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1920s popular music

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Popular songs of the 1920s from Broadway and Tin Pan Alley, performed cabaret style by female vocalist with piano. Includes hits by the Gershwins, Richard Rodgers, and Vincent Youmans, classics from the Great American Songbook, plus rare gems and novelty songs.

"Don't Bring Lulu," (1925), Tin Pan Alley "flapper" song by Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, and Billy Rose

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"Manhattan," hit by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, from The Garrick Gaieties (1925)

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"Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)," Cole Porter Broadway hit (1928) | Public Domain January 1, 2024

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"Tea For Two," No, No, Nanette 1925 Broadway hit by Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar

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"The Varsity Drag," dance hit from 1927 Broadway musical Good News by DeSylva, Brown, & Henderson

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"Don't Look At Me That Way," Cole Porter 1928 hit from Broadway musical Paris, PUBLIC DOMAIN

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"Someone to Watch Over Me," by George and Ira Gershwin, from the 1926 Broadway musical Oh, Kay!

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I Want To Be Happy (1925, Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar, for the Broadway musical No, No, Nanette)

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"Do, Do, Do," by George and Ira Gershwin, from the Broadway musical Oh, Kay! (1926)

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"Does the Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" (1924) Hit Novelty Song

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"All By Myself," Irving Berlin 1921 Tin Pan Alley hit, used in Music Box Revue & Blue Skies

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"Too Many Rings Around Rosie," No, No, Nanette, 1925 VERSION, Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar

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"Boy Wanted," Gershwin HIDDEN GEM, George and Ira Gershwin, 1920s

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"The Enchanted Train" from Sitting Pretty (1924), by Jerome Kern, P.G. Wodehouse, and Guy Bolton

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"I Wish't I Was in Peoria," ALL verses and choruses, 1925 novelty Tin Pan Alley song hit #Peoria

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"You Can Dance With Any Girl At All," 1925 Broadway No, No, Nanette, Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar

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"Mountain Greenery," FULL SONG, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 1926 Broadway hit

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Make Believe, Show Boat 1927 Broadway version, by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

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"Sam, The Old Accordion Man," 1927 Tin Pan Alley song; sung by Ruth Etting & Doris Day

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"I'm in Love Again," Cole Porter, Greenwich Village Follies of 1924 Broadway song, 1920s cabaret

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"Doin' The Raccoon," Roaring 20s college flapper song, 1928 dance band hit

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"Thou Swell," Rodgers & Hart, from 1927 Broadway hit musical "A Connecticut Yankee" #broadway

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"Why Do I Love You?" Show Boat 1927 #broadway musical classic, Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

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"If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)," 1925 Tin Pan Alley hit for Eddie Cantor, Roaring 20s

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"The Man I Love," Gershwins classic, 1920s Tin Pan Alley, Great American Songbook, & Broadway hit

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"I've Got A Crush on You," Gershwins classic, 1920s Broadway, Great American songbook hit

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"Let's Misbehave," Cole Porter Paris Roaring 20's music, 1920s Broadway style

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"I'll See You in C-U-B-A," 1919 Prohibition Roaring 20's Irving Berlin Broadway Tin Pan Alley song

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"You Do Something to Me," Cole Porter 1929 Broadway hit Fifty Million Frenchmen, PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY

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"When My Dreams Come True," Irving Berlin 1929 The Cocoanuts movie song

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"You Took Advantage of Me," Rodgers & Hart, hit from Broadway musical Present Arms, 1928

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"Life Upon the Wicked Stage," Show Boat 1927 Broadway hit, Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

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"The Call of the Sea," No, No, Nanette 1925 Broadway hit, original score & key! Vincent Youmans

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"The Monkey Doodle Doo," 1925 Irving Berlin song from musical The Coconuts (Marx Brothers)

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"Avalon," Al Jolson 1920 Tin Pan Alley Broadway hit, by Jolson, Buddy DeSylva & Vincent Rose

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"With a Song in my Heart," Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 1929 Broadway & Great American Songbook hit

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"Second Hand Rose," Fanny Brice Ziegfeld Follies 1921 Broadway Hit

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"Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me," hit song from 1929 Hollywood film Gold Diggers of Broadway

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"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," Show Boat Broadway 1927 classic song, Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein

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"You've Got That Thing," Cole Porter, from 1929 Broadway hit Fifty Million Frenchmen

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