|
Jackass Blues
|
Kassel and Stitzel
|
1926
|
|
Jackson Stomp
|
Charlie McCoy and Walter
Vincson
|
1930
|
|
Ja Da
|
Bob Carleton
|
1918
|
|
Jailhouse Blues
|
Clarence Williams &
Bessie Smith
|
1923
|
|
Jamaica March
|
Chris Barber
|
?1961
|
|
Jamaica Shout
|
Horace Henderson
|
1933
|
|
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
|
Hank Williams
|
1952
|
|
Japanese Sandman
|
Whiting & Egan
|
1920
|
|
Jazz Battle
|
Jabbo Smith
|
1929
|
|
Jazz Me Blues
|
Tom Delaney
|
1921
|
|
Jealous
|
Little, Mallie, & Finch
|
1924
|
|
Jeannie With the Light Brown
Hair
|
Foster
|
1854
|
|
Jeepers Creepers
|
Warren & Mercer
|
1938
|
|
Jelly Bean Blues
|
Stanley S. Miller
|
1926
|
|
Jenny’s Ball
|
Quinton Redd
|
1926
|
|
Jersey Bounce
|
Plater, Bradshaw, Wright,
Johnson
|
1941
|
|
Jesus on the Main Line
|
Trad
|
|
|
Joe Avery's Piece
|
Joe Avery
|
?1950
|
|
Johnson Rag
|
Lawrence, Kleinkauf, Hall
|
1917
|
|
Joint is Jumping
|
Razaf & Waller &
Johnson
|
1937
|
|
Joseph Joseph
|
Nellie Casman & Samuel
Steinberg
|
1923
|
|
Joshua Fit The Battle of
Jericho
|
Trad.
|
?1865
|
|
Jubilee
|
Hoagy Carmichael (m) and
Stanley Adams (w)
|
1937
|
|
Jubilee Stomp
|
Duke Ellington
|
1928
|
|
June Night
|
Baer & Friend
|
1924
|
|
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
|
Possibly 19thC Gospel
|
?1865
|
|
Just a Gigolo
|
Leonello Cassucci &
Irving Caesar
|
1929
|
|
Just a Little While to Stay
|
w & m Eugene Monroe
Barlett (1884-1941).
|
1920
|
|
Just Gone
|
King Oliver and Lil Hardin
|
1923
|
|
Just Like the Ivy
|
A.J. Mills (m) and Harry
Castling (w)
|
1902
|
|
Just Squeeze Me
|
Ellington & Gaines
|
1941
|
|
Just Wait ‘til you see My
Baby do the Charleston
|
Simmons & Todd
|
1925
|
|
Kansas City Kitty
|
Walter Donaldson (m) &
Edgar Leslie (w)
|
1929
|
|
Kansas City Stomps
|
Morton
|
1923
|
|
Keeping out of Mischief Now
|
Fats Waller (m) & Andy
Razaf (w)
|
1932
|
|
Keeps On A-Rainin'
|
Max Kortlander and Spencer
Williams
|
1923
|
|
Keyhole Blues
|
Wesley Wilson
|
1927
|
|
King of the Swingers
|
Richard Sherman & Robert
Sherman
|
1966
|
|
King of The Zulus
|
Lil Hardin
|
1926
|
|
King Porter Stomp
|
Jelly Roll Morton
|
1923
|
|
Kinklets
|
Arthur Marshall
|
1906
|
|
Kiss Me Sweet
|
Piron & Lewis
|
1923
|
|
Kitchen Man
|
Razaf & Pinkard
|
1928
|
|
Knee Drops
|
Lil Armstrong
|
1928
|
|
Lady Be Good
|
Geo & Ira Gershwin
|
1924
|
|
Lady of Spain
|
Tolchard Evans & Erell
Reaves
|
1931
|
|
Lady is a Tramp
|
Rodgers and Hart
|
1937
|
|
Laissez Les Bons Temps
Rouler
|
J. Didier & C. Kelly
|
?
