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1 | (Once I Had A) Secret Love |
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2 | Give Me the Simple Life |
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3 | Play track | It Had to Be You |
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4 | Play track | Makin' Whoopee |
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5 | Play track | It's a Pity to Say Goodnight |
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6 | Play track | Can't We Be Friends |
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7 | How Am I to Know |
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8 | Misty |
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9 | Play track | Easy Living |
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10 | Fools Rush In |
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Count Basie
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William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904– April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, and bandleader. As a pianist, he had a distinctive and influential style (the song title "Splanky" is an onomatopoetic reference to the sound of his playing), equally at home in the barrelhouse and the concert hall. Willie "The Lion" Smith, James P. Johnson, and Fats Waller were among his influences. As a bandleader, he created an organization (built upon the remains of Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) that was a favorite both of dancers and of voca… read more