• Billie Holiday

  You’ve Changed  –

  
  

  Good Morning Heartache  –

• Dinah Washington

  What A Difference A Day Makes  –

• Englebert Humperdinck

  This Moment In Time  –

  
  

  Don’t Cry Outloud  –

  
  

  Spanish Eyes  –

• Frank Sinatra

  Misty  –

  
  

  Come Fly With Me  –

  
  

  What Now My Love  –

  
  

  Nice And Easy  –

• Gene Pitney

  Town Without Pity  –

• George Benson

  How Do You Keep The Music Playing  –

• George Gershwin

  Someone To Watch Over Me  –

• Harry James

  I Had The Craziest Dream  –

• Johnny Mathis

  When Sunny Gets Blue  –

  
  

  Stop Look Listen  –

• Jon Hendricks

  Shiny Stockings  –

• Kenny G and Louis Armstrong

  What A Wonderful World  –

• Nat King Cole

  (I Love You) For Sentimental  –

• Natalie Cole

  Inseperable  –

  
  

  The Very Thought Of You  –

• Paul Anka

  Times Of Your Life  –

• Rod Stewart

  These Foolish Things  –

• Sammy Davis Jr

  What Kind Of Fool Am I  –

 

Standards MIDI Files

Traditional/classic pop music is generally regarded as having existed between the mid-1940s and mid-1950s. Allmusic defines traditional pop as “post-big band and pre-rock & roll pop music.” This definition is disputed by many scholars, however, as many of the most enduring and popular standards predate World War II, as for example most of the work of Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin — and in some cases, as with Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, even World War I. The most popular and enduring songs from this style of music are known as pop standards or (where relevant) American standards. More generally, the term “standard” can be applied to any popular song that has become very widely known within mainstream culture.
This excerpt is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_pop_music
Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be standards changes over time. Songs included in major fake book publications (sheet music collections of popular tunes) and jazz reference works offer a rough guide to which songs are considered standards.
This excerpt is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard
Not all jazz standards were written by jazz composers. Many are originally Tin Pan Alley popular songs, Broadway show tunes or songs from Hollywood musicals – the so-called Great American Songbook. A commonly played song can only be considered a jazz standard if it is widely played among jazz musicians. The jazz standard repertoire has some overlap with blues and pop standards.
Traditional pop music is often regarded as having enduring appeal, possessing certain ineffable qualities, including but not limited to an ease and memorability of melody, as well as wit and charm of lyric. The greatest of the classic pop songwriters achieved this with regularity. Many, if not most, of these songs and songwriters are part of the Great American Songbook.In 1970, Ringo Starr released Sentimental Journey, an album of 12 standards arranged by various musicians. In 1973, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson released a critically well-received album of 12 classic standards, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. The album was re-issued on CD in 1988 with a total of 18 standards sung by Nilsson. Also in 1973, Bryan Ferry, of Roxy Music fame, released These Foolish Things, and he has subsequently recorded several such albums. In 1978, country singer Willie Nelson released a collection of popular standards composed by such notables as Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin titled Stardust. This was considered risky at the time but has become perhaps his most enduring album. In 1983, popular rock vocalist Linda Ronstadt released What’s New, her first in a trilogy of albums of standards.
This excerpt is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Songbook