| | Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War 2 CD (3 Customer Reviews)
World War II and big-band pop-era compilations are released almost as regularly as Christmas albums, and the glut has caused more harm than good; it seems any good ones are quickly swallowed up by the racks full of short, ill-advised, uninformative collections. Though any single label could never do justice to the war years, with a little clever licensing the Capitol compilation Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II transcends its slightly simpy title to deliver 40 great tracks of traditional pop. Most of the standards of the day are included: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by the Andrews Sisters, "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" by Kay Kyser, "G.I. Jive" by Johnny Mercer, "Long Ago (And Far Away)" by Jo Stafford, and "Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown (with Doris Day), though there's no Glenn Miller, except for his appearance on "Jukebox Saturday Night" by Tex Beneke. More than any other label, Capitol captured the can-do attitude of America during the early '40s, with a spate of classic songs poised halfway between jump blues and novelty big band, songs like Nat King Cole's "Straighten up and Fly Right," Ella Mae Morse's "Cow-Cow Boogie," Freddy Martin's "The Hut-Sut Song," Benny Goodman's "Jersey Bounce," and the Andrews Sisters' "Rum and Coca-Cola." Add the great liner notes of Will Friedwald and Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II stands as one of the best -- and easily the best-sounding, courtesy of astonishing 24-bit remastering -- compilations of its era: just this side of definitive, but packed full of great music summoning the sound and feel of a nation at war. ~ John Bush
Digitally remastered by Mark Chalecki (Capitol Mastering).
2cds-Andrews Sisters/Nat King Cole/Jo Stafford/Peegy Lee
Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald.
Personnel: Harry Babbitt, Helen Forrest, Red Dorris (vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Mark Chalecki.
Liner Note Author: Will Friedwald.
Compilation producers: Pete Welding, Cheryl Pawelski.
Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War 2 Music Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War 2 Songs | | Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War 2 CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time - The Andrews Sisters |
| 2. | Green Eyes - Helen O'Connell |
| 3. | Who Wouldn't Love You? - Kay Kyser |
| 4. | Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra |
| 5. | Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Mae Morse/Freddie Slack |
| 6. | Sleepy Lagoon, A - Harry James & His Orchestra |
| 7. | Strip Polka - Johnny Mercer |
| 8. | I Had the Craziest Dream - Helen Forrest |
| 9. | Jukebox Saturday Night - Tex Beneke |
| 10. | Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Harry Babbitt/Kay Kyser |
| 11. | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters |
| 12. | I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & His Orchestra |
| 13. | Shoo Shoo Baby - Ella Mae Morse |
| 14. | Amor - Andy Russell |
| 15. | Straighten up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole |
| 16. | Long Ago (And Far Away) - Jo Stafford |
| 17. | G.I. Jive - Johnny Mercer |
| 18. | I'll Walk Alone - Martha Tilton |
| 19. | It Had to Be You - Betty Hutton |
| 20. | Trolley Song, The - The Pied Pipers |
| | Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War 2 Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters |
| 2. | Candy - Jo Stafford/Johnny Mercer/The Pied Pipers |
| 3. | Sentimental Journey - Les Brown |
| 4. | Dream - The Pied Pipers |
| 5. | Chattanooga Choo Choo - Ray Anthony |
| 6. | Chloe - Spike Jones |
| 7. | On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer |
| 8. | Tampico - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra |
| 9. | Waiting for the Train to Come In - Peggy Lee |
| 10. | It's Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra/Helen Forrest |
| 11. | Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton |
| 12. | Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser |
| 13. | Hut-Sut Song, The - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra |
| 14. | Mister Five by Five - Ella Mae Morse/Freddie Slack |
| 15. | It's Only a Paper Moon - Nat King Cole |
| 16. | Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me - Red Dorris/Stan Kenton & His Orchestra |
| 17. | I Love You - Jo Stafford |
| 18. | Mairzy Doats - The Pied Pipers |
| 19. | It Might as Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes |
| 20. | Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Johnny Mercer/The Pied Pipers |
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Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War 2 Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   Excellent package.....however.......
This two disc set is a fine collection of 1940s music. However, the majority of tunes on these discs are re-creations recorded for Capitol Records (and its associated labels) in 1950s and 1960s. That's really not a bad thing, because Capitol made some of the best sounding high fidelity recordings during the 1950s. It's just that if you buy this set thinking you'll be getting the original Andrews Sisters, Freddy Martin, Helen O'Connell, Harry James, Tex Beneke, etc. recordings, you'll be disappointed, and you'll need to look elsewhere. Only the artists that were recording for Capitol during the 1940s are here in their original versions (such as Johnny Mercer, Pied Pipers, Stan Kenton). On the plus side (and one of the reasons I bought this package), there's a re-creation (in Stereo!) of Spike Jones' Chloe (with the original vocalist, Red Ingle). Not as good as the original, but nice to have. On the minus side, the Freddy Martin re-creation of his "Hut Sut Song" is in monaural, but has been released in stereo previously. All in all, not a bad buy if you like excellently recorded music.
Submitted by a reviewer (Michigan City, Indiana)
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 Highly Recommend these two CD's
Those songs brought back lots of memories when I was young in the Mid 1940's. The recordings on those CD's were outstanding. Easy music to listen too.
Submitted by russgraham (Little Rock, AR) 
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cd review
Very good, but misses a few.
Submitted by Swede0027 (Newington, Ct. USA)
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