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Pop chronicles: The Forties : Part 1: The war years

Title
Pop chronicles: The Forties : Part 1: The war years, [1942-1945] / [hosted and documentated by John Gilliland].
Publication
[197-?]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • O'Brien, Jack (Musician)
  • Gilliland, John
  • Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956
  • Haymes, Dick
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
  • Davis, Bette, 1908-1989
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
  • Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973
  • Rogers, Roy, 1911-1998
  • Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989
  • Morgan, Dennis, 1908-1994
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957
  • Joy, Leonard W.
  • Kyser, Kay
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983
  • Slack, Freddie
  • Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990
  • Kenton, Stan
  • Jones, Spike, 1911-1965
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996
  • Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001
  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981
  • Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990
  • Styne, Jule, 1905-1994
  • Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
  • Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
  • Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
  • Cahn, Sammy
  • Morse, Ella Mae
  • Kelly, Paula
  • Eberle, Ray
  • Beneke, Tex
  • Simon, George T., 1912-2001
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977
  • Forrest, Helen
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983
  • Andrews, Patty, 1918-2013
  • Mills, Harry, 1913-1982
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002
  • O'Connell, Helen
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992
  • Eberly, Bob
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
  • Nelson, Skip
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
  • Erwin, Trudy
  • Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992
  • Roberts, Joan, 1917-2012
  • Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
  • Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986
  • Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1953
  • Carpenter, Elliot, 1894-1982
  • Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986
  • Garland, Judy
  • Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
  • Green, Lil, 1919-1954
  • Kallen, Kitty
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975
  • O'Day, Anita
  • Grayson, Carl
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973
  • Clark, Dane, 1912-1998
  • Hutton, Robert, 1920-1994
  • Leslie, Joan, 1925-2015
  • Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007
  • Carson, Jack, 1910-1963
  • Garfield, John
  • Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007
  • Sweetland, Sally
  • Hutton, Jane
  • Stafford, Jo
  • Day, Doris, 1922-2019
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
  • Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, performer
  • Leonard Joy Orchestra, performer
  • Kay Kyser Orchestra, performer
  • Benny Goodman Orchestra, performer
  • Harry James Orchestra, performer
  • Glenn Miller Orchestra, performer
  • Ink Spots (Musical group), performer
  • Freddie Slack Orchestra, performer
  • Modernaires (Musical group), performer
  • Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, performer
  • Pied Pipers (Musical group), performer
  • Glee Club (Musical group), performer
  • Andrews Sisters, performer
  • Mills Brothers, performer
  • Xavier Cugat Orchestra, performer
  • Song Spinners, performer
  • Stan Kenton Orchestra, performer
  • King Cole Trio, performer
  • City Slickers (Musical group), performer
  • Sons of the Pioneers, performer
  • Paul Weston Orchestra, performer
  • Band of Renown, performer
  • KSFO (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.), broadcaster
  • Citizens Savings & Loan Association (San Francisco, Calif.), sponsor
  • CP Air, sponsor
Description
4 streaming audio files (305:52) : digital, mono.
Uniform Title
  • Holiday Inn (Motion picture)
  • Road to Morocco (Motion picture)
  • Going my way (Motion picture)
  • Meet me in St. Louis (Motion picture : 1944)
  • Hollywood canteen (Motion picture)
Alternative Title
  • Pop chronicles the 1940s
  • Pop chronicles the nineteen-forties
  • Luther Sies collection.
  • My devotion.
  • Time of waiting.
  • Miss you.
  • I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle.
  • Idaho.
  • Blues in the night.
  • Tangerine.
  • Skylark.
  • Dearly beloved.
  • Strip polka.
  • Cow-Cow boogie.
  • Jukebox Saturday night.
  • If I didn't know.
  • Serenade in blue.
  • At last.
  • Moonlight serenade.
  • Manhattan serenade.
  • White Christmas.
  • Lazy.
  • Road to Morocco.
  • Moonlight becomes you.
  • I heard that song before.
  • But not for me.
  • I heard you cry tonight.
  • All or nothing at all.
  • It started all over again.
  • In the blue of evening.
  • Song is you.
