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1937-39, Part III (Featuring Benny Goodman)
| Artist | Song | |
| Al Bowlly & Ray Noble |
Easy to Love (1937 #7) 
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| Glenn Miller |
Sunrise Serenade (Instrumental) (1939 #7)
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| Larry Clinton, v. Bea Wain | Heart and Soul (1938 #1) | |
| Mildred Bailey | Don't Be That Way (1938 #9) | |
| Sammy Kaye, v. Tommy Ryan | Rosalie (1938 #1) | |
| Larry Clinton Orchestra & Bea Wain | Deep Purple (1939 #1) | |
| Ink Spots | If I Didn't Care (1939 #2) | |
| Artie Shaw, v. Helen Forrest | Comes Love (1939 #4) | |
| Benny Goodman, v. Martha Tilton | And the Angels Sing (1939 #1) | |
| Tommy Dorsey, v. Edythe Wright | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (1938 #8) | |
| Benny Goodman, v. Martha Tilton, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday & Leo Watson | Jeepers Creepers (live) (1939) | |
| Benny Goodman | Running Wild (Instrumental) (live) (1939) | |
| Benny Goodman with Teddy Wilson & Gene Krupa | So Rare (live) (1937) | |
| Artie Shaw & Helen Forrest | They Say (1939 #1) | |
| Billie Holiday | I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) (1938 #2) | |
| Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra, Sam Browne | When the Poppies Bloom Again (1937) | |
| Ink Spots | My Prayer (1939 #3) | |
| Tommy Dorsey, vocal quartet | Once In A While (1937 #1) | |
| Shep Fields, v. Hal Derwin | South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) (1939 #1) | |
| Bing Crosby | On The Sentimental Side (1938 #4) | |
| Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (1938 #1) | |
| Billie Holliday With Lester Young | Mean To Me (1937 #7) | |
| Red Norvo All Star Sextett, Mildred Bailey | Please Be Kind (1938 #1) | |
| Benny Goodman | You Turned the Tables on Me (Live) (1937) | |
| Fats Waller & His Rhythm | Two Sleepy People (1938 #1) | |
| Glenn Miller | Moonlight Serenade (Instrumental) (1939 #3) | |
| Bob Hope & Shirley Ross | Thanks For The Memory (1939) | |
Comment:
This mix contains the following number of tunes: five in 1937, nine in 1938, and 13 in 1939. On the first song title is a link to the mix in a single mp3 file and on the second song title, a link to the mix with individual mp3 files for each track within a zip file.For what was in the news in 1939 (thanks to Wikipedia)... Batman introduced in Detective Comics, Hewlett-Packard is founded, two earthquakes kill around 30,000 each in Chile & Turkey, Mohandas Gandi begins fasting to protest social inequality within India, Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" is first published, the New York World's Fair opens, Germany & Italy form "Pact of Steel", National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum opens in Cooperstown, NY, the Wizard of Oz premiers at the Capitol Theater in NYC, successful flight of first jet-powered aircraft, WWII begins in Europe, Albert Einstein urges FDR to develop the atomic bomb, and "Gone with the Wind" premiers at Loews Grand Theater in Atlanta.
Value of the dollar back then: Cost to mail a letter = 3 cents, a loaf of bread = 8 cents, a gallon of gasoline = 19 cents, a gallon of milk = 49 cents, one of those new fangled televisions = $600, a new car = $750, a new house = $6,400, and a years salary (avg) = $1,850. The stock market averaged around 150 that year.
Feedback:
Wow, amazing compilation, Joe. So many great tunes over that stretch And '39 was a ridiculous year for films. too. Full batch-o-stars for this set.
I'm excited about this! Thank you for putting it together and making available. There are a lot of songs her I don't know yet, and exploring those will keep me busy for some time.
This looks tremendous. I thank you for the share as it will most assuredly delight as it educates.
You are the best Joe. Billie Holiday is my all time fav female singer so you know I love this.
Fine series. Thankyou immensely for the links Joe. You're too kind.
Must echo the others in thanking you for putting these together and sharing them. the historical overviews and pictures alone are really great - but then there's music! "Thanks For the Memory," "They Say," "Deep Purple," "Comes Love"... all favorites here, and I've always had a soft spot for the Ink Spots. but best of all is that incredible live recording of "Jeepers Creepers" w/ so many amazing voices. this was a thrill to listen to.