Below is some of the music that was popular before, during and after World War I and II. Also below are some radio broadcasts from World War II. All of these files are in the MP3 format unless otherwise indicated. New audio files will be added to this page from time to time.
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Contents
- Remember Pearl Harbor (Sammy Kaye Band) -- (569 KB)
- Remember Pearl Harbor (Eddy Howard Orchestra) -- (646 KB)
- Let's Put The Axe To The Axis (Abe Lyman And His Californians) -- (611 KB)
- Der Führer's Face (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (618 KB)
- You're A Sap Mister Jap (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (491 KB)
- Hitler's Last Letter To Hirohito (Carson Robison) -- (704 KB)
- Mother Goose Rhymes (WW2 versions) (Carson Robison) -- (680 KB)
- Casey Jones (WW2 version) (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (862 KB)
- The Last Page Of Mein Kampf (Texas Jim Robertson) -- (685 KB)
- Thanks Mr. Roosevelt (George Formby) -- (681 KB)
- My British Buddy (Irving Berlin) -- (680 KB)
- Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama (Frankie Masters) -- (741 KB)
- Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back In A Year (Horace Heidt Orchestra) -- (667 KB)
- Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie (Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians) -- (519 KB)
- Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (663 KB)
- Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (553 KB)
- Ration Blues (Louis Jordan And His Tympani 5) -- (733 KB)
- A Slip Of The Lip Might Sink A Ship -- (422 KB)
- I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now (Bing Crosby) -- (601 KB)
- I'm A Cranky Old Yank In A Clanky Old Tank (Bing Crosby) -- (373 KB)
- Rosie The Riveter (The Four Vagabonds) -- (536 KB)
- The Girl Who Broke The Sergeant Major's Heart (Royal Army Ordnance Corps Blue Rockets) -- (708 KB)
- Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major (Billy Cotton Band) -- (666 KB)
- Thanks For Dropping In, Mr. Hess (Arthur Askey) -- (630 KB)
- I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus (Arthur Askey) -- (745 KB)
- I've Got The Deepest Shelter In Town (Florence Desmond) -- (626 KB)
- I Did What I Could With My Gas Mask (George Formby) -- (658 KB)
- Count Your Blessings And Smile (George Formby) -- (642 KB)
- Our Fanny's Gone All Yankee (George Formby) -- (665 KB)
- Our Sergeant Major (George Formby) -- (638 KB)
- Bless 'Em All (George Formby) -- (704 KB)
- Imagine Me In The Maginot Line (George Formby) -- (647 KB)
- Get In Your Shelter (Arthur Askey) -- (672 KB)
- Obey Your Air Raid Warden (Tony Pastor Orchestra) -- (586 KB)
- If A Grey-Haired Lady Says How's Your Father (Flanagan & Allen) -- (648 KB)
- The Smiths And The Jones (Flanagan & Allen) -- (731 KB)
- Let's Be Buddies (Flanagan & Allen) -- (797 KB)
- We're Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line (The Two Leslies) -- (749 KB)
- I Fell In Love With An Airman (Tessie O'Shea) -- (722 KB)
- You Can't Say No To A Soldier (Joan Merrill) -- (678 KB)
- Lay Down Your Arms (And Surrender To Mine) (Anne Shelton) -- (677 KB)
- The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (640 KB)
- Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun (Noel Coward) -- (744 KB)
- London Pride (Noel Coward) -- (775 KB)
- The Last Time I Saw Paris (Noel Coward) -- (740 KB)
- Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans (Noel Coward) -- (746 KB)
- Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition (Merry Macs) -- (596 KB)
- I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen (Bob Crosby Orchestra) -- (726 KB)
- From Taps 'Til Reveille (Kay Kyser Orchestra / Harry Babbit) -- (618 KB)
- Old Soldiers Never Die (They Just Fade Away) (Gene Autry) -- (759 KB)
- Stout-hearted Men (Nelson Eddy) -- (563 KB)
- He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings (Dinah Shore) -- (765 KB)
