The year in music

Best Songs of 1939

Judy Garland sings “Over the Rainbow” in “The Wizard of Oz”. Glenn Miller records “Moonlight Serenade” and “In the Mood”, Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit”, and Coleman Hawkins his “Body and Soul”.

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19 songs

1939 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 19 songs first released in 1939. Big Band, Swing and Jazz lead the year. Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Kay Kyser are among the voices of 1939.

Best Songs of 1939

Moonlight Serenade

Jeepers Creepers

Blue Orchids

Little Brown Jug

Moon Love

Over the Rainbow

Stairway to the Stars

Sunrise Serenade

All or Nothing at All

And the Angels Sing

Strange Fruit

The Man with the Mandolin

Three Little Fishies

If I Didn't Care

All the Things You Are

Begin the Beguine

Day In, Day Out

South of the Border

Tuxedo Junction

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