Various Artists – Melodies and Memories from the 1940s

Melodies and Memories from the 1940s is a compilation of some of the best loved music of the era. Featuring all the big stars from both sides of the Atlantic including Glenn Miller, Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, The Andrew Sisters and many more.


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1 – Al and Bob Harvey – In the Quartermaster’s Stores
2 – Bertha Willmot – Bless’ em All
3 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – When You Wish Upon a Star
4 – Bing Crosby with The Bob Crosby Orchestra – San Antonio Rose
5 – Flanagan and Allen – Run Rabbit Run
6 – Artie Shaw and His Orchestra – Frenesi
7 – Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon – There’s a Boy Coming Home on Leave
8 – Flanagan and Allen – We’re Gonna Hang Out The Washington on the Siegfried Line
9 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Pennsylvannia 6-5000
10 – Jack Payne – It’s a Lovely Day tomorrow
11 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra – I’ll Never Smile Again
12 – Will Brandley and His Orchestra – Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
13 – Dick Mclntyre and His Hawaiians / Bing Crosby – Trade Winds
14 – Elsie Carlisle – A Nightgale Sang In Berkeley Square
15 – The Rex Massed Bands and Chorus – Roll Out the Barrel
16 – Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again
17 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – American Patrol
18 – Anne Shelton – A Pair ff Silver Wings
19 – Freddy Martin and His Orchestra – The Hut-Sut Song
20 – The Ink Spots – Do I Worry?
21 – Bing Crosby – Silent Night
22 – Vera Lynn – The White Cliffs of Dover
23 – Helen O’ Connel and Bob Eberly – Yours
24 – Lale Anderson – Lili Marlene
25 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Chattanooga Choo-Choo
26 – Flanagan and Allen – Down Forget-Me-Not-Lane
27 – Kate Smith – Rose O’Day
28 – The Mills Brothers – Paper Doll
29 – Billy Mayerl – Room Five Hudnerd and Four
30 – David Rose and His Orchestra – Holiday For Strings
31 – Ambrose and His Orchestra – Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer
32 – Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts – People Will Say, We’re In Love
33 – Billy Cotton and His Band – Sailor, Who Are You Dreaming of Tonight?
34 – Benny Goodman – After You’ve Gone
35 – Kitty Kallen – Besame Mucho
36 – Donald Peers – The Homecoming Waltz
37 – Alan Breeze – I’m Going To Get Lit Up
38 – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters – Pistol-Packin’ Mama
39 – Ella Fitzgerald and Ink Spots – Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
40 – Dick Haymes and The Song Spinners – You’ll Never Know
41 – Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra – Begin The Beguine
42 – Louis Jordan and His Tymbani Five – Is You Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
43 – Bing Crosby – Swingin’ On a Star
44 – Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra – Skyliner
45 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra – On The Sunny Side of the Street
46 – The Ink Spots – Bless You
47 – Judt Garland – The Trolley Song
48 – Les Brown and His Orchestra – Sentimental Journey
49 – Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters – Don’t Fence Me In
50 – Adelaide Hall – There Goes That Song Again
51 – The Mills Brothers – You Always Hurt the One You Love
52 – Olive Gilbert and Muriel Barron – We’ll Gather Lilacs
53 – Dick Haymes – It Might As Well Be Spring
54 – The Andrew Sisters – Money Is the Root of All Evil
55 – Perry Como – Till the End of Time
56 – Primo Scala and His Accordion Band – Roll Me Over
57 – Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters – Thjere, I’ve Said It Again
58 – Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro – I Can’t Begin To Tell You
59 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Opus One
60 – Roberto Inglez And His Orchestra – The Green Cockatoo
61 – The Squadronaires – Five Minutes More
62 – Lew And His Nova Tones – Let It Snow, Let It Snow
63 – Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra – The Old Lamp-Lighter
64 – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters – South America, Take It Away
65 – Spike Jones and His City Slickers – Glow-Worm
66 – Perry Como – I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
67 – Anne Shelton – Anniversary Song
68 – Bing Crosby – McNamara’s Band
69 – Hoagy Carmichael – Ole Buttermilk Sky
70 – Perry Como – They Say It’s Wonderful (From “Annie Get Your Gun”)
71 – Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians – Humoresque
72 – Issy Bonn – Let Bygones Be Bygones
73 – The Ink Spots – To Each His Own
74 – Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra – The Coffee Song
75 – Perry Como – Prisoner of Love
76 – The Squadronaires – Cement Mixer
77 – Doris Day and Buddy Clark – Confess
78 – Vera Lynn – I’ll Make Up For Everything
79 – Johnny Denis and His Ranchers – The Shoemaker’s Serenade
80 – Eddy Arnlod and His Tenessee Plowboys – I’ll Hold You In My Heart
81 – Mantovani Orchestra – Hear My Song, Violetta
82 – The Kingsway Symphony Orchestra – Fiddle-Faddle
83 – Primo Scala and His Accordion Band – My Love Is Only for You
84 – Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians – Easter Parade
85 – Scotty McHarg – The Stars Will Remember
86 – Dick Haymes – I Wish I Didn’t Love You So
87 – Bing Crosby & Al Jolson – Alexander’s Ragtime Band
88 – Issy Brown – May I Call You Sweetheart?
89 – Phil Harris – The Darktown Poker Club
90 – Sam Browne and The Squadronaires – The Wishing Wlatz
91 – Mantovani Orchestra – Nature Boy
92 – Sam Browne – A Tree In a Meadow
93 – Victor Young and His Orchestra – Galway Bay
94 – The Russ Case Orchestra – Because
95 – Vera Lynn – Silver Wedding Waltz
96 – Reggie Golf – When You’re In Love
97 – Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra – Manana
98 – Robert Farnon – Jumping Bean
99 – Raymond Legrand – La Vie en Rose
100 – Dinah Shore – Buttons and Bows