The Great Band Era (1936-1945)

Herbie Mann

Frank Sinatra

Glenn Miller

Bobby Troup

Lionel Hampton

Duke Ellington

Paul Baron

Sonny Burke

Johnny Mercer

Jerome Kern

Helen Ward

Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra

Maurice Ravel

Tommy Dorsey

Terry Shand

Bill Evans

Fats Waller

Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra

Benny Goodman

Paula Kelly

Marion Hutton

Tex Beneke

Ray Eberle

Sammy Cahn

Jimmy Van Heusen

Slim Gaillard

Billy Strayhorn

Ziggy Elman

Jack Owens

Cole Porter

Bernie Hanighen

Jo Stafford

Artie Shaw

Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Sammy Fain

Ned Washington

Helen Forrest

Dinah Shore

Martha Tilton

The King Sisters

Hoagy Carmichael

Harold Arlen

Johnny Burke

Arthur Johnston

Andy Razaf

David Rose & His Orchestra

Slam Stewart

Leon "Chu" Berry

Irving Mills

Billy Eckstine

Skeets Herfurt

Tommy Dorsey And His Clambake Seven

Bea Wain

Al Avola

Tony Pastor

Edythe Wright

Claude Thornhill

Fats Waller & His Rhythm

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

The Modernaires

Peggy Mann

Freddy Martin And His Orchestra

Gordon Jenkins

Larry Clinton

Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra

Jan Savitt And His Top Hatters

Glenn Miller And His Orchestra

Charlie Spivak

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra

Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra

Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra

Les Brown And His Orchestra

Teddy Powell And His Orchestra

Larry Clinton And His Orchestra

Tony Pastor And His Orchestra

Earl Hines And His Orchestra

Jule Styne

Hal Kemp And His Orchestra

The Kaye Choir

Abe Lyman And His Orchestra

Hal McIntyre And His Orchestra

Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians

Eddy Duchin And His Orchestra

Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra

Rube Bloom

Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Irene Daye

The Pied Pipers

Les Brown

Jerry Livingston

Male Trio

Frank Loesser

Skip Nelson

Ary Barroso

Bob Russell

Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra

Jack Leonard

Vaughn Monroe

The Norton Sisters

Dorothy Claire

Eric Coates

Gus Kahn

Alex Alstone

Mitchell Parish

Ralph Rainger

Leo Robin

Arthur Freed

Bert Shefter

Ted Koehler

Jimmy McHugh

Nat Simon

John Jacob Loeb

Glen Hughes

Friedrich Hollaender

Meredith Willson

Haven Gillespie

J. Fred Coots

Harry Warren

Peter de Rose

Bennie Benjamin

Sol Marcus

Al Hoffman

Isham Jones

Vernon Duke

Frankie Carle

Edgar Leslie

Kim Gannon

Burton Lane

Mack Gordon

Irving Kahal

Hy Zaret

Dick Robertson

Harold Adamson

George Bassman

Jack Lawrence

Al Lewis

Three Barons

Louis Alter

Harry Revel

Allan Roberts

Doris Fisher

Vincent Rose

Victor Schertzinger

Rudy Vallee

Allie Wrubel

Jack Baker

Eddie Delange

Larry Stock