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37021346 | Play | It Had To Be You (1947 Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021347 | Play | Stompin' at the Savoy | 00:00 Tools | |
37021350 | Play | It Had to Be You | 00:00 Tools | |
37021348 | Play | I'll See You In My Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
37021349 | Play | Sweet Georgia Brown | 00:00 Tools | |
37021351 | Play | Stardust | 00:00 Tools | |
37021352 | Play | Who's Sorry Now | 00:00 Tools | |
37021353 | Play | Nola | 00:00 Tools | |
37021354 | Play | Swingin' Down the Lane | 00:00 Tools | |
37021356 | Play | I`ll See You In My Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
37021355 | Play | California Here I Come | 00:00 Tools | |
37021357 | Play | On the Alamo (1947 Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021358 | Play | Swingin' Down the Lane (1947 Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021360 | Play | The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else | 00:00 Tools | |
37021359 | Play | It's Funny To Everyone But Me | 00:00 Tools | |
37021362 | Play | A Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia | 00:00 Tools | |
37021361 | Play | All Wrong | 00:00 Tools | |
37021363 | Play | Farewell Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021364 | Play | Wabash Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021366 | Play | Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia | 00:00 Tools | |
37021365 | Play | Star Dust | 00:00 Tools | |
37021367 | Play | Life Begins When You're in Love | 00:00 Tools | |
37021374 | Play | Who`s Sorry Now? | 00:00 Tools | |
37021370 | Play | Blue Prelude | 00:00 Tools | |
37021368 | Play | With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming | 00:00 Tools | |
37021369 | Play | You've Got Me Crying Again | 00:00 Tools | |
37021371 | Play | For All We Know | 00:00 Tools | |
37021373 | Play | (When It's) Darkness on the Delta | 00:00 Tools | |
37021372 | Play | Spain | 00:00 Tools | |
37021376 | Play | There Is No Greater Love | 00:00 Tools | |
37021375 | Play | The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise | 00:00 Tools | |
37021378 | Play | On The Alamo | 00:00 Tools | |
88182645 | Play | REMEMBER | 00:00 Tools | |
37021379 | Play | Together, We Two | 00:00 Tools | |
37021381 | Play | Swingin’ Down The Lane | 00:00 Tools | |
37021380 | Play | Junk Man | 00:00 Tools | |
37021382 | Play | nobody's sweetheart | 00:00 Tools | |
37021396 | Play | Rock Your Blues Away | 00:00 Tools | |
37021384 | Play | No Greater Love | 00:00 Tools | |
37021385 | Play | My Ideal | 00:00 Tools | |
37021383 | Play | Lazy Day | 00:00 Tools | |
37021386 | Play | I Wanna Be in Winchell's Column | 00:00 Tools | |
37021387 | Play | I'll Never Have to Dream Again | 00:00 Tools | |
37021392 | Play | I Hate Myself | 00:00 Tools | |
37021388 | Play | Swingin Down the Lane | 00:00 Tools | |
37021391 | Play | What's the Use | 00:00 Tools | |
37021389 | Play | (There Is) No Greater Love | 00:00 Tools | |
37021397 | Play | Lonesome Lover | 00:00 Tools | |
37021402 | Play | My Baby Just Cares for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
37021398 | Play | Miss Hannah | 00:00 Tools | |
37021394 | Play | frankie and johnny | 00:00 Tools | |
37021400 | Play | My Best Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
37021390 | Play | Some Other Day, Some Other Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
37021393 | Play | Goodnight Sweet Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
37021395 | Play | Nina Rosa | 00:00 Tools | |
37021405 | Play | Feeling That Way | 00:00 Tools | |
88182646 | Play | NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY | 00:00 Tools | |
37021404 | Play | Ida, I do | 00:00 Tools | |
37021401 | Play | Sweet Sue-Just You | 00:00 Tools | |
37021407 | Play | What's the Use? | 00:00 Tools | |
37021502 | Play | IN MY HEART IT'S YOU | 00:00 Tools | |
37021406 | Play | The Blue Room | 00:00 Tools | |
37021403 | Play | Swinging Down The Lane | 00:00 Tools | |
37021421 | Play | Trees | 00:00 Tools | |
37021410 | Play | where is my sweethart hiding | 00:00 Tools | |
37021411 | Play | Memphis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021423 | Play | Wait'll You See | 00:00 Tools | |
37021408 | Play | That Certain Party | 00:00 Tools | |
37021413 | Play | Forgetful Blues 10-10-1923 | 00:00 Tools | |
37021414 | Play | You Got 'em | 00:00 Tools | |
37021450 | Play | It Had To Be You (From "When Harry Met Sally") | 00:00 Tools | |
37021426 | Play | When Shadows Fall I Hear You Calling | 00:00 Tools | |
