Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950 (1999)

About this title: To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia Records, was founded early in the 20th century. Sony acquired Columbia and its various subsidiaries in the late '80s, purchasing one of the richest catalogs in pop history, as the box set proves again and again. Sony realized that most ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Washington Post March [Sousa]
2. King of the Bungaloos [Greene/Straight]
3. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? [Donaldson/Lewis/You]
4. When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine [Bowers/DeWitt]
5. Swanee [Caesar/Gershwin]
6. Oh, Lady Be Good [Gershwin/Gershwin]
7. Yes Sir, That's My Baby [Kahn/Donaldson]
8. If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie) [DeSylva/Meyer]
9. Some of These Days [Brooks]
10. My Blue Heaven [Donaldson/Whiting]
11. My Melancholy Baby [Burnett/Norton]
12. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Hammerstein/Kern]
13. The Blue Room [Rodgers/Hart]
14. Makin' Whoopee [Donaldson/Kahn]
15. Ain't Misbehavin' [Razaf/Waller/Brooks]
16. Lovable and Sweet [Clare/Levant]
17. Happy Days Are Here Again [Ager/Yellen]
18. Ten Cents a Dance [Rodgers/Hart]
19. The Peanut Vendor [Simmons/Sunshine/Gi]
20. Black and Blue [Brooks/Razaf/Waller]
21. When the Moon Comes over the Mountain [Johnson/Smith/Woods]
22. You Rascal You [Theard]
23. Everybody Loves My Baby [Palmer/Williams]
24. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day [Arlen/Koehler]
25. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? [Gorney/Harburg]
26. Diga Diga Doo [Fields/McHugh]
27. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [Arlen/Koehler]
28. Easter Parade [Berlin]
29. The Object of My Affection [Tomlin/Poe/Grier]
30. The Lady in Red [Dixon/Wrubel]
31. The Music Goes 'Round and Around [Farley/Hodgson/Rile]
32. I Can't Get Started [Duke/Gershwin]
33. These Foolish Things [Marvell/Strachey/Li]
34. The Toy Trumpet [Scott]
35. Nightmare [Shaw]
36. The Flat Foot Floogie [Gaillard/Green/Stew]
37. My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Porter]
38. September Song [Anderson/Weill]
39. I Thought About You [Mercer/VanHeusen]
40. Down the Road a Piece [Raye]
41. Prisoner of Love [Columbo/Gaskill/Rob]
42. Why Don't You Do Right? [McCoy]
43. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition! [Loesser]
44. Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer [Adamson/McHugh]
45. I'm Beginning to See the Light [James/Ellington/Hod]
46. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
47. Linda [Lawrence]
48. Buttons and Bows [Evans/Livingston]
49. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [Marks]
50. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [Mercer/Arlen]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.