Description
HEROES & SWEETHEARTS – A SALUTE TO THE GREATEST WARTIME SONGS: VARIOUS ARTISTS
Released to coincide and commemorate 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This album includes over 60 timeless pieces of music from a time of innocence and romance of triumph and tragedy that both inspired and defined a generation. Over 3 hours of music.
CONTENT
CD 1:
1. The White Cliffs of Dover – Vera Lynn
2. In the Mood – Glenn Miller
3. As Time Goes By – Frank Sinatra
4. Run, Rabbit, Run – Flanagan and Allen
5. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Anne Shelton
6. The Lambeth Walk – Ambrose & His Orchestra/Leslie Carew
7. Jerusalem – The Britannia Building Society Foden Band
8. There, I’ve Said It Again – Vaughn Monroe
9. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – The Andrews Sisters
10. Cocktails for Two – Spike Jones and His City Slickers
11. Sentimental Journey – Doris Day/Les Brown & his Orchestra
12. Leaning On a Lamp Post – George Formby
13. Take the ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
14. Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye – Gracie Fields
15. The Dam Busters March – The Central Band of The Royal Air Force
16. Imagination – Ella Fitzgerald
17. At the Woodchopper’s Ball – Woody Herman Orchestra
18. You Always Hurt the One You Love – The Mills Brothers
19. (We’re Gonna Hang Out) the Washing On the Siegfried Line – Arthur Askey
20. Lili Marlene – Lale Anderson
21. Shine On, Victory Moon – Issy Bonn/Harry Bigod’s Orchestra
22. Adolf – Billy Cotton & His Band/Alan Breeze
23. Churchill’s Speeches – Winston Churchill
CD 2:
1. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – The Andrews Sisters
2. We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn
3. Hometown – Flanagan and Allen
4. Pennsylvania 6-5000 – Glenn Miller
5. Bless ‘Em All – George Formby
6. For Me and My Gal – Judy Garland & Gene Kelly
7. Mairzy Doats – The Merry Macs
8. The Very Thought of You – Vaughn Monroe
9. Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell the Trees) – The Ink Spots
10. Why Don’t You Do Right – Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
11. This Is the Army Mister Jones – Irving Berlin
12. Pomp and Circumstance – The Britannia Building Society Foden Band
13. ‘Til the End of Time – Perry Como
14. It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow – Vera Lynn
15. Goodnight Sweetheart – Al Bowlly
16. If I Had My Way – Ivy Benson & Her Girls’ Band
17. Love Letters – Dick Haymes
18. A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening – The Ink Spots
19. I’ll Walk Alone – Dinah Shore
20. The Last Time I Saw Paris – Tony Martin
21. The World Will Sing Again – Betty Driver/Harry Roy’s Orchestra
22. Thanks for the Memory – Bing Crosby
23. I’ll Be Seeing You – Anne Shelton
Bonus DVD:
Includes over 30 songs and tunes from the war years, featuring newsreel footage and rare original artist performances including Vera Lynn, Judy Garland, George Formby, Gracie Fields, The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Flanagan & Allen and Doolie Wilson singing As Time Goes By.
