| ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES 1936-1946 |
| A1 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | Begin The Beguine | Porter | Rate |
| A2 | Glenn Miller And His Orchestra / Ray Eberle | At Last | Warren, Gordon | Rate |
| A3 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra / Jack Leonard And Male Chorus | Marie | Berlin | Rate |
| A4 | Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, Lebert Lombardo | When My Dreamboat Comes Home | Friend, Franklin | Rate |
| A5 | Freddy Martin And His Orchestra With Jack Fina | Bumble Boogie | Fina | Rate |
| A6 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | Stompin' At The Savoy | Goodman, Webb, Sampson, Razaf | Rate |
| B1 | Vaughan Monroe And His Orchestra | Racing With The Moon | Watson, Monroe, Pope | Rate |
| B2 | Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra | The Prisoner's Song | Massey | Rate |
| B3 | Blue Barron And His Orchestra, Russ Carlyle | Sometimes I'm Happy | Youmans, Caesar | Rate |
| B4 | Bob Zurke And His Delta Rhythm Band | Tea For Two | Youmans, Caesar | Rate |
| B5 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Tony Pastor And Chorus | Indian Love Call | Friml, Harbach, Hammerstein | Rate |
| B6 | Wayne King And His Orchestra | Three O'Clock In The Morning | Robledo, Terriss | Rate |
| RECORD 2 |
| C1 | Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | In The Mood | Garland, Razaf | Rate |
| C2 | Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra With Billy Williams And Chior | The Old Lamp-Lighter | Simon, Tobias | Rate |
| C3 | Freddy Martin And His Orchestra, Jack Fina (Pianist) | Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 | | Rate |
| C4 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra And The Pied Pipers | I'll Never Smile Again | Lowe | Rate |
| C5 | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Perdido | Tizol | Rate |
| C6 | Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Artoria Orchestra, Catalino Rolon | One-Two-Three Kick | Cugat, Stillman | Rate |
| D1 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | Don't Be That Way | Goodman, Sampson, Parish | Rate |
| D2 | Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra, Avery Parrish, Piano | After Hours | Parrish, Bruce, Feyne | Rate |
| D3 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | Temptation | Brown, Freed | Rate |
| D4 | Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Pennsylvania 6-5000 | Sigman, Gray | Rate |
| D5 | Wayne King And His Orchestra | Melody Of Love | Engelmann, Davies | Rate |
| D6 | Alvino Rey And His Orchestra With The Four King Sisters | Tiger Rag | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Rate |
| RECORD 3 |
| E1 | Wayne King And His Orchestra | The Waltz You Saved For Me | King, Flindt, Kahn | Rate |
| E2 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Martha Tilton | Loch Lomond | Scott | Rate |
| E3 | Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra; Bunny Berigan (Vocal) | I Can't Get Started | Gershwin, Duke | Rate |
| E4 | Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Tuxedo Junction | Hawkins, Johnson, Dash, Feyne | Rate |
| E5 | Earl Hines | Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues | Handy | Rate |
| E6 | Hal Kemp And His Orchestra And Chorus | Washington And Lee Swing | Allen, Robins, Sheafe | Rate |
| F1 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra | This Love Of Mine | Sinatra, Sanicola, Parker | Rate |
| F2 | Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra | Tippin' In | Symes, Smith | Rate |
| F3 | Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, Lombardo Brothers | Ti-Pi-Tin | Grever, Leveen | Rate |
| F4 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Song Of India | Rimsky-Korsakoff | Rate |
| F5 | Hal Kemp And His Orchestra / Skinnay Ennis | Got A Date With An Angel | Waller, Tunbridge, Grey, Miller | Rate |
| F6 | Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Artoria Orchestra | Night Must Fall | Cugat | Rate |
| RECORD 4 |
| G1 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Boogie Woogie | Smith | Rate |
| G2 | Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra With Billy Williams | Laughing On The Outside | Raleigh, Wayne | Rate |
| G3 | Hal Kemp And His Orchestra / Skinnay Ennis | Lamplight | Shelton | Rate |
| G4 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | I Surrender, Dear | Barris, Clifford | Rate |
| G5 | Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Green Eyes | Menendez, Utrera, Rivera, Woods | Rate |
| G6 | Sonny Dunham And His Orchestra | Razaf, Blake | | Rate |
| H1 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | Stardust | Carmichael, Parish | Rate |
| H2 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Helen Ward | Goody Goody | Mercer, Malneck | Rate |
| H3 | Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra | Pompton Turnpike | Osborne, Rogers | Rate |
| H4 | Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, Maury Cross And Chorus | Friendly Tavern Polka | Bowne, De Vol | Rate |
| H5 | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Sophisticated Lady | Ellington, Mills, Parish | Rate |
| H6 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | Sing, Sing, Sing (Introducing "Christopher Columbus") | Prima | Rate |
| RECORD 5 |
| I1 | Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, Lombardo Brothers | Boo-Hoo | Lombardo, Heyman, Loeb | Rate |
| I2 | Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five | Summit Ridge Drive | Shaw | Rate |
| I3 | Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Little Brown Jug | Traditional | Rate |
| I4 | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Mood Indigo | Ellington, Mills, Bigard | Rate |
| I5 | Freddy Martin And His Orchestra, Jack Fina (Pianist) | Grieg Piano Concerto | | Rate |
| I6 | Bob Chester And His Orchestra | Octave Jump | Chester, Ahlberg | Rate |
| J1 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | And The Angels Sing | Elman, Mercer | Rate |
| J2 | Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra | Cherokee | Noble | Rate |
| J3 | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Herb Jeffries | Flamingo | Grouya, Anderson | Rate |
| J4 | Wayne King And His Orchestra | Josephine | Kahn, Bivens, King | Rate |
| J5 | Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, Clyde Burke | Moon Love | Kostelanetz, David, Davis | Rate |
| J6 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, The Sentimentalists | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | McHugh, Fields | Rate |
| RECORD 6 |
| K1 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Opus One | Oliver | Rate |
| K2 | Wayne King And His Orchestra | Alice Blue Gown | Tierney, McCarthy | Rate |
| K3 | Larry Clinton And His Orchestra With Bea Wain | Martha | Von Flotow | Rate |
| K4 | Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, Mary Marlow | The Gypsy | Reid | Rate |
| K5 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | The Donkey Serenade | Friml, Stothart, Wright, Forrest | Rate |
| K6 | Fats Waller And His Rhythm; Fats Waller (Vocal And Piano) | Your Feet's Too Big | Benson, Fisher | Rate |
| L1 | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Ellington, Russell | Rate |
| L2 | Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) | Brown, Tobias, Stept | Rate |
| L3 | Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians With Carmen Lombardo | September In The Rain | Warren, Dubin | Rate |
| L4 | Ted Weems And His Orchestra, Elmo Tanner (Whistling) | Heartaches | Hoffman, Klenner | Rate |
| L5 | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra And The Pied Pipers | I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest | Stoner, Block, Green | Rate |
| L6 | Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | Back Bay Shuffle | Macrae, Shaw | Rate |
Vinyl AlbumVarious Artists - Background Moods (Music For Your Every Mood) - Reader's Digest - USA (1965)
Vinyl AlbumVarious Artists - Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation - Reader's Digest - USA (1964)
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