This song by the Andrews Sisters is ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century
and is considered an early jump blues jazz recording. It was introduced by
The Andrew Sisters in the Abbott and Costello film, Buck Privates  which
was in production when the song was recorded at Decca’s Hollywood
studios.

The song "I’m Getting Sentimental Over You" was recorded
by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. He was the featured
trombone soloist when his orchestra played it.

"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song written by Cole Porter. It
became such a classic during World War II that Max Beckmann
adopted the title for a painting in 1946 that is now at University
of Michigan Museum of Art (below).

Begin the Beguine painting by Max Beckmann.

Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)
(May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

The song "Ode to Billie Joe" was written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry,
a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. The single,
released in late July, was a number-one hit in the U.S. and became a
big international seller. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song for
1967. The song is ranked #412 on Rolling Stone‘s list of "the 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time". It generated eight Grammy nominations, resulting in
three wins for Gentry and one win for arranger Jimmie Haskell.

Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) will be 73 on July 27.

The song “Love in Bloom” was first recorded by Bing Crosby with
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders for Brunswick Records. It
was introduced in the 1934 film She Loves Me Not by Bing Crosby
and Kitty Carlisle.