|
|
Lambeth Walk
|
Noel Gay & Douglas
Furber
|
1937
|
|
La Mer (Beyond The Sea)
|
Leo Chauliac & Charles
Trenet
|
1943
|
|
Lasses Candy
|
Nick La Rocca
|
1919
|
|
Last Night on the Back Porch
|
Lew Brown & Carl
Schraubstader
|
1922
|
|
Late Hour Blues
|
Richard M. Jones
|
?1939
|
|
Laura
|
D. Raskin & Mercer
|
1945
|
|
La Vie en Rose
|
R. S. Louiguy
|
1946
|
|
Lazy Bones
|
Carmichael & Mercer
|
1933
|
|
La Harpe Street Blues
|
Ken Colyer
|
1952
|
|
Lazy Luke
|
George J. Philpot
|
1905
|
|
Lead Me Saviour
|
Frank N Davis
|
|
|
Let It Snow Let It Snow
|
Jule Styne (m) and Sammy
Cahn (w)
|
1945
|
|
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
|
Beth Slater Whitson (w) &
Leo Friedman (m)
|
1910
|
|
Let Me Sing and I’m Happy
|
Irving Berling (w & m)
|
1929
|
|
Let The Great Big World Keep
Turning
|
Grey & Ayer
|
1917
|
|
Let the Light from the
Lighthouse Shine on Me
|
Trad spiritual
|
Pre-1929
|
|
Let the Rest of the World Go
By
|
E R Ball & J K Brennan
|
1919
|
|
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall
in Love
|
Cole Porter
|
1928
|
|
Life is Just a Bowl of
Cherries
|
L Brown & R Henderson
|
1931
|
|
Lilli Marlene
|
Connor, Leip, Schultz
|
? 1940
|
|
Lily of Laguna
|
Leslie Stuart
|
1898
|
|
Lily of the Valley
|
Paul Barbarin?
|
?1930
|
|
Limehouse Blues
|
Brahman, Furber
|
1922
|
|
Lina Blues
|
Jabbo Smith
|
1929
|
|
Linger Awhile
|
Rose & Owens
|
1923
|
|
Little Girl
|
Madeline Hyde and Francis
Henry
|
1931
|
|
Little Liza Jane
|
Countess Ada De Lachau
|
1916
|
|
Livery Stable Blues
|
Ray Lopez & Alcide
'Yellow' Nunes
|
1917
|
|
Livin’ High
|
M. Pinkard
|
1922
|
|
London Blues
|
Jelly Roll Morton
|
1923
|
|
Lonesome Road
|
Gene Austin & Nathaniel
Shilkret
|
1927
|
|
Long Ago and Far Away
|
Kern & I Gershwin
|
1944
|
|
Long Gone
|
W.C. Handy & Chris Smith
|
1920
|
|
Long Lost Blues (aka Uptown
Bumps)
|
Paul Wyer
|
1914
|
|
Look for the Silver Lining
|
Jerome Kern (m) & Buddy
DeSylva (w)
|
1920
|
|
Lord I’m Lost
|
Ralph Hunt
|
2012
|
|
Lord Let Me in the Lifeboat
|
Popularised by Bunk Johnson
|
Pre-1945
|
|
Lord Lord Lord You Sure Been
Good To Me
|
Trad
|
|
|
Lotus Blossom
|
Arthur Johnston (m) &
Sam Coslow (w)
|
1934
|
|
Louise
|
Richard Whiting & Leo
Robin
|
1929
|
|
Louisiana
|
Johnson & Razaf &
Shaefer
|
1928
|
|
Louisiana Fairytale
|
J F Coots
|
1935
|
|
Louisi-an-i-ay
|
Darensbourg
|
1952
|
|
Love in Bloom
|
Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
|
1934
|
|
Love is the Sweetest Thing
|
Ray Noble (m and w)
|
1932
|
|
Love Letters in the Sand
|
Coots & Kenny
|
1931
|
|
Lovely Way to Spend an
Evening
|
Jimmy McHugh (m) &
Harold Adamson (w)
|
1943
|
|
Love Me Or Leave Me
|
Donaldson & Kahn
|
1928
|
|
Love Me Tender
|
K Darby ?