37021418 | Play | DANGER | 00:00 Tools | |
37021409 | Play | On the Alamo (From "Les Tricheurs") | 00:00 Tools | |
37021416 | Play | Let Me Linger In Your Arms | 00:00 Tools | |
37021420 | Play | Let That Be a Lesson to You | 00:00 Tools | |
37021436 | Play | You're Just a Dream Come True | 00:00 Tools | |
88182650 | Play | Doin' The Uptown Lowdown | 00:00 Tools | |
37021412 | Play | I'll Never Have To Dream Again (1947 Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021422 | Play | Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me | 00:00 Tools | |
37021415 | Play | Three Thirty Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021438 | Play | I Keep Remembering | 00:00 Tools | |
37021430 | Play | Georgia Jubilee | 00:00 Tools | |
37021424 | Play | Blue Evening Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021425 | Play | Headin' For Home | 00:00 Tools | |
37021419 | Play | Stompin At The Savoy | 00:00 Tools | |
88182647 | Play | My Honey's Lovin' Arms | 00:00 Tools | |
37021435 | Play | Old Lace | 00:00 Tools | |
37021431 | Play | Louisville Lady | 00:00 Tools | |
37021432 | Play | Stomping at The Savoy | 00:00 Tools | |
37021427 | Play | Three-Thirty Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021504 | Play | Don't Tell Her What Happened To Me | 00:00 Tools | |
37021443 | Play | You Don't Know What You're Doin' | 00:00 Tools | |
37021428 | Play | Eleanor | 00:00 Tools | |
37021434 | Play | Why Can't This Night Go On Forever | 00:00 Tools | |
37021452 | Play | Ridin' Around In The Rain | 00:00 Tools | |
37021457 | Play | Dallas Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021442 | Play | Good Evenin' | 00:00 Tools | |
37021429 | Play | Aunt Hagar's Children Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021433 | Play | The One I Love | 00:00 Tools | |
37021454 | Play | What's the Use No | 00:00 Tools | |
37021446 | Play | Darkness on the Delta (When It's) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021439 | Play | Paddelin' Madeline Home | 00:00 Tools | |
37021448 | Play | The Original Charleston | 00:00 Tools | |
37021440 | Play | It's the Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021441 | Play | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
37021444 | Play | Isham Jones, Al Jolson - My Love Belongs to Somebody Else 1924 | 00:00 Tools | |
37021445 | Play | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | 00:00 Tools | |
37021447 | Play | Good Evening | 00:00 Tools | |
37021437 | Play | I'll Be Blue, Just Thinking of You | 00:00 Tools | |
37021451 | Play | There's a Wah-Wah Girl in Agua Caliente | 00:00 Tools | |
37021455 | Play | Song of the Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021456 | Play | I Can't Believe It's True | 00:00 Tools | |
37021489 | Play | When Shadows Fall I Hear You Calling California | 00:00 Tools | |
37021473 | Play | Jimtown Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
88182651 | Play | Lonesome Lover [1dQR] | 00:00 Tools | |
37021460 | Play | I've Found a New Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
37021462 | Play | Isham Jones - Swingin' Down the Lane | 00:00 Tools | |
37021463 | Play | Isham Jones - Damfinoname-again | 00:00 Tools | |
37021465 | Play | Isham Jones - Feedin' The Kitty 1924 | 00:00 Tools | |
37021466 | Play | Sweet Jennie Lee | 00:00 Tools | |
37021453 | Play | If You Were Only Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
37021481 | Play | Honestly | 00:00 Tools | |
88182648 | Play | I Only Found You for Somebody Else | 00:00 Tools | |
37021467 | Play | Just Born To Be Lonesome | 00:00 Tools | |
37021458 | Play | Out of Space | 00:00 Tools | |
37021471 | Play | China Boy (1) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021459 | Play | Black Magic | 00:00 Tools | |
37021496 | Play | There's a Wah Wah Girl In Agua Caliente | 00:00 Tools | |
37021474 | Play | Isham Jones - Somebody's Wrong 1924 (Brunswick 2500-B) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021461 | Play | Farewell Blues - Isham Jones | 00:00 Tools | |
88182649 | Play | BROKEN HEARTED MELODY | 00:00 Tools | |
37021449 | Play | Charleston | 00:00 Tools | |
89909822 | Play | I Hate Myself for Being Mean to You | 00:00 Tools | |
37021482 | Play | China Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
37021468 | Play | Blue Lament (1) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021470 | Play | Dallas Blues (1) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021469 | Play | Wabash Blues -10-1921 | 00:00 Tools | |
37021472 | Play | Tiger Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
