5 on Friday - Set 42

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

A Piece of My Mind heads into its second week of our journey through nine decades of recorded popular music.
















1 - It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - 1932 - Duke Ellington

It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing

It don't mean a thing
All you got to do is swing

It makes no difference if it's
Sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got

It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing

- Ellington / Mills



2 - Lullaby of Broadway - 1935 - Wini Shaw

The rumble of a subway train
The rattle of a taxi
The daffodils who entertain
At Angelo's and Maxie's

When a Broadway baby says goodnight
It's early in the morning
Manhattan babies don't sleep tight
Until the dawn

Goodnight, baby
Goodnight - the milkman's on his way
Sleep tight baby
Sleep tight - let's call it a day

- Dubin / Warren



3 - Begin the Beguine - 1938 - Artie Shaw



4 - Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh! - 1939 - Andrews Sisters

Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny
How you can love
Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny
Heavens above

You make my sad heart jump with joy
And when you're near I just can't
Sit still another minute

Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny
Please tell me dear
What makes me love you so?

You're not handsome, it is true
But when I look at you
I just, Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh!

- Olman / Rose



5 - Moonlight Serenade - 1939 - Glenn Miller

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