  • Sunday, Monday, or always.
  • Pistol packin' mama.
  • People say we're in love.
  • Oh, what a beautiful mornin'.
  • Out of my dreams.
  • I cain't say no.
  • Surrey with the fringe on top.
  • Poor Jud is daid.
  • Oklahoma!
  • As time goes by.
  • Paper doll.
  • For me and my gal.
  • That old black magic.
  • One for my baby (And one for the road)
  • Brazil.
  • You'll never know how much I miss you.
  • It can't be wrong.
  • Put your arms around me honey (I never knew any girl like you)
  • In my arms.
  • Taking a chance on love.
  • Why don't you do right?
  • They're either too young or too old.
  • I'll walk alone.
  • You'd be so nice to come home to.
  • Comin' in on a wing and a prayer.
  • G. I. Jive.
  • Poinciana.
  • San Fernando Valley.
  • Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That's an Irish lullaby)
  • I love you.
  • Long ago and far away.
  • Going my way.
  • Amor.
  • Is you is or is you ain't my baby.
  • Hot time in the town of Berlin.
  • Don't fence me in.
  • I'll be seeing you.
  • I couldn't sleep a wink last night.
  • Mairzy doats.
  • My heart tells me.
  • Till then.
  • Shoo-shoo baby.
  • Milkman, keep those bottles quiet.
  • Besame mucho.
  • Artistry in rhythm.
  • And her tears flowed like wine.
  • Straighten up and fly right.
  • You always hurt the one you love.
  • I'm making believe.
  • Into each life some rain must fall.
  • Time waits for no one.
  • I'll get by.
  • Trolley song.
  • Gettin' corns for my country.
  • Tumblin' tumbleweeds.
  • Sweet dreams, sweetheart.
  • You can always tell a Yank.
  • Dream (When you're feeling blue)
  • I'm beginning to see the light.
  • Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive.
  • Candy.
  • Racing with the moon.
  • There I've said it again.
  • Sentimental journey.
  • Moonlight cocktail.
  • Rum and Coca-Cola.
  • Cocktails for two.
  • I dream of you (More that you dream I do)
  • I'll buy that dream.
Subject
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 > Interviews
  • Morse, Ella Mae > Interviews
  • Kelly, Paula > Interviews
  • Eberle, Ray > Interviews
  • Beneke, Tex > Interviews
  • Simon, George T., 1912-2001 > Interviews
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 > Interviews
  • Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990 > Interviews
  • Cahn, Sammy > Interviews
  • Forrest, Helen > Interviews
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 > Interviews
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 > Interviews
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 > Interviews
  • Andrews, Patty, 1918-2013 > Interviews
  • Mills, Harry, 1913-1982 > Interviews
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 > Interviews
  • O'Connell, Helen > Interviews
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 > Interviews
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 > Interviews
  • Kenton, Stan > Interviews
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001 > Interviews
  • Popular music > 1941-1950
  • Documentary radio programs
  • Big band music
  • Musicals > Excerpts
  • Motion picture music > Excerpts
Genre/Form
Popular music radio programs.
Note
  • Title from cataloger.
  • "L. Sies; 340.; Reel M-326; Pop Chronicles (continued from above reel); 16,479. Featuring --Edgar Bergen, Perry Como, Helen Forrest, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, Paul Whileman, Johnny Mercer, Mills Brothers, Spikes Jones, Duke Ellington, Jo Stafford, ect interviews"--Note inside original audiotape reel container. [Edgar Bergen, Paul Whileman, and Duke Ellington were not featured either in interviews and/or music tracks. Jo Stafford was only featured on one music track in Part 3].
  • This radio program was sponsored by Citizens Savings & Loans (San Francisco) and Canadian Pacific Airlines.
Access (note)
  • Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Luther Sies collection.
