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1 SONGS THAT WON THE WAR The White Cliffs Of Dover VERA LYNN GLENN MILLER THE ANDREWS SISTERS FRANK SINATRA FLANAGAN & ALLEN DEANNA DURBIN GEORGE FORMBY BING CROSBY GRACIE FIELDS AND MANY MORE 2CD

2 SONGS THAT WON THE WAR Tanks and guns, ships and planes, bullets and bombs were the tools, but it was the brave hearts and quick minds who drove them the mettle behind the metal that brought victory to the Allies. And the life-blood of that courage was the memory of loved ones far away. Husbands and wives, parents and children, sweethearts yet to exchange their first kiss: all drew comfort and strength from the knowledge that they were not forgotten. Letters were slow and uncertain, and time together was rare and all too brief, but across the miles and oceans, people were sharing their hopes and fears in the songs that packed the dance halls and silently filled the loneliness behind the front lines. Whether sung aloud or whispered within the heart, these songs created a bond that kept morale high and made life possible in the toughest hours. This double album brings together fifty of the most popular and most enduring numbers from those dark years of World War Two. Some are rousing and uplifting, even defiant, such as Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye and Sing As We Go. Some are hand-on-heart patriotic (There ll Always Be An England); some, like Beneath The Lights Of Home, are achingly nostalgic, and there s more than a passing mention of Australia (When a Boy from Alabama Meets a Girl from Gundagai ). There are dance tunes (Chattanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Frenesi) and cool jazz (Blues In The Night); there s fun and sometimes cheeky humour (Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major and The Trolley Song). There s a willingness to find something to smile about even in the deprivations of wartime living (FDR Jones) and an unquenchable optimism (Bless Em All, On The Sunny Side Of The Street). There s plenty of romance lovers together (A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square) and lovers separated (Don t Sit Under The Apple Tree). But most importantly, there is the hope that defined an era, expressed in those immortal words There ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow, just you wait and see 2 3

3 The White Cliffs Of Dover CD1 [78 19] 7 When The Lights Go On Again 3 18 Music and words by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus and Bennie Benjamin. Vera Lynn vocals 1 Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye 3 00 Music by Harry Parr-Davies. Words by Phil Park. Gracie Fields vocals 2 Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive 2 41 Music by Harold Arlen. Words by Johnny Mercer. Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters vocals, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra 3 The White Cliffs Of Dover 2 40 Music by Walter Kent. Words by Nat Burton. Bebe Daniels vocals, Jay Wilbur & His Band 4 Comin In On A Wing And A Prayer 2 46 Music and words by Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh. Anne Shelton vocals, Ambrose & His Orchestra 5 There ll Always Be An England 3 19 Music and words by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. Sam Browne vocals 6 Don t Sit Under The Apple Tree 3 11 Music and words by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, The Modernaires vocals, Glenn Miller & His Orchestra 4 5

4 8 Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major 2 52 Music and words by Don Pelosi and Art Noel. Alan Breeze vocals, Billy Cotton & His Band 9 The Trolley Song 2 52 Music by Hugh Martin. Words by Ralph Blane. Judy Garland vocals, George Stoll & His Orchestra 0 Somewhere In France With You 2 53 Music and words by Michael Carr. Chick Henderson vocals, Joe Loss & His Band! Chattanooga Choo Choo 3 23 Music by Harry Warren arr. Jerry Gray, Bill Conway & Hal Dickinson. Words by Mack Gordon. Paula Kelly, Tex Beneke, The Modernaires vocals, Glenn Miller & His When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai 3 03 Music and words by Jack O Hagan. Joy Nichols vocals People Will Say We re In Love 2 56 Music by Richard Rodgers. Words by Oscar Hammerstein II. Bing Crosby, Trudy Erwin vocals $ Blue Skies Are Round The Corner 2 35 Music and words by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. Denny Dennis vocals, Ambrose & His Orchestra % Home 3 36 Music and words by Peter Van Steeden, Harry Clarkson and Jeff Clarkson. Gracie Fields vocals ^ I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen 2 48 Music and words by Irving Berlin. Turner Layton vocals & It s A Pair Of Wings For Me 2 46 Music and words by Nat Gonella and Harold Hood. Nat Gonella & His New Georgians * Blues In The Night 5 22 Music by Harold Arlen. Words by Johnny Mercer. Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra ( When That Man Is Dead And Gone 3 00 Music and words by Irving Berlin. Al Bowlly vocals, Jimmy Messene ) FDR Jones 3 06 Music and words by Harold J. Rome. Flanagan & Allen vocals Beneath The Lights Of Home 3 07 Music by Walter Jurmann. Words by Bernie Grossman. Deanna Durbin vocals 6 7

