We'll build…
Ebb Tide South sea isle, a palm tree isle and Cool trade winds…
Empty Saddles There's something strange in the old corral There's a breez…
Everybody Loves My Baby i'm as happy as a king feeling good and everything just like…
Honeysuckle Rose Every honey bee fills with jealousy, When they see you out…
I The night was filled with sweet surrender I had a million…
I can I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled…
I Can't Pretend I can't pretend I'm sorry we're apart I can't pretend I just…
I Cant Get Started I'm a glum one, it's explainable, I met someone unattainable…
I Can`t Get Started I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled…
I Cried For You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Got A Guy Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears …
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Got Rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
I'm Confessin' I'm confessin' that I love you, Tell me, do you love…
I've Got a Guy Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
In a Little Spanish Town Evenings are crowded with memories Thrilling me again Like…
In a Sentimental Mood In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come…
It Ain't Right Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
It Had To be You It had to be you, it had to be you. I…
Kiss Me Again You've got me crying again You've got me sighing again What …
Let Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let's…
Let's Call A Heart A Heart When we're in a friendly situation My conversation may not b…
Let's Do It Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let's…
Marie Marie, Marie, Marie Marie, the dawn is breaking Marie, (ooh…
Maybe Maybe you'll think of me When you are all alone Maybe the…
Me Minus You When a girl has the heart of a mother It must…
No Regrets No regrets altho' our love affair has gone astray No regrets…
On The Beach With You On the beach with you I′ll loathe the whole day through And…
One Two Button Your Shoe One two button your shoe Put on your coat and hat I'll…
Organ Grinder's Swing Who's that coming down the street? Good old organ grinder Pe…
Peg Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Peg 'o My Heart Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Peg O' My Heart Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Peg O'my Heart Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Rose Room I want to take you to a little room A little…
San Francisco It only takes a tiny corner of This great big…
She Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
She's Funny That Way Once she dressed in silks and lace, Owned a Rolls…
Sing Sing, sing, sing, sing everybody start to sing like dee…
Skylark Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me…
Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn Stop this meetin', gather round, Put those horns down on the…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Stardust- And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Stay On The Right Side Of The Road Come on, you sinners Hallelujah Come on, you sinners Hall…
Swanee River Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
The Blues I don't want you, but I'd hate to lose you You've…
Two In Love Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let's…
When Did You Leave Heaven I used to dream about angels But then I never…
Whistle While You Work When the work begins to pile up, And your temper starts…
You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
You Took Advantage of Me When a girl has the heart of a mother It must…
You're Not The Kind You say you're falling in love with me That's why I…
You've Got Everything You've got me crying again You've got me sighing again What …
You've Got Me Crying Again You've got me crying again You've got me sighing again Wha…
We have lyrics for these tracks by His Orchestra:
A Very Precious Love Ev'ry show must have a song Most ev'ryone agrees For what el…
A-Tisket A-Tasket A-tisket a-tasket A brown and yellow basket I sent a letter …
Adios Maraquita Linda Te quiero, dijiste tomando mis manos entre tus manitas de bl…
Adventures in Paradise Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in…
All The Things You Are You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonel…
Almost Like Being in Love What a day this has been What a rare mood I'm…
Answer Me Answer me, Lord above: Just what sin have I been guilty…
Beautiful Dreamer Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are …
Begin The Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound…
Bells Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O'er the…
Blue Skies Blue skies, smilin' at me Nothin' but blues skies do I…
Blues for Two Five foot two, eyes of blue But oh, what those five…
Can t Help Lovin Dat Man Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't…
Carioca Ela é carioca, ela é carioca Basta o jeitinho dela andar Nem…
Clair de Lune Lune de miel Nunca sabré cómo tu alma ha encendido…
Come Back to Sorrento Fun may be fun But it's not when the one That you…
Don't You Do It You had plenty money 1922 You let other women make a…
Emaline Don't you hear my heart whisper thru your window, Emaline? I…
Everything I Have Is Yours Everything I have is yours, you're a part of me Everything…
Far Away Places Far away places with strange sounding names Far away over th…
Fly Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let…