Contents
  • Part 1 (1942-1943). [Audio begins in middle] 1942: My devotion (Bob Eberly, vocals ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra) -- "A time of waiting" [part 1] (The words of a Vassar graduate, published in the magazine "P. M." in September 1942) ([Unidentified reader]) -- Miss you (Dinah Shore, vocals ; [Leonard Joy Orchestra]) -- [Excerpt] I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle (Kay Kyser, vocals ; Kay Kyser and his orchestra) -- [Excerpt] Idaho ([Dick Haymes, vocals ; Benny Goodman and his orchestra]) -- "A time of waiting" [part 2] (The words of a Vassar graduate, published in the magazine "P. M." in September 1942) ([Unidentified reader]) -- My momma done told me [Blues in the night] ([Unidentifed performers (2 versions of song)]) / words by Johnny Mercer -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 1) -- Tangerine [version 1] (Bob Eberly, vocals ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra) ; Tangerine [version 2] (Helen O'Connell, vocals ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra) -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 2) -- Skylark (Helen Forrest and Harry James Orchestra) / Hoagy Carmichael-Johnny Mercer -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 3) -- Dearly beloved (Skip Nelson, vocals ; Glenn Miller Orchestra) / words by Johnny Mercer -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 4) -- Strip polka ([Unidentifed performers (4 versions of song)]) / words by Johnny Mercer -- Cow-Cow boogie (Ella Mae Morse, vocals ; Freddie Slack and his orchestra) -- Ella Mae Morse interview excerpt -- Jukebox Saturday night (Harry James, trumpet ; Glenn Miller and his orchestra ; [Unidentified ensemble chorus]) ; If I didn't know (The Inkspots) -- Paula Kelly and Ray Eberle interview excerpt -- [Excerpt] Serenade in blue (Ray Eberle, vocals ; [The Modernaires]) -- At last (Ray Eberle, vocals ; Glenn Miller and his Orchestra) -- Tex Beneke interview excerpt -- [Excerpt] Moonlight serenade (Glenn Miller and his orchestra) -- Glenn Miller speaks (?) ; George T. Simon interview excerpt -- [Excerpt] Manhattan serenade (Harry James, trumpet ; Helen Forrest, vocals and orchestra). Hollywood 1942: I'm dreaming of a White Christmas (from 1942 film musical "Holiday inn") (Bing Crosby) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt -- [Excerpt] Lazy (from 1942 film musical "Holiday inn") (Bing Crosby) -- Road to Morocco (from the 1942 film "Road to Morocco") (Bing Crosby and Bob Hope) ; Moonlight becomes you (from the 1942 film "Road to Morocco") (Bing Crosby) / music by Jimmy Van Heusen -- Jimmy Van Heusen interview excerpt [1943 excerpts medley]: All or nothing at all ; Sunday, Monday, always ; Pistol-packing mama ; I heard that song before ; Oklahoma! -- 1943: Sammy Cahn interview excerpt ; I heard that song before (Sammy Cahn, vocals and piano) / Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn -- I heard that song before (Helen Forrest, vocals ; Harry James (trumpet) and his orchestra) -- Helen Forrest interview excerpt (part 1) -- But not for me [instrumental] (Harry James (trumpet) and his orchestra) -- Harry James interview excerpt -- I heard you cry (Helen Forrest, vocals ; Harry James (trumpet) and his orchestra) -- Helen Forrest interview excerpt (part 2) -- Harry James and Frank Sinatra interview excerpt -- All or nothing at all (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; Harry James and his orchestra) -- It started all over again (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- [Excerpt] In the blue of evening (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- [Audio of Frank Sinatra's farewell concert with Tommy Dorsey, September 3, 1942] (Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes and Tommy Dorsey, commentary) ; The song is you (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- [Excerpt] Sunday, Monday or always (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; with a cappella chorus) / Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Heusen -- Jimmy Van Heusen interview excerpt (part 2) -- [Excerpt] Sunday, Monday or always (from the 1943 film "Dixie") (Bing Crosby, vocals ; with a cappella chorus) -- Jimmy Van Heusen interview excerpt (part 3) -- George T. Simon and Freddy Martin talk about the musician strike between August 1942-September 1943 -- Harry James interview excerpt (part 2) -- Pistol packin' mama (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters) ; Patty Andrews interview excerpt -- [Excerpt] People will say we're in love (Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin, vocals ; The Glee Club) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 2) -- [Excerpt, end of] People will say we're in love (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; with a cappella chorus) -- Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers brief commentary ; [Excerpt, beginning of] "Oklahoma" (from the 1943 original Broadway soundtrack): Overture ; [Excerpt, ends abruptly] Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (Alfred Drake, vocals) / Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein.