5 Oh Buddy! I m In Love 2 34 Music and words by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler. Stella Moya vocals, Nat Gonella & His New Georgians # Take The A Train 2 59 Music by Billy Strayhorn. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Elmer s Tune 3 11 Music and words by Dick Jurgens, Sammy Gallop and Elmer Albrecht. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 3 15 Music by Manning Sherwin and Jack Strachey. Words by Eric Maschwitz. Leslie Hutch Hutchinson vocals CD2 [74 49] 1 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 2 41 Music and words by Hughie Prince and Don Raye. The Andrews Sisters vocals 2 Wings Over The Navy 3 14 Music by Harry Warren. Words by Johnny Mercer. Sam Browne vocals, Lew Stone & His Band 3 A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 3 15 Music by Jimmy McHugh. Words by Harold Adamson. Frank Sinatra vocals 8 4 I m Nobody s Baby 2 40 Music and words by Benny Davis, Milton Ager and Lester Santley. Beryl Davis vocals, Oscar Rabin & His Band 5 On The Sunny Side Of The Street 3 12 Music by Jimmy McHugh arr. Sy Oliver. Words by Dorothy Fields. The Sentimentalists vocals, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra 6 Paper Doll 2 34 Music and words by Johnny S. Black. The Mills Brothers vocals 7 Sing As We Go 2 26 Music and words by Harry Parr-Davies. Gracie Fields vocals 8 Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel / Knees Up Mother Brown / Little Brown Jug / There s A Tavern In The Town) 2 43 Music by Jaromir Vejvoda / Harris Weston and Bert Lee / Joseph Winner / F.J. Adams. Words by Lew Brown and Wladimir Timm / Harris Weston and Bert Lee / Joseph Winner / F.J. Adams. The Guv nor and the Boys vocals, Leon Cortez & His Coster Pals 9 Our Sergeant Major 2 47 Music by Harry Gifford. Words by Fred E. Cliffe and George Formby. George Formby vocals 0 All Alone In Vienna

Music and words by Lewis Ilda, Leo Towers and Morton Morrow. Vera Lynn vocals! Moonlight Serenade 3 25 Music by Glenn Miller.

Flanagan & Allen vocals ALSO AVAILABLE You Are My Sunshine 2 44 Music and words by Charles Mitchell and Jimmie Davis.

Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb. Sam Browne vocals, Ambrose & His Orchestra % The Nearness Of You 3 08 Music by Hoagy Carmichael.

6 Music and words by Lewis Ilda, Leo Towers and Morton Morrow. Vera Lynn vocals! Moonlight Serenade 3 25 Music by Glenn Miller. Glenn Miller & His Down Forget-Me-Not Lane 2 43 Music and words by Reg Morgan, Charlie Chester and Horatio Nicholls. Flanagan & Allen vocals ALSO AVAILABLE You Are My Sunshine 2 44 Music and words by Charles Mitchell and Jimmie Davis. Harry Roy, Marjorie Kingsley, Renee Lister vocals, Harry Roy & His Orchestra $ Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie 3 21 Music and words by Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb. Sam Browne vocals, Ambrose & His Orchestra % The Nearness Of You 3 08 Music by Hoagy Carmichael. Words by Ned Washington. Leslie Hutch Hutchinson vocals ^ Here s To The Next Time 2 28 Music and words by Henry Hall. Henry Hall & His Orchestra CD DVD and CD 10 11

SONGS THAT WON THE WAR

476 3812 SONGS THAT WON THE WAR We ll Meet Again VERA LYNN GLENN MILLER THE ANDREWS SISTERS FRANK SINATRA FLANAGAN & ALLEN DEANNA DURBIN BING CROSBY MARLENE DIETRICH GRACIE FIELDS AND MANY MORE 2CD SONGS