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Great jazz entertainers, dance bands & big bands of the 1930s & 40s
Great jazz entertainers, dance bands & big bands of the 1930s & 40s
Something here to meet every mood, whether upbeat or simply nostalgic: romantic ballads, swing tunes, rhythmic novelties, vocal numbers, swing specialities and period ditties. Unbeatable music!
Including spirited performers who appeal to jitterbuggers and the soda fountain crowd alike.
A brilliant opening track by Johnny Mercer, tripping through to Benny Goodman, Eddie Heywood, Glenn Miller and The Mills Brothers.
"The sound on GI Jive is astonishing - as clear as a modern recording, refurbished to shine as brightly as a pair of GI boots!"
Had Desert Island Discs existed in 1940s America, it's likely that our typical G.I.'s short-list would have included many of these selections. There's something here to meet every mood, whether upbeat or simply nostalgic: romantic ballads, swing tunes, rhythmic novelties, vocal numbers, swing specialities and period ditties. Unbeatable music! Track Listing Johnny Mercer - G I Jive Dinah Shore - A Pair Of Silver Wings Glenn Miller & The AAF Training Command Band - SNAFU Jump Jo Stafford - There's No You Fats Waller - That's What The Well: Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear Margaret Whiting - That Old Black Magic The Ink Spots - Whispering Grass (Dont Tell The Trees) Benny Goodman & His Orchestra/Peggy Lee - We'll Meet Again Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine The Casa Loma Orchestra - My Shining Hour The Mills Brothers - Paper Doll Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The AEF with Dinah Shore - All I Do Is Dream Of You Bob Crosby & His Orchestra - A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Girl) Marlene Dietrich - You Go To My Head Freddie Slack & His Orchestra - Furlough Fling Joe Loss & His Orchestra/Paula Green - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square Judy Garland - F D R Jones Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The AEF with Dinah Shore - Stardust Frank Sinatra - Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week) Margaret Whiting - Silver Wings In The Moonlight Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Jodie Man Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - My Guy's Come Back Captain Glenn Miller & The 418th AAF Band - St. Louis Blues Ella Mae Morse - Cow Cow Boogie