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American music during World War II. During World War II, American music helped to inspire servicemen, people working in the war industries, homemakers and schoolchildren alike. American music during World War II was considered to be popular music that was enjoyed during the late 1930s (the end of the Great Depression) through the mid-1940s ...
World War II was the first conflict to take place in the age of electronically distributed music. Many people in the war had a pressing need to be able to listen to the radio and 78-rpm shellac records en masse. By 1940, 96.2% of Northeastern American urban households had radio. The lowest American demographic to embrace mass-distributed music ...
The Ballad of Rodger Young. Be Honest with Me. Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar. Beer Barrel Polka. Bell Bottom Trousers. Bless 'Em All. Blood on the Risers. Blue Smoke (song) Bomber Command (song)
Glenn Miller composed the music to " Moonlight Serenade " in 1935, with lyrics added later by Mitchell Parish after two other sets of lyrics were written. [ 1 ] ". Moonlight Serenade" was Glenn Miller's theme for his radio programs between 1939 and 1942 (except for a brief period in 1941). [ 2 ] This song has been covered by Frank Sinatra ...
War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too) The War (Angels & Airwaves song) When the Tigers Broke Free. Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler? Categories: World War II in popular culture. Songs by war.
audiemurphy.com. Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. [5][6] He received every military combat award for valor ...
Song. Recorded. November 1941. Composer (s) Walter Kent. Lyricist (s) Nat Burton. " (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover " is a popular World War II song composed in 1941 by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton. Made famous in the United Kingdom by Vera Lynn 's 1942 version, it was one of Lynn's best-known recordings and among ...
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by Marty Robbins, released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peaking at number 6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, [1] and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1965 [2] and ...