The Famous Hits of World War Two

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Tracklist

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1I’ll Be Seeing You
alto saxophone:
Johnny Mintz (on 1940-02-26), Les Robinson (on 1940-02-26) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-02-26)
clarinet:
Johnny Mintz (on 1940-02-26)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1940-02-26)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-02-26)
guitar:
Benny Heller (on 1940-02-26)
piano:
Bob Kitsis (on 1940-02-26)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-02-26) and Irving “Babe” Russin (on 1940-02-26)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1940-02-26), Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-02-26) and Ward Silloway (US jazz trombonist) (on 1940-02-26)
trumpet:
Jimmy Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1940-02-26), Ray Linn (on 1940-02-26) and Zeke Zarchy (on 1940-02-26)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-02-26)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader)
recorded at:
RCA Studio 2 in New York, New York, United States (on 1940-02-26)
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You (on 1940-02-26)
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music (ASCAP), New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (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 (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (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)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:03
2Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:58
3I Can’t Begin to Tell You
recording of:
I Can’t Begin to Tell You
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
James V. Monaco
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye3:00
4I’m Making Believe
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1944-08-30)
recording of:
I’m Making Believe (on 1944-08-30)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
James V. Monaco
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald3:16
5It Might as Well Be Spring
cover recording of:
It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1945)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1945)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music, Inc. 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)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1945 winner)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair
Margaret Whiting with Paul Weston3:14
6Sleepy Lagoon
recording of:
By the Sleepy Lagoon (BBC Desert Island Discs theme)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1940)
composer:
Eric Coates (composer) (in 1930)
Harry James2:55
7Intermezzo
Wayne King & His Orchestra3:33
8Long Ago (And Far Away)
cover recording of:
Long Ago (and Far Away)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (in 1944)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
included in:
Cover Girl (1944)
Jo Stafford2:56
9My Devotion
lead vocals:
Vaughn Monroe
recording of:
My Devotion
writer:
Roc Hillman (songwriter, arranger) and John Napton
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra3:08
10Always
recording of:
Always
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Inc. and Irving Berlin Music
Gordon Jenkins3:02
11Moonlight Becomes You
recording of:
Moonlight Becomes You
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)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:18
12Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart
recording of:
Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart
lyricist and composer:
Eberhard Storch (songwriter and lyricist)
translator:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
publisher:
Corso Editions
arrangement of:
Auf Wiederseh’n
Vera Lynn2:40
13I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
recording of:
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye3:17
14Star Dust
bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1940-11-11)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1940-11-11), Don Lodice (on 1940-11-11), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-11), Johnny Mince (on 1940-11-11) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-11-11)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1940-11-11), Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1940-11-11), Les Jenkins (on 1940-11-11) and Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1940-11-11), Ray Linn (on 1940-11-11) and Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1940-11-11)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-11-11)
vocals:
Connie Haines (in 1940), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (in 1940) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1940, on 1940-11-11)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader)
performer:
The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-11-11)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-11-11)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra13:12
15On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
recording of:
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (The Harvey Girls, 1946 film)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1946 winner)
part of:
The Harvey Girls (1946 film)
Johnny Mercer3:06
16You Belong to My Heart
recording of:
You Belong to My Heart (The Three Caballeros)
lyricist:
Ray Gilbert
composer:
Agustín Lara
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
translated version of:
Solamente una vez
Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra3:19
17Let's Take the Long Way Home
recording of:
Let’s Take the Long Way Home (on 1945-01-24)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harold Arlen
Cab Calloway2:39
18Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
recording of:
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
Perry Como2:50
19I’ll Walk Alone
recording of:
I’ll Walk Alone (from “Follow the Boys”) (in 1944-03)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Dinah Shore2:43
20Dearly Beloved
recording of:
Dearly Beloved (from “You Were Never Lovelier”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:52
21The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)
recording of:
The Hut-Sut Song (1941 song)
writer:
Leo Killion (songwriter), Ted McMichael (songwriter, actor) and Jack Owens (singer/songwriter "The Cruising Crooner")
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra2:53
22I’ll Get By (As long as I Have You)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
Harry James and His Orchestra2:46
23White Christmas
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), 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)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Gordon Jenkins3:03