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Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944

Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944
Various Artists

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Track Listing

  1. I've Heard That Song Before - Helen Forrest, Harry James & His Orchestra
  2. Frenesi - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
  3. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
  4. Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter, The Williams Brothers
  5. I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
  6. Amapola - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell
  7. You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners, Song Spinners
  8. Don't Fence Me In - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra
  9. In the Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
  10. Stardust - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #160134 in Music
  • Released on: 1994-02-22
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Only 10 tracks but some great hits if you do not have them4
"Billboard Pop Memories: 1940-1944" is the third collection in this series from Rhino dealing with the pre-rock years of popular music. The first two albums were restricted to an entire decade, which is rather limiting when you are only going to have 10 tracks, but at least for the 1940s we get a pair of albums dividing the decade in half. At this point in American music history (the years of World War II) the big bands are still dominant, which means big names like Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Artie Shaw (and their orchestras), all of who get one hit apiece here including the classics "In the Mood" and "Stardust." This speaks to what might be the biggest problem with this album: if you are a fan of big band music you must already have these songs in your music library. Der Bingle is the biggest singer in the land and you probably already have his hit "Swinging on a Star" as well, same thing with "Don't Fence Me In" by the Andrews Sisters. What you might find new and of value here would by "Paper Doll" by the Mills Brothers and "You'll Never Know" by Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners. As is always the rule with the Billboard hit collections, the question is whether you can find five or more tracks you do not already own that make picking up this CD worth it.