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Ruth Etting (November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. She is known as "America's sweetheart of song". Her signature tunes were "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me". Her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", "Exactly Like You" and "Shaking the Blues Away".

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The Boop Boop a Doop Girls [2015]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:16
Love Me or Leave Me3:20
Love Letters In the Sand3:14
I’M Nobodys Baby Now2:54

The Irving Berlin Songbook, Vol. 5 [2015]

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Shaking the Blues Away3:10

The Jazz Divas Juke Box [2014]

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September In the Rain3:12
Shaking the Blues Away3:11

Greatest Hits of the 1930s [2013]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:15

Greatest Songs of the 1930's [2013]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:18

Kiss Waltz [2013]

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Mean to Me3:27
Body and Soul3:23
Love Me or Leave Me3:22
Laughing at Life2:52
Button Up Your Overcoat2:49
But I Do You Know I Do2:40
Ten Cents a Dance3:16
Shakin the Blues Away3:10
You're the Cream in My Coffee3:07

Oldies of 30s [2013]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:15

Stars of Hollywood: Singers and Actresses [2013]

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Love Me or Leave Me3:29
Ten Cents a Dance3:18

Swing Decade, Vol. 2 [2013]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:15

Stars Sing Irving Berlin [Broken Audio] [2012]

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Shakin' the Blues Away3:09

The Wonderful 30's: Golden Age of Popular Song [2012]

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Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart2:11

Water for Elephants [2011]

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(Excerpt)0:32

Bring on the Girls 1926–1934 [2010]

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Button Up Your Overcoat2:51

Songs of 1930 [2008]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:22

Love Me or Leave Me [Living Era] [2006]

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Love Me or Leave Me [From "Whoopee"]3:20
Love Me or Leave Me3:20
But I Do, You Know I Do!2:46
What Do We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day2:47
I'm Nobody's Baby2:55
Shaking the Blues Away [From "Ziegfeld Follies of 1927"]3:11
Shaking the Blues Away3:11
The Song Is Ended, But the Melody Lingers On3:30
Back in Your Own Back Yard3:02
When You're with Somebody Else2:49
Ramona3:01
You're the Cream in My Coffee [From "Hold Everything"]3:07
You're the Cream in My Coffee3:07
Button Up Your Overcoat [From "Follow Thru"]2:48
Button up Your Overcoat2:48
Mean to Me3:29
More Than You Know [From "Great Day"]3:02
More Than You Know3:02
Ten Cents a Dance [From Simple Simon]3:15
Ten Cents a Dance3:15
Body and Soul [From Three's A Crowd]3:23
Body and Soul3:23
Nevertheless I'm in Love with You2:42
Guilty3:20
Cuban Love Song (Cancion Cubana) [From "The Cuban Love Song"]2:55
Cuban Love Song2:55
I'll Never Be the Same3:15
Riptide2:52
There's a Lull in My Life [From "Wake Up and Live"]2:41
There's a Lull in My Life2:41
Goodnight, Sweetheart [From Earl Carroll's Vanities"]2:59
Goodnight, Sweetheart2:59

Nightcap Jazz [2006] [2006]

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Goodnight My Love3:09

The Best of Irving Berlin [2006]

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Shaking the Blues Away3:10

Ziegfeld Follies [Living Era] [2006]

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Shaking the Blues Away3:08

Broadway: The American Musical [2004]

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Ten Cents a Dance [From Simple Simon]3:18

First Ladies of Song [ASV/Living Era] [2004]

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Love Me or Leave Me3:23
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)2:39
Ten Cents a Dance3:16

Great Songwriters [Soho] [2003]

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Ten Cents a Dance 

I Write the Songs [2003]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:24

The Jazz Legends: Legendary Female Vocalists [2003]

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Love Me or Leave Me 

Hits of 1930 [2002]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:15

Pure Nostalgia...And All That Jazz [2002]

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I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)2:38

The Richard Rodgers Centenary Collection [2002]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:15

America's Sweetheart of Song [2001]

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Back in Your Own Backyard3:06
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)2:38
Nevertheless, I'm in Love With You2:45
Cuban Love Song2:54
I'll Never Be the Same3:15
Riptide2:51
There's a Lull in My Life2:40
Goodnight, Sweetheart3:03

History of the Musical [2001]

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Ten Cents a Dance [Simple Simon]1:16

Long Ago and Far Away [2001]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:14

Nightcap Jazz [2001] [2001]

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Goodnight My Love3:09

The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 1 [2001]

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Ten Cents a Dance, song (from "Simple Simon")3:19