|
1955
|
|
Love Nest
|
Hirsch & Harbach
|
1920
|
|
Lover Man Oh Where Can He Be
|
J. Davis & R. Ramirez
&J. Sherman
|
1941
|
|
Lovesick Blues
|
Irving Mills & Cliff
Friend
|
1922
|
|
Love Songs of the Nile
|
Nacio Herb Brown &
Arthur Freed
|
1933
|
|
Lover Come Back To Me
|
Romberg & Hammerstein
|
1928
|
|
L-O-V-E Was Made For Me and
You
|
Milt Gabler & Bert
Kaempfert
|
1964
|
|
Low Down Papa
|
Spencer Williams
|
1923
|
|
Lullaby of Birdland
|
George David Weiss (w) and
George Shearing (m)
|
1952
|
|
Lulu’s Back in Town
|
Harry Warren & Al Dubin
|
1935
|
|
Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me
|
Con Conrad & Clare
|
1921
|
|
Mabel's Dream
|
Ike Smith
|
1923
|
|
Mack the Knife
|
Kurt Weill
|
1928
|
|
Magic is the Moonlight
|
Grever & Pasquale
|
1930
|
|
Magnolia's Wedding Day
|
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy
Fields
|
1928
|
|
Mahogany Hall Stomp
|
S. Williams
|
1929
|
|
Make Me a Pallet
|
W C Handy & Dave Elman
|
1924
|
|
Making Whoopee
|
Donaldson & Kahn
|
1928
|
|
Mama Don't Allow
|
Chas 'Cow Cow' Davenport
|
1929
|
|
Mama Inez
|
Elisio Grenet & Gilbert
|
1931
|
|
Mama's Gone Goodbye
|
Piron & Bocage
|
1923
|
|
Man I Love
|
G & I Gershwin
|
1924
|
|
Mandy, Make up your Mind
|
Grant Clarke, Roy Turk,
George Meyer & Arthur Johnston
|
1924
|
|
Maple Leaf Rag
|
Joplin & Russell
|
1899
|
|
Marchand de Poissons
|
Bechet & Fernand Bonifay
|
1952
|
|
Marching Through Georgia
|
H C Work
|
1865
|
|
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
|
Henry Roeland Byrd [=
Professor Longhair]
|
1949
|
|
Margie
|
Benny Davis, Con Conrad, J
Russell Robinson
|
1920
|
|
Maria Elena
|
Lorenzo Barcelata
|
1933
|
|
Marie
|
I Berlin
|
1928
|
|
Martha
|
Moises Simons
|
1931
|
|
Martinique
|
Wilbur de Paris
|
1952
|
|
Mary Wore a Golden Chain
|
|
pre-1920
|
|
Maryland My Maryland
|
Jenny Corrie (m) & James
Randall (w)
|
1861
|
|
Maybe
|
Allan Flynn & Frank
Madden
|
1940
|
|
Maybe Not at All
|
Sidney Easton & Ethel
Waters
|
1925
|
|
Me and Jane in a Plane
|
Edgar Leslie & Joe
Gilbert
|
1927
|
|
Me and My Shadow
|
Jolson & Rose &
Dreyer
|
1927
|
|
Mean To Me
|
Ahlert & Turk
|
1929
|
|
Meet Me By the Ice House
Lizzie
|
Cletus M. Wickens
|
1935
|
|
Me in St Louis, Louis
|
Andrew Sterling & Kerry
Mills
|
1904
|
|
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
|
Beth Slater Wilson & Leo
Friedman
|
1909
|
|
Melancholy Blues
|
Marty Bloom & Walter
Melrose
|
1927
|
|
Memories
|
Gus Kahn & Egbert von
Alstyne
|
1915
|
|
Memories of You
|
Eubie Blake (m) & Andy
Razaf (w)
|
1930
|
|
Memphis Blues
|
Handy
|
1910
|
|
Memphis Shake
|
? Clifford Hayes
|
1926
|
|
Michigander Blues
|
Jabbo Smith
|
1929
|
|
Michigan Water Blues
|
Spencer Williams
|
1923
|
|
Midnight Blues
|
Babe Thompson & Spencer
Williams
|
1923
|
|
Midnight in Moscow
|
Vassili Soloviev
|
1959
|
|
Milenburg Joys
|
Walter Melrose Leon Roppollo
Joe Mares Jelly Roll Morton
|
1925
|
|
Miner's Dream of Home
|
Will Godwin & Leo Dryden
|
1891
|
|
Minglewood Blues
|
Noah Lewis
|
1928
|
|
Minnie the Moocher
|
Cab Calloway and Irving
Mills
