Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
— Frank Zappa

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
— Elvis Presley

Play List for In Full Swing

Contact the band by calling 215.947.0440 or e-mailing me at hughhyatt at bluehen.udel.edu (you'll need to fix my address in the obvious way).

Title	Composer	Arranger	©	What it's associated with
American Patrol		Jerry Gray	1943?	Recorded by Glenn Miller
The Anniversary Waltz	Al Dubin Dave Franklin	Jack Mason	1941
As Time Goes By	Herman Hupfeld	Mike Carubia	1934?	From the classic movie Casablanca
At Last	Harry Warren	Jack Mason	1942	From the movie Orchestra Wives (don't rent it for anything but the music!)
Auld Lang Syne	Traditional	Dave Wolpe	1993	Dave Wolpe makes this old chestnut really swing!
Autumn Leaves	Jacques Prevert Joseph Kosma	Van Alexander	1947
Bandstand Boogie	C. Albertine	B. Lowden	1954	Theme song for Dick Clark's American Bandstand
Beauty and the Beast	Alan Menken	Mark Taylor	1991	From the Disney movie
Begin the Beguine	Cole Porter	Jack Mason	1935	From the musical Jubilee
Birdland	Josef Zawinul	Larry Kerchner		Recorded by Weather Report
Birth of the Blues	Ray Henderson	Eddie Sauter	1926
Blue Christmas	Billy Hayes Jay Johnson	Van Alexander	1948	Recorded by Elvis Presley and many others
Blue Tango	Leroy Anderson	Johnny Warrington	1951
The Bunny Hop	Ray Anthony Leonard Auletti	Nelson Riddle	1952
C'est Si Bon	Andre Hornez Henri Betti	Johnny Warrington	1947
Cafe Amore	Chet Catallo	Sammy Nestico	1980	Recorded by Spyro-Gyra
Canadian Sunset	Eddie Heywood	Eddie Heywood	1956	Recorded by Eddie Heywood
Charleston	Cecil Mack Jimmy Johnson	Jerry Sears	1950	From the musical Runnin' Wild
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Mack Gordon Harry Warren		1941	Recorded by Glenn Miller
Cruise Control	Lennie Niehasen		1988
Don'cha Go 'Way Mad	Jimmy Mundy Illinois Jacquet	Jerry Sears	1950
Eager Beaver	Stan Kenton	Will Hudson	1942	Recorded by Stan Kenton
Electric Boogie (Slide)
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)	Bart Howard	Larry Clinton^†	1954	Recorded by Frank Sinatra
Frenesí	Alberto Dominguez	Jack Mason	1939	A Rhumba
Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square)	Mack Wolfson Edward R. White	Ben Kendall	1955
Hip to be Square	Bill Gibson Sean Hopper Huey Lewis	Michael Sweeney	1986	Recorded by Huey Lewis and the News
Hoop-Dee-Doo	Milton Delugg	Jack Mason	1950	A polka
Hot, Hot, Hot!	Alphonsus Cassell	Dave Wolpe	1983
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	George Bassman	Noni Bernardi	1933
If	Robert Hargreaves Stanley J. Damerell Tolchard Evans	Paul Weirick	1934
In the Mood	Andy Razaf Joe Garland	Joe Garland		Recorded by Glenn Miller
Isn't It Romantic?	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	Dave Wolpe	1932	From the movie of the same name
It's A Sin to Tell a Lie	Billy Mayhew	Paul Weirick	1936
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Duke Ellington Irving Mills	Mike Carubia	1932
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo	Harry Warren	Mike Carubia	1942	Recorded by Glenn Miller
Jersey Bounce	Bobby Plater Tiny Bradshaw Edward Johnson	George Williams	1941
Jump, Jive, Wail				Recorded by the Brian Setzer Orchestra
Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me	Leonello Casucci / Spencer Williams	Roger Holmes	1929 / 1915
Just Another Polka	Frank Loesser Milton Delugg	Eddie Ballantine	1953
Kiss of Fire	Lester Allen Robert Hill	Johnny Warrington	1952	A tango
Lean Baby	edited by Van Alexander	Billy May	1952	Recorded by Billy May
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing	Sammy Fain	Johnny Warrington	1955?	From the movie of the same name
Love and Marriage	James Van Heusen	Johnny Warrington	1955?	Recorded by Frank Sinatra and played ad nauseum in connection with that stupid TV show
