Hit of the War Years

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

12 CDs in a multiple keep case

Annotation last modified on 2020-11-11 18:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: We’ll Meet Again
2▶CD: Goodnight Sweetheart
3▶CD: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
4▶CD: Leaning on a Lampost
5▼CD: You Are My Sunshine
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1As Time Goes By
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (library/production music), Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
Rudy Vallée?:??
2For Me and My Gal
recording of:
For Me and My Gal (on 1942-07-26)
lyricist:
E. Ray Goetz (in 1917) and Edgar Leslie (in 1917)
composer:
George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
sub-publisher:
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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Judy Garland with Gene Kelly?:??
3Paper Doll
recording of:
Paper Doll
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 Brothers?:??
4I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
Geraldo and His Orchestra?:??
5Whispering Grass
The Ink Spots?:??
6The Last Time I Saw Paris
Tony Martin?:??
7I’ll Walk Alone
recording of:
I’ll Walk Alone (from “Follow the Boys”) (on 1944-04-11)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Dinah Shore?:??
8Yours
recording of:
Yours (1931 version of "Quiéreme mucho")
lyricist and translator:
Albert Gamse and Jack Sherr
composer:
Gonzalo Roig
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
is based on:
Quiéreme mucho
Vera Lynn?:??
9A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Anne Shelton?:??
10The Waiter & The Porter & The Upstairs Maid
recording of:
The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid (on 1941-05-26)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
Bing Crosby / Mary Martin / Jack Teagarden?:??
11You Are My Sunshine
Harry Roy & His Band?:??
12Moonlight Becomes You
recording of:
Moonlight Becomes You (on 1942-06-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Bing Crosby?:??
13When the Lights Go Out All Over the World
Vaughn Monroe?:??
14Run Rabbit Run
recording of:
Run Rabbit Run
lyricist:
Ralph Butler and Noel Gay
composer:
Noel Gay
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Noel Gay Music Co. Ltd.
Flanagan and Allen?:??
15The Deepest Shelter in Town
Florence Desmond?:??
16Hey Little Hen
Joe Loss & His Orchestra?:??
17Hang Out Your Washing on the Siegfried Line
The Two Leslies?:??
18Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
Jack Hylton?:??
19This Is the Army Mr. Jones
Irving Berlin?:??
20I’ll Be Seeing You
Ambrose and His Orchestra Vocal Rita Shaw?:??
6▶CD: Chattanooga Choo Choo
7▶CD: The Biggest Aspidistra in the World
8▶CD: The Sun Has Got His Hat On
9▶CD: Fools Rush In
10▶CD: Java Jive
11▶CD: Falling in Love Again
12▶CD: My Melancholy Baby

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ASIN:UK: B00GDA8U4O [info]