Ballads of War & Peace [Import]

Track Listings

1. Stairway to Heaven - John Wilks

2. Dry - Vee

3. Ave Maria/Imagine - Jacqui McShee

4. Army Dreamers - Jacqui McShee,

5. Song for the Holy - The Regiment

6. Abraham, Martin and John - John Wilks

7. Cavatina - Russ Pay

8. We Shall Overcome

9. Lives in the Balance - Judie Tzuke

10. Amazing Grace

11. What's Going On - John Wilks

12. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - Jacqui McShee

13. Yesterday - Russ Pay

14. I Shall Be Released

15. Blowing in the Wind - Vera Haime

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
15 Tracks Including 'we Shall Overcome' by Maggie Willow, 'amazing Grace' by I.v. Webb and 'turn Turn Turn' by Jacqui Mcshee.

Tracks:

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time - the Andrews Sisters
Green Eyes - Helen O'Connell
Who Wouldn't Love You? - Kay Kyser
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Cow-Cow Boogie - Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack
A Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James
Strip Polka - Johnny Mercer
I Had The Craziest Dream - Helen Forrest
Jukebox Saturday Night - Tex Beneke & The Modernaires
Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & His Orchestra
Shoo-Shoo Baby - Ella Mae Morse
Amor - Andy Russell
Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat King Cole
Long Ago (And Far Away) - Jo Stafford
G.I. Jive - Johnny Mercer
I'll Walk Alone - Martha Tilton
It Had To Be You - Betty Hutton
The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers

Tracks:

Rum And Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
Candy - Johnny Mercer w/Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Dream - The Pied Pipers
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) - Spike Jones & His Orchestra
On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
Tampico - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Waiting For The Train To Come In - Peggy Lee
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser
The Hut-Sut Song - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Mr. Five-By-Five - Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack
It's Only A Paper Moon - Nat King Cole
Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
I Love You - Jo Stafford
Mairzy Doats - The Pied Pipers
It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haynes
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

Customer Reviews:

stellar compilation........2007-03-19

i did not arrive on the planet until 1961, so these were not my songs, but i am loving them all the same. a devoted audiophile, i have been acquiring a taste for popular music from the forties only recently. this is a stellar collection if you are looking for pop music from that era. if you get this double cd compilation, rhino records 2 cd's titled "songs that got us through WWII volumes 1 & 2," and "G.I. jukebox," from hip-o records, you will have 5 discs (with some, but not much overlap in songs) of music to transport you back in time for an entire evening. highly enjoyable stuff.

Awesome collection for the WWII generation..........2007-03-02

I work with elderly people and purchased this CD to play for them at their New Year's Eve party. They loved it.... Nostalgia was definitely in the air. There are a lot of songs on this CD for a great price. Highly recommended.

GREAT CD- Had a 1940's party -Residents Loved it!.......2007-01-18

Ordered this cd for our 1940's Afternoon of Music. Our Elderly Residents Loved it! Great selection!

Good songs, but some later remakes.......2006-06-03

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, if you're enjoying this collection -- I hope you'll continue to enjoy it.

But those who are thinking about purchasing this set should know that some of these recordings are not the original versions, but were recorded well after World War II. For example, the Andrews Sisters and Harry James, among the artists represented on this compilation issued by Capitol, were not on that label until after the war. The reason that the sound quality here is so good, at least on some songs, is that those recordings were made in stereo during the 1950s.

Even the usually reliable All Music Guide mistakenly assumed that Capitol created this good-sounding collection through cross-label licensing and 24-bit mastering. In reality, the label simply used its own later versions of some of the songs, rather than licensing the originals from other labels.

None of this is a reason not to enjoy this collection unless you're looking for recordings that were actually around during World War II -- if so, you'll need to keep searching. I give this collection only 2 stars because I think that Capitol may be trying to convince consumers that these are the original versions of the recordings, when they're not. (If Capitol had actually obtained those originals, this collection would deserve 5 stars easily.)

You'll be singing these songs all day long........2006-01-23

Of all the CDs of songs of the 1940s that I have heard, this one really touched both me and my wife a lot. We play the songs whenever we are in the car and we find ourselves waking up in the morning singing these wonderful songs.

The remastering has produced terrific sounds of these songs we grew up with. This would be a wonderful gift for someone who was alive in during Worl War II. Or, a wonderful gift if you want to know what music was like in the 1940s (which we refer to as the good old days).

So many of the big bands of those days like Les Brown, Kay Kyser, Harry James, Stan Kenton. And vocalists like The Andrew Sisters, Helen O'Connell, Peggy Lee, and Jo Stafford singing these songs just as they sounded back then.

