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==Published popular music== * "Address Unknown" words and music: [[Carmen Lombardo]], Johnny Marks & Dedette Lee Hill * "All in Fun" words: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], music: [[Jerome Kern]] Introduced by [[Frances Mercer]] and [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]] in the musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]'' * "[[All or Nothing at All]]" w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. [[Arthur Altman]] * "[[All the Things You Are]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]] from the musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]'' * "Anatole (Of Paris)" w.m. [[Sylvia Fine]] Introduced by [[Danny Kaye]] in the revue ''[[The Straw Hat Revue]]'' * "An Apple For the Teacher" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "[[Are You Havin' Any Fun?]]" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Sammy Fain]] * "The Army Air Corps" w.m. Robert M. Crawford * "[[At the Woodchopper's Ball]]" m. [[Woody Herman]] & Joe Bishop * "[[Back in the Saddle Again|Back In The Saddle Again]]" w.m. [[Gene Autry]] & Ray Whitley * "Between Eighteenth And Nineteenth On Chestnut Street" w.m. Will Osborne & Dick Rodgers * "Bless You" w.m. Don Baker & Eddie Lane * "Blue Orchids" w.m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] * "Bluebirds in the Moonlight" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]] * "[[The Boys in the Back Room (song)|The Boys in the Back Room]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]]. Introduced by [[Marlene Dietrich]] in the film ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''. * "[[Brazil (1939 song)|Brazil]]" w. (Eng) Bob Russell m. Ary Baroso * "Careless" w.m. Lew Quadling, [[Eddy Howard]] & [[Dick Jurgens]] * "[[Comes Love]]" w.m. [[Sam H. Stept]], [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Lew Brown]] * "Cuckoo in the Clock" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]] * "[[Darn That Dream]]" w. [[Eddie DeLange]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] * "[[Day In, Day Out (1939 song)|Day In, Day Out]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Rube Bloom]] * "Desert Rumba" m. [[John Serry, Sr.]] * "[[Ding-Dong! the Witch Is Dead]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]] * "[[Do I Love You?]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[Don't Worry 'Bout Me]]" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. Rube Bloom * "Faithful Forever" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]] * "Flyin' Home" w. Sid Robin m. [[Lionel Hampton]] & [[Benny Goodman]] * "[[Frenesi]]" w. (Eng) [[Ray Charles]] & Bob Russell m. Alberto Dominguez * "The Gaucho Serenade" w.m. James Cavanaugh, John Redmond & Nat Simon * "[[Give Him the Ooh-La-La (song)|Give Him the Ooh-La-La]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[Give it Back to the Indians]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Mary Jane Walsh]] in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]''. * "Go Fly a Kite" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "[[God Bless America]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] * "Good Morning" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]] * "Goodnight, Children Ev'rywhere" w.m. Gabby Rogers & Harry Phillips * "Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "Heaven Can Wait" w. Eddie DeLange m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] *"Heaven in My Arms" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]], [[Frances Mercer]] and [[Hollace Shaw]] in the musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]'' * "[[Honey Hush]]" [[Fats Waller]], Ed Kirkeby * "Huckleberry Duck" w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. [[Raymond Scott]] * "[[I Didn't Know What Time It Was]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Richard Kollmar]] and [[Marcy Westcott]] in the musical ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]''. Performed by [[Trudy Erwin]] dubbing for [[Lucille Ball]] in the [[1940 in music|1940]] film version and interpolated into the score of the [[1957 in music|1957]] film ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' where it was sung by [[Frank Sinatra]]. * "[[I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)]]" m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] w. Jane Brown Thompson * "[[I Like to Recognize the Tune]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Eddie Bracken]], [[Marcy Westcott]], [[Mary Jane Walsh]], [[Richard Kollmar]] and [[Hal Le Roy]] in the musical ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]''. * "I Miss You in the Morning" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]] * "I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. Harry Revel * "I Poured My Heart Into a Song" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] * "[[I Thought About You]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] * "I Want My Mama" w. (Port) Jararaca & Vincente Paiva (Eng) Al Stillman m. Jararaca & Vincente Paiva * "[[I Went to a Marvelous Party]]" w.m. [[NoΓ«l Coward]]. Introduced by [[Beatrice Lillie]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Set to Music]]''. * "If a Grey Haired Lady Says "How's Yer Father?"" w.m. Ted Waite * "[[If I Didn't Care]]" w.m. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] * "[[If I Only Had a Brain]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]] * "If I Only Had Wings" w.m. Sid Colin & Ronnie Aldrich * "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]" w.m. [[Ruth Lowe]] * "I'll Walk Beside You" w.m. Alan Murray & [[Edward Lockton]] * "I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams" [[Cliff Friend]], Dave Franklin * "[[In a Mellow Tone]]" w. [[Milt Gabler]] m. [[Duke Ellington]] * "In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" m. [[Raymond Scott]] * "[[In the Middle of a Dream]]" w. [[Al Stillman]] m. [[Tommy Dorsey]] & [[Einar Swan]] * "[[In the Mood|In The Mood]]" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. Joe Garland * "Is 'E An Aussie, Lizzie, Is 'E?" w.m. [[B. C. Hilliam]] & [[Malcolm McEachern]] * "[[It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World]]" w.m. John Rox * "[[It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day]]" w. Sammy Timberg & Winston Sharples m. [[Al J. Neiburg]]. Introduced by the voice of [[Lanny Ross]] on the soundtrack of the animated feature film ''[[Gulliver's Travels (1939 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]''. * "[[I've Got My Eyes On You (1939 song)|I've Got My Eyes On You]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[J'attendrai]]" w. (Fr) Louis Poterat (Eng) [[Anna Sosenko]] m. [[Dino Olivieri]] * "The Jumpin' Jive" w.m. [[Cab Calloway]], [[Frank Froeba]] & Jack Palmer * "Katie Went to Haiti" w.m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major|Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant-Major]]" [[Art Noel]], [[Don Pelosi]] * "[[The Lady's In Love With You]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. Burton Lane * "[[The Lamp Is Low]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. Peter De Rose & [[Bert Shefter]] * "Leanin' On The Ole Top Rail" w.m. [[Charles Kenny]] & Nick Kenny * "[[Lili Marleen|Lili Marlene]]" w. (Ger) Hans Leip (Eng) [[Tommie Connor]] m. Norbert Schultze * "[[The Little Man Who Wasn't There (song)|The Little Man Who Wasn't There]]" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Bernie Hanighen]] * "Love Never Went to College" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] * "A Lover Is Blue" w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young * "[[Lydia the Tattooed Lady|Lydia, The Tattooed Lady]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Groucho Marx]] in the film ''[[At the Circus]]''. * "A Man and His Dream" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "The Man With the Mandolin" w. James Cavanaugh & John Redmond m. Frank Weldon * "The Masquerade Is Over" w. [[Herb Magidson]] m. Allie Wrubel * "The Moon and the Willow Tree" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]] * "Moon Love" w.m. Mack David, Mack Davis & Andre Kostelanetz * "[[Moonlight Serenade]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Glenn Miller]] * "My Dearest Dear" w.m. [[Ivor Novello]] & Christopher Hassall * "[[My Prayer]]" w. [[Jimmy Kennedy]] m. Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy * "Night in Sudan" w. Charles Carpenter m. [[Tommy Dorsey]] & [[Jimmy Mundy]] * "On a Little Street in Singapore" w.m. [[Peter DeRose]] & [[Billy Hill (songwriter)|Billy Hill]] * "On The Outside Always Lookin' In" w.m. [[Michael Carr (composer)|Michael Carr]] * "[[Over The Rainbow]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Judy Garland]] in the film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. * "Palms in Paradise" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]] Introduced by [[Dorothy Lamour]] in the 1940 film ''[[Typhoon (1940 film)|Typhoon]]''. * "[[Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song)|Pennsylvania 6-5000]]" w. [[Carl Sigman]] m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] * "[[Perfidia]]" w. (Eng) Milton Leeds m. Alberto Dominguez * "[[Run, Rabbit, Run]]" w. [[Noel Gay]] & Ralph T. Butler m. [[Noel Gay]] * "Scatterbrain" w.m. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]], Carl Bean, Kahn Keene & Frankie Masters * "[[She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor]]" w.m. [[Don Raye]] & Hugh Prince * "Sing a Song of Sunbeams" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "Sing My Heart" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Irene Dunne]] in the film ''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]''. * "Somewhere in France With You" w.m. Michael Carr * "South American Way" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]] * "[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South Of The Border]]" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr * "Stairway to the Stars" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Matty Malneck]] * "Start the Day Right" w.m. Al Lewis, Maurice Spitalny & Charles Tobias * "[[Strange Fruit]]" w.m. Lewis Allan * "Sunrise Serenade" w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. [[Frankie Carle]] * "Sweet Potato Piper" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "[[T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)|'Tain't What You Do]]" w.m. [[Sy Oliver]] & [[Trummy Young]] * "Tara's Theme" m. Max Steiner * "That Sentimental Sandwich" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]] * "That Sly Old Gentleman" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "They Would Wind Him Up And He Would Whistle" Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby * "This Is It" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. Arthur Schwartz * ""[[This Is No Dream]]" w.m. [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Benny Davis]] & [[Ted Shapiro]] * "Three Little Fishes" w.m. Saxie Dowell * "Till The Lights Of London Shine Again" w.m. [[Tommie Connor]], [[Eddie Pola]] * "[[To You (1939 song)|To You]]" w.m. [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Benny Davis]] & [[Ted Shapiro]] * "Too Romantic" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]] * "Traffic Jam" m. Teddy McRae & [[Artie Shaw]] * "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" w. Buddy Feyne m. [[Erskine Hawkins]], Williams Johnson & Julian Dash * "Two Blind Loves" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]] * "Two O'Clock Jump" m. [[Harry James]], [[Count Basie]] & [[Benny Goodman]] * "Under a Blanket of Blue" w.m. [[Jerry Livingston]], Al J. Neiburg, & Marty Symes * "[[We'll Meet Again (song)|We'll Meet Again]]" w. [[Hughie Charles]] m. [[Ross Parker (songwriter)|Ross Parker]] * "[[Well, Did You Evah!]]" w. m. [[Cole Porter]] * "[[We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line]]" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr * "[[What's New?]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Bob Haggart]] * "[[When You Wish upon a Star]]" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Leigh Harline]] * "Who's Taking You Home Tonight?" w.m. [[Manning Sherwin]] & [[Tommie Connor]] from the [[revue]] ''[[Shephard's Pie]]'' * "Wish Me Luck" w.m. Harry Parr-Davies & Phil Park * "Wishing (Will Make It So)" w.m. B. G. De Sylva * "You Meet The Nicest People In Your Dreams" Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Manny Kurtz * "[[You Taught Me to Love Again]]" w. Charles Carpenter m. [[Tommy Dorsey]] & [[Henri Woode]] * "You've Got That Look" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]] from the film ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''
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