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1001 SONGS
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Java Jive

The Ink Spots (1940)


Writer / Milton Drake, Ben Oakland
Label / Decca





                                                                                                                                                                  


 

 

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Mbube


Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds (1939)



Writer / Solomon Linda

Producer / Griffitths Motsieloa 

Label / Singer

Album / Mbube (1939)









                                                                                                                                                                                            


 



                                            

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The Gallis Pole


Lead Belly (1939)



Writer / Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax

Producer / John Lomax, Alan Lomax

Label / Libray of Congress







                                                                                                                                                                                             


 



                                            

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Over the Rainbow

Judy Garland (1939)


Writer / Harold Arlen, E Y. "Yip" Harburg
Label / MGM






                                                                                                                                                                                             


 

 

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Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday (1939)


Writer / Abel Meeropol (credited as Lewis Allan)
Label / Commodore






                                                                                                                                                                  


 



                                            

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Hellhound on My Trail


Robert Johnson (1937)



Writer / Robert Johnson
Producer / Don Law
Label / Vocalion







                                                                                                                                                                                                  


 



                                            

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Cross Road Blues


Robert Johnson (1936)



Writer / Robert Johnson

Producer / Don Law

Label / Vocalion






                                                                                                                                                                                           


 



                                            

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Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)


The Carter Family (1935)



Writer / A. R. Habershon, Ch. H. Gabriel, A. P. Carter

Producer / Ralph Peer

Label / Okeh









                                                                                                                                                                                            


 



                                            

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1001 SONGS

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Hula Girl 


Sol Hoopii (1934)



Writer / Sunny Cunha

Label / Brunswick







                                                                                                                                                                                


 



                                            

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Mal hombre


Lydia Mendoza (1934)



Writer / Traditional, arranged by Lydia Mendoza

Producer / Eli Oberstein

Label / Blue Bird








                                                                                                                                                                                               


 



                                            

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