Songs That Won the War: 50 Wartime Favourites (text only disc label)

~ Release by Mike Tinsley & The Embassy Sisters (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye
cover recording of:
Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye
lyricist:
Phil Park
composer:
Harry Parr-Davies
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd.
1:46
2It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
cover recording of:
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
writer:
Henry James “Harry” Williams (co-credited for the British music hall song, “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”)
composer:
Jack Judge
0:55
3Pack Up Your Troubles
cover recording of:
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag
lyricist:
George Asaf (in 1915)
composer:
Felix Lloyd Powell (in 1915)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
0:45
4I’ve Got Sixpense
cover recording of:
I’ve Got Sixpence
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Desmond Cox and Lawrence Hall (co-writer of “I've Got Sixpence”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Lawrence Hall (co-writer of “I've Got Sixpence”), Desmond Cox (in 1941) and Elton Box (in 1941)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1116)
arrangement of:
I’ve Got Sixpence
0:53
5There’ll Always Be an England
cover recording of:
There’ll Always Be an England
writer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd.
1:20
6Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major
cover recording of:
Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major
writer:
Art Noel (songwriter) and Don Pelosi
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16962)
0:43
7Anchors Away
cover recording of:
Anchors Aweigh
lyricist:
Alfred Hart Miles (in 1906)
composer:
Charles A. Zimmerman (in 1906)
0:36
8’Bye ’Bye Blackbird
cover recording of:
Bye Bye Blackbird
lyricist:
Mort Dixon (in 1926)
composer:
Ray Henderson (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter, Olde Clover Leaf Music, Ray Henderson Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
0:36
9Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey
cover recording of:
Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
lyricist:
Hughie Cannon
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and Hughie Cannon
publisher:
Henrees Music co. and Shawnee Press Inc.
0:35
10When the Saints Go Marching In
cover recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13983)
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
1:00
11Lambeth Walk
cover recording of:
The Lambeth Walk
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1937) and L. Arthur Rose (playwright and lyricist) (in 1937)
composer:
Noel Gay (in 1937)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Richard Armitage Ltd
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25672)
0:53
12Run Rabbit Run
cover 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.
0:57
13Bless ’em All
cover recording of:
Bless ’em All (1917 song)
writer:
Fred Godfrey (early 20th century songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 8402)
3:10
14I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
cover recording of:
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
composer:
Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.), Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
1:28
15You’ll Never Know
cover recording of:
You’ll Never Know
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) 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)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1943 winner)
1:48
16Yours
cover 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
1:31
17I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time
cover recording of:
(I’ll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time
lyricist:
Neville Fleeson
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Jerry Vogel Music
0:56
18Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree
cover recording of:
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
publisher:
Ched Music Corp., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), J. Tobias Music, Jer Nor, Mark Steve, Robbins Music Corp. and Robert Lane Music
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) 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)
0:48
19Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
cover recording of:
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
writer:
Hughie Prince and Don Raye
publisher:
A4V Digital, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US), 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 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
1:28
20I Haven’t Said Thanks for That Lovely Weekend
cover recording of:
That Lovely Weekend
writer:
Moira Heath and Ted Heath
2:31
21In Room Five Hundred and Four
cover recording of:
Room Five Hundred and Four
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
George Posford (English Composer)
1:41
22I Had the Craziest Dream
cover recording of:
I Had the Craziest Dream
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., WC Music Corp., 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
1:32
23I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
cover recording of:
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
writer:
Mort Dixon (in 1927)
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter) (in 1927)
0:45
24Don’t Dilly Dally
cover recording of:
Don't Dilly Dally, Sally
lyricist and composer:
“Bugs” Bower (producer, trumpet arranger, band leader, composer / lyricist, author) and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
publisher:
Music Sales Group (Wise Music Group, renamed as Wise Music Group since Feb 2020)
0:36
25Any Old Iron
cover recording of:
Any Old Iron
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 32461)
0:23
26Baby Face
cover recording of:
Baby Face
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1926)
composer:
Harry Akst (in 1926)
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co. and Benny Davis Music
0:36
27She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
cover recording of:
She’ll Be Coming ’round the Mountain
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4204)
0:37
28Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
cover recording of:
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Donaldson Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Francis, Day & Hunter, Imagem CV, Imagem Music GmbH (subsidiary of Dutch music publishers Imagem) and J. Albert & Son P/L
1:09
29Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
cover recording of:
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
2:09
30Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer
cover recording of:
Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp. (in 1943)
1:43
31Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
cover recording of:
Bei mir bist du schön (English version)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
additional composer:
Saul Chaplin
composer:
Sholom Secunda
translated version of:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שיין (Bay mir bistu sheyn)
1:23
32Yes My Darling Daughter
cover recording of:
Yes, My Darling Daughter
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Albert Szirmai
1:12
33Beer Barrel Polka
cover recording of:
Beer Barrel Polka
composer:
Jaromír Vejvoda (in 1927)
arranger:
Eduard Ingriš (from 1927 until 1934)
translator:
Lew Brown (in 1939) and Wladimir A. Timm (Wladimir Timm) (in 1939)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25648)
translated version of:
Škoda lásky (Wasted Love, see also "Rosamunde" and "Beer Barrel Polka")
2:26
34Rum & Coca Cola
cover recording of:
Rum and Coca‐Cola (calypso)
additional lyricist:
Morey Amsterdam
lyricist:
Lord Invader (calypso vocalist and songwriter)
additional composer:
Paul Baron (conductor) and Jeri Sullivan
composer:
Lionel Belasco (Trinidadian-Venezuelan calypso pianist, composer and bandleader)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and EMI Partnership Musikverlag GmbH
1:47
35When the Lights Go on Again
cover recording of:
When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin (in 1942), Sol Marcus (in 1942) and Eddie Seiler (in 1942)
1:34
36The Last Time I Saw Paris
cover recording of:
The Last Time I Saw Paris
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 winner)
1:33
37The White Cliffs of Dover
cover recording of:
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
lyricist:
Nat Burton (US songwriter)
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Walter Kent Music Co.
1:25
38Lili Marlene
cover recording of:
Lili Marlene (English lyrics by Tommie Connor)
lyricist:
Hans Leip (from 1915-04-03 until 1937)
composer:
Norbert Schultze (in 1937)
translator:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
translated version of:
Lili Marleen (Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens, original German version)
1:28
39This Is the Army Mr Jones
cover recording of:
This Is The Army, Mr. Jones
writer:
Irving Berlin (in 1942)
1:18
40Oh! Johnny
cover recording of:
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
lyricist:
Ed Rose (lyricist)
composer:
Abe Olman
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1917-02-07)
0:36
41All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor
0:37
42Ain’t She Sweet
cover recording of:
Ain’t She Sweet
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
0:36
43You Are My Sunshine
cover recording of:
You Are My Sunshine
anthem of:
Louisiana, United States
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter and steel guitarist)
publisher:
Peer International (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1940-01-30)
0:50
44We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
cover recording of:
We’re Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Michael Carr (songwriter)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
1:21
45Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?
cover recording of:
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler? (Dad’s Army)
composer:
Bud Flanagan
0:50
46When They Sound the Last All Clear
cover recording of:
When They Sound the Last “All Clear”
lyricist:
Harold Elton Box and Desmond Cox
composer:
Hugh Charles
1:48
47As Time Goes By
cover recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (company that specialized in library and 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)
1:41
48You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
cover recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
0:48
49We’ll Meet Again
cover recording of:
We’ll Meet Again
lyricist:
Hugh Charles
composer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), World Music Co. and World Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
1:17
50I’ll Be Seeing You
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
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)
1:45