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Description: | (.1) "Now More Than Ever", Taylor, Musel & Son, 1943, with label on the cover stating "buy war certificates"; (.2) "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes", Carter and Marcotte, 1942, with label on the cover stating "buy war certificates" and an art deco design; (.3) "Dash's 1945 Song & Dance Album", includes "Chocolate Soldier From The U.S.A." etc.; (.4) "The Canteen Bounce", Spickol and Fortis, 1943, featured and broadcast by Joe Loss; (.5) "How Soon Will I Be Seeing You", Owens and Lucas, 1944, featured and broadcast by Vera Lynn; (.6) "God Bless Our Motherland", Douglas, 1945. NB The cover has distinctly Fascist imagery, despite the use of the Union flag and British lion; (.7) "My British Buddy", Irving Berlin, 1943, which points to the differences between British and American habits; (.8) "They'll All Be Coming Back, Bye and Bye", Davis, 1943, featured and broadcast by Billy Thorburn, with ships in steam on the cover; (.9) "Hey Mabel!", Fred Stryker, 1943; (.10) "Waitin' For The Train To Come In", Skylar and Block, 1945; (.11) "The Badge From Your Coat", Annette Mills and Horatio Nicholes, 1940; (.12) "Song Of The Free French - Paris Will Be Gay Again", Butler and Gay, 1941; (.13) "They Can't Black Out The Moon", Strauss, Dale and Miller, 1939, featured by Ambrose; (.14) "Three Minutes Of Heaven", Furber and Carmelli, 1942, with contemporary British telephone box on the cover; (.15) "Somewhere In France With You", Michael Carr, 1939, featured and broadcast by Diana Clare; (.16) "Number Something Far Away Lane", Barnes and Grey, 1943; (.17) "Come And Have A Drink At The Victory Arms", Butler and Evans, featured and broadcast by Billy Cotton; (.18) "The Peter Maurice Selection no. 11" - 10 song hits, includes "Lilli Marlene, Roll Me Over" etc., 1944; (.19) "Song Of Liberty, Pomp And Circumstance March, no. 4". Words by A.P. Herbert, music by Elgar, 1940; (.20) "Wait For Me Mary", Tobias Simon and Tobias, 1942, featured, recorded and broadcast by Gracie Fields; (.21) "My Love, My Life, My Happiness", Milton Carson, 1952, recorded by Vera Lynn, with a photograph of her on the cover.
A collection of song sheets, mainly from the Second World War period. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Songs Music Second World War (1939-1945) Patriotism | Temporal: | 1939 - 1952
The 40s (1940-1949) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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