I need a lot of names of songs from that era, that are happy sounding. gimme some songs!
Django Reinhardt.
I don’t know much about that era but my dad was a huge fan of Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy. I think my mom still has a bunch of their vinyl records.
Irving Berlin
George Gershwin
Miles Davis (album: “Birth of the Cool,” 1948)
Charlie Parker
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Billie Holliday
Louis Armstrong
The Andrews Sisters
Gene Krupa
Here are some names from the Big Band (30s-40s) era
Some of the biggest names from that list are:
The Dorsey Brothers
Count Baise
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Cab Calloway
Chick Webb
Examples of popular music/songs of the 30s:
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html#music
Examples of popular music/songs of the 40s:
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html#music
Hank Williams Sr.