Jazz Song Alphabet Vol. 8 - by Norma Owens

Recently I got an email by a reader and she regrets that there are very few Swing DJanes. All the more I'm glad that there are so many gals submitting their alphabets, like this one by Norma from Ireland. Enjoy.

26 Swing Songs by Norma Owens, Galway Ireland

Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Sidney Bechet
Big Fat Mama – Four Vagabonds
Crow Jane – Tuba Skinny
Down By The Riverside – Louis Armstrong
Egy Tisztes Öszes Halánték – Hot Jazz Band
Fiddle Dee Dee – Lionel Hampton
Grabtown Grapple – Roy Eldridge
Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More – Harlem Hamfats
I Know How To Do It – Sam Price
Jazz Me Blues – Gentlemen & Gangsters
Ko Ko – Duke Ellington
Lawdy Clawdy – The Cats And The Fiddle
Minor Swing – Django Reinhardt
No Name Jive – Casa Loma Orchestra
Ochi Chorniye – Gordon Webster
Percolatin’ Blues – Smokin’ Time Jazz Club
Quiet Please – Cliff Jackson
Raggle Taggle – Boots and His Buddies
Sister Kate – Muggsy Spanier
Till Tom Special – Hot Sugar Band
Undecided – Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra (Live At The Savoy – 1939-40)
Vol Vist Du Gaily Star – The Shirt Tail Stompers
Whatcha Know Joe – The Pied Pipers
X.L. Rag – Richard Zimmerman
Yacht Club Swing – Fats Waller
Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Girl) – Kay Kyser And His Orchestra

What do you think about the alphabet series? Have you already discovered new songs? Let us know in the comment section below!

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