  • Part 2 (1943-1944). [Excerpts] "Oklahoma" (from the 1943 original Broadway soundtrack): [5 sec. excerpt, end of] Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (Alfred Drake, vocals) ; [Excerpt] Out of my dreams (Joan Roberts, vocals) ; [Excerpt] I cain't say no (Celeste Holm, vocals) ; The surrey with the fringe on top (Alfred Drake, vocals) ; [Excerpt] Poor Jud is daid (Howard Da Silva and Alfred Drake, vocals) ; [Excerpt] Oklahoma! (Alfred Drake with chorus) / Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein -- [Medley of excerpts of next segment]: [As time goes by] ; Paper doll ; [That old black magic] ; [Why don't you do right] ; As time goes by ; Comin' in on a wing and a prayer -- As time goes by (Dooley Wilson, vocals ; [Elliot Carpenter], piano) (from 1942 film "Casablanca") ; [Excerpt] As time goes by (Rudy Vallée, vocals) -- Harry Mills interview excerpt -- Paper doll (Mills Brothers, performers) -- [Excerpt] For me and my gal (from the [1942] film "For me and my gal) (Judy Garland and Gene Kelly) -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 5) -- That old black magic [2 unidentified instrumental versions excerpt] ; That old black magic (Bing Crosby, vocals ; with chorus) / Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 6) -- One for my baby (And one more for the road) (1947 recording) (Frank Sinatra, vocals) / Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer -- [Excerpt] Brazil (Xavier Cugat and his orchestra) (from the 1942 Walt Disney animated film "Saludo amigos") -- [Excerpt] You'll never know (Bing Crosby) / Mack Gordon-Henry Warren -- Helen Forrest interview excerpt (part 3) -- [Excerpt] It can't be wrong (Dick Haymes, vocals ; The Song Spinners) -- Helen Forrest interview excerpt (part 4) -- [Excerpt] Put your arms around me, honey (I never knew a girl like you) (Dick Haymes, vocals ; The Song Spinners) -- George T. Simon interview excerpt (part 3) -- [Excerpt] In my arms (Dick Haymes, vocals ; The Song Spinners) -- [Excerpt] Taking a chance on love (originally recorded in 1940) (Helen Forrest, vocals ; Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Peggy Lee interview excerpt (part 1) -- [Excerpt] Why don't you do right? (Lil Green, vocals) ; Peggy Lee interview excerpt (part 2) -- Why don't you do right? (Peggy Lee, vocals ; Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Brazil (Helen O'Connell, vocals ; Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra) ; Helen O'Connell interview excerpt -- They're either too young or too old (Kitty Kallen, vocals ; Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- [Excerpt] I'll walk alone (Dinah Shore, vocals) -- George T. Simon interview excerpt (part 4) -- You'd be so nice to come home to (Dinah Shore, vocals) / Cole Porter -- Hop Harrigan radio show excerpt -- Comin' in on a wing and a prayer (The Song Spinners) / Jimmy McHugh-Harold Adamson -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 7) -- G. I. Jive (Johnny Mercer, vocals) [audio erratic] / Johnny Mercer ; [Excerpt, at end] G. I. Jive (Louis Jordan, vocals) -- [Medley of excerpts of next segment, Bing Crosby 1944]: Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra (That's an Irish lullaby) ; Long ago and far away ; San Fernando Valley ; Going my way ; Don't fence me in ; I'll be seeing you -- 1944 Bing Crosby. Poinciana (Bing Crosby, vocals) -- Perry Como interview excerpt -- [Excerpt] San Fernando Valley (Bing Crosby, vocals) -- Jack O'Brien writing excerpt -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 3) -- Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra (That's an Irish lullaby) (Bing Crosby) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 4) -- I love you (Bing Crosby, vocals) / Cole Porter -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 5) -- Long ago and far away (Bing Crosby, vocals) / Ira Gershwin-Jerome Kern -- Bing Crosby interview [with John Gilliland, interviewer] excerpt (part 6) -- [Excerpt] Going my way (from 1944 film "Going my way") (Bing Crosby, vocals) / Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Heusen ; Jimmy