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Disc 1:

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time - The Andrews Sisters
Green Eyes - Helen O'Connell
Who Wouldn't Love You? - Kay Kyser
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Cow-Cow Boogie - Ella Mae Morse/Freddie Slack
A Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James And His Orchestra
Strip Polka - Johnny Mercer
I Had The Craziest Dream - Helen Forrest
Jukebox Saturday Night - Tex Beneke & The Modernaires
Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & His Orchestra
Shoo-Shoo Baby - Ella Mae Morse
Amor - Andy Russell
Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat King Cole
Long Ago (And Far Away) - Jo Stafford
G.I. Jive - Johnny Mercer
I'll Walk Alone - Martha Tilton
It Had To Be You - Betty Hutton
The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers

Disc 2:

Rum And Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
Candy - Johnny Mercer
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Dream - The Pied Pipers
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
Tampico - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Waiting For The Train To Come In - Peggy Lee
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser
The Hut-Sut Song - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Mr. Five-By-Five - Ella Mae Morse/Freddie Slack
It's Only A Paper Moon - Nat King Cole
Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
I Love You - Jo Stafford
Mairzy Doats - The Pied Pipers
It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer

Album Details: Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II

Release Date:: 11/06/2001
Label:: Capitol
UPC:: 724353577421

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World War II and big-band pop-era compilations are released almost as regularly as Christmas albums, and the glut has caused more harm than good; it seems any good ones are quickly swallowed up by the racks full of short, ill-advised, uninformative collections. Though any single label could never do justice to the war years, with a little clever licensing the Capitol compilation Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II transcends its slightly simpy title to deliver 40 great tracks of traditional pop. Most of the standards of the day are included: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by the Andrews Sisters, "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" by Kay Kyser, "G.I. Jive" by Johnny Mercer, "Long Ago (And Far Away)" by Jo Stafford, and "Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown (with Doris Day), though there's no Glenn Miller, except for his appearance on "Jukebox Saturday Night" by Tex Beneke. More than any other label, Capitol captured the can-do attitude of America during the early '40s, with a spate of classic songs poised halfway between jump blues and novelty big band, songs like Nat King Cole's "Straighten up and Fly Right," Ella Mae Morse's "Cow-Cow Boogie," Freddy Martin's "The Hut-Sut Song," Benny Goodman's "Jersey Bounce," and the Andrews Sisters' "Rum and Coca-Cola." Add the great liner notes of Will Friedwald and Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II stands as one of the best -- and easily the best-sounding, courtesy of astonishing 24-bit remastering -- compilations of its era: just this side of definitive, but packed full of great music summoning the sound and feel of a nation at war.

- John Bush, All Music Guide

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