Thank you, Fancy for contributing - I love Helen Forest!

Here's something from Dorothy Collins - a new discovery for me. :)

Latin sounds of the 40's
 

Enjoy

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbKAhX9ySmo"]YouTube - MACHITO NORO MORALES ORCH Como Yo No Hay Quien Baile El Muñeco[/nomedia]
Cuban

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6fhsmVyNaw"]YouTube - Tito Puente - El Cumbanchero[/nomedia]
Puerto Rican.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixbwni57Ed8"]YouTube - Los Chucos Suaves (Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Cinco Lobos)[/nomedia] Mexican

Thank you for posting that Tito Puente! I had heard of him but don't know much about him. I am looking forward to what I find!
This thread is sure making my I-pod full and it is wonderful.

Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with vocals and trumpet by Louis Armstrong


Duke Ellington:

.....love it all, artie shaw, benny goodman, glenn miller, the andrews sisters, grew up after the war in the 50's listening to all that stuff on the "wireless" as it was called.............I particularly love the musichall stuff though, heres Ella Shields with "Burlington Bertie" - i used to do this in drag but this is one of the originals..................enjoy
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN1JxKPYrJY"]YouTube - Berlington Bertie[/nomedia]

Jaques, I loved this! Thanks for contributing it. Funny, I recently saw a movie starring Betty Grable, Dan Daily, et al called 'Mother Wore Tights', and they sang this song. I also have heard it by Julie Andrews in The Star. I had no idea it goes back so far in time. I hope you will continue to post your favorites.

Venus, thank you so much for participating, and for your contributions. I love Jimmy Dorsey, and Louis Armstrong. These are great tunes! :)

Here's something from America's Sweetheart...
 

Doris Day.

Thank you so much for such a wonderful thread Cinderella.

I just adore this music and have spent the evening smiling and 'bopping' to some fabulous music, thank you to everyone for being so generous in sharing your favorites.

There are so many that I love but here are few of my favorites:

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJuFxl0bxY"]YouTube - Billie Holiday - The Very Thought of You[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYrK464nIeY"]YouTube - 'Black Betty' LEADBELLY, Blues Legend[/nomedia]

Again thank you all for the wonderful music

Another one from way back in the day, the original artist is not someone most would think his name was Leadbelly.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5tOpyipNJs"]YouTube - leadbelly - house of the rising sun[/nomedia]

Swing Time in the Rockies :)

This is not a song from the 40's but since you enjoyed Tito Puente very much I thought I could share with you all this one of Tito and his daughter.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k88GuvA4tU"]YouTube - Tito Puente, Millie P, and the Poncho Sanchez Orchestra[/nomedia]

Loves songs including Nate King Cole
 

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_edUrXJzo"]YouTube - Agustín Lara: Piensa en mí - Versión original[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6RnrAD8d9Y"]YouTube - AGUSTIN LARA - AMOR DE MIS AMORES[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxShxMU_ZwA"]YouTube - Nat King Cole ~ Perfidia[/nomedia]

Doris Day
 

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-y9LCOVgY"]YouTube - Doris Day: If I Give My Heart To You[/nomedia]


Doris Day one of my favorite ladies !!

rest in peace - Hugh Martin

Bumping up this wonderful thread...
 

Wow! This song came out the year I was born!! Pretty old tune, not to mention yours truly, lol. Maybe I should also post this on the '60's plus' thread, lol

Swingman on youtube has been recording and posting a lot lately. This guy must have an amazing collection!

http://www.youtube.com/user/SwingMan1937

Enjoy!

Mello....
 

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!! Never heard it before, but it is wonderful! Thanks for posting it, Fancy, and for bumping up the thread. Wish more folks would share their faves on here. This music is golden - it will never die!

40's
 

This is way before my time. But this music will always have a very special and personal meaning to me.

There are several channels on youtube where vintage record collectors record/play their vinyl. I've discovered so much that new-old music that way!

I really enjoyed this piece, too. It has charm. :)

I have more good old fashioned jazz on my ipod than any other type of music. Ella is my favorite singer of all time. Lady Day, Duke, Count Basie, Cole Porter, Pops, give me those any day over the stuff that's on the radio today. I like contemporary jazz artists too, such as Jane Monheit, John Pizzarelli, Michael Buble, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Harry Connick Jr. This music is pure magic!

love this thread!!!
 

My fave is Benny Goodman's "Puttin on the Ritz", which, unfortunately, I can only find as part of a tap solo video (coincidentally, she's quite good, but i really just wanted the song).




Other favorites I've been known to sing along with in the car are:

Janis Segal: Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen




Etta James: At Last (is this too recent?)




Billie Holiday: The Very Thought of You






I'm going to have to go home and check my ipod for more, this thread is great, thank you!!!

Newer group, but a pleasant blast from the past:




I am also guilty of loving early 60's rat pack

swingmans at it again...
 

When music was real.

Jane Monheit is pure magic!!
 

Now if I could just get her to leave her husband and marry me.. hehe. But seriously, she is one of the best contemporary jazz singers today.

any old time...
 

This is a lovely example of Billie's voice before she wrecked it with heroin.

Thought I'd revive this thread...
 

Hopefully some folks out there will appreciate this immortal music. It doesn't matter how much time has gone by, this music stands on it's own because it is beautiful and enduring. I hope some of you will agree, and post some of your favorites.

I just discovered this artist today, and I am madly in love with her singing & style. Her phrasing is incredible, and her clear and crystal voice is just wonderful. I hope you like her as well. Here she is world - Maxine Sullivan. African American b. 1911, d. 1987, but her music endures!

This recording made in the 1950's is not quite...
 

at the 'Big Band' era, but it was a song written by the great Hoagy Carmichael, back in the 30's I believe. So many have recorded this song, but I love Doris Day's rendition - I guess because I just love Doris Day. :)

bump
 

didn't look back...sorry if repeat...
 

will always be my fav....actually got to play it in high school jazz band