Hits from the Blitz: Songs from the War Years 1939-1946

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
Vera Lynn2:49
2Don't Be a Baby
Geraldo3:12
3I Can't Begin to Tell You
Steve Conway3:29
4I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
Paul Fenoulhet & The Skyrockets2:55
5The Things We Did Last Summer
Jo Stafford3:05
6Please Don't Say No (Say Maybe)
Paul Fenoulhet & The Skyrockets3:16
7Promises
Steve Conway3:22
8I'll Buy That Dream
Joe Loss3:11
9On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Fe
Harry Roy2:57
10Bells of St Mary's
Archie Lewis3:08
11Lili Marlene
Vera Lynn2:48
12I Fall in Love So Easily
Steve Conway2:56
13Come Rain or Come Shine
vocals:
Margaret Whiting (on 1946-02-17)
conductor:
Paul Weston (on 1946-02-17)
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (on 1946-02-17)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Margaret Whiting3:02
14Good Good Good
Joe Loss2:50
15A Door Will Open
Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson3:32
16Oh What Seemed to Be
Joe Loss2:59
17Laughing on the Outside
Turner Layton3:41
18Guilty
vocals:
Margaret Whiting (on 1946-10-09)
orchestra:
Jerry Gray and His Orchestra (on 1946-10-09)
cover recording of:
Guilty (on 1946-10-09)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Harry Akst and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Margaret Whiting3:14
19Bless You
Archie Lewis with Geraldo Strings3:06
20You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson3:17
21So Would I
Steve Conway2:58
22Now Is the Hour
recording of:
Now Is the Hour
additional lyricist:
Dorothy Stewart (from 1945 until 1947)
lyricist:
Maewa Kaihau (in 1920)
composer:
Clement Scott (Clement William Scott, 1841-1904, theatre critic, playwright and lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., On Backstreet Music Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and The Boston Music Company
translated version of:
Po atarau (based on “The Swiss Cradle Song”, with English and Maori lyrics)
Vera Lynn3:13