Oscar Levant

Songs Written by Oscar LevantTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor and actor born in Pittsburgh, U.S., from Russian-emigrant parents. Levant studied under Zygmunt Stojowski and Arnold Schoenberg, and has 33 albums as a pianist, having recorded works of numerous classical composers. For a period of time during the 1940s, he had been the highest paid concert pianist in the United States. Levant composed for over 75 Hollywood movies and Broadway plays. He acted in... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Oscar Levant first charted in 1928 with Keep Sweeping Cobwebs Off the Moon.The artist placed 9 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 4 of which reached the Top‑10.

Top songs: #1: Lady, Play Your Mandolin - #2: We've Got the Moon and Sixpence - #3: Keep Sweeping Cobwebs Off the Moon - #4: Lady, Play Your Mandolin - #5: Wacky Dust
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  Ruth Etting
1.
1928

#3  Keep Sweeping Cobwebs Off the Moon
Ruth Etting

163 pts
9
US
[Columbia 1242]
written by Oscar Levant greentick & Joe Young
  The Havana Novelty Orchestra
2.
1931

#4  Lady, Play Your Mandolin
The Havana Novelty Orchestra

147 pts
10
US
[Victor 22597]
written by Oscar Levant greentick & Irving Caesar
  Nick Lucas
3.
1931

#1  Lady, Play Your Mandolin
Nick Lucas

230 pts
5
US
written by Oscar Levant greentick & Irving Caesar
  Ray Noble and His Orchestra
4.
1933

#2  We've Got the Moon and Sixpence
Ray Noble and His Orchestra

198 pts
7
US
written by Clifford Grey & Oscar Levant greentick
  Jan Garber and His Orchestra
5.
1935

Blame it on My Youth
Jan Garber and His Orchestra

99 pts
17
US
[Victor 24809]
written by Oscar Levant greentick & Edward Heyman
  Fats Waller
6.
1935

Pardon My Love
Fats Waller

86 pts
20
US
written by Oscar Levant greentick & Milton Drake
  Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
Afterglow
7.
1936

Afterglow
Leo Reisman and His Orchestra

115 pts
14
US
[Brunswick 7696]
written by Al Stillman, Buck Ram & Oscar Levant greentick
  Nat Brandwynne & His Stork Club Orchestra
8.
1936

Until Today
Nat Brandwynne & His Stork Club Orchestra

115 pts
14
US
[Brunswick 7712]
written by Benny Davis, J. Fred Coots & Oscar Levant greentick
  Ella Fitzgerald
9.
1938

#5  Wacky Dust
Ella Fitzgerald

122 pts
13
US
with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Oscar Levant greentick & Stanley Adams

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