Van Heusen interview excerpt (part 4) ; Bing Crosby interview [with John Gilliland, interviewer] excerpt (part 7) -- [Excerpt, at end] Going my way (from 1944 film "Going my way") (Bing Crosby, vocals) / Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Heusen -- Amor (Bing Crosby, vocals) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 8) -- Patty Andrews interview excerpt (part 2) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 9) -- Is you is or is you ain't my baby (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters) -- Patty Andrews interview excerpt (part 3) -- [Excerpt] Hot time in the town of Berlin (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 10) -- Patty Andrews interview excerpt (part 4) -- Don't fence me in (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters)
  • Part 3 (1944-1945). 1944 continued: I'll be seeing you (Bing Crosby, vocals) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 11) -- [Excerpt] I'll be seeing you (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- Perry Como interview excerpt (part 2) -- Bing Crosby interview excerpt (part 12) -- George T. Simon interview excerpt (part 5) -- I couldn't sleep a wink last night (Frank Sinatra, vocals) -- [Various radio news clips, ads, programs and unidentified music] ; [Excerpt] Chinese sound effects (Harry the Pirate?) ; [Excerpt] Mairzy doats (The Pied Pipers, vocals) ; [Excerpt] My heart tells me (Betty Grable, vocals) ; [2 unidentified instrumental music tracks] ; [Unidentified jazz track] ; [Unidentified poem?] ; [Excerpt] Till then (The Mills Brothers) ; [Unidentified reading of letter] ; [Excerpt, at end] Till then (The Mills Brothers) -- [Medley of music, radio ads and interview excerpts of next segment]: Into each life some rain must fall ; Time waits for no one ; The trolley song ; Bette Davis & Benny the violinist ; And her tears flowed like wine ; You always hurt the one you love (2 versions) -- Shoo-shoo baby (Ella Mae Morse, vocals) / Phil Moore -- Ella Mae Morse interview excerpt (part 2) -- [Excerpt] Shoo-shoo baby (The Andrews Sisters) -- [Excerpt] Milkman, keep those bottles quiet (Ella Mae Morse) -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 8) ; Andy Russell interview excerpt (part 1) ; Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 9) ; Andy Russell interview excerpt (part 2) ; Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 10) -- [Excerpt] Besame mucho (Andy Russell, vocals ; [Al Sack Orchestra]) -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 11) -- [Excerpt] [Artistry in rhythm (piano track only)] (Stan Kenton, piano) / Stan Kenton -- Stan Kenton interview excerpt -- And her tears flowed like wine (Anita O'Day, vocals ; Stan Kenton and his orchestra) -- Stan Kenton interview excerpt (part 2) -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 12) -- Straighten up and fly right (King Cole Trio) / Nat King Cole-Irving Mills -- Harry Mills interview excerpt (part 2) -- You always hurt the one you love (The Mills Brothers) -- You always hurt the one you love (Spike Jones and his City Slickers ; [Carl Grayson, vocals]) -- Harry Mills interview excerpt (part 3) -- I'm making believe ; Into each life some rain must fall (The Inkspots and Ella Fitzgerald, vocals) -- Helen Forrest interview excerpt (part 5) -- [Excerpt] Time waits for no one (Helen Forrest, vocals) -- I'll get by [recorded in 1941] (Dick Haymes, vocals ; Harry James and his orchestra) -- [Excerpt] The trolley song (from MGM's 1944 musical film "Meet in St. Louis") (Judy Garland, vocals ; with chorus) -- [Excerpts] From the 1944 film "Hollywood canteen": Gettin' corns for my country (The Andrews Sisters ; Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra) ; Bette Davis and [Jack] Benny [and] the violinist [Joseph Szigeti, violinist] ; [Excerpt] Tumblin' tumbleweeds (Sons of the Pioneers) ; Roy Rogers, Joan Crawford, Carmen Cavallaro and Dennis Morgan (added commentary in film) ; [Excerpt] Don't fence me in (The Andrews Sisters) ; Various dialogue from film scene excerpts (Dane Clark (Sarge) ; Robert Hutton (G. I. Joe