30 #1 Hits of the '30s (2005)

About this title: While there are a handful of various-artists compilations gathering songs from the Great Depression, few (if any) have packed so many "hit versions" into a single anthology as this 2004 release. The ever-increasing popularity of radio unified a nation wrought by financial and often personal turmoil. Of course, it also reflected the optimism and aspirations projected by the minority of Americans whose lifestyles were either unaffected or fueled by the misfortune of the rest. That obvious disparity is evident as Rudy Vallée's "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is juxtaposed with the hopeful ... read more

Tracks:

1. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me [Warren/Dubin]
2. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) [Koehler/Arlen]
3. I Saw Stars [Goodhart/Sigler/Hof]
4. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart [Ellington/Redmond]
5. One Night of Love [Kahn/Schertzinger]
6. I'm in the Mood for Love [McHugh/Fields]
7. Carioca [Youmans/Kahn/Eliscu]
8. In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town [Young/Little/Siras]
9. The Umbrella Man [Stock/Rose/Cavanaug]
10. Stay as Sweet as You Are [Gordon/Revel]
11. Says My Heart [Loesser/Lane]
12. The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing) [Madison/Conrad]
13. The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down [Friend/Franklin]
14. Life Is a Song (Let's Sing It Together) [Young/Ahlert]
15. Minnie the Moocher (The Ho-De-Ho Song) [Calloway/Mills/Gask]
16. A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) [Fields/Kern]
17. Carelessly [Kenny/Kenny/Ellis]
18. And Then Some [Seymour/Lawnhurst]
19. When It's Springtime in the Rockies [Sauer/Woolsey/Tagga]
20. Jeepers Creepers [Mercer/Warren]
21. Love Walked In [Gershwin/Gershwin]
22. The Object of My Affection [Tomlin/Poe/Grier]
23. Body and Soul [Green/Heyman/Sour]
24. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye [Woods]
25. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? [Harburg/Gorney]
26. When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain [Woods/Johnson/Smith]
27. Moonglow [Hudson/DeLange/Mill]
28. Scatter-Brain (Theme Song) [Masters/Burke/Keene]
29. You're a Sweetheart [Adamson/McHugh]
30. All of Me [Simons/Marks]

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