Keep Calm and Carry on Singing (100 Original Wartime Favourites)

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Tracklist

Digital Media 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of DoverVera Lynn3:16
2I Did What I Could with My Gas Mask
George Formby2:50
3Underneath the Arches
Flanagan and Allen3:30
4Thanks for the Memory
Shirley Ross3:09
5Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer
Anne Shelton2:46
6American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
Glenn Miller3:26
7Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
The Andrews Sisters2:41
8Sing as We Go
Gracie Fields2:27
9Lili Marlene
Marlene Dietrich3:25
10I Get a Kick out of You
Ethel Merman3:09
11London Pride
vocals:
Noël Coward (on 1941-07-03)
conductor:
Carroll Gibbons (on 1941-07-03)
recording of:
London Pride (on 1941-07-03)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Words and Music
Noël Coward3:18
12We’ll Meet Again
recording of:
We’ll Meet Again
lyricist:
Hugh Charles
composer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), World Music Co. and World Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Vera Lynn3:25
13Goodnight Sweetheart
Al Bowlly3:23
14Over the Rainbow
recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan (EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
Judy Garland2:50
15The Window Cleaner (When I’m Cleaning Windows)
George Formby2:56
16Marta
recording of:
Marta (composer Moises Simons, translated English version)
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert
composer:
Moisés Simons
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
Marta (composer Moises Simons, original Spanish lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert)
Arthur Tracy3:17
17Whispering Grass
The Ink Spots2:47
18Keep the Home Fires Burning
John McCormack3:06
19Love Is Like a Cigarette
Cavan O’Connor3:05
20Manhattan Serenade
Jo Stafford3:18
21We’re Gonna Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
Flanagan and Allen2:46
22Pennsylvania 6-5000
recording of:
PEnnsylvania 6‒5000
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
Glenn Miller3:20
23Straighten up and Fly Right
The Andrews Sisters2:31
24You’d Be so Nice to Come To
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1942-07-30)
vocals:
Dinah Shore (on 1942-07-30)
orchestra:
Orchestra conducted by Paul Weston (on 1942-07-30)
conductor:
Paul Weston (on 1942-07-30)
recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (on 1942-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Dinah Shore2:55
25G.I. Jive
Louis Jordan3:04
26Anything Goes
Cole Porter3:00
27Hear My Song, Violetta
Josef Locke2:48
28When the Lads of the Village Get Crackin’
George Formby3:18
29Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Anne Shelton2:59
30Sally
Gracie Fields3:01
31You Are My Sunshine
Bing Crosby2:35
32Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson3:30
33The Boys in the Back RoomMarlene Dietrich2:02
34Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Glenn Miller3:26
35Love Is the Sweetest Thing
Al Bowlly3:21
36When the Lights Go on Again (All over the World)
Vaughn Monroe2:58
37Run, Rabbit, Run
Flanagan and Allen2:48
38Everything Stops for Tea
Jack Buchanan3:08
39Auf Weiderseh’n Sweetheart
recording of:
Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart
lyricist and composer:
Eberhard Storch
translator:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
publisher:
Corso Editions
arrangement of:
Auf Wiederseh’n
Vera Lynn2:42
40The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Charles Coburn2:47
41Too Darn Hot
Lorenzo Fuller, Fred Davis & Eddie Sledge3:37
42I’m Just Wild About Harry
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-07-29)
vocals:
Judy Garland (on 1939-07-29)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-07-29)
arranger:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
recording of:
I’m Just Wild About Harry (on 1939-07-29)
lyricist:
Noble Sissle
composer:
Eubie Blake
Judy Garland51:57
43Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)
The Andrews Sisters3:00
44Long Ago (And Far Away)
Jo Stafford2:57
45Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
Cavan O’Connor2:54
46You Always Hurt the One You Love
The Mills Brothers3:23
47Nice Work If You Can Get It
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1937-10-19)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1937-10-19)
orchestra:
Ray Noble and His Orchestra (on 1937-10-19)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1937-10-19)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Fred Astaire2:45
48You’re as Pretty as a Picture
Al Bowlly2:53
49In the Mood
recording of:
In the Mood
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Glenn Miller3:34
50Keep Right on to the End of the Road
Sir Harry Lauder4:09
51You Do Something to Me
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1939-12-11)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-12-11)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-12-11)
recording of:
You Do Something to Me (Fifty Million Frenchmen musical comedy) (on 1939-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Marlene Dietrich3:00
52Our Sergeant Major
recording of:
Our Sergeant Major
writer:
Fred E. Cliffe, George Formby (Junior, musical film star 1904–1961) and Harry Gifford
George Formby2:47
53Swinging on a Star
Anne Shelton3:13
54There’s a Boy Coming Home on Leave
Flanagan and Allen2:50
55You’re the Top
Ethel Merman2:54
56Pennies from Heaven
Arthur Tracy3:06
57My Prayer
The Ink Spots3:11
58At the Woodchampers Ball
Woody Herman3:12
59My Blue Heaven
Gracie Fields3:21
60Daisy Bell (On a Bicycle Made for Two)
Dinah Shore2:32
61South of the Border
Al Bowlly3:17
62Mop! Mop!
