Solomon Douglas

Recommended songs

Here are some of the songs that I like to use when I'm teaching Lindy Hop to beginners. These are all slow tempos, suitable for working on the swingout.

	title	artist	BPM	time	date	album artist	album	track
1.	Hazel's Hips	Oscar Brown, Jr.	094	2:44	6/20/1960	Oscar Brown, Jr.	Sin & Soul ...And Then Some	14
2.	Blues for Big Scotia	Oscar Peterson (with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen)	094	2:11	1/27/1960	Oscar Peterson	Live At CBC Studios, 1960	2
3.	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Oscar Peterson (with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen)	096	3:07	1959	Oscar Peterson	Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book	20
4.	Minnie The Moocher	Cab Calloway	098	3:16	1942	Cab Calloway	Are You Hep To The Jive?	20
5.	Alone on My Own	Ernestine Anderson with Red Holloway, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Gerryck King	099	3:22	1984	Ernestine Anderson	When the Sun Goes Down	7
6.	Dejection Blues	The Gene Harris All Star Big Band	099	5:02	1988	Gene Harris	Tribute to Count Basie	9
7.	Satin Doll	Ella Fitzgerald (with Ben Webster, Stuff Smith, Paul Smith, Barney Kessel, Joe Mondragon, and Alvin Stoller)	100	3:29	9/4/1956	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 1	17
8.	Blues for Big Scotia	Oscar Peterson (with Ernie Wilkins' Orchestra)	101	5:54	6/15/1962	Oscar Peterson	Ultimate Oscar Peterson	6
9.	The Comeback	Count Basie and Joe Williams	102	5:26	1955	Count Basie	Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings	2
10.	The Frim Fram Sauce	Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (with Bob Haggart)	102	3:14	1946	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella & Friends (also "the Legendary Decca Recordings, disc 2")	1
11.	Then the Lights Go Out	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Henry McDode (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	102	3:00	5/16/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	3
12.	Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	103	7:29	1984	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	Sweet Baby Blues	8
13.	Bags' Groove	Oscar Peterson	104	5:43	1962	Oscar Peterson	Night Train	4
14.	In a Mellow Tone	Ella Fitzgerald (with Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, and Alvin Stoller)	105	5:11	10/17/1957	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 2	9
15.	Centerpiece	Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Gildo Mahones, Ike Isaacs, and Walter Bolden)	105	2:29	8/6/1959	Various Artists	The Hottest New Group In Jazz - disc 1	6
16.	Teach Me Tonight	Blossom Dearie	107	2:41	1958	Blossom Dearie	Once Upon a Summertime	7
17.	Joogie Boogie	Dizzy Gillespie	107	4:14	1957	Dizzy Gillespie	Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions, disc 2	20
18.	But She's My Buddy's Chick	Nat King Cole	107	3:04		Nat King Cole	The King Swings	6
19.	Confessin' the Blues	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	108	2:48		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	3
20.	I'd Do Anything	Lena Horne	108	2:51	1955	Lena Horne	The Classic Lena Horne	6
21.	Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)	Duke Ellington	109	3:19	1969	Various Artists	Big Bands in Hi-Fi, Vol 1 - Let's Dance, disc 2	18
22.	Happy-Go-Lucky Local	Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis	110	6:57	1998	Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra	Live in Swing City - Swingin' with the Duke	1
23.	Easy Does It	Oscar Peterson	110	2:45	1962	Oscar Peterson	Night Train	6
24.	Everything But You	Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington)	111	2:57	6/25/1957	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 2	15
25.	Lean Baby	Billy May	112	3:16	8/22/1951	Various Artists	Oscillatin' Rhythm	10
26.	Blues Backstage	Count Basie	112	4:36	1954	Count Basie	Compact Jazz (or The Jazz Essentials)	4
27.	The Deacon	Count Basie	112	5:52	5/31/1959	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 1	1
28.	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	112	4:07	1963	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella and Basie!	8
29.	As Long as I Live	Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette	112	2:48	1958	Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette	Ella Swings Lightly	5
30.	A Wink and a Smile	Harry Connick Jr.	113	2:47		Various Artists	Sleepless in Seattle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	8
31.	Lullaby of the Leaves	Mary Stallings	113	4:41	1996	Mary Stallings	Manhattan Moods	5
32.	Petootie Pie	Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	114	2:38	1945	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella & Friends (also "the Legendary Decca Recordings, disc 2")	10
33.	Sleepwalker's Serenade	Count Basie	115	3:38	1957	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	16
34.	Love Me or Leave Me	Les Brown (Jo An Greer, vocal)	115	2:18	1957	Les Brown	22 Original Big-Band Recordings	9
35.	Dat Dere	Oscar Brown, Jr.	115	2:52	10/14/1960	Oscar Brown, Jr.	Sin & Soul ...And Then Some	8
36.	Cherry Point	Count Basie	116	4:25	8/11/1962	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 6	14
37.	Frim Fram Sauce	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone - guitar, Paul Keller - bass)	116	5:00	1995	Diana Krall	All For You - A dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio	4
38.	Knock Me a Kiss	Louis Jordan	116	2:47	1941	Louis Jordan	Louis Jordan 1941-1943	2
