Fortunately, the first part is the better part by far (though I often listen to both).
That was one of the first CD’s I bought after I purchased a CD player. The kids (6&7) were in the family room when I played it and they spontaneously started dancing to In The Mood.
My wife and I just smiled and are still smiling to that.
Jazz, Swing, & Exotica form the bulk of my music collection.
I love the music of Dizzy Gillespie & Louis Armstrong.
I’m pretty much stuck in the pre-WW2 era musically. But then again, I’m a social recluse. The music is either a cause or a symptom.
I recently had the task of putting together a “Greatest Hits of 1946” collection. I found that I didn’t like most of the pop records from that year - too sentimental for my taste. I finally settled on the following.
By Nat “King” Cole: Oh, but I Do; I’m in the Mood for Love; (Get Your Kicks) On Route 66; You Call It Madness (but I Call It Love); The Frim Fram Sauce; I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)
By Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll; Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’; Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens; Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
By Julia Lee: Lies; Gotta Gimme What You Got
By Tex Beneke: Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
By Frank Sinatra: The Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil)
By Ella Fitzgerald: Flying Home
By Johnny Mercer: On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe; One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
By Peggy Lee: Everything Is Movin’ Too Fast
By Pearl Bailey: That’s Good Enough for Me
By Louis Armstrong: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
By The Mills Brothers: You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You