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The victory collection [sound recording] / / compilation by the Smithsonian Institution Press ; produced in association with ... RCA Special Products.

The victory collection [sound recording] / / compilation by the Smithsonian Institution Press ; produced in association with ... RCA Special Products.

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press ; [s.l] : BMG Music, p1995 ([s.l.] : RCA Special Products)

3 sound cassettes : analog, mono. & stereo., Dolby processed.

BMG Music: RC 106 (additional number on cassette: DMK3-1243).

All selections, whether monoaural or sterophonic, have been remastered in their original forms.

Production/compilation, Bruce Talbot ; producer, "For the duration": David Tarnow.

Various artists.

tape 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) (2:41) (2:53) -- Wartime blues (Jazz Gillum) (2:41) -- Pearl Harbor blues (Doctor Clayton) (3:03) -- Get your gun and come along : (we're fixin' to kill a skunk) (Carson Robison) (2:45) -- Stop the war : (the cats are killin' themselves) (Wingy Manone and his Orchestra) (2:19) -- That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear (Fats Waller) (2:26) -- Little Bo Peep has lost her jeep (Spike Jones and his City Slickers) (2:22) -- Pistol packin' mama / (Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band) (5:10) -- Mussolini's letter to Hitler ; Hitler's reply to Mussolini / (Carson Robison) (2:48) (2:43) -- Obey your air raid warden (Tony Pastor and his Orchestra) (2:32) -- Shh, it's a military secret (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra) (3:04) -- News of the world (Cliff Nazarro) (3:15) -- Siam (Spike Jones and his City Slickers) (2:57) -- The story of Jitterbug Joe (Carson Robison) (3:12) -- One letter home (Jazz Gillum) (2:38) -- Win the war blues (Sonny Boy Williamson) (2:45) -- Hirohito's letter to Hitler ; Hitler's last letter to Hirohito / (Carson Robison) (3:03) (3:01) -- V-Day stomp (The Four Clefs) (3:08) -- Leave the dishes in the sink, Ma (Spike Jones and his City Slickers) (2:49) -- I'm goin' back to whur I come from (Carson Robison) (2:49)

tape 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 waving 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)

tape 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.

Popular music -- 1941-1950

Popular music -- 1931-1940

World War, 1939-1945 -- Songs and music

United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources.

Smithsonian Institution. Press

Subtitle on container: Smithsonian remembers when America went to war

Catalog Source No.:

(OCoLC)ocm33088577

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_7488

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