and/or Corporal Slim Green) ; with Joan Leslie, Bette Davis, Jane Wyman, Jack Carson and John Garfield) ; [Excerpt] Sweet dreams, sweetheart (Joan Leslie [dubbed by Sally Sweetland], vocals) ; [Excerpt] You can always tell a Yank (Dennis Morgan, vocals) ; Finale: [Excerpt] Sweet dreams, sweetheart (Kitty Carlisle, vocals) -- Finale: The War Years (1945) [Medley excerpts]: A sentimental journey ; Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive ; [News clip: End of Second World War] ; [Unidentified jazz instrumental] ; [News clip no. 2] -- 1945: [Excerpt] Dream (When you're feeling blue) (Jane Hutton and The Pied Pipers, vocals) / Johnny Mercer -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 13) ; Chesterfield radio ad excerpt ; [Excerpt, End of] Dream (When you're feeling blue) (June Hutton and The Pied Pipers, vocals) / Johnny Mercer -- I'm beginning to see the light (Kitty Kallen, vocals ; Harry James and his orchestra) -- [Excerpt] [On the sunny side of the street (instrumental track only)] (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) ; Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 14) -- [Excerpt] Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters) / Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 15) -- Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive (Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers ; Paul Weston and his orchestra) -- Johnny Mercer interview excerpt (part 16) -- Candy (Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers ; with Jo Stafford, vocals)
  • Part 4 (1945). 1945 continued: [Excerpt] Racing with the moon ; There I've said it again (Vaughan Monroe, vocals ; with his orchestra) -- Les Brown interview excerpt ; [Leap frog (Les Brown and his Band of Renown)] -- Sentimental journey (Doris Day, vocals ; Les Brown and his Band of Renown) -- [Radio news bulietins and exclusive clips] -- [Excerpt] Moonlight cocktail (The Glenn Miller Band) -- Rum and Coca-Cola (The Andrews Sisters) -- Patty Andrews interview excerpt (part 5) -- Cocktails for two (Spike Jones and his City Slickers ; [Carl Grayson, vocals]) -- [War news clips] -- I dream of you (More than you dream I do) (Frank Sinatra, vocals) -- [Radio news clip: President Roosevelt is dead] -- [Excerpt] Sweet dreams, sweetheart (originally from 1944 film "Hollywood canteen") (Sally Sweetland, vocals ; Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and Chorus) -- [Radio news clip: President Truman at the UN] -- [Radio news clip: The German War is at an end] -- [Excerpt] My dreams are getting better all the time (Doris Day, vocals ; Les Brown and the Band of Renown) -- [Radio news clip: 1st bomb in Hiroshima] -- [Excerpt] Dream (Frank Sinatra, vocals ; [Ken Lane Singers ; Axel Stordahl Orchestra]) -- [Radio news clips: End of Second World War] -- [Excerpt] I'll buy that dream (Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes, vocals) -- Closing remarks and credit list (John Gilliand, host)
Call Number
*LT-7-A 1226
OCLC
936214720
Title
Pop chronicles: The Forties : Part 1: The war years, [1942-1945] / [hosted and documentated by John Gilliland].
Production
[197-?]
Playing Time
013133 013130 012810 003439
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Various performers listed in table of contents, including interview and old audio excerpts, with Johnny Mercer (Parts 1-3), Ella Mae Morse (Parts 1 and 3), Paula Kelly (Part 1), Ray Eberle (Part 1), Tex Beneke (Part 1), George T. Simon (Parts 1-3), Bing Crosby (Parts 1-3), Jimmy Van Heusen (Parts 1-2), Sammy Cahn (Part 1), Helen Forrest (Part 1-3), Harry James (Part 1), Frank Sinatra (audio commentary only; Part 1), Tommy Dorsey (audio commentary only; Part 1), Dick Haymes (audio commentary only; Part 1), Freddy Martin (Part 1), Patty Andrews (Parts 1-2 and 4), Oscar Hammerstein, (audio commentary only; Part 1), Richard Rodgers (audio commentary only; Part 1), Harry Mills (Parts 2-3), Peggy Lee (Part 2), Perry Como (Parts 2-3), Andy Russell (Part 3), Stan Kenton (Part 3) and Les Brown (Part 4). John Gilliland, documentator, producer, interviewer and host.