This music brings back those wonderful days when a typical date was to go dancing to one of these bands. You'll have such good memories when you hear them.

My wife and I couldn't be any happier or more enthused by any other CDs (yes there are two CDs, a total of 40 songs).

Do you remember Mairzy Doats, Tampico, the Pied Pipers singing Dream, Drinkin Rum and Coca Cola, Long Ago and Far Away, Johnny Mercer singing Strip Polka, and Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition. So many great songs popular during World War II.

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old memories
Master Vocal, Master Piano Command - What Else to Say
A nostalgic mix of fun and romance

Mel and George "Do" World War II
Mel Tormé and George Shearing
Manufacturer: Concord Records
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An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé
An Elegant Evening
A Vintage Year
An Evening at Charlie's
Top Drawer

ASIN: B0000006JZ
Release Date: 1991-07-16

Tracks:

Lili Marlene
(It Seems To Me) I've Heard That Song Before
I Know Why And So Do You
Love
Aren't You Glad You're You
Ellington Medley: Cotton Tail/I Didn't Know About You/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/I'm Beginning...
Walk Medley: I Don't Want To Walk Without You, Baby/I'll Walk Alone
I Could Write A Book
(This Is) A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Never Gonna Fall In Love Again)
On The Swing Shift/Five O'clock Whistle
Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
This Is The Army Mister Jones
We Mustn't Say Goodbye

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old memories.......2006-03-04

I found this disk brilliant and was delighted when i was able to obtain it through amazon. i first heard it on the Russell DAVIES SHOW on BBC radio two and was amazed at how these two great tunesmiths work so well together. Great melodies too from a sad time in our history.

Master Vocal, Master Piano Command - What Else to Say.......2000-07-10

... OK, the repertoire is II War songs, a brilliant idea possibly credited to Tormé. This is a live recording with a beautiful opening by George Shearing playing "Lili Marlene" in a sensitive way that I presume must have shocked the audience due to their complete silence and reverence and to Shearing's tenderness. Don't lose the chance to listen to it.

A nostalgic mix of fun and romance.......1999-06-10

Torme and Shearing team up to present the best of the songs of the World War II era. They emphasize romantic ballads, with some lighter songs (e.g. "This is the Army") added for fun. This listener, born nine years after the war ended, wanted to go and volunteer at the nearest Stage Door Canteen after hearing this recording for the first time. It's that real, that moving, that good.

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Absolutely Excellent Old Time Historic Folk Music!
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The Civil War Collection, Volume II
Jim Taylor
Manufacturer: Gourd Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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SOUTHERN SOLDIER: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War
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Songs of the Civil War
The Civil War - Traditional American Songs And Instrumental Music Featured In The Film By Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording

ASIN: B00005BHVN
Release Date: 2001-03-24

Tracks:

Old 1812
Wagoneer
Hog Eyed Man
Old Liza Jane/Buffalo Gals
Colonel Crockett/Jenny on the Railroad
Getting out of the Way of the Federals/Run, Rebel, Run
Gumboat
Stacked Them Up In Piles/Abe's Retreat/Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone
Rickett's Hornpipe/Fisher's Hornpipe
Scott's Return
Old Virginia/Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? 1 & 2
Old Dan Tucker/Step to the Music, Johnny
Speed the Plow/Grey Eagle/Speed the Plough/Devil's Dream
The 22nd of February

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Jim Taylor's second collection. This recording, along with the first volume, is a collection of toe-tapping campfire tunes, barn dance music, and minstrel show melodies that were current around the time of the Civil War.

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Absolutely Excellent Old Time Historic Folk Music!.......2003-01-29

For all of us that were traumatized by their high school history class, let's call this old time Bluegrass or Folk Music. This is a repeat of their first Civil War volume, and this review is a repeat of my admiration for the first volume. This CD is a bit slower paced and adds a Tin Whistle. I like to play my Irish Drum, Bones and Spoons to the first album. I like to play my Bouzouki, Banjo and Guitar to the second. Thank you for the Irish influence. My ancestors fought on both sides of the Civil War. That makes a lot of sense, Irish killing Irish under generals with English last names. A strange twist of fate. Unfortunately, this was one of the only alternatives to the Great Potato Famine back in the motherland. What if they put down their rifles and picked up their instruments and had a huge jam session instead of a war? Please read my review of the first album. The back up guitar in this album stands out more, and I love the skillful "bridge" transitions between chords. If the Jim Taylor group wants to keep making these CD's, I'll keep buying them. This is old time music at its best by an excellent group.