- I Don't Want To Walk Without You (Dinah Shore) -- (761 KB)
- Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer (Anne Shelton) -- (644 KB)
- The Dambusters' March (Billy Cotton Band) -- (530 KB)
- The White Cliffs Of Dover (Vera Lynn) -- (765 KB)
- The London I Love (Vera Lynn) -- (752 KB)
- When They Sound The Last All Clear (Vera Lynn) -- (787 KB)
- Wishing Will Make It So (Vera Lynn) -- (754 KB)
- The Windsor Waltz (Vera Lynn) -- (612 KB)
- The King Is Still In London (Ambrose And His Orchestra) -- (688 KB)
- Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye (Gracie Fields) -- (701 KB)
- Count Your Blessings (Gracie Fields) -- (687 KB)
- Johnny Zero (The Song Spinners) -- (615 KB)
- The Bombardier Song (Bing Crosby) -- (505 KB)
- Hail The Men That Man The Guns In The Sky (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (543 KB)
- Keep 'em Flying (Gene Krupa Orchestra) -- (680 KB)
- Why Do They Call A Private 'A Private'? (Ethel Merman) -- (937 KB)
- Buckle Down Buck Private (Bea Wain) -- (669 KB)
- What Do You Do In The Infantry? (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (719 KB)
- U.S. Army Air Corps Anthem (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (762 KB)
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra) -- (843 KB)
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (2.63 MB)
- Moonlight Serenade (BBC Big Band Orchestra) -- (2.82 MB)
- Stardust (Eddy Howard) -- (668 KB)
- Stardust (Artie Shaw Orchestra) -- (819 KB)
- Stardust (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Frank Sinatra) -- (682 KB)
- Chattanooga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (800 KB)
- There Won't Be A Shortage On Love (Benny Goodman Orchestra / Peggy Lee) -- (634 KB)
- Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (2.17 MB)
- They're Either Too Young Or Too Old (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra / Kitty Kallen) -- (722 KB)
- I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo (Benny Goodman Orchestra) -- (728 KB)
- Serenade In Blue (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (815 KB)
- In The Mood (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (2.51 MB)
- In The Mood (The Andrews Sisters) -- (659 KB)
- String Of Pearls (Glenn Miller Orchestra) -- (2.06 MB)
- Elmer's Tune (Benny Goodman Orchestra / Peggy Lee) -- (664 KB)
- Someone To Watch Over Me (Frank Sinatra) -- (777 KB)
- Once In A While (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Frank Sinatra) -- (636 KB)
- Polkadots And Moonbeams (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Frank Sinatra) -- (778 KB)
- Our Love Affair (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Frank Sinatra) -- (707 KB)
- I'm Homesick -- That's All (Frank Sinatra) -- (795 KB)
- You And I (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Frank Sinatra) -- (638 KB)
- I'll Be Seeing You (Bing Crosby) -- (668 KB)
- I'll Get By (Bing Crosby) -- (862 KB)
- It Had To Be You (Bing Crosby) -- (742 KB)
- We'll Meet Again (Perry Como) -- (652 KB)
- We'll Meet Again (Vera Lynn) -- (797 KB)
- I Can Dream, Can't I? (The Andrews Sisters) -- (623 KB)
- Long Ago And Far Away (Bing Crosby) -- (681 KB)
- Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland (Kenny Baker) -- (609 KB)
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin (When The Yanks Go Marching In) (Frank Sinatra) -- (565 KB)
- Smoke On The Water (Red Foley) -- (675 KB)
- The Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima (Sons of the Pioneers) -- (597 KB)
- There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (Jimmy Wakely) -- (665 KB)
- A Soldier's Last Letter (Ernest Tubb) -- (754 KB)
- At Mail Call Today (Lawrence Welk Orchestra / Red Foley) -- (809 KB)
- Did You See My Daddy Over There? (Eddy Arnold) -- (709 KB)
- So Long, It's Been Good To Know You (Woody Guthrie) -- (640 KB)
- My Buddy (Mario Lanza) -- (669 KB)
- Any Bonds Today? (The Andrews Sisters) -- (532 KB)
- The Victory Polka (Bing Crosby / The Andrews Sisters) -- (650 KB)