With a Song in My Heart: The Songs of Rodgers & Hart [2001]

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Ten Cents a Dance, song (from "Simple Simon")3:15

Body and Soul: Five Decades of Jazz Era Song [2000]

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Ten Cents a Dance 

Broadway: Golden Age of Musica 1919-1946 [2000]

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Shakin' the Blues Away3:09
Ten Cents a Dance3:15

Soulcall [2000]

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Amazing Grace2:32

The Golden Age of Popular Song: The Wonderful 30's [2000]

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Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart2:11

Depression Years [1999]

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Ten Cents a Dance 

Life Is a Song [1999]

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Mean to Me3:38

Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950 [1999]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:17

Respect: A Century of Women in Music [1999]

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Love Me or Leave Me 

Songs of the Depression: Boom, Bust & New Deal [1999]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:17

Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century [1999]

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Ten Cents a Dance [From Simple Simon]3:17

Best of Broadway: The Revues [1998]

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Shaking the Blues Away3:08

Birth of the Blues: Songwriter Series [1998]

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You're the Cream in My Coffee [From Hold3:07

Glorifier of American Song [1998]

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Hold Me2:37
After You've Gone [#]2:48

24 Recordings from 1926-1937 [1997]

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I'm Nobody's Baby2:55
After You've Gone2:53
Love Me or Leave Me2:53
Ain't Misbehavin'3:16
More Than You Know3:03
Button up Your Overcoat2:50
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)2:35
Mean to Me3:31
Ten Cents a Dance3:16
Guilty3:18
There's a Lull in My Life2:41

Hit Songs from Broadway [1997]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:27

Hits of '30 [1997]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:12

Hits of '31 [1997]

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Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)2:46

The Best Things in Life Are Free: The Songs of Ray Henderson [1997]

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You're the Cream in My Coffee3:07
Button Up Your Overcoat2:48

Yes Sir, That's My Baby: The Songs of Walter Donaldson [1997]

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Love Me or Leave Me3:22

Love Me or Leave Me [Pearl] [1996]

SongDuration
I'm Nobody's Baby2:58
Love Me or Leave Me3:23
Back in Your Own Backyard3:08
Back in Your Own Back Yard3:23
When You're With Somebody Else2:55
Deep Night3:27
I'll Get by (As Long as I Have You)2:38
You're the Cream in My Coffee3:07
Mean to Me3:33
Button up Your Overcoat2:53
It Happened in Monterey3:17
Ten Cents a Dance3:18

More Than You Know [1996]

SongDuration
More Than You Know2:58
There's a Lull in My Life2:43
A Message from the Man in the Moon3:07
Why Was I Born?3:26

Rodgers & Hart: With a Song in Their Hearts [1996]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:17

Joe Franklin Presents: The Roaring '20s Roar Again [1995]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:16

Always: The Songs of Irving Berlin [1994]

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Shaking the Blues Away3:11

The Roaring Twenties [ABC] [1994]

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Love Me or Leave Me3:10

Art Deco: Sophisticated Ladies [1993]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:17
A Needle in a Haystack2:57

Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Great American Songs of the Depression [1993]

SongDuration
Ten Cents a Dance 

Pure Nostalgia (1928-1941) [1993]

SongDuration
Ten Cents a Dance3:14

Those Were the Days [Good Music] [1993]

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Button up Your Overcoat2:43
Ten Cents a Dance3:10

The Hits of Rodgers & Hart [1992]

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Ten Cents a Dance [From Simple Simon]3:23

Goodnight My Love [1991]

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It Happened in Monterey3:13
Guilty3:18
Stay as Sweet as You Are2:48
Goodnight My Love3:10

Legendary Entertainers [Pro Arte] [1991]

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Back in Your Own Backyard3:02

Sing Me a Swing Song [1990]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:15

Let Me Call You Sweetheart [1987]

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Try a Little Tenderness 
A Cottage for Sale 
Stay as Sweet as You Are 

Ten Cents a Dance [1981]

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Ten Cents a Dance3:14
Button up Your Overcoat2:47
But I Do, You Know I Do!2:37
Mean to Me3:25
Body and Soul3:20
Shaking the Blues Away3:09
You're the Cream in My Coffee3:05
Laughing at Life2:51
Love Me or Leave Me3:22

Really the Blues? A Blues History, 1893-1959, Vol. 1

SongDuration
Shaking the Blues Away3:14

The Great Gatsby: Hit Songs From the 1920s

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Button Up Your Overcoat2:52

Unknown Album

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(Excerpt)0:32
Life Is a Song3:03
Nevertheless I'm in Love with You2:49

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