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Gypsy Love Song

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from: The Fortune Teller (1898)
composer/lyricist: Herbert and Smith
performances: 40

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Modern Major General

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from: Pirates of Penzance (1879)

composer/lyricist: Gilbert and Sullivan

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Life’s a Funny Proposition, After All

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from: Little Johnny Jones (1904)
composer/lyricist: George M. Cohan
performances: 52
vocalist: George M. Cohan

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You Made Me Love You

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from: Honeymoon Express (1913)
composer/lyricist: Schwartz and Atteridge
vocalist: Al Jolson

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Till the Clouds Roll By

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from: Oh Baby! (1917)

composer/lyricist: Kern and Wodehouse

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A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody

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from: The Ziegfeld Follies (1919)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
vocalist: John Steel

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Fascinating Rhythm

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from: Lady, Be Good! (1924)
composer/lyricist: The Gershwin Brothers
performances: 130
vocalist: Fred and Adele Astaire

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Someone to Watch Over Me

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from: Oh, Kay! (1926)
composer/lyricist: The Gershwin Brothers
vocalist: Gertrude Lawrence

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I Want to be Happy

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from: No! No! Nanette! (1925)
composer/lyricist: Youmans, Ceasar and Harbarch
based on: His Lady Friends by Frank Mandel

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Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man

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from: Show Boat (1927)
composer/lyricist: Kern and Hammerstein
based on: novel by Edna Ferber

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Old Man River

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from: Show Boat (1927)
composer/lyricist: Kern and Hammerstein
based on: novel by Edna Ferber

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I’ve Got a Crush on You

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from: Strike Up the Band (1927)

composer/lyricist: The Gershwin Brothers

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Makin’ Whoopee

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from: Whoopee (1928)
composer/lyricist: Donaldson and Kahn
vocalist: Eddie Cantor

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I Got Rythym

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from: Girl Crazy (1930)
composer/lyricist: Gershwin Brothers
vocalist: Ethel Merman

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Of Thee I Sing, Baby

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from: Of Thee I Sing (1931)

composer/lyricist: Gershwin Brothers

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Night and Day

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from: Gay Divorce (1932)
composer/lyricist: Cole Porter
vocalist: Fred Astaire
based on: unproduced play, “An Adorable Adventure” by Hartley Manners

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Suppertime

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from: As Thousands Cheer (1933)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
vocalist: Ethel Waters

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I Get a Kick Out of You

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from: Anything Goes (1934)
composer/lyricist: Cole Porter
vocalist: Ethel Merman

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Bess, You is My Woman Now

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from: Porgy and Bess (1935)
composer/lyricist: Dubose and Gershwin Brothers
performances: 124
based on: Porgy by Dubose Heyward

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There’s a Small Hotel

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from: On Your Toes (1936)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hart
vocalist: Jack Whiting

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Johnny One-Note

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from: Babes in Arms (1937)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hart
vocalist: Wynn Murray

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Chain Store Daisy

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from: Pins and Needles (1937)
composer/lyricist: Harold J. Rome
performances: 1,108
vocalist: Ruth Rubenstein

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Friendship

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from: Dubarry was a Lady (1939)
composer/lyricist: Cole Porter
vocalist: Ethel Merman

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Louisiana Purchase

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from: Louisiana Purchase (1940)

composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin

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Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

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from: Pal Joey (1940)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hart
based on: a series of short stories by John O’Hara in New Yorker Magazine
vocalist: Vivienne Segal

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Jenny

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from: Lady in the Dark (1941)
composer/lyricist: Weill and Gershwin
vocalist: Gertrude Lawrence
based on: play “I Am Listening” by Moss Hart

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Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning

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from: This is the Army (7/4/1942)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
performances: 113
vocalist: Irving Berlin and company (enlisted servicemen)

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Dat’s Love

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from: Carmen Jones (1940)

composer/lyricist: Bizet and Hammerstein

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Oklahoma

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from: Oklahoma (1943)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hammerstein
performances: 2,212
vocalist: Alfred Drake and company
based on: play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs

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