Track Listing

1. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
2. I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore
3. Blues in the Night - Woody Herman
4. Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey
5. As Time Goes By - Rudy Vall�e
6. You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes
7. I'm Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald
8. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan
9. (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go ...) - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby
10. Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - Song Spinners
11. Mairzy Doats - Merry Macs
12. Daddy - Sammy Kaye
13. Candy - Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
14. Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
15. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
16. My Heart Tells Me - Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
17. Dream - The Pied Pipers
18. I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19520 in Music
• Released on: 1998-11-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

"dream come true for nostalgic music collectors"
This probably is one of the most thorough single disc collections of World War II hits ever assembled. Many tracks related - "THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN (WHEN THE YANKS GO MARCHING IN)" with Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters - "COMIN' IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER" performed by The Song Spinners, both tracks have World War II related themes. A few stand outs - "MAIRZY DOATS" an original Merry Macs 1944 hit, not available on many compilations - "CANDY" has Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with this 1945 Chart Topper.

Songwriter Johnny Mercer has five of the eighteen tracks from his long career represented on this excellent Hip-O Record compilation, each with the original artists and version. One further note, all selections reached number one on "Billboard Charts" between 1941 and 1945. A dream come true for nostalgic music collectors.

Total Time: 53:43 on 18 Tracks/ Hip-O Records - HIPD 40142 (1998)

GI Jukebox
This is an excellent collection of the nostalgic songs from World War II. I was born in 1935, so was very young when this music was the rage. However, my parents managed a boarding house for young military men stationed at what is now Ellsworth AFB, SD, and their wives. The wives spent the long days playing the piano and singing some of these songs. It is a time in my life that I will cherish always.

G. I. Jukebox
Collections dealing with World War II abound; this is a good introductory one. Nothing out of the ordinary here (although Rudy Vallee's "As Time Goes By" is an unexpected treat, along with the Merry Macs' "Mairzy Doats"), but recommended for those who want a general overview.