88182655 | Play | Isham Jones - You Don't Know What You're Doin' (1931) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021501 | Play | Blue Room | 00:00 Tools | |
37021495 | Play | Isham Jones - I'll See You In My Dreams (1924) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021475 | Play | Together We Two | 00:00 Tools | |
37021477 | Play | I’ll See You In My Dreams (featured in the film “I’ll See You in My Dreams”) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021478 | Play | Stompin' At The | 00:00 Tools | |
37021480 | Play | Paddlin' Madelyn Home | 00:00 Tools | |
89909823 | Play | There's Nothing Left To Do But Say Goodbye | 00:00 Tools | |
88182652 | Play | One Little Word Lead to Another | 00:00 Tools | |
37021483 | Play | All Mine - Almost | 00:00 Tools | |
37021484 | Play | Who's Sorry Now? | 00:00 Tools | |
37021485 | Play | I'll See You In My Dreams (1924) | 00:00 Tools | |
88182653 | Play | Everyone Says I Love You | 00:00 Tools | |
88182654 | Play | Pasadena | 00:00 Tools | |
37021486 | Play | Men of Honor | 00:00 Tools | |
37021487 | Play | At Sundown | 00:00 Tools | |
37021488 | Play | It Had To Be You 1924 | 00:00 Tools | |
89909824 | Play | Wabash Blues (1921) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021490 | Play | China Boy (A) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021492 | Play | Dallas Blues (A) | 00:00 Tools | |
37021494 | Play | Slappin' the Bass | 00:00 Tools | |
89909825 | Play | Marcheta | 00:00 Tools | |
37021491 | Play | I'll See You In My Dreams 1925 | 00:00 Tools | |
37021493 | Play | Four or Five Times | 00:00 Tools | |
89909826 | Play | Sweet Lorraine | 00:00 Tools | |
88182656 | Play | My Melancholy Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
37021497 | Play | My Honey's Lovin Arms -7-1922 | 00:00 Tools | |
88182657 | Play | You're in Kentucky Sure as You're Born | 00:00 Tools | |
37021499 | Play | Bing Crosby - Some Of These Days | 00:00 Tools | |
89909827 | Play | Make Believe | 00:00 Tools | |
37021476 | Play | Forgetful Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
37021500 | Play | Dream A Little Dream Of Me | 00:00 Tools | |
88182658 | Play | Say It While Dancing | 00:00 Tools | |
88182659 | Play | Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? | 00:00 Tools | |
88182660 | Play | Isham Jones - It Had To Be You 1924 | 00:00 Tools | |
37021503 | Play | Mama Loves Papa | 00:00 Tools | |
37021479 | Play | Foolin' Around | 00:00 Tools |
Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, to a musical and mining family, and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he started his first band. In 1911 one of Jones' earliest compositions "On The Alamo" was published by Tell Taylor Inc. (Taylor had just formed a publishing company the year before when his song "Down By The Old Mill Stream" became a big hit.) In 1915 Isham Jones moved to Chicago, Illinois, which remained his home base until 1932, when he reestablished himself in New York City. Jones also toured England with his orchestra in 1925. The Isham Jones band made a series of popular gramophone records for Brunswick throughout the 1920s. He led one of the most popular dance bands in the 1920s and 1930s. His first successful recording, Wabash Blues written by Dave Ringle and Fred Meinken, was recorded in 1921 by Isham Jones and his Orchestra. This million-seller stayed twelve weeks in the U.S. charts, six at No. 1. Noted musicians who played in Jones' band included Louis Panico, Benny Goodman (although he did not make any records during the short time he was with them), Woody Herman, Walt Yoder, and Roy Bargy. Reed virtuoso Al Gallodoro appeared briefly with Jones in 1933, taking part in a record date October 3. Jones was reportedly a strict taskmaster and was known for being rather cold and distant. His lushly romantic compositions seem at odds with his reported personality. From the start, his Brunswick records were extremely popular. There was a gap from October 1927 to June 1929 where Jones did not record due to disbanding and reorganization. From 1929 to 1932, his Brunswick recordings became even more sophisticated with often very unusual arrangements (by Gordon Jenkins and others; Jones was his own arranger early on, but cultivated others for offbeat arrangements). During this period, Jones started featuring violinist Eddie Stone as one of his regular vocalists. Stone had an unusual, almost humorous tone to his voice. His other vocalists included Frank Sylvano, Billy Scott, Arthur Jarrett and Stone beginning in 1929 and in 1932, he added Joe Martin, another of the band's violinists, as a frequent vocalist. In