Music Lover.......2002-11-15

If you liked Jim Taylor first "Civil War Collection" you will love this one as well. Jim's Civil War Collections 1 and 2 are a must for anyone interested in Civil War music or in general Old Time music. I highly recommend, you will not be disappointed.

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Get this with "The Best of the Big Bands"
Great 4 cd Series of some of the best songs from the era

The War Years
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Compendia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Best of the Big Bands
Let's Swing
Songs That Got Us Through WWII

ASIN: B000000BGR
Release Date: 1994-11-08

Tracks:

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrew Sisters
I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Harry James & His Orchestra
Praise The Lord & Pass The Amunition - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Lili Marlene - Lale Anderson
This Is Worth Fighting For - The Ink Spots
That Old Black Magic - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Dearly Beloved - Dinah Shore
Rosie The Riveter - The Four Vagabonds
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover - Dick Todd
Remember Pearl Harbour - Eddy Howard & His Orchestra

Tracks:

Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean - Kate Smith
The Last Time I Saw Paris - Lanny Rose
Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer - The Golden Gate Quartet
PIstol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troppers
Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Dinah Shore
Sunday, Monday, Or Always - Bing Crosby
Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey

Tracks:

Sound Off - Sgt. Henry Felice & Rehabilitation Center Class
You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes
Blues In The Night - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
We'll Meet Again - The Ink Spots
There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - Elton Britt
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - The Andrews Sisters
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Kenny Baker
Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin

Tracks:

(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Shoo Shoo, Baby - Bing Crosby
Mairzy Doats - Al Trace & His Silly Symphonists
A Boy In Khaki-A Girl In Lace - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
G.I. Jive - Johnny Mercer
Rum & Coca-Cola - Jeri Sullavan
As Time Goes By - Dinah Shore
When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) - Vaughn Monroe
I'll Walk Alone - Frank Sinatra
St. Louis Blues March - Capt. Glenn Miller & The 418th AAFTC Band

Customer Reviews:

Get this with "The Best of the Big Bands".......2006-04-06

Both items-, "The Best of the Big Bands" and "The War Year" are remarkable. They contain some extraordinarily rare recordings by famous artists such as a young "Doris Day" singing "Sentimental Journey" "Bing Crosby" singing "Shoo Shoo Baby," the latter being a wonderful piece of live history, and "Cab Calloway's - Minnie The Moocher"

Many of the tracks were originally "V-Discs" and intended for eventual destruction. That is, each "V-Disc" was to entertain the troops (of the greatest generation) for an allotted time, and then each fragile disc was to be melted-down.

I think, one can't own one box set without the other - they ought to be bought together to get an all-inclusive experience of the era.

However, don't look for flawless Glenn Miller recordings - or any other Big Band for that matter - in these box sets. Every recording in these box sets are presented in their original format - and what could be better! Personally, I don't want any of these recordings so clean that they are deprived of their original charm. Digital remastering can be taken a bit too far sometimes.

I've had to borrow this set for a longtime from a dear friend, but now I'll have my own.

Great 4 cd Series of some of the best songs from the era.......1999-05-22

If you want a great collection of music from the war years, this is it. I was not sure when I bought it because none of the artists were listed. But, not to worry, it all the original artists. Brings back memories about my parents and what they had to go through with the war.

We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II

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Love Songs of World War II

We'll Meet Again: The Love Songs of World War II
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Collect.
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Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II
Songs That Got Us Through WW2, Vol. 2
Songs That Got Us Through WWII

ASIN: B0000017SM
Release Date: 1994-01-05

Tracks:

We'll Meet Again - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Peggy Lee
Last Time I Saw Paris - Tony Martin
Moonglow - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Boy in Khaki - A Girl in Lace - Dinah Shore
As Time Goes By - Adelaide Hall
Intermezzo - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - Bing Crosby, Woody Herman
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - The Ink Spots
Sand in My Shoes - The Boswell Sisters
I Cover the Waterfront - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Lili Marlene - Marlene Dietrich
I Remember You - Jimmy Dorsey, , Bob Eberly
Moon Over Burma - Dorothy Lamour
Flamingo - Duke Ellington, Herb Jeffries
I'll Walk Alone - Mary Martin
White Cliffs of Dover - Benny Lee, Lew Stone
Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie - The Jesters
If a Grey-Haired Lady Says "How's Your Father?" - Flanagan & Allen
White Christmas - Vera Lynn, Mantovani
You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes
Goodnight, Wherever You Are - Helen Claire, Harry Leader
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - Ray Eberle, Glenn Miller & His Orchestra,
Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat - The Ink Spots
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Anne Shelton
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
I Don't Want to Walk Without You - Betty Jane Rhodes
San Antonio Rose - Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby
Star Eyes - Stane Grappelli
Moonlight on the Ganges - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Time Was - Xavier Cugat
Little on the Lonely Side - Frankie Carle
Love of My Life - Anita Boyer, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring - Jack Payne & His BBC Dance Orchestra,
When They Sound the Last "All Clear" - Benny Lee, Lew Stone
Nearness of You - Dinah Shore
One Dozen Roses - The Boswell Sisters
I Met Her on Monday - The Mills Brothers
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time - Les Brown, Doris Day
Sentimental Journey - The Merry Macs
It's Been a Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby, Les Paul
I'll Be Seeing You - Julie Dawn, Carroll Gibbons, Savoy Hotel Orpheans

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Love Songs of World War II.......1998-06-23

This is one of the best CD's I own. I listsen to it almost every day! Everyone should get themselves a copy!!

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A mixed bag

The War Years
Ella Fitzgerald
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003N3S
Release Date: 1994-09-13

Tracks:

Jim
This Love Of Mine
Somebody Nobody Loves
You Don't Don't Know What Love Is
Make Love To Me
Mama, Come Home
My Heart And I Decided
He's My Guy
Cow Cow Boogie
Time Alone Will Tell
Once Too Often
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
I'm Making Believe
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
I'm Beginning To See The Light
That's The Way It Is
It's Only A Paper Moon
Cry You Out Of My Heart
A Kiss Goodnight
Benny's Coming Home On Saturday

Tracks:

Flying Home
Stone Cold Dead In the Market
Petootie Pie
You Won't Be Satisfied
The Frim Fram Sauce
I'm Just a Lucky So And So
I Didn't Mean a Word I Said
For Sentimental Reasons
It's a Pity To Say Good Night
Guilty
Sentimental Journey
A Sunday Kind Of Love
That's My Desire
Oh, Lady Be Good
Don't You Think I Ought To Know
You're Breakin' In a New Heart
I Want To Learn About Love
That Old Feeling
My Baby Likes To Bebop ( And I Like To Bebop Too)
No Sense
How High The Moon
How High The Moon

Amazon.com essential recording

This two-CD set provides a window on the varied pop and jazz styles that flourished in the period, as well as an excellent portrait of Ella Fitzgerald between 1941 and 1946. The material ranges far afield, mixing ballads and period novelties like "Stone Cold Dead in the Market," with appearances by the Ink Spots and Louis Jordan. It's on the uptempo jazz tunes, however, that Fitzgerald reveals a new dimension of her talent, scat singing with the fluency and creativity of a first-rate instrumentalist. Her early grasp of bop is apparent in "Flying Home" and "My Baby Sleeps Like Bebop." --Stuart Broomer

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A mixed bag.......2000-01-21

Its interesting to notice how long it took for Ella Fitzgerald to grow up as artist.In her Chick Webb days her voice was just a chubby little charming sound and during 40-ies she was still singing too many novelty tunes: judging from this material one would NEVER in million years guess what a giant of jazz music she would became in the next decade.I am sure it was not only big bad company excecutive who make her sing such a silly songs as "Stone Cold Dead In the Market" (!), Ella herself obviously had some weaknes for novelties as well and it would need a strong personality of Norman Granz to point her in the right direction 10 years later, with his Songbook series.To enjoy this double CD one has to program the listening track, choosing best songs instead playing everything simply because her talent was wasted on too many ditties of the day.Presence of such guests as Ink Spots,The Delta Rhytm Boys and Louis Jordan was a good marketing trick, but most of this songs have did not age gracefully as Ella's later work for Verve.For lovers of 40-ies music this double CD is obligatory and I was curious to hear Fitzgerald's growth as a singer from 30-ies Band vocalist to 50-ies Songbook legend, but too much of this music is forgettable!

