Decade
1920s
72 jazz standards dated in the 1920s, written 1920–1929, 14 with a chord chart. Includes 'S Wonderful, Ain't Misbehavin', and Basin Street Blues.
- 'Deed I DoFred Rose · 1926
- 'S WonderfulGeorge Gershwin · 1927
- (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and BlueFats Waller · 1929
- Ain't Misbehavin'Fats Waller, Harry Brooks · 1929
- Basin Street BluesSpencer Williams · 1926
- Big Butter and Egg ManPercy Venable, Louis Armstrong · 1926
- Blue RoomRichard Rodgers · 1926
- Blue SkiesIrving Berlin · 1926
- Bye Bye BlackbirdRay Henderson · 1926
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat ManJerome Kern · 1927
- Can't We Be Friends?Kay Swift · 1929
- Careless LoveW. C. Handy · 1921
- Carolina MoonBenny Davis, Joe Burke · 1928
- CharlestonJames P. Johnson · 1923
- Chicago (That Toddling Town)Fred Fisher · 1922
- China BoyPhil Boutelje, Richard Winfree · 1922
- Creole Love CallDuke Ellington, Bubber Miley, Rudy Jackson · 1927
- Die Moritat von Mackie MesserKurt Weill · 1928
- East St. Louis Toodle-OoDuke Ellington, Bubber Miley · 1926
- Fascinating RhythmGeorge Gershwin · 1924
- Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to YouDon Redman · 1929
- Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)Milton Ager · 1924
- Honeysuckle RoseFats Waller · 1928
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do?Gene Austin, Roy Bergere · 1924
- How Long Has This Been Going On?George Gershwin · 1927
- I Can't Give You Anything but Love, BabyJimmy McHugh · 1928
- I Wanna Be Loved by YouHerbert Stothart, Harry Ruby · 1928
- I'll See You AgainNoël Coward · 1929
- I'm Coming VirginiaDonald Heywood · 1926
- I've Found a New BabyJack Palmer, Spencer Williams · 1926
- I've Got a Crush on YouGeorge Gershwin · 1928
- If I Could Be with YouJames P. Johnson · 1926
- If I Had YouJimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro · 1928
- In a MistBix Beiderbecke · 1927
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)George Gershwin · 1929
- Lover, Come Back to MeSigmund Romberg · 1928
- Makin' WhoopeeWalter Donaldson · 1928
- MargieCon Conrad · 1920
- Mean to MeFred E. Ahlert · 1929
- Moanin' LowRalph Rainger · 1929
- More Than You KnowVincent Youmans · 1929
- Muskrat RambleKid Ory · 1926
- My Blue HeavenWalter Donaldson · 1924
- NagasakiHarry Warren · 1928
- On the AlamoIsham Jones · 1922
- Rockin' ChairHoagy Carmichael · 1929
- See See RiderMa Rainey, Lena Arant · 1925
- She’s Funny That WayCharles N. Daniels · 1928
- Singin' the BluesCon Conrad, J. Russel Robinson · 1920
- Softly, as in a Morning SunriseSigmund Romberg · 1928
- Someone to Watch Over MeGeorge Gershwin · 1926
- St. James Infirmary BluesDP · 1928
- StardustHoagy Carmichael · 1929
- Sweet Georgia BrownBen Bernie, Maceo Pinkard · 1925
- Sweet LorraineCliff Burwell · 1928
- Swingin' Down the LaneIsham Jones · 1923
- Tea for TwoVincent Youmans · 1924
- That Certain FeelingGeorge Gershwin · 1925
- The Man I LoveGeorge Gershwin · 1924
- The MoocheDuke Ellington, Irving Mills · 1928
- The One I Love Belongs to Somebody ElseIsham Jones · 1924
- The Sheik of ArabyTed Snyder · 1921
- Tin Roof BluesGeorge Brunies · 1923
- Wabash BluesFred Meinken · 1921
- What Is This Thing Called Love?Cole Porter · 1929
- When My Sugar Walks Down the StreetJimmy McHugh, Irving Mills, Gene Austin · 1924
- When the Red, Red RobinHarry M. Woods · 1926
- When the Saints Go Marching Intraditional · 1922
- WhisperingVincent Rose, John Schonberger · 1920
- Who's Sorry Now?Ted Snyder · 1923
- Without a SongVincent Youmans · 1929
- You Took Advantage of MeRichard Rodgers · 1928