Public Domain Music

Ruth Etting - Body and Soul (1930) Public domain Jan 1, 2026 "Body and Soul" is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton. It was also used as the musical theme and underscoring in the American film noir boxing drama Body and Soul.

Singin’ In The Rain from Hollywood Revue Of 1929 It entered the American public domain on January 1, 2025

Aba Daba Honeymoon" is a popular song written and published by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan in 1914, known through its chorus, "Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab, Said the chimpie to the monk; Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab, Said the monkey to the chimp." It was first performed by Ruth Roye, and first recorded in 1914 by the comic duo team of Collins & Harlan. public domain on January 1, 2022

Harry Macdonough - Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1905)

Aileen Stanley - "All by Myself" (1921) All by Myself" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin, published in 1921 It was introduced in The Music Box Revue of 1922. Popular recordings in 1921 were by Ted Lewis, Frank Crumit, Aileen Stanley, Benny Krueger's Orchestra, Vaughn De Leath and by Ben Selvin (vocal by Ernest Hare)

Alice Blue Gown by Edith Day 1922 Charted at #1 in 1920. Lovely song from the 1919 musical "Irene" which starred beautiful Edith Day in the title role. Recorded on February 2, 1920. Released in April 1920

Alabama Jubilee 1915 - George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen

The song "Backwater Blues" is a blues and jazz standard written by Bessie Smith. Smith (on vocal with James P. Johnson on piano) recorded it as "Back-water Blues" on February 17, 1927, in New York City.[1] Its musical composition entered the public domain on January 1, 2023

Black and Tan Fantasy" is a 1927 jazz composition by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley. The song was recorded several times in 1927 for the Okeh, Victor and Brunswick record labels. The song was also featured in the 1929 short film Black and Tan. The Victor recording is an inductee of the Grammy Hall of Fame. More free public domain music here https://rumble.com/playlists/cZjBv2VuJ_Y

California, Here I Come" is a song interpolated in the Broadway musical Bombo, starring Al Jolson. The song was written by Bud DeSylva, Joseph Meyer, and Jolson. Jolson recorded the song on January 17, 1924, with Isham Jones' Orchestra, in Brunswick Records' Chicago studio. It is often called the unofficial state song of California. In 2020, it entered the public domain.