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Day 100 - 1926 - Jan Garber - Baby Face
- Wow! 100 songs for 100 years! Thanks to @originaloccasion.bsky.social for creating the challenge in the first place! It's been fun. "There's not another one could take your place, baby face." #jangarber #babyface
1926 HITS ARCHIVE: Baby Face - Jan Garber (Benny Davis, vocal)
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September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Day 99 - 1927 - Paul Whiteman - My Blue Heaven
- "Just Molly and me, and the baby makes three. We're happy in my Blue Heaven." #paulwhiteman #myblueheaven
1927 HITS ARCHIVE: My Blue Heaven - Paul Whiteman (Jack Fulton & quartet, vocal)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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September 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Day 98 - 1928 - Gene Austin - Ramona
- The 5th and final song I didn't know before doing this challenge. Not bad for 100 years worth of music. "Ramona, when day is done you'll hear my call. Ramona, we'll meet beside the waterfall." #geneaustin #ramona
1928 HITS ARCHIVE: Ramona - Gene Austin
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September 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Day 97 - 1929 - Leo Reisman - Ain’t Misbehavin’
- "I know for certain the one I love. I'm through with flirtin', it's just you I'm thinkin' of." #fatswaller #aintmisbehavin
1929 HITS ARCHIVE: Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Fats Waller (instrumental)
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September 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Day 96 - 1930 - Fred Rich - I Got Rhythm
- I love that they didn't gender-swap these lyrics for a male singer. "I got rhythm. I got music. I got my man. Who could ask for anything more?" #fredrich #igotrhythm
1930 Fred Rich - I Got Rhythm (1930 Columbia version--Paul Small, vocal)
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September 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Day 95 - 1931 - Ozzie Nelson - Dream a Little Dream of Me
- "Stars fading, but I linger on, dear, still craving your kiss." #ozzienelson #dreamalittledreamofme
1st RECORDING OF: Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ozzie Nelson (1931)
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September 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Day 94 - 1932 - Louis Armstrong - All of Me
- Also one of the movies I grew up on! "You took the part that once was my heart, so why not take all of me?" #louisarmstrong #allofme
1932 HITS ARCHIVE: All Of Me - Louis Armstrong
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September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Day 93 - 1933 - Ethel Waters - Stormy Weather
- "Night comes around and I'm still feeling bad. Rain pourin' down, blinding every hope I had." #ethelwaters #stormyweather
1933 HITS ARCHIVE: Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters
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September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Day 92 - 1934 - Ted Fio Rito - Blue Moon
- This was my dad's favorite song. "Blue moon. You knew just what I was there for. You heard me saying a prayer for someone I really could care for." #tedfiorito #bluemoon
1934 Ted Fio Rito - Blue Moon (Muzzy Marcellino, vocal)
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September 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Day 91 - 1935 - Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek
- "Heaven, I'm in heaven. And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak." #fredastaire #cheektocheek
1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire (Leo Reisman orch.)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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September 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Day 90 - 1936 - Louis Prima - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
- "Now that you've discovered that the music goes 'round and 'round, you forgot to remember you've got to swing in this man's town." #louisprima #singsingsing
1st RECORDING OF: Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima (1936 version--Louis Prima, vocal)
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September 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Day 89 - 1937 - Adriana Caselotti - Someday My Prince Will Come
- "Someday, when spring is here, we'll find our love anew. And the birds will sing, and wedding bells will ring, someday, when my dreams come true." #adrianacaselotti #somedaymyprincewillcome
Adriana Caselotti (1937) FIRST RECORDING [SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME]
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September 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Day 88 - 1938 - Larry Clinton - Heart and Soul
- "Heart and soul. I fell in love with you, heart and soul, the way a fool would do madly." #larryclinton #heartandsoul
1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Heart And Soul - Larry Clinton (Bea Wain, vocal)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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September 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Day 87 - 1939 - Glenn Miller - In The Mood
- "Badda bah BA DA. Ba dabba dah dah." #glennmiller #inthemood
Glenn Miller - In The Mood [HQ]
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August 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Day 86 - 1940 - Sammy Kaye - Blueberry Hill
- "The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill, and lingered until my dreams came true." #sammykaye #blueberryhill
1940 HITS ARCHIVE: Blueberry Hill - Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle, vocal)
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August 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Day 85 - 1941 - The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- "He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way. He had a boogie style that no one else could play." #theandrewssisters #boogiewoogiebugleboy
1941 HITS ARCHIVE: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters
YouTube video by The78Prof
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August 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Day 84 - 1942 - Dinah Shore - Sleepy Lagoon
- Fourth song I've never heard before. Still not bad for 84 years. "The memory of this moment of love will haunt me forever." #dinahshore #sleepylagoon
1942 Dinah Shore - Sleepy Lagoon
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August 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Day 83 - 1943 - Jimmy Dorsey - Besame Mucho
- I had no idea there was an English version! "Bésame. Bésame mucho. Each time I cling to your kiss, I hear music divine." #jimmydorsey #besamemucho
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - Besame Mucho (1943)
YouTube video by THE HEHR ARCHIVE
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August 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Day 82 - 1944 - Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
- "Into each life some rain must fall, but too much is falling in mine. Into each heart some tears must fall, but someday the sun will shine." #inkspots #ellafitzgerald
1944 HITS ARCHIVE: Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald (a #1 record)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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August 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Day 81 - 1945 - Billie Holiday - Lover Man
- Third song I’ve never heard before, but it’s a great song! “Got a moon above me, but no one to love me. Lover man, oh, where can you be?" #billieholiday #loverman
Billie Holiday - Lover Man (Audio)
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August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Day 80 - 1946 - King Cole Trio - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
- “I think of you every morning, dream of you every night. Darling, I'm never lonely whenever you are in sight." #natkingcole #forsentimentalreasons
1947 HITS ARCHIVE: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole (his original #1 version)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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August 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Day 79 - 1947 - Francis Craig - Near You
- Only the second song this challenge that I didn't know. Not bad. “Say you'll never stray more than just two lips away.." #franciscraig #nearyou
1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Near You - Francis Craig (Bob Lamm, vocal) (a #1 record…for months!)
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August 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Day 78 - 1948 - Kay Kyser - The Woody Woodpecker Song
- “He's the ladies' first choice, with a laugh in his voice, he gives all his rivals the bird.” #kaykyser #woodywoodpecker
Woody Woodpecker Song
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August 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Day 77 - 1949 - Ezio Pinza - Some Enchanted Evening
- “Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love… When you feel her call you across a crowded room.” #eziopinza #someenchantedevening
South Pacific - Original Broadway Cast Recording: Some Enchanted Evening (Voice)
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August 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Day 26 - 2000 - The Weakerthans - My Favourite Chords
- “These are my favorite chords, I know you like them too. When I get a new guitar, you could have this one.” #myfavouritechords #theweakerthans
My Favourite Chords
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August 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM