WORLD WAR 2~MUSIC & VARIETY~ Radio Shows~WW2~8 CD otr

WORLD WAR TWO
"AS IT WAS"

Music~Variety~Propaganda

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1.   BEN BERNIE’S WAR WORKERS PROGRAMS – 1942-  Aired for civilian workers in defense plants, sponsored by Wrigley’s Chewing Gum. Caesar Petrillo’s Orchestra, instrumental; “Knock Me a Kiss” Gail Robbins; “Pick Yourself Up and Play American”; “We’ll Win Through”; “Somebody Loves Me”; “We’re All In It”; “Soldier of Mine”; “Tillie the Toiler”; “Zoot Suit with the Reet Pleat”; plus interesting and entertaining conversation mingled throughout; KAY KYSER AND HIS KOLLEGE OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE 1944- Alameda Naval Air Station, California.
2. COMMAND PERFORMANCE, U.S.A. “British Empire Army Week” hosted by Bob Hope, all-star; CHASE & SANBORN HOUR-1945 Frances Langford hosts from a Military Hostpial, Santa Barbara. Guest; Gary Moore. A variety show, steeped with a feeling of the times. Spike Jones has some numbers here, too.
3. G.I. JIVE with G.I. JILL- 5 15:00 programs;
4. V-DISC RECORDINGS made by popular recording artists for the servicemen overseas. Intro by Glenn Miller, “G.I.Jive”; “L.S.T. (Landing Ship Tank) Party”, Sam Donahue & U.S. Naval Band; “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Don Redmond; “Three Little Words” Benny Goodman Quartet; “Spring Will be a Little Later This Year” Eddie Howard; “Why do they Call A Private a Private?” Ethel Merman; “Bell Bottom Trousers” Connie Boswell; NOVELTY SONGS (red) “You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap” the Andrews Sisters; “Goodbye Mama, I’m Off to Yokahama” Frankie Masters; “Here’s to You, Mac Arthur” Gene Krupa, Anita O’Day; “Fighting Doug Mac Arthur”; “When the Yanks Raise the Stars & Stripes on Iwo Jima Isle” the Sons of the Pioneers; “There’s a White Cross Tonight in Okinawa” Bob Wills; “This is Your War” Bing Crosby; “You’d Better Get Up and Do It” Tommy Dorsey; “Dig Down Deep” T. Dorsey & the Pied Pipers.
5. NOVELTY SONGS (blue) “I’m in the Army Now”; “Obey Your Air Raid Warden”; “Sam’s Got Him”; “The Man Behind the Gun”; “10 Bucks & 24 Hours Leave”; “Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie”; “One Girl & Two Boys”; “Rosie the Riveter”; “Salt Water Cowboy”; “The Story of Private Joe”; “Private Mary Brown”; “Corn for My Country”; “Here Come the British”; “I’ve Got Sixpence”; “Rock-a-bye My Baby”; “Silver Wings”; “Spying is Trying”; “Tokyo Rose”; “No Wings in a Foxhole”; “Four F Ferdinand”; “Boy in Khaki, Girl in Lace”; “D-Day”; “My Guy’s Coming Back”; “Never Another War”.
6. D-DAY 6/6/44 -THE GINNY SIMMS SHOW Messages from 1) Wounded Soldier 2) U.S. Navy Chaplain 3) Dr. Wassail plus “D-Day Victory Polka”; “The World We Love”; “There’ll Be a Jubilee”; “My Dream of Tomorrow”; “Prayer for the Returning Soldier”; FRED WARING & HIS PENNSYLVANIANS ; also a D-Day program. “We’re Going In, We’re Coming Back”; “The Navy Hymn”; “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”; FIBBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY Billy Mills & the King’s Men perform throughout with songs from the various services and patriotic songs, replacing the normal comedy program. War bulletins, too. There are a few war sounds and German marching song from the Germans.
7. GERMAN PROPAGANDA SONGS IN ENGLISH: “Seig Heil”; “I Want to Be Happy”; “Germany Calling”; “Hold Me”; St. Louis Blues”; “Never Say Never”; FDR Jones”; “Lili Marlene”; “Makin’ Whoopie”; Japanese Sandman”; “Double Dare”; “Let’s Go Slumming”; “Wait for You”; “Last Call Hamburg”; Lord Haw Haw” (Western Bros); “Allied Military Government”; YOUR ARMY SERVICE FORCES (W.A.C.S.) July 14,1944: Edith Brown aboard a ship; Ukelele Ike sings 2 songs, including “When You Wish Upon a Star”
8. GLENN MILLER PERFORMS FOR THE NAZIS. The German hostess is Ilse, and  many of the familiar songs are sung in German. German hostess, Ilse. “In the Mood”; “Stardust”; “Tuxedo Junction”; “Now I Know” (Johnny Desmond sings in German);“String of Pearls”; “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” (Sung in German by Sergeant Ray Mc Kinley). Plus many more wonderful Miller selections; SONG: “God Bless America” original issue sung by Kate Smith.

This is the 8th of 8 CD sets in the "AS IT WAS" series of programs from World War Two radio.  Sets from 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944 are also available, plus special sets for D-Day, Pearl Harbor Day and this compilation of different years with Music, Variety & Propaganda. Please inquire for more information.  My eBay Store - CLICK HERE! Be sure to add me to your favorites list!

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