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"Lili Marlene" was the most popular song of World War II with both German and British forces. Based on a German poem, the song was recorded in both English and German. The poem was set to music in 1938 and was a hit with troops in the Afrika Korps.
Unlike many World War I songs, many World War II songs focused more on romance and strength instead of propaganda, morale, and patriotism. [3] Songs that were overly patriotic or militaristic were often rejected by the public. [4] Popular singers of the era included Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, the Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby. [5]
A Collection of Favorite Songs As Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors - "Over Here" and "Over There," Including Complete Choruses (Words and Music) of 36 of the Most Popular and Most Sung "Newer" Songs. New York, N.Y.: Leo. Feist, 1918. OCLC 24169456; MacQuaile, Brendan. March Away My Brothers: Irish Soldiers and Their Music in the First World War.
Pages in category "Songs of World War II" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A-25 song;
After the War (song) After the War Is Over; After the War Is Over Will There Be Any "Home Sweet Home"? All Aboard for Home Sweet Home; Allegiance: Patriotic Song; America, Here's My Boy; America! My Home-Land; America's the Word for You and Me; American Patrol; The Americans Come (An Episode in France in the Year 1918) An Eala Bhàn; And He'd ...
Pages in category "Songs about World War II" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
George M. Cohan writes "Over There", which will become the most popular song of World War I. [335] W. Benton Overstreet's "Jazz Dance", popularized by vaudevillean Estelle Harris at Chicago's Grand Theatre, is an early use of the word jazz and is used by "more black vaudeville acts than any other song ever published". [282]
Whether or not the number of songs circulated from Tin Pan Alley between 1939 and 1945 was greater than during the First World War is still debated. In his book The Songs That Fought the War: Popular Music and the Home Front, John Bush Jones cites Jeffrey C. Livingstone as claiming that Tin Pan Alley released more songs during World War I than ...