The Victory Collection
the Smithsonian remembers when America went to war /
Year: 1995
Language: English
Radio Broadcasts Depictiing the era and the Music that it inspired.
192K
CD 1:
-- We managed to keep a sense of humor and sing some blues too: It's just a matter of time ; Plain talk / Carson Robison
-- Wartime blues / Jazz Gillum
-- Pearl Harbor blues / Doctor Clayton
-- Get your gun and come along (we're fixin' to kill a skunk) / Carson Robison
-- Stop the war (the cats are killin' themselves) / Wingy Manone and his Orchestra
-- That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear / Fats Waller
-- Little Bo Peep has lost her jeep / Spike Jones and his City Slickers
-- Pistol packin' mama / Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band
-- Mussolini's letter to Hitler ; Hitler's reply to Mussolini / Carson Robison
-- Obey your air raid warden / Tony Pastor and his Orchestra
-- Shh, it's a military secret / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.; News of the world / Cliff Nazarro
-- Siam / Spike Jones and his City Slickers
-- The story of Jitterbug Joe / Carson Robison
-- One letter home / Jazz Gillum
-- Win the war blues / Sonny Boy Williamson
-- Hirohito's letterto Hitler ; Hitler's last letter to Hirohito / Carson Robison
-- V-Day stomp / The Four Clefs
-- Leave the dishes in the sink, Ma / Spike Jones and his City Slickers
-- I'm goin' back to whur I come from / Carson Robison.;
CD 2:
-- Sometimes we got sentimental: This is worth fighting for / Shep Fields and his New Music
-- Dear Mom / Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye
-- Three little sisters / Dinah Shore
-- Siboney / Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra -Rum and Coco-Cola / Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
-- Rose Ann of Charing Cross / The Four Vagabonds
-- She'll always remember / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
-- Comin' in on a wing and a prayer / The Four Vagabonds
-- There's a star spangled banner wavin' somewhere
-- Elton Britt
-- He wears a pair of silver wings / Dinah Shore
-- Symphony / Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
-- A G.I. wish / The Four Vagabonds
-- Johnny Doughboy found a rose in Ireland / Freddy Martin and his Orchestra.; From the coast of Maine to the Rockies / Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
-- Stars and stripes on Iwo Jima Isle / The Sons of the Pioneers
-- Last page of Mein Kampf / Texas Jim Robertson and his Panhandle Ranchers
-- (We'll be singing hallelujah) Marching through Berlin / Ethel Merman
-- When Johnny comes marching home / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
-- Just a blue serge suit / Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
-- Counting the days / Dinah Shore
-- Spellbound / Al Goodman and his Orchestra
-- God bless America / Kate Smith.;
CD 3:
-- For the duration: The wartime era at home is portrayed through actual radio broadcasts from that period and interviews. This audio documentary provides a context for the songs featured in The Victory Collection.
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Popular music
-- 1941-1950.
Popular music
-- 1931-1940.
Radio programs.
World War, 1939-1945
-- Songs and music.
Geographic: United States
-- History
-- 1933-1945.
All selections, whether monoaural or sterophonic, have been remastered in their original forms./
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Thanks, Rick!
You are all welcome. ----------------------------------- R
Thank you Rick Reuben
Wonderful! Thanks, Rick!
Doing the jump in the old wigwam tonight eh. LOL ------------------------- R