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Music During World War II |
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sound was very popular. Some of the most famous bands that
were mentioned in our interviews were, Glenn Miller, Tommy and
Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Gray and Charlie Spivak. Music from the
Andrew Sisters, Stan Kenton, Spike Jones, Bing Crosby, Frank
Sinatra, and Perry Como was also popular. Famous black musicians and
singers were Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, Billy Holiday,
Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington. The Jitterbug became one
of the most popular dances and grew out of the big band "swing"
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MILITARY SONGS
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"Remember Pearl Harbor"
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"
"God Bless America"
"Shout! Wherever You May Be--I Am An American"
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POP
SONGS
"In the Mood"
"Tuxedo Junction"
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
"Sentimental Journey"
"I'm Glad I Waited For You"
"I'll Walk Alone"
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
"When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)"
"You'll never know (Just How Much I Miss You)"
"Always" Deanna Durbin
"Seems Like Old Times" Guy Lombardo
"Moonlight Becomes You" Bing Crosby
"Lili Marlene" Perry Como
"I Think Of You" Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra
"Marie" Tommy Dorsey
"Sleeping Time Gal" Harry James
"Embraceable You" Jimmy Dorsey, Helen O'Connell
"As Time Goes By" Dooley Wilson (Sam)
"Something To Remember You By" Dinah Shore
''Peg O'My Heart" Harmonicats
"That Old Black Magic" Glenn Miller
"It Had To Be You" Helen Forrest, Dick Haymes
"Serenade In Blue" Glenn Miller
"I don't Want To Set The World On Fire" The Ink
Spots
"The White Cliffs of Dover" Kay Kyser, Harry
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Photo Courtesy of Hutton-Getty Photo Collection of the 1940s.
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HOME FRONT SONGS
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"I'm Doin' It For Defense"
"On the Swing Shift"
"Rosie the Riveter (Br-r-r-r-r-r-r-! Br-r-r-r-r-r!)"
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