- Fighting Sons Of The Navy Blue (Bob Crosby Orchestra) -- (605 KB)
- The Freedom Train (Bing Crosby / The Andrews Sisters) -- (672 KB)
- One For All, All For One (Barry Wood) -- (664 KB)
- The House I Live In (Mike Douglas) -- (771 KB)
- Free For All (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Frank Sinatra) -- (554 KB)
- You're A Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (The Andrews Sisters) -- (622 KB)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B (The Andrews Sisters) -- (534 KB)
- This Is The Army, Mr. Jones (Irving Berlin) -- (557 KB)
- This Is The Army, Mr. Jones (U.S. 82nd Airborne Division Chorus) -- (1.54 MB)
- Lili Marlene (Hildegarde) -- (660 KB)
- Lili Marlene (German version - Lale Anderson) -- (722 KB)
- The Wedding Of Lili Marlene (The Andrews Sisters) -- (669 KB)
- U.S. Air Force Anthem (Alvino Rey Orchestra) -- (658 KB)
- God Bless America (Bing Crosby) -- (752 KB)
- God Bless America (Kate Smith) -- (645 KB)
- You're A Grand Old Flag / Yankee Doodle Boy (Gene Kelly) -- (747 KB)
- You're A Grand Old Flag (James Cagney) -- (1.28 MB)
- Over There (James Cagney / Frances Langford - from the movie 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') -- (864 KB)
- American Patrol (medley) (U. S. Marine Corps Band) -- (2.74 MB)
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (U. S. Revolutionary War song) -- (433 KB)
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic (U. S. Civil War song - Union) -- (2.44 MB) [Lyrics]
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic (Russian Red Army Choir) -- (3.65 MB) [Lyrics]
- Lincoln And Liberty (Abraham Lincoln's 1860 presidential campaign song) -- (1.52 MB) [Lyrics]
- Abraham (Bing Crosby) -- (651 KB)
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Boys Are Marching (U. S. Civil War song - Confederate and Union) -- (536 KB)
- The Bonny Blue Flag (U. S. Civil War song - Confederate) -- (1.70 MB)
- Dixie (U. S. Civil War song - Confederate) -- (580 KB)
- The Stars And Stripes Forever (U. S. National March) -- (2.30 MB)
- Washington Post March -- (1.67 MB)
- U.S. Air Force Anthem -- (1.29 MB) [Lyrics]
- Hail, Columbia -- (685 KB) [Lyrics and description]
- God Bless America -- (1.64 MB)
- There'll Always Be An England (Vera Lynn) -- (2.06 MB)
- Rule Britannia -- (491 KB) [Lyrics]
- Das Lied Der Deutschen ("Song Of The Germans" - German National Anthem) -- (1.43 KB) [Lyrics and description]
- God Save The Queen (UK National Anthem) -- (1.86 MB) [Lyrics]
- The Star-Spangled Banner (U. S. National Anthem) -- (1.80 MB) [Lyrics]
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- The Sidewalks Of New York (George J. Gaskin - 1895) -- (374 KB)
- Way Down Upon The Swanee River (Haydn Quartet - 1904) -- (652 KB)
- Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis (Written for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair) (Billy Murray - 1904) -- (511 KB)
- The Yankee Doodle Boy (Billy Murray - 1905) -- (509 KB)
- If Washington Should Come To Life Today (Billy Murray - 1906) -- (535 KB)
- Cuddle Up A Little Closer (Billy Murray / Ada Jones - 1908) -- (510 KB)
- I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad (American Quartet / Walter Van Brunt - 1911) -- (523 KB)
- Come Josephine In My Flying Machine (American Quartet / Billy Murray & Ada Jones - 1911) -- (580 KB)
- I'm Falling In Love With Someone (John McCormack - 1911) -- (725 KB) [Lyrics]
- Woodman, Spare That Tree! (Bob Roberts - 1911) -- (676 KB)
- You Are My Harbor Of Love (Walter J. Van Brunt - 1912) -- (777 KB)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (Prince's Orchestra - 1912) -- (647 KB)
- Down By The Old Mill Stream (Harry Macdonough - 1912) -- (659 KB)
- Do You Think That You Could Love A Girl Like Me? (Lyric Quartet / Elizabeth Wheeler - 1912) -- (598 KB)
- Who Are You With Tonight? (Billy Murray - 1912) -- (545 KB)
- I Love You, California (Knickerbocker Quartet / Elizabeth Spencer - 1913) - State song of California -- (912 KB) [Lyrics]
