Click the Link to hear the tune:

1917 - Livery Stable Blues--the first recorded Jazz song, by The Original Dixieland Jass Band.

1923 - 'Milneburg Joys' (Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, and Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton). Recorded as the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Richmond, Indiana, July 18, 1923 featuring Morton at the piano. The piece is named after the Milneburg Resort on Lake Pontchartrain five miles north of downtown New Orleans. It later became Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park, the The University of New Orleans.

1923 - Camp Meeting Blues recorded by King Oliver's Jazz Band

1923 -  New Orleans Joys written and played by Jelly Roll Morton

1924 - Jelly Roll Solos on Bucktown Blues

1925 - 'New Orleans Wiggle', recorded on Victor Records by Piron's New Orleans Orchestra.

1926 - 'West End Romp' by The New Orleans Owls

1927 - Alligator Crawl recorded by Louis Armstrong & his Hot Seven in

1928 - King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators record West End Blues. The band included early jazz greats Paul Barbarin Drums, Barney
Bigard Clarinet, Soprano and Tenor Saxophone Johnny Dodds Clarinet, Kid Ory
Trombone, Johnny St. Cyr Banjo & Guitar, Clarence Williams Piano &
Vocals, and Oliver on Cornet.

1928 - Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five play 'West End Blues' , considered by many to be one of the world's great Jazz
masterpieces. The band included  Johnny St. Cyr, Kid Ory, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, and Lil Hardin-Armstrong. The song was written by King Oliver and recorded in Chicago for Okeh Records.

Click here to hear the  National Public Radio
broadcast  featuring Armstrong's recording of 'West End Blues in
the Review of the 20th Century's most important American musical
works. NPR's John Burnet traveled to New Orleans in search of the source of
Jazz genius...' 

1929 King Oliver's Orchestra West End Blues written my King Oliver & Clarence Williams.

1930 - Jelly Roll Morton and the Red Hot Peppers play 'Pontchartrain', written by Morton

1938--Armond Piron copyrighted 'Why Don't You Shimmy Like My Sister Kate', but Louis Armstrong claimed that he
wrote it. This clip was recorded by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans
Footwarmers.

1939 - Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen  -  I
Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say   . Jelly Roll on piano and
vocals. Sidney Bechet plays soprano sax and does vocals.

Mid-1950s - "Pontchartrain the Beautiful"  Johnny Wiggs, cornet; Paul Crawford, trombone; Raymond Burke, clarinet; Doc Souchon, guitar/banjo; Knocky Parker, piano; Sherwood Mangiapane, bass/whistling; Paul Barbarin, drums. I've not yet found an audio clip for this tune.

1956--Hear Little Richard sing 'Tutti Frutti' which was recorded in New Orleans at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in 1956.

1958--Elvis Presley - King Creole

1958--Elvis - 'Dixieland Rock' from the movie King Creole

1959--Pete Fountain plays 'Milenberg Joys' on his 1959 album 'Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans'.

1961-- Sam Cooke sings You Send Me  

1962- Not exactly music, but I had to include this Pontchartrain Beach Jingle & Radio Commercial   played on WTIX 1962 --original audio found on Bob Walker's NEW ORLEANS RADIO SHRINE! at  http://www.walkerpub.com/radio_directory.html#anchor2898905   

1986--Nancy Griffith sing 'Banks of Pontchartrain'on 'The Last Of The True Believers' album (Original Release
Date: 1986 

1989--On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain. A track from 'Cajun Saturday Night' by
D.L. Menard (Original Release Date: 1989) 

1998--Roger McGuinn recorded Richard 'Rabbit' Brown's James Alley Blues 

1999--In 1949, Fats Domino first recorded The Fat Man at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans. Here's a 1999
Live version 

1999--Lakes of Pontchartrain. James Durst, Original Release Date: January 9,
1999.  

1999--Lakes of Pontchartrain. Recorded December 14, 1999 by Planxty. 

1999--Lakes of Pontchartrain. (Louisiana Rap) by Ancient Hype from MP3 

1999--Lakes of Pontchartrain. Brendan Nolan at mp3.com 

1999--Lakes of Pontchartrain. Slainte from MP3.com 

2000--Mystic Pontchartrain. Kay Jay and the Rays--2000 

2000--Mystic Pontchartrain. Abner Burnett from mp3.com 

2000--Lake Pontchartrain. Andi Hoffman and B-Goes from mp3.com