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Carl Loewe: Lieder & Balladen, Vol. 14

Manufacturer: Cpo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B17I
Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

Der Wirtin Tochterlein, Op.1, 2
Die Verfallene Muhle, Op.109
Madchen Sind Wie Der Wind, Op.9, 4
Der Heilige Franziskus, Op.75, 3
Der Schatzgraber, Op.59, 3
Die Wandelnde Glocke, Op.20, 3
Der Getreue Eckart, Op.44, 2
Die Glocken Zu Speyer, Op.67, 2
Der Monch Zu Pisa, Op.114
Der Alte Goethe, Op.9
Friedericus Rex, Op.61
Das Erkennen, Op.65, 2
Abschied Op.3, 1
Melek Am Quell, Op.10, 6
Der Edelfalk, Op.68, 2
Landgraf Philipp Der Grossmutige, Op.125, 1
Das Grab Zu Ephesus, Op.75, 1
Harald, Op.45, 1

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Carl Loewe: Lieder & Balladen

Manufacturer: Capriccio
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001WUB
Release Date: 1997-04-08

Tracks:

Erlkonig
Wanderers Nachtlied I
Wanderers Nachtlied II
Hochtzeitlied
Der Zauberlehrling
Die wandelnde Glocke
Thurmwachter Lynceus zu den Fussen der Helena
Lynceus, der Thurmer, auf Faust's Sternwarte singend
Gutmann und Gutweib
Der Fischer
Der getreue Eckhart
Der Totentanz
Wirkung in die Ferne
Der Sanger
Der Schatzgraber
Freibeuter
Der alte Goethe

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Battlefield Ballads of the Civil War

Manufacturer: Native Ground Music
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ASIN: B0000UTVDM
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

Brother Green
Battle of Shiloh's Hill
Waiting for the Federals
Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam Creek
Sherman's March
Battle of Shiloh
John Brown's March
The Sunny South
On the Plains of Manassas
Battle of Prairie Grove
Hell Broke Loose in Georgia

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Wayne Erbsen's moving performances of the historic songs that were inspired even as the smoke of battle still filled the air. More than a dusty textbook ever could, these songs reveal the heart-felt emotions of soldiers who endured America's greatest tragedy.

'Till Then: The Music That Helped the Allies Win the War

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Mills Brothers Till then
Great Music From A Troubled Time
World War II nostalia

'Till Then: The Music That Helped the Allies Win the War
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Q. Records
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ASIN: B00004TIMT
Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

Introduction: Adolf Hitler/Begin the Beguine/Prime Minister ... - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
In the Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra
There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - Elton Britt
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie Orchestra
You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes
Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
And the Angels Sing - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Martha Tilton
White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn
Waiting for the Train to Come In - Peggy Lee
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - Four Vagabonds
Shhh, It's a Military Secret - Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, The Modernaires
Straighten up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole
God Bless America - Kate Smith

Tracks:

Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones
We're Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap - Lucky Millinder
Lazy River - The Mills Brothers
I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time - The Andrews Sisters
I'll Be Seeing You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - The Andrews Sisters
Imagine Me in the Maginot Line - George Formby
When the Lights Go on Again - Vera Lynn
American Patrol - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf
This Is Worth Fighting For - The Ink Spots
He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings - Dinah Shore
G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan
Dream - The Pied Pipers
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & His Orchestra, Doris Day
In Times Like These - Harry James & His Orchestra, Kitty Kallen
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1944
Till Then - The Mills Brothers
Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Mills Brothers Till then.......2002-05-19

This song reminds me of my army days in New Guinea

Great Music From A Troubled Time.......2001-06-13

These are the songs the country was singing and listening to during World War II. It is always interesting to know what music America was listening to during various stages in its history and this two CD set contains an excellent sample of the songs that were popular during this period. I wasn't familiar with all the songs, but I have heard of most of them. Prior to being aware of this music set, I introduced a number of these songs to 4th and 5th graders in a volunteer class and they enjoyed listening to them and singing along to the words. I bought a number of this CD set as a surprise gift for them and I know they will enjoy it when I send it to them. It showed me that kids will enjoy old music if they are introduced to it. You will enjoy these songs whether you remember them or not. This is the way it was. Listen!

World War II nostalia.......2001-01-15

A fabulous double CD of the music of the war years interspersed with news flashes of great historic importance. A wonderful trip down memory lane for those who remember these years and a great historic resource for those who do not. The selection of the music is outstanding!

Music Album:

Music Album

1. Stairway to Heaven - John Wilks
2. Dry - Vee
3. Ave Maria/Imagine - Jacqui McShee
4. Army Dreamers - Jacqui McShee,
5. Song for the Holy - The Regiment
6. Abraham, Martin and John - John Wilks
7. Cavatina - Russ Pay
8. We Shall Overcome
9. Lives in the Balance - Judie Tzuke
10. Amazing Grace
11. What's Going On - John Wilks
12. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - Jacqui McShee
13. Yesterday - Russ Pay
14. I Shall Be Released
15. Blowing in the Wind - Vera Haime