Event
Broadcast [KSFO-AM studios, San Francisco, California] [197-?] Pre-recorded music tracks originally recorded [1942-1945]
Access
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio tape reel : analog, 1 7/8 ips, quarter-track, NAB, mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 1226.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Luther Sies collection.
Local Note
Preservation files: (4 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt7a1226_v01f01_em (Part 1), myh_lt7a1226_v01f02_em (Part 2), myh_lt7a1226_v01f03_em (Part 3) and myh_lt7a1226_v01f04_em (Part 4)].
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Added Author
O'Brien, Jack (Musician), author.
Gilliland, John, documentator.
Gilliland, John, host.
Gilliland, John, interviewer.
Gilliland, John, producer.
Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944, commentator.
Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956, commentator.
Haymes, Dick, commentator.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, commentator.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, commentator.
Davis, Bette, 1908-1989, commentator.
Benny, Jack, 1894-1974, commentator.
Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973, commentator.
Rogers, Roy, 1911-1998, commentator.
Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977, commentator.
Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989, commentator.
Morgan, Dennis, 1908-1994, commentator.
Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957, conductor.
Joy, Leonard W., conductor.
Kyser, Kay, conductor.
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986, conductor.
James, Harry, 1916-1983, conductor.
Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944, conductor.
Slack, Freddie, conductor.
Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956, conductor.
Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990, conductor.
Kenton, Stan, conductor.
Jones, Spike, 1911-1965, conductor.
Weston, Paul, 1912-1996, conductor.
Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973, conductor.
Brown, Les, 1912-2001, conductor.
Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981, composer.
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990, composer.
Styne, Jule, 1905-1994, composer.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, composer.
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, composer.
Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, composer.
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer.
Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986, composer.
Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, lyricist.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
Cahn, Sammy, lyricist.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.
Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, interviewee.
Morse, Ella Mae, interviewee.
Kelly, Paula, interviewee.
Eberle, Ray, interviewee.
Beneke, Tex, interviewee.
Simon, George T., 1912-2001, interviewee.
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, interviewee.
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990, interviewee.
Cahn, Sammy, interviewee.
Forrest, Helen, interviewee.
James, Harry, 1916-1983, interviewee.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, interviewee.
Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983, interviewee.
Andrews, Patty, 1918-2013, interviewee.
Mills, Harry, 1913-1982, interviewee.
Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002, interviewee.
O'Connell, Helen, interviewee.
Como, Perry, 1912-2001, interviewee.
Russell, Andy, 1919-1992, interviewee.
Kenton, Stan, interviewee.
Brown, Les, 1912-2001, interviewee.
Eberly, Bob, performer.
Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994, performer.
Kyser, Kay, performer.
Haymes, Dick, performer.
O'Connell, Helen, performer.
Forrest, Helen, performer.
James, Harry, 1916-1983, performer.
Nelson, Skip, performer.
Morse, Ella Mae, performer.
Eberle, Ray, performer.
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, performer.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003, performer.
Cahn, Sammy, performer.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, performer.
Erwin, Trudy, performer.
Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992, performer.
Roberts, Joan, 1917-2012, performer.
Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012, performer.
Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986, performer.
Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1953, performer.
Carpenter, Elliot, 1894-1982, performer.
Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986, performer.
Garland, Judy, performer.
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, performer.
Green, Lil, 1919-1954, performer.
Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002, performer.
Kallen, Kitty, performer.
Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, performer.
Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975, performer.
Russell, Andy, 1919-1992, performer.
Kenton, Stan, performer.
O'Day, Anita, performer.
Grayson, Carl, performer.
Fitzgerald, Ella, performer.