For You Alone When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high, And…
Goodnight Irene Irene, goodnight Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene Goodnight…
Hi-Lili Hi-Lili Hi-Lo The sun has got his hat on hip-hip-hip hooray The sun…
High Noon Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' On this, our weddin'…
I Don't Know Don't you know I care Or don't you care to…
I Dream of Jeannie I guess I'll to dream the rest If you can't remember…
I Hear A Rhapsody And when I hear you call So softly to me I…
I Love Paris I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I May Be Wrong I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful I may…
I Talk to the Trees Last time that I came round You wouldn't even open the…
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now I wonder who's kissing her now I wonder who's teaching her…
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World I'm sitting on top of the world Just rolling along, Just…
I.E.O.T.D I believe, I believe I believe in wishing wells And I also…
If Dreams Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
If I Loved You I wanna be loved by you, just you And nobody else…
It Don Must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that Must be…
It Don't Mean a Thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you g…
Jersey Bounce They call it that Jersey bounce A rhythm that really counts …
Let It Snow Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so…
Let's Face The Music & Dance There may be trouble ahead But while there's moonlight and m…
let's get together I'm so tired of this dull routine Up to town on…
Love for Christmas I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose that…
Lover Fun may be fun But it's not when the one That you…
Lullaby of Broadway Come on along and listen to The lullaby of Broadway The hip…
Moanin Moanin' low, my sweet man, I love him so Though he's…
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How…
My Old Dutch My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's…
No Other Love No other love have I Only my love for you Only the…
Oh Marie Here while the day is fading, Dear you I'm serenading, My lo…
Oh! Oh, Marie (oh, Marie) Oh, Marie (oh, Marie) In your arms, I'…
Old Folks at Home Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Out of My Dreams You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to…
Over the Rainbow When all the world is a hopeless jumble And the raindrops…
Posin Sposin' I should fall in love with you, Do you…
Rain/Snow April showers, overhead offer me a chance To protect her fro…
Remember The night was filled with sweet surrender I had a million…
Rock House Blues Lace up your boots and we'll broom on down To a…
Rock It For Me I heard it came to town A new kind of rhythm Spread…
Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen Comet and…
Russian Lullaby Aka Lullaby Mm Mm Every night you'll hear her croon A Russian lullaby …
September Song For it's a long, long while from May to December But…
September Song From "Knickerbocker Holiday" Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But…
Serenade Through the trees comes autumn with her serenade. Melodies t…
Shall We Dance Drop that long face Come on have your fling Why keep nursing…
She's Tall She's Tan She's Terrific There's a new gal hit the town That really knows her…
Since I Since I met you baby my whole life has changed Since…
Sing a Song of Sunbeams Give me a song that's robust Feeling the way I am Any…
Singin' In The Rain I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain What…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Stompin Savoy, the home of sweet romance, Savoy, it wins you with…
Stompin' at the Savoy Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you at…
Stranger in Paradise Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in…
Summertime In Venice There's a time each year That we always hold dear Good old…
The Party's Over The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've…
The Sheik of Araby "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At…
The Wedding Samba Way down in the land of the Rio Grande When people…
The Whiffenpoof Song To the tables down at Mory's To the place where Louie…
The Yellow Rose Of Texas There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna…
Theme from Moulin Rouge When ever we kiss, I worry and wonder. Your lips may be…
There They Go There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin When…
They Say It's Wonderful They say that falling in love is wonderful It's wonderful, s…
Third Man Theme When a zither starts to play You'll remember yesterday In it…
Three Coins In The fountain Three coins in the fountain, Each one seeking happiness. Thr…
Tonight Well, I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Gonna h…
Unforgettable Unforgettable That's what you are Unforgettable Tho' near or…
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve When the bells all ring and the horns all blow And…
what is there to say Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
When I Fall in Love Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do Maybe I am…
Why Don t You Do You had plenty money, 1922 You let other women make…
You Feel It Whenever it's early twilight I watch 'til a star breaks thro…
You Turned the Tables on Me YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME Benny Goodman I used to be…