Midnight

A foray into the unspeakable mysteries of midnight. Midnight is past our bedtime, so we studied midnight implicitly through song references and found that people who are awake at midnight are sometimes lonesome, obsessing about their loved ones, listening to the train go by disappearing into the night on a ribbon of track extending to infinity, walking down the empty streets whose inky shadows contain noncorporeal entities. Or they’re just out having a good time dancing.

1 - Midnight Blue - Stuart Allen with Richard Himber Orchestra - 1936

2 - Midnight, The Stars and You - Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orchestra - 1934

3 - Midnight on the Trail - Johnny Messner and his Music Box Band - 1938

4 - Midnight Rose - Henry Burr - 1923

5 - Midnight Waltz - Bob Haring Orchestra – 1925

6 - Rainbow at Midnight - Eddie Dean and his Boys - 1946

7 - Sailing at Midnight - Edythe Wright with Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven – 1938

8 - The Midnight Train - Eddie Dean and his Boys - 1947

9 - Midnight Special - Tiny Grimes' Quintet – 1948

10 - Tell Me at Midnight - Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra - 1940

11 - Midnight Clipper - T. J. Fowler and his Orchestra - 1950

12 - Midnight Blues - Rosa Henderson - 1923

13 - From Midnight Till Dawn - Charley Straight Orchestra – 1928

14 - Midnight in Paris - Nino Martini with Nathaniel Shilkret and his Orchestra - 1935

15 - Burning the Midnight Oil - Al Donahue and his Orchestra – 1940

16 - It's Midnight - Little Willie Littlefield - 1949

17 - 'Round About Midnight - The Thelonius Monk Quintet – 1948

18 - The Line is Dead - Murder at Midnight – 1946 (Radio Drama)

19 - Life Ends at Midnight - Suspense – 1944 (Radio Drama)

20 - Midnight - The Beasley Singers with Chet Atkins and his Galloping Guitar - 1951

21 – Midnight Reflections – Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra – 1928

22 – Midnight Rose – The Abe Lyman Orchestra – 1923