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Kilroy Was Here: Music of World War 2
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | "A date which will live in infamy" speech | |
| Frank Sinatra | There'll be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marchin' In) | |
| Vera Lynn | We'll Meet Again | |
| Woody Herman & His Orchestra | G.I. Jive | |
| Johnny Mercer | Accentuate the Positive | |
| Spike Jones | Der Fuhrer's Face | |
| Louis Prima | Sing, Sing, Sing | |
| Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford & the Modernaires | Stardust | |
| Kay Kyser | Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition | |
| The Andrews Sisters | The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B | |
| The Mills Brothers | Till Then | |
| Louis Jordan | Knock me a Kiss | |
| The Inkspots | Maybe | |
| Marlene Dietrich | Lili Marlene | |
| Hank Snow | At Mail Call Today | |
| Vera Lynn | The White Cliffs of Dover | |
| U.S. Marine Corps Band | The Marine's Hymn | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Main theme from "Patton" | |
| George C. Scott | Patton Speech (begin) | |
| Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band | Over There | |
| Ella Fitzgerald & the Inkspots | Cow Cow Boogie | |
| Billie Holiday | What a Difference a Day Makes | |
| Dooley Wilson | As Time Goes By (from "Casablanca") | |
| Edith Piaf | La Vie en Rose | |
| Frank Sinatra | Stormy Weather (V-disc, with greetings to the soldiers) | |
| Oscar Brand | Roll me Over in the Clover | |
| The Mills Brothers | Paper Doll | |
| Louis Prima | Oh Marie | |
| Frank Sinatra | All of Me | |
| Marlene Dietrich | Falling in Love Again | |
| Hank Snow | The Soldier's Last Letter | |
| Frank Sinatra | My Shining Hour | |
| Vera Lynn | When the Lights Go on Again | |
| Glenn Miller | In the Mood | |
| George C. Scott | Patton Speech (end) | |
Comment:
I had just watched "Band of Brothers" and finished reading the book, and I am still deeply thinking of the sacrifice that so many people across the world made in defeating the Axis invasions. I wanted to make a tape of music from World War 2, and I chose music from the V-discs as much as possible. For more info on V-discs, click here.I asked my uncles and my grandmother about what songs were popular then, did some web research, borrowed the Sinatra V-discs from a pal, and came up with this.
A few songs were inspired by anecdotes from the soldiers in E Company of the 101st Airborne, namely "What a Difference a Day Makes" and "Roll me over in the Clover." The latter was the unofficial theme song of the company, that they would sing while mobilizing in troop carriers, and the Billiw Holiday song was what one soldier thought of after the Germans counterstriked and began the Battle of the Bulge, halting the Allied advance. Things went from high morale to the toughest battle in the European war.
I'm hoping a similar story is told about the war in the Pacific. My great-uncle Frank (RIP) served there, but much of it was so horrible that he never talked about it.
My great-uncle Jimmy was in the 1st infantry and fought at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. He always said that Patton saved their asses (unlike the 101st Airborne, who denied they needed rescuing) so I put some clips from the movie Patton in. It's the only anachronism on the tape except for the Marine's Hymn, which was recorded long after the war.
Feedback:
wow! this is spectacular!
A lot of people think of music in the twentieth century as starting with Elvis (at least i make that mistake). It's always good to be reminded that there was a whole fifty years of twentith century before him. Excellant work.
If you don't get into pre-Elvis R&B, bluegrass, swing, ragtime, jazz, and Dixieland, you are missing a whole lot. Even the 50's where rock & roll was trying to burst from the womb of blues/R&B, is a great time. Great down and dirty stuff! This is a more whitebread mix but is still a lot of fun.
This looks absolutely fabulous. I love the amount of work and research you put into preparing this and I'm amazed at how much of this I actually know!!! (and Der Fuhrer's Face is truly hillarious!)
So many great songs, and memorable speeches! Awesome! Sing, Sing, Sing always makes me want to dance, and I love a bunch of your other selections.
YAY!!!! This is one of my favorite musical eras!! :D Your CD looks fantastic! And I think you've inspired me to make a similar mix! :)
wow....just....wow. Fucking awesome. everyone here has pretty much already said everythign I was gonna say. Lots of great songs. There's a Cd i have called "Those were our songs" or somethign like that. Its a double disc set that features some of these songs and others that you would enjoy. i reccomend checking it out. also, it yer in the boston area, AM 830 is a great big band/swing/jazz station. kickass mix, man.
Good job - well researched - and good to see u got Vera Lynn in.
You can't do a WW2 mix without Vera Lynn :) I've always loved her voice. Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that we would meet again, some sunny day.
very atmospheric time capsule, well done! Thanks to the techno-miracle of recorded sound, we can now travel through time . . .
this is a well researchd mix you made. would you like to engineer a trade?
Glad to finally catch up with this one. Yes, Vera Lynn is required but "Mairzy Doats" by the Merry Macs would have been perfect on here. As it is, this is sublime.