39.	Octoroon	Artie Shaw	117	3:01	5/17/1968	Various Artists	Big Bands in Hi-Fi, Vol 1 - Let's Dance, disc 2	6
40.	Moten Swing	Count Basie	117	5:35	6/28/1961	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 4	14
41.	Splanky	Count Basie	117	3:55	8/12/1962	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 7	13
42.	Every Day I Have the Blues	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	117	4:43		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	10
43.	Blues for Piney Brown	Harry "Sweets" Edison (with Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Alvin Stoller)	117	7:40	1957	Ben Webster	The Soul of Ben Webster (disc 1)	9
44.	Disappointed	James Moody (as/ts), Dave Burns (t), William Shepherd (tb), Numa "Pee Wee" Moore (bari), Jimmy Boyd (p), John Lathan (b), Clarence Johnson (d), Eddie Jefferson (vocal)	117	6:24	1955	James Moody	Hi Fi Party	3
45.	The Late, Late Show (vocal version)	Count Basie	118	3:03	1957	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	13
46.	You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone and Christian McBride)	118	2:14	1997	Diana Krall	Love Scenes	8
47.	Popsicle Toes	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone, John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton)	118	4:28	1999	Diana Krall	When I Look in Your Eyes	5
48.	'Deed I Do	Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	118	2:44	1963	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella and Basie!	2
49.	Moanin'	Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Gildo Mahones, Ike Isaacs, and Walter Bolden)	118	2:37	8/6/1959	Various Artists	The Hottest New Group In Jazz - disc 1	2
50.	I Don't Know Enough About You	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone and Christian McBride)	119	4:02	1997	Diana Krall	Love Scenes	3
51.	Drop Me Off In Harlem	Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington)	119	3:51	6/25/1957	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 1	2
52.	Could Ja	George Shearing Trio	119	3:27	1995	George Shearing Trio	Paper Moon	13
53.	If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight	Cootie Williams	120	2:40	1958	Cootie Williams	in Hi-Fi	8
54.	Blues For Basie	Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d)	120	3:32	12/27/1955	Oscar Peterson	Plays Count Basie	5
55.	I Love Being Here with You	Ernestine Anderson with Red Holloway, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Gerryck King	121	5:03	1984	Ernestine Anderson	When the Sun Goes Down	4
56.	Teddy the Toad	Count Basie	123	3:19	1957	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	12
57.	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Gene Harris	123	3:16	1991	Gene Harris	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 1	9
58.	Just in Time	Oscar Peterson (with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen)	123	1:50	5/18/1959	Oscar Peterson	Oscar Peterson Plays Broadway	10
59.	Shiny Stockings	Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	125	3:34	1963	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella and Basie!	9
60.	Atomic Cocktail	Slim Gaillard	125	2:43	1945	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard 1945, vol. 2	5
61.	Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)	Blossom Dearie	126	2:19	1958	Blossom Dearie	Once Upon a Summertime	11
62.	Good Time Blues (a.k.a. Bootie's Blues)	Count Basie	126	5:10	8/11/1962	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 7	2
63.	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Michael Kaeshammer (Danny B., vocal)	126	4:47	1998	Michael Kaeshammer	Tell You How I Feel	5
64.	Easy Does It	The Big 18	127	5:18	1958	The Big 18	Live Echoes of the Swinging Bands	2
65.	Irv's at Midnight	Ernie Krivda & the Fat Tuesday Big Band	127	8:08	1998	Ernie Krivda	The Band That Swings	9
66.	April in Paris	Count Basie	128	3:51	1955	Count Basie	April in Paris	1
67.	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	128	1:58		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	9
68.	I've Got the World on a String	Diana Krall (with Christian McBride and Lewis Nash)	128	5:20	1994	Diana Krall	Only Trust Your Heart	6
69.	Perdido	Duke Ellington	128	3:13	1/21/1942	Duke Ellington	The Blanton-Webster Band (disc 3)	10
70.	Blues for Stephanie	Count Basie	129	7:51	7/12/1979	Count Basie	On The Road	2
71.	Segue in C	Count Basie	130	6:15	1958	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 3	12
72.	Smooth Sailing	Ella Fitzgerald with Raymond Tunia, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, J.C. Heard	130	3:08	11/18/1953	Ella Fitzgerald	Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Blues	1
73.	Afternoon of a Moax (Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll)	Charlie Barnet	131	3:25	1940	Charlie Barnet	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie	10
74.	Lullaby of Birdland	Ella Fitzgerald (with Don Abney, Wendell Marshall, Jo Jones)	131	2:22	1957	Various Artists	Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRae at Newport	5
75.	Smack Dab in the Middle	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	132	3:08	5/31/1959	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 1	17
76.	Bli-Blip	Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington)	132	3:03	6/27/1957	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 2	17
77.	You're an Old Smoothie	Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette	132	2:47	1958	Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette	Ella Swings Lightly	12