April that year, young Bing Crosby recorded two sessions with Jones' group which included "Sweet Georgia Brown". Crosby at this point in his career was still singing in a jazz idiom, transitioning to his better known "crooner" style. In August 1932, Jones signed with Victor, and these records are generally considered among the very best arranged and performed commercial dance band records of the Depression era. Victor's recording technique was especially suited to Jones' band. In October 1932, he teamed up with the Three X Sisters in New York who had just departed from CBS radio. They recorded "experimental" songs for RCA Victor which Jones began to fuse jazz and early swing music. They recorded "Where, I Wonder Where?" and "What Would Happen To Me If Something Happened To You." His Victor releases had an almost symphonic sound, often with a strong use of tuba. He stayed with Victor until July 1934, when he signed with Decca. (Jones' recordings during this period rivaled Paul Whiteman and other dance orchestras as examples of the very best and most popular dance music of the era.) Jones' Decca recordings are often unfavoribly compared to his Victor recordings. He continued the same high standard of fine arrangements and well chosen songs (as well as bunch of rerecordings of his Victor hits), but Decca's flat recording technique made his Decca's sound like it was a smaller band, which it wasn't. After he left Decca in 1936, he again retired and his orchestra was taken over by band member Woody Herman. Jones started a new band in 1937-38 and recorded a handful of sessions under the ARC labels: Melotone, Perfect and Banner. In the 1940s, Jones resided on his poultry farm in Colorado, which he occasionally left for short tours with pickup bands. He later resided in Los Angeles. He moved to Hollywood, Florida in 1955, and died there of cancer in 1956. (He is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, and perhaps for that reason is often erroneously listed as having died in Hollywood, California.) His great-nephew is the noted jazz drummer Rusty Jones. Isham Jones' compositions (he wrote the music, Charles Newman and Gus Kahn were among his lyricists ) included: "You gave me your Heart" Brunswick 2350-A "The Sneak!" Brunswick 2350-B "Dog on the Piano" Brunswick 2646-A "Mahsi" Brunswick 2646-B "Meet Me In Bubble Land" 1919 "On the Alamo" recorded 1922 (composed & published in 1911) "Swingin' Down The Lane" 1923 "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1924 "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" 1924 "It Had To Be You" 1924 "Spain" 1924 "Song Of The Blues" (1929) "Not A Cloud In The Sky" 1929 "What's The Use?" 1930 "Feeling That Way" 1930 "You're Just A Dream Come True" (his theme song) 1931 "I Wouldn't Change You For The World" 1931 "Let That Be A Lesson To You" 1932 "I Can't Believe It's True" 1932 "One Little Word Led To Another" 1932 "The Wooden Soldier And The China Doll" 1932 ["Calvacade of Vitaphone Shorts Volume 1: Swing, Swing Swing:1931-1944"(Cat. #ML103928) 1934] "I'll Never Have To Dream Again" 1932 "Pretending You Care" 1932 "There's Nothing Left To Do But Say Goodbye" 1932 "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever?" (another theme song) 1932 "You've Got Me Crying Again" 1933 "Honestly" 1933 "Old Lace" 1933 "Something Seems To Tell Me" 1933 "You're Welcome" 1933 "Bubbles In The Wine" 1933 "All Mine, Almost" 1934 "There Is No Greater Love" 1936 During the 1920s, Isham Jones had several number one records on the pop charts in the U.S.: "Wabash Blues" was number one for six weeks in 1921; "On the Alamo" was number one for four weeks in 1922; "Swinging Down the Lane" was number one for six weeks in 1923; "Spain" was number one for two weeks and "It Had To Be You" was number one for five weeks in 1924; and, "I'll See You in My Dreams" was number one for seven weeks and "Remember" was number one for one week in 1925. His 1930 version of "Star Dust" was one of the best selling versions. Jones commissioned Victor Young to write a ballad instrumental of the mid-tempo tune and it was this arrangement (with Victor Young's violin solo) which became such a hit. Mitchell Parish wrote lyrics for the song at this time. In 1989, Isham Jones was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2005, "California, Here I Come", recorded by Al Jolson With The Isham Jones Orchestra on Brunswick in 1924, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2007, "It Had To Be You", recorded by Isham Jones and His Orchestra on Brunswick in 1924, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.