PARTY AT GATSBY’S: HITS FROM THE EARLY 1920S
The Great Gatsby...
PARTY AT GATSBY’S: HITS FROM THE EARLY 1920S
The Great Gatsby is set in the summer of 1922, a year when popular culture was defined by music. I took the liberty of collecting all the songs alluded to in the novel, as well a few hits from that era, into a little collection.
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Tracklist:
Sheik of Araby- Harry B. Smith; Francis Wheeler; Ted Snyder
Hot Lips- Paul Whiteman
Ain’t We Got Fun- Gus Kahn; Raymond B. Egan; Richard Whiting
Love Nest- Otto Harbach; Louis A. Hirsch
Swanee- Al Jolson
Limehouse Blues- Douglas Furber; Philip Braham
Whispering- Paul Whiteman
Avalon- Al Jolson
Three O’Clock in the Morning- Paul Whiteman
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