October 19 - Frankie Laine and Ruthie Smith set the all-time dance marathon record of 3,501 hours (145 days) at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey
"Fit As A Fiddle" w.m. Arthur FreedArthur Freed ( September 9, 1894 April 12, 1973) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. Freed began his career in vaudeville, and he appeared with the likes of the Marx Brothers. He soon began to write son, Al Hoffman & Al Goodhart
"The Flies Crawled Up The Window" w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis
"Give Her A Kiss" w. Lorenz HartLorenz Hart ( May 2, 1895 November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Hart met composer Richard Rodgers in 1919, and the two wrote songs for a series of amateur and student productions until the smashi m. Richard RodgersRichard Rodgers ( June 18, 1902 December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He received countless awards including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars,
"Goodnight Vienna" w.m. Holt Marvell & George Posford
"Got The South In My Soul" w.m. Ned Washington, Victor Young & Lee Wiley
"Happy-Go-Lucky You (And Broken-Hearted Me)" w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & J. F. Murray
"Have You Ever Been Lonely?" w. Billy Hill (as George Brown) m. Peter De Rose
"Here Lies Love" w. Leo RobinLeo Robin ( April 6, 1900 December 29, 1984) was an American composer and songwriter. Leo Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and Carnegie Tech's drama school, and later worked as a reporter an m. Ralph Rainger
"How Deep Is The Ocean?" w.m. Irving BerlinIrving Berlin ( May 11, 1888 September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist. Born Israel Isidore Baline in Tyumen, Siberia, he emigrated to the United States in 1893 with the rest of his family. Following the death of his father in 1896, Irving
"I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" w. Bing Crosby & Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"If It Ain't Love" w.m. Andy Razaf, Don Redman & Fats Waller
"I'll Do My Best To Make You Happy" w.m. Ray Noble
"I'll Never Be The Same" w. Gus Kahn m. Matty Malneck & Frank Signorelli from the revue After Dinner
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" w. Ned Washington m. George Bassman
"In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" w. Joe Young m. Ira Schuster & Jack Little