Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter)

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1935)

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Origin and Chart Information

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Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella by Starlight”

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Reading and Research

Additional information for "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" may be found in:


George T. Simon Big Bands Songbook Barnes & Noble Paperback (4 pages including the following types of information: history, song writer discussion and sheet music.)


David Ewen American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary H. W. Wilson Hardcover: 489 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: history and performers.)


Alec Wilder American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 Oxford University Press; Reprint edition Hardcover: 576 pages (2 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.)


Thomas S. Hischak The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia Greenwood Press Hardcover: 552 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: Broadway productions, history and performers.)


W. T. Kirkeby Ain't Misbehavin': The Story of Fats Waller Da Capo Press Paperback: 280 pages (1 page including the following types of information: anecdotal and history.)


Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball Reading Lyrics Pantheon Hardcover: 736 pages (Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.)

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