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thedrifter
09-26-02, 02:56 PM
Music Of The 1940's.


Play Audio Run Rabbit Run
Sung by Flanagan & Allen
(From an original 78 rpm record on a DECCA label)
This song was written for Noel Gays show 'The little Dog Laughed' which opened in October 1939. It was popular throughout the war, especially after Flannagan & Alan changed the lyrics to poke fun at the Germans (eg. Run Adolf, Run Adolf, Run, Run, Run........)


Play Audio We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
Sung by Flanagan & Allen written by Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr.
(From an original 78 rpm record on a DECCA label)
This song intensely irritated the German High command as it poked fun at their defences. The song was actually banned on some American radio stations (before America entered the war) because it was thought to infringe America's neutrality.

Play Audio Lili Marlene
Sung by Anne Shelton, written by T Connor.
(From an original 78 rpm record on a DECCA label)
Lily Marlene was originally a German song but was adapted by the British 8th Army. The British Government approached Tommy Connor to re-write the words, which are the ones on this version. Some of Monty's 8th Army words are below :

There was a song that the Eighth Army used to hear,
In the lonely desert, lovely, sweet and clear.
Over the ether came the strain, the soft refrain, each night again,
With you, Lili Marlene, with you, Lili Marlene.


Play Audio Jukebox Saturday Night
Glenn Miller & his orchestra (McGrane, Stillman).
(From an original 78 rpm record on a HMV label)
This song was recorded before Glenn Miller joined the US Army Air Force (Sept 1942). The famous stars mentioned such as the Inkspots were impersonated for this recording. The vocalists were Marlon Hutton, Tex Beneke and the Modernaires.


http://www.1940.co.uk/history/sound/sound.htm


Sempers,

Roger