- Daddy Has A Sweetheart (And Mother Is Her Name) (Elsie Baker - 1913) -- (775 KB)
- You Made Me Love You (William J. Halley - 1913) -- (705 KB)
- When I Lost You (Henry Burr - 1913) -- (719 KB)
- When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam' (The Victor Military Band - 1913) -- (970 KB)
- Oh, What A Gal Was Mary (Henry Burr) -- (800 KB)
- He'd Have To Get Under ... And Fix Up His Automobile (Billy Murray - 1914) -- (759 KB)
- The Aba Daba Honeymoon (Arthur Collins / Byron Harlan - 1914) -- (581 KB)
- Hello, Frisco, Hello (Celebrated first USA coast-to-coast telephone call, between New York and San Francisco) (Olive Kline / Reinald Werrenrath - 1915) -- (662 KB)
- When You Wore A Tulip (American Quartet / Billy Murray - 1915) -- (709 KB)
- The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (Billy Murray - 1915) -- (779 KB)
- Mother (Henry Burr - 1916) -- (738 KB)
- I Love A Piano (Billy Murray - 1916) -- (630 KB)
- La Marseillaise (French National Anthem) (Frances Alda / New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus - 1917) -- (741 KB)
- Tiger Rag (Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1918) -- (726 KB)
- I Dream Of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (John McCormack) -- (697 KB)
- Wait 'Til You Get Them Up In The Air, Boys (Billy Murray - 1919) -- (698 KB)
- A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (John Steel Orchestra / Joseph Pasternack - 1919) -- (593 KB)
- I'll Say She Does (Al Jolson - 1919) -- (618 KB)
- Beautiful Ohio (Henry Burr - 1919) - State song of Ohio -- (702 KB)
- Pretty Kitty Kelly (Charles Harrison - 1920) -- (694 KB)
- I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (Charles Harrison - 1920) -- (719 KB)
- Whispering (Paul Whiteman Orchestra - 1921) -- (762 KB)
- Broadway Rose (Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1921) -- (770 KB)
- Margie (Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1921) -- (733 KB)
- Second Hand Rose (Fanny Brice - 1921) -- (765 KB) [Lyrics]
- Angel Child (Al Jolson - 1922) -- (635 KB)
- April Showers (Al Jolson - 1922) -- (705 KB)
- I'm Just Wild About Harry (Vaughn De Leath - 1922) -- (652 KB) [Lyrics]
- I'm Just Wild About Harry (Eubie Blake piano solo) -- (617 KB)
- Who's Sorry Now? (Original Memphis Five - 1923) -- (707 KB)
- That Old Gang Of Mine (Billy Murray / Ed Smalle - 1923) -- (714 KB)
- Yes, We Have No Bananas (Billy Jones - 1923) -- (659 KB)
- No No Nora! (Eddie Cantor - 1923) -- (733 KB)
- It Had To Be You (Isham Jones Orchestra - 1924) -- (698 KB)
- Charley My Boy (International Novelty Orchestra / Billy Murray - 1924) -- (742 KB)
- Somebody Loves Me (I Wonder Who) (Isabelle Patricola - 1924) -- (726 KB)
- The Charleston (Ben Selvin Orchestra - 1925) -- (622 KB)
- Sweet Georgia Brown (Ethel Waters - 1925) -- (746 KB)
- If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie (Eddie Cantor - 1925) -- (647 KB)
- Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (The California Ramblers - 1925) -- (870 KB)
- When My Sugar Walks Down The Street (Gene Austin / Aileen Stanley - 1925) -- (626 KB)
- Sunday (Jean Goldkette Orchestra / The Keller Sisters & Lynch) -- (696 KB)
- Bye Bye Blackbird (Gene Austin - 1926) -- (715 KB)
- Baby Face (Jan Garber Orchestra - 1926) -- (659 KB)
- Side By Side (Paul Whiteman Orchestra /The Rhythm Boys with Bing Crosby - 1927) -- (702 KB)
- Ain't She Sweet (The Radiolites - 1927) -- (739 KB)
- The Varsity Drag (George Olsen Orchestra - 1927) -- (740 KB)
- Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi (Fred Waring Orchestra / Tom Waring - 1927) -- (698 KB)
- Lucky Lindy (Nat Shilkret Orchestra - 1927) -- (549 KB)
- Lindbergh - The Eagle Of The USA (Vernon Dalhart - 1927) -- (781 KB)
- Rhapsody In Blue (Paul Whiteman Orchestra - 1927) -- (2.04 MB)
- My Blue Heaven (Don Voorhees Orchestra - 1927) -- (792 KB)
- In A Little Spanish Town (Paul Whiteman Orchestra - 1927) -- (729 KB)
- I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover