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    Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio...
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    It Had to Be You (song) (category Songs with music by Isham Jones)
    composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was published on May 9, 1924 (1924-05-09) by Jerome H. Remick & Co. of New York. The Isham Jones Orchestra...
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  • Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager "I'll See You In My Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones "I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" w. Grant Clarke & Roy...
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    I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song) (category Songs with music by Isham Jones)
    standard, composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and published in 1924. It was recorded on December 4 that year, by Isham Jones conducting Ray Miller's...
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    Meyer, and Jolson. Jolson recorded the song on January 17, 1924, with Isham Jones' Orchestra, in Brunswick Records' Chicago studio. It is often called...
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    Kalmar and Harry Ruby. It was published in 1923 as a waltz (3 4 time). Isham Jones had a hit recording in 1923 with the song arranged as a foxtrot (in 2...
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    American jazz vocalist of the 1920s and 1930s, who was a member of the Isham Jones Orchestra. He was noted as a tenor, and was described as "the romantic...
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  • released by Victor, with in the B-side "Jealousy", a song featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra. The line "When your heart's on fire, smoke gets in...
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  • bands from the 1920s led by the likes of Jean Goldkette, Russ Morgan and Isham Jones. An early milestone in the era was from "the King of Swing" Benny Goodman's...
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  • this album. It was given double-platinum status. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) "Stompin'...
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    success for pianist, saxophonist and song composer Isham Jones (1894–1956). Recorded in 1921 by Isham Jones and his Orchestra, this million-seller stayed twelve...
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  • Popular versions in 1934 were by Hal Kemp (vocal by Skinnay Ennis) and Isham Jones (vocal by Joe Martin). There are alternative verses but the main lyrics...
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  • There Is No Greater Love (category Songs with music by Isham Jones)
    is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned...
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    same year, and by 1929 it was performed regularly at the Cotton Club. Isham Jones's 1930 rendition of the song made it popular on radio, and soon multiple...
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  • & Edgar Leslie m. Lou Handman "Broken Hearted Melody" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones "A Brown Bird Singing" w. Royden Barrie m. Haydn Wood "Bugle Call Rag"...
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  • (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones/Gus Kahn) "I Wish I Had a Girl" (with the Norman Luboff Choir) "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones/Gus Kahn) "Nobody's Sweetheart"...
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  • You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 4:48 "On the Alamo" (Isham Jones, Kahn) – 3:13 "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 4:04 Thad Jones – flugelhorn...
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    Tonight" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson "Ida, I Do" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones "If I Had a Girl Like You" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson...
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    under age 18 and 51.1% of those age 65 or over. Pat Duncan, MLB player Isham Jones, musician and songwriter Jim Rhodes, Governor of Ohio 1963–1971, 1975–1983...
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    cemented Jones' standing as one of the top three bandleaders of the 1920s, overshadowed by Paul Whiteman, and perhaps Ben Selvin. Isham Jones took ""The...
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  • Seeing You" Sammy Fain Irving Kahal 1924 "I'll See You in My Dreams" Isham Jones Gus Kahn 1934 "I'll String Along with You" Harry Warren Al Dubin 1944...
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    Southern Blues recorded by Ma Rainey Swingin’ Down the Lane recorded by the Isham Jones Orchestra, The Shannon Four, and The Columbians That American Boy of...
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  • See You Again 1961 Noël Coward I'll See You in My Dreams 1940 (radio) Isham Jones, Gus Kahn I'll Take Tallulah 1942 Yip Harburg, Burton Lane Ill Wind 1955...
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  • began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards—with such bands as Isham Jones and Benny Goodman on road tours for a couple of months; but gained fame...
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  • Moraes Lioness: Hidden Treasures 2011 "(There Is) No Greater Love" None Isham Jones Marty Symes Frank 2003 "To Know Him Is to Love Him" None Phil Spector...
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    several younger white jazzmen, such as Bud Freeman and Jimmy McPartland. Isham Jones and His Orchestra had a hit with the tune in 1923. 1922 – '"I Wish I...
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    Silvio Hein Ray Henderson Ben Jerome William Jerome James P. Johnson Isham Jones Scott Joplin Gus Kahn Bert Kalmar Jerome Kern Ted Koehler Al Lewis Sam...
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  • Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer "Indiana Moon" w. Benny Davis m. Isham Jones "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" w.m. Wendell Hall "I've Got The Yes! We...
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    "Pretty Baby." Later, he began writing lyrics for composer and bandleader Isham Jones. This partnership led to one of Kahn's best-known works, "I'll See You...
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  • The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) (category Songs with music by Isham Jones)
    Else)" is a popular song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was recorded by Isham Jones' Orchestra on December 21, 1923, at Brunswick...
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