Lullaby of Birdland	George Shearing	Glen Powell	1952
Marianne	Terry Gilkyson Frank Miller Richard Dehr	Johnny Warrington	1955
Mister Five By Five	Don Raye Gene De Paul	Vic Schoen	1942
Misty	Erroll Garner	Johnny Warrington	1954
The Money Tree	Mark McIntyre	Johnny Warrington	1956
Moonlight in Vermont	Karl Suessdorf	Van Alexander	1944
Moonlight Serenade	Glenn Miller	Bob Mintzer	1939	Recorded by Glenn Miller
Muskrat Ramble	E. Ory	Bob Haggart	1926	Striking resemblance to Vietnam Rag by Country Joe & the Fish
My Funny Valentine	Richard Rodgers	Art Dedrick	1937
Night Heat	Kris Dorsey Bill Holcombe		1986
Night Train		S. Edgar
No Name Jive	Larry Wagner	Art Dedrick
On the Street Where You Live	Frederick Loewe	Johnny Warrington	1956	From the musical My Fair Lady
Once in Love with Amy	Frank Loesser	Jack Matthias	1948	From the Broadway show Where's Charley
One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie	Buck Clayton	1938
Pennsylvania 6-5000	Jerry Gray	Jerry Gray	1940	Recorded by Glenn Miller
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Johnny Burke James Van Heusen	Jeff Jarvis	1943
The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)	Marguerite Monnot	Fred Barovick	1956
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Johnny Marks	Johnny Warrington	1949	Johnny Warrington actually makes it swing!
'S Wonderful	George Gershwin	Dave Wolpe
Send in the Clowns	Stephen Sondheim		1973	From the musical A Little Night Music
September Song	Kurt Weill	Jack Mason	1943?	From the musical comedy Knickerbocker Holiday; recorded by Frank Sinatra, among others
Shake, Rattle and Roll	Charles Calhoun	Bob Lowden	1954	Recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis
Siboney	Ernesto Lecuñ	Jack Mason	1929	A rhumba
Sing, Sing, Sing	Louis Primo	John Mascaro^‡	1936	Recorded by Benny Goodman
Sleepy Time Gal	Ange Lorenzo Richard A. Whiting	Johnny Warrington	1925	Politically very incorrect!
Sophisticated Lady	Duke Ellington	Will Hudson	1933
Star Dust	Hoagy Carmichael	Johnny Warrington	1929	My guitar teacher told me in 1965 that this was the most recorded song in history.
Still	Lionel Richie	Dave Wolpe	1979	Our 1st alto sax player, Mort Richmond, does a stunningly beautiful job with this!
Straighten Up and Fly Right	Nat (King) Cole Irving Mills	Vic Schoen	1944	Recorded by Nat (King) Cole
A String of Pearls	Gerry Gray	Johnny Warrington	1941	Recorded by Glenn Miller
Swing, Swing, Swing	John Williams	Mark Taylor	1979	From the movie 1941; a bit much.
Take the "A" Train	Billy Strayhorn and the Delta Rhythm Boys	David Berger	1941	Recorded by Duke Ellington
Tango of Roses	Schreier-Bottero	David Brubeck
(Love is) The Tender Trap	James Van Heusen	Johnny Warrington	1955
Tenderly	Walter Gross	Johnny Warrington	1946
They Can't Take That Away From Me	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	Johnny Warrington
Two O'Clock Jump	Harry James Benny Goodman Count Basie	Dave Wolpe¤	1942	Recorded by Harry James
Vehicle	James M. Peterik	Paul Jennings	1970
Well, Git It	Sy Oliver	Sy Oliver	1943
What I Did for Love	Marvin Hamlisch	Robert Lowden	1975	From the musical A Chorus Line
White Christmas	Irving Berlin	Jack Mason	1942	Recorded by Bing Crosby
Witchcraft	Cy Coleman	Johnny Warrington	1957
The Yellow Rose of Texas	Don George	Ben Kendall		Not our favorite tune
Zoot Suit Riot	Steve Perry	Paul Mu__A	1998	Recorded by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies

^†We have a second arrangement by Sammy Nestico that we hardly ever play.

^‡We have a second arrangement by Roy Phillippe that we hardly ever play; the one by Mascaro is more like Benny Goodman's rendition.

^¤We have a second arrangement by Will Hudson that we hardly ever play.

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