THE MOST POULAR SONG HITS AND PERFORMERS OF 1927

Ben Bernie I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover Written by Harry Woods and Mort Dixon the song has a long history of being remade. It was used in more than one of Warner Brothers Merrie Melody cartoons. The song is a staple for St. Patrick's Day and was even parodied in 1973, the title changed to I'm Looking over My dead Dog Rover. The song has been adapted as an anthem for Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union and The Son's of Ben, the team supporters, sing it at every home game. In 2012 the song was recorded again by Willie Nelson. Ben Bernie Ain't She Sweet. Was written by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, both of whom have places in the Song Writers Hall Of Fame. The song would continue to recorded across the 20th century by such artist as Pearl Bailey, Guy Lombardo and The Beatles. Ben Selvin Blue Skies Blue Skies was written by Irving Berlin who plays an important role in the first half of the 20th century in American Pop Music. It would go across the century and into the 21sr century being recorded again and again by such artists as Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Debbie Boone and Rod Stewart. The song was written by Berlin as an added song to the Rodger's and Hart Musical, Betsy. The song would live on, but the musical closed after 39 performances. Blue Skies would go to be performed both on television movies and Broadway shows. The song had a movie named after it and joined other Berlin songs that has that honor such as White Christmas, Easter Parade and There's No Business Like Show Business. Most recently the song was brought back to life in a production number for the Broadway production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. George Olson The Best Things in Life Are Free. This song is from the 1927 musical Good News, book by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva, lyrics by DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. The story surrounds a college football player who needs to pass an exam in order to play in the big game that weekend. He gets a tutor to help study and during their study time this song is song. This is another song that would make it's a way across the rest of the 20th century. Being recorded by June Allyson Joe Stafford, Frank Sinatra and Barbara Striesand. There would be a film named after the song in 1956, based on the lives of the writers. Gertrude Lawrence Someone to Watch Over Me Someone To Watch Over Me, was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the musical Oh Kay, which still is done, on occasion, by community theatre groups. The song would be introduced by Gertrude Lawrence, who would remain a top Broadway name for many years. She would eventually go on to play the lead of Anna Leonowens in Rodger's and Hammerstein the King and I. The King and I was written specifically for her and at her request. The ineresting thing about the show is Gertrude Lawrence would fade and he C0-Saty Yul Brynner would begin to rise. The King and I would be his most remembered roll. The song would grow in popularity and be regularly rerecorded by such singers as Rosemary Clooney, Linda Ronstadt, Sting, Brian Wilson and as late as 2011 by Susan Boyle. The song was performed 3 times on American Idol. It was used as an instrumental in the second season of GLEE and Lady Gaga would perform the song on the today show. Proving this song is timeless. The video provided is Julie Andrews singing the song in the movie STAR which was the life of Gertrude Lawrence. Hoagy Carmichael Stardust Stardust was originally an instrumental written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927. Two years later lyricist Mitchell Paris would write lyrics for the song based on ideas that both he and Carmichael had discussed. The song would go on to be recorded by DorisDay, Frank Sinatra, Ringo Starr and as recently as 2009 by Michael Buble. Whispering Jack Smith Me and my Shadow The song was originally written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer. The truth may be that Jolson contributed very little to the song. The song is a standard that was still being played on the radio as late as the 1960s. Artists that recorded the song include Michael Ball and Antonio Banderas, Perry Como, Lou Rawls and Mandy Patimkin. Paul Whiteman Side by Side "Side by Side" is a popular song from 1927 with lyrics by Gus Kahn and music by Harry M. Woods. It is still considered a standard though not as well know today as in the 20th century. The song has been recorded by many artists including Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello for Hudson Hawk, Hayley Mills and Paul Anka, but is probably best known in a 1953 recording by Kay Starr. Vaughn Deleath Are You Lonesome Tonight Vaughn De Leath was also known as The Original Radio Girl actually recorded this song twice in 1927 on June 13 as a solo and again on September 21 as the vocalist for The Colonial Club Orchestra. The song would continue to be popular but rise to mega popularity when Elvis Presley recorded it in 1960. It would remain number one on the Billboard charts for 6 weeks. Vernon Dalhart Lucky Lindy Lucky Lindy was written in honor of Charles Lindbergh's historic flight between New York and Paris in a single seat single engine plane called The Spirit of St Louis on May 21 thru the 22, 1927. He was 25 years old and would have careers as an aviator, author, explorer and social activist.

Top Artists and Songs of 1927 Ben Bernie Ain't She Sweet? I'm Looking Over a Four Leave Clover Ben Selvin Blue Skies Bessie Smith A Good Man Is Hard To Find After You've Gone Bix Beiderbecke At The Jazz Band Ball In A Mist Blind Lemon Jefferson Black Snake Moan Matchbox Blues Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground DeFord Bailey Pan American Blues Frankie Trumbauer Singin' The Blues Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Gene Austin Forgive Me My Blue Heaven Tonight You Belong To Me George Olson At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home) Blue Skies The Best Things In Life Are Free Varsity Drag Gertrude Lawrence Someone To Watch Over Me Guy Lombardo Charmaine! Hoagy Carmichael Stardust Ipana Troubadors Mary Lou Irving Kaufman The Little White House (At the End of Honeymoon Lane) Jack Smith Me and My Shadow Jelly Roll Morton Wolverine Blues (also heard in Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper) Mr Jelly Lord Jimmie Rogers The Soldier's Sweetheart Lewis James Charmain Louis Armstrong Potato Head Blues Moran and Mack Two Black Crows, Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches The Worm) Nat Shilkret Flapperette Nick Lucas I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover Paul Whiteman In A Little Spanish Town My Blue Heaven Side By Side Red Nicols Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra Russian Lullaby Ruth Etting Shaking the Blues Away Sophie Tucker and Ted Lewis Some of These Days Sophie Tucker I Ain't Got Nobody Vaughn Deleath Are You Lonesome Tonight? Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison My Blue Ridge Mountain Home My Carolina Home Vernon Dalhart Lindburgh (Eagle of the USA) Lucky Lindy