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Music from the 1940s

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You Go To My Head-Jan Savitt Orchestra

The Andrew Sisters - Bei Mir Bist Du Shein

The Andrews Sisters - Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny

Fred Astaire - Puttin' On the Ritz (DVD Quality)

"SING, SING, SING" BY BENNY GOODMAN

Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Perry Como - "Till The End of Time" (1945)

Woody Guthrie-This Land Is Your Land

There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra -- Pied Pipers

The Ink Spots - The Gypsy (1950-1952) B&W

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra - Tangerine

Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train"

Bing Crosby - Swinging on a star

Sunday, Monday or Always - Bing Crosby (1943)

Harry James, Sleepy Lagoon..wmv

Doris Day A Sentimental Journey

The Andrews Sisters - Rum and Coca Cola

The Mills Brothers ("Paper Doll")

Only Forever - Bing Crosby

Francis Craig and His Orchestra - Near You (1947)

Nat king cole, Nature Boy

Frankie Laine - Mule Train 1949

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Moonlight Cocktail 1942

About this selection: Music from the 1940s

Orchestras, solo singers and changes within jazz help illustrate the musical variety of the 1940s. Popular song and local traditions continued developing their own repertoires. This selection offers a way to explore sounds associated with that decade.

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