Recommended Materials
SWINGING DOWN THE LANE
18 recordings by Isham Jones and His Orchestra. Tracks include the #1 hit song from 1924, “It Had To Be You.”
Memphis Archives #1, 1994.
PLATINUM & GOLD COLLECTION: FRANK SINATRA & TOMMY DORSEY
Collection of recordings by Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra recorded between 1940 and 1942. Tracks include the 1944 #4 recording of “I’ll Be Seeing You In My Dreams.”
BMG Heritage # 54215, 2003.
HITS OF ‘22: THE ROARING TWENTIES DO IT AGAIN
Collection of the top hit recordings from 1922 with performances by Fanny Brice, Henry Burr, Al Jolson, Isham Jones, Irving Kaufman, Ted Lewis, Billy Murray and Paul Whiteman. Tracks include the #1 recording by Isham Jones “On the Alamo.”
Living Era Records # 55222, 2003.
CANTOR MEETS JOLSON
3 Discs of Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson recordings. Tracks include Al Jolson’s #2 hit song from 1924, “The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else.”
Original Cast # 9753, 1997.
THE BEST OF THE BIG BANDS
3 disc collection of recordings from the Big Band era. Tracks include the 1944 hit recording by Frank Sinatra and the Harry James Orchestra, “It’s Funny to Everyone But Me.”
Madacy Records # 5838, 2001.