Songs That Won The War

This 4 CD box brings together fifty of the most popular and most enduring numbers from the dark years of World War II, Some are rousing and uplifting, even defiant, such as Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye and Sing As We Go, Some are hand-on-heart patriotic (There'll Always Be An England); some, like Beneath The Lights Of Home, are achingly nostalgic, and there's more than a passing mention of Australia (When a Boy from Alabama Meets a Girl from Gundagai), There are dance tunes (Chattanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Frenesi) and cool jazz (Blues In The Night); there's fun and sometimes cheeky humour (Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major and The Trolley Song), There's a willingness to find something to smile about even in the deprivations of wartime living (FDR Jones) and an unquenchable optimism (Bless 'Em All, On The Sunny Side Of The Street), There's plenty of romance - lovers together (A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square) and lovers separated (Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree), But most importantly, there is the hope that defined an era, expressed in those immortal words 'There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow, just you wait and see'.

Tracks

1~1~Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
1~2~Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
1~3~The White Cliffs Of Dover
1~4~Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
1~5~There'll Always Be An England
1~6~Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
1~7~When The Lights Go On Again
1~8~Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major
1~9~The Trolley Song
1~10~Somewhere In France With You
1~11~Chattanooga Choo Choo
1~12~When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai
1~13~People Will Say We're In Love
1~14~Blue Skies Are Round The Corner
1~15~Home
1~16~I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen
1~17~It's A Pair Of Wings For Me
1~18~Blues In The Night
1~19~When That Man Is Dead And Gone
1~20~Fdr Jones
1~21~Beneath The Lights Of Home
1~22~Oh Buddy! I'm In Love
1~23~Take The "A" Train
1~24~Elmer's Tune
1~25~A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1~26~Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
1~27~Wings Over The Navy
1~28~A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
1~29~I'm Nobody's Baby
1~30~On The Sunny Side Of The Street
1~31~Paper Doll
1~32~Sing As We Go
1~33~Beer Barrel Polka: Roll Out The Barrel/Knees Up Mother Brown/Little Bro
1~34~Our Sergeant Major
1~35~All Alone In VIenna
1~36~Moonlight Serenade
1~37~Down Forget-Me-Not Lane
1~38~You Are My Sunshine
1~39~Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie
1~40~The Nearness Of You
1~41~Here's To The Next Time
1~42~My Devotion
1~43~Frenesi
1~44~Yes, My Darling Daughter
1~45~Moonlight Becomes You
1~46~You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
1~47~All Over The Place
1~48~String Of Pearls
1~49~We Must All Stick Together
1~50~Bless 'em All
1~51~We'll Meet Again
1~52~They Can't Black-Out The Moon
1~53~Kiss The Boys Goodbye
1~54~As Time Goes By
1~55~Why Don't You Do Right?
1~56~Run Rabbit Run
1~57~This Is The Army, Mister Jones
1~58~I'll Never Smile Again
1~59~He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings
1~60~Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
1~61~A Brown Slouch Hat
1~62~In The Mood
1~63~I'm Sending My Blessings
1~64~Long Ago And Far Away
1~65~Till The Lights Of London Shine Again
1~66~The Biggest Aspidistra In The World
1~67~I Fell In Love With An

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 05 July 2021
Genre: Easy Listening
Label: Abc Classic
Distributor: Rocket Group