"Swingin' Down the Lane" is a 1923 song composed by
Isham Jones
Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.
Career
Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, United States, to a musical and mining family. His father, Richard Isham Jones ...
with lyrics by
Gus Kahn. Jones' instrumental version was second to "
March of the Wooden Soldiers" in the list of top songs for 1923. Other popular versions in 1923 were by
Ben Bernie; and The Columbians.
Other notable recordings
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
- recorded November 27, 1947 with
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...
- included in his album ''
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!'' (1956)
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Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...
- for his album ''
We Get Letters
''We Get Letters'' is a 1957 album by Perry Como, his second RCA Victor 12" long-play album. The LP's concept is an album of requests from Como's television show, but forgoing the usual big-band sound of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Cha ...
'' (1957)
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Kay Starr
Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multip ...
- for her album ''Movin'!'' (1959).
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Frankie Avalon - for his album ''Summer Scene'' (1960)
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Vic Damone - included in his album ''On the Swingin' Side'' (1960)
Film appearances
*1944
Greenwich Village
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- performed by
Vivian Blaine
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and
Don Ameche
Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stock, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which l ...
*1947
Mother Wore Tights - sung by
Mona Freeman (dubbed by
Imogene Lynn
Imogene Lynn (1922 – 2003) was a 20th-century American jazz and pop singer.
Biography
Lynn was born September 9, 1922 in Trenton, Missouri. She began singing professionally in 1940, singing with Emerson Gill and other bands on a national tou ...
),
Robert Arthur and chorus
*1951
I'll See You in My Dreams - sung during the montage with the kids
References
1923 songs
1923 singles
Songs with lyrics by Gus Kahn
Songs with music by Isham Jones
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