Louis Jordan3:11
63On the Sunny Side of the StreetJudy Garland2:37
64Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Teddy Wilson Quartet & Maxine Sullivan3:11
65Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Bing Crosby2:44
66I’ll Be Seeing You
Jo Stafford2:23
67We’ll Gather Lilacs
Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler3:24
68Don’t Have Any More, Missus Moore
Lilly Morris3:30
69Bless This House
Josef Locke2:51
70Georgia on My Mind
The Mills Brothers2:46
71Bless ’Em All
recording of:
Bless ’em All (1917 song)
writer:
Fred Godfrey (early 20th century songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 8402)
George Formby3:11
72Now You’re in My Arms
Cavan O’Connor1:56
73Mairzy Doats
recording of:
Mairzy Doats
composer:
Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
publisher:
Al Hoffman Songs Inc., Hallmark Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP affiliated), Milton Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
The Merry Macs42:45
74Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
Glenn Miller2:55
75Round the Back of the Arches
Flanagan and Allen2:52
76Silver Wings in the Moonlight
Anne Shelton3:11
77Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Noël Coward2:53
78Goodnight Children Everywhere
recording of:
Goodnight Children Everywhere
writer:
Gabriel Rogers (Gaby Rogers, bandleader) and Harry Phillips (songwriter; wrote “Goodnight Children Everywhere”)
Vera Lynn2:57
79Beer Barrel Polka - Roll out the Barrel
The Andrews Sisters2:57
80Blue Skies
recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Benny Goodman2:38
81I Belong to Glasgow
Will Fyffe4:10
82Goodnight Angel
Al Bowlly3:15
83Every Night About This Time
The Ink Spots3:17
84Falling in Love Again
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich2:57
85Leaning on a Lampost
recording of:
Leaning on a Lamp Post
lyricist and composer:
Noel Gay
George Formby3:05
86Seems Like Old Times
Vaughn Monroe2:55
87These Foolish Things
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson3:33
88(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., E. H. Morris, LondonTown Music, Inc., Troup-London, LLC, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. (on 1946-04-22)
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters3:15
89Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five2:46
90Two Lovely Black Eyes
Charles Coburn2:31
91I Can Wiggle My Ears
Jessie Matthews2:56
92Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Artie Shaw3:13
93When the Lights Go on Again
Vera Lynn3:22
94Flat Foot Floogie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-06-10)
guitar:
Norman Brown (Jazz guitar player active in the 1930s & 1940s) (on 1938-06-10)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1938-06-10)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1938-06-10)
bass vocals:
John Mills, Sr. (on 1938-06-10)
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1938-06-10) and Herbert Mills (on 1938-06-10)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1938-06-10)
recording of:
The Flat Foot Floogie (on 1938-06-10)
composer:
Slim Gaillard, Bud Green and Slam Stewart
Louis Armstrong3:03
95A String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
Glenn Miller3:15
96Trail of the Lomesone Pine (Way out West 1937)
The Avalon Boys & Laurel & Hardy2:03
97Sweet as a Song
Al Bowlly3:12
98Paper Doll
vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1942-02-18), Harry Mills (on 1942-02-18), Herbert Mills (on 1942-02-18) and John Mills, Sr. (on 1942-02-18)
recording of:
Paper Doll (on 1942-02-18)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny S. Black (in 1915)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
The Mills Brothers2:40
99The Last Time I Saw Paris
Tony Martin2:00
100Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye)
Gracie Fields3:00