|
1931
|
|
Minor Drag
|
Fats Waller
|
1929
|
|
Miss Annabelle Lee
|
Sidney Clare, Lew Pollack,
Harry Richman
|
1928
|
|
Miss Hannah
|
Don Redman and John Nesbit
|
1929
|
|
Miss Otis Regrets
|
Cole Porter
|
1934
|
|
Mississippi Mud
|
James Cavanaugh & Harry
Barris
|
1927
|
|
Mississippi River Blues
|
Big Bill Broonzy
|
1934
|
|
Missouri Waltz
|
Edgar Lee Settle (aka John
Eppel) (m) and J. R. Shannon (w)
|
1914
|
|
Mister Jelly Lord
|
Jelly Roll Morton
|
1923
|
|
Mister Sandman
|
Pat Ballard
|
1954
|
|
Mistreatin’ Daddy Blues
|
Porter Grainger & Bob
Ricketts
|
1923
|
|
Misty
|
Erroll Garner & Johnny
Burke
|
1939
|
|
Mobile Stomp
|
Sam Morgan
|
1927
|
|
Monday Date
|
Hines & Robin
|
1928
|
|
Montmartre
|
Rex Stewart
|
1939
|
|
Mooche, The
|
Ellington & Mills
|
1928
|
|
Mood Indigo
|
Duke Ellington, Irving
Mills, Albany Bigard
|
1930
|
|
Moon River
|
Mercer & Mancini
|
1961
|
|
Moonglow
|
Hudson & DeLange &
Mills
|
1934
|
|
Moonlight and Roses
|
Ben Black & Neil Moret
[latter alias Chas. N Daniels]
|
1926
|
|
Moonlight Bay
|
Percy Wenrich (m) and Edward
Madden (w)
|
1912
|
|
Moonlight in Vermont
|
Karl Suessdorf (m) &
John Blackburn (w)
|
1944
|
|
Moonlight Serenade
|
Mitchell Parish (w) &
Glenn Miller
|
1939
|
|
Moose March
|
P. Hans Flath
|
1909
|
|
Moppin’ and Boppin’
|
Fats Waller, Benny Carter,
Ed Kirkeby
|
1943
|
|
Moten Swing
|
Benny Moten and Ira 'Buster'
Moten
|
1932
|
|
Move the Body Over
|
Anon
|
1950s?
|
|
Muddy Water
|
Rose, Richman & Trent
|
1926
|
|
Muppet Theme
|
Sam Pottle (m) and Jim
Henson
|
1976
|
|
Muskrat Ramble
|
Ray Gilbert and Kid Ory
|
1926
|
|
My Baby Just Cares for Me
|
Walter Donaldson & Gus
Kahn
|
1930
|
|
My Blue Heaven
|
George Whiting and Walter
Donaldson
|
1927
|
|
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in
it [See Uptown Bumps]
|
Trad
|
?1900s
|
|
My Buddy
|
Walter Donaldson & Gus
Kahn
|
1922
|
|
My Cutie's Due at 2 to 2
|
Albert Von Tilzer &
Irving Bibo (mus); & Leo Robin (w)
|
1926
|
|
My Darling
|
Richard Myers (m) & Edwd
Heyman (w)
|
1932
|
|
My Darling Nellie Gray
|
B R Hanby
|
1856
|
|
My Funny Valentine
|
Richard Rodgers (m) and
Lorenz Hart (w)
|
1937
|
|
My Gal Sal
|
P Dresser
|
1905
|
|
My Heart
|
Lil Hardin
|
1925
|
|
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
|
Cole Porter
|
1938
|
|
My Life Will be Sweeter Some
Day
|
Trad Gospel Song
|
|
|
My Little Bimbo
|
Walter Donaldson & H.
Grant Clarke
|
1920
|
|
My Little Girl
|
Von Tilzer & Lewis &
Dillon
|
1915
|
|
My Little Suede Shoes
|
Charlie Parker
|
|
|
My Melancholy Baby
|
Norton & Burnett
|
1911
|
|
My Memphis Baby
|
Narvin Kimball (m) &
Harry E. Godwin (w)
|
1966
|
|
My Mother’s Eyes
|
L Wolfe, Gilbert & Baer
|
1929
|
|
My Mother's Son-in-Law
|
Alberta Nichols (m) and Mann
Holiner (w)
|
1933
|
|
My Old Kentucky Home
|
S Foster
|
1853
|
|
My Silent Love
|
Dana Suesse (m) & Edward
Heyman (m)
|
1932
|
|
My Sweet Lovin’ Man
|
Lil Hardin and Melrose
|
1923
|
|
My Walking Stick
|
Irving Berlin
|
1938
|
|
My Wild Irish Rose
|
Chauncey Olcott
|
1899
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