Grable, Betty, 1916-1973, performer.
Clark, Dane, 1912-1998, performer.
Hutton, Robert, 1920-1994, performer.
Leslie, Joan, 1925-2015, performer.
Davis, Bette, 1908-1989, performer.
Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007, performer.
Carson, Jack, 1910-1963, performer.
Garfield, John, performer.
Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007, performer.
Morgan, Dennis, 1908-1994, performer.
Sweetland, Sally, performer.
Hutton, Jane, performer.
Stafford, Jo, performer.
Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973, performer.
Day, Doris, 1922-2019, singer.
Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Oklahoma! Selections.
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, performer.
Leonard Joy Orchestra, performer.
Kay Kyser Orchestra, performer.
Benny Goodman Orchestra, performer.
Harry James Orchestra, performer.
Glenn Miller Orchestra, performer.
Ink Spots (Musical group), performer.
Freddie Slack Orchestra, performer.
Modernaires (Musical group), performer.
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, performer.
Pied Pipers (Musical group), performer.
Glee Club (Musical group), performer.
Andrews Sisters, performer.
Mills Brothers, performer.
Xavier Cugat Orchestra, performer.
Song Spinners, performer.
Stan Kenton Orchestra, performer.
King Cole Trio, performer.
City Slickers (Musical group), performer.
Sons of the Pioneers, performer.
Paul Weston Orchestra, performer.
Band of Renown, performer.
KSFO (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.), broadcaster.
Citizens Savings & Loan Association (San Francisco, Calif.), sponsor.
CP Air, sponsor.
Added Title
Holiday Inn (Motion picture)
Road to Morocco (Motion picture)
Going my way (Motion picture)
Meet me in St. Louis (Motion picture : 1944)
Hollywood canteen (Motion picture)
Luther Sies collection.
My devotion.
Time of waiting.
Miss you.
I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle.
Idaho.
Blues in the night.
Tangerine.
Skylark.
Dearly beloved.
Strip polka.
Cow-Cow boogie.
Jukebox Saturday night.
If I didn't know.
Serenade in blue.
At last.
Moonlight serenade.
Manhattan serenade.
White Christmas.
Lazy.
Road to Morocco.
Moonlight becomes you.
I heard that song before.
But not for me.
I heard you cry tonight.
All or nothing at all.
It started all over again.
In the blue of evening.
Song is you.
Sunday, Monday, or always.
Pistol packin' mama.
People say we're in love.
Oh, what a beautiful mornin'.
Out of my dreams.
I cain't say no.
Surrey with the fringe on top.
Poor Jud is daid.
Oklahoma!
As time goes by.
Paper doll.
For me and my gal.
That old black magic.
One for my baby (And one for the road)
Brazil.
You'll never know how much I miss you.
It can't be wrong.
Put your arms around me honey (I never knew any girl like you)
In my arms.
Taking a chance on love.
Why don't you do right?
They're either too young or too old.
I'll walk alone.
You'd be so nice to come home to.
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer.
G. I. Jive.
Poinciana.
San Fernando Valley.
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That's an Irish lullaby)
I love you.
Long ago and far away.
Going my way.
Amor.
Is you is or is you ain't my baby.
Hot time in the town of Berlin.
Don't fence me in.
I'll be seeing you.
I couldn't sleep a wink last night.
Mairzy doats.
My heart tells me.
Till then.
Shoo-shoo baby.
Milkman, keep those bottles quiet.
Besame mucho.
Artistry in rhythm.
And her tears flowed like wine.
Straighten up and fly right.
You always hurt the one you love.
I'm making believe.
Into each life some rain must fall.
Time waits for no one.
I'll get by.
Trolley song.
Gettin' corns for my country.
Tumblin' tumbleweeds.
Sweet dreams, sweetheart.
You can always tell a Yank.
Dream (When you're feeling blue)
I'm beginning to see the light.
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive.
Candy.
Racing with the moon.
There I've said it again.
Sentimental journey.
Moonlight cocktail.
Rum and Coca-Cola.
Cocktails for two.
I dream of you (More that you dream I do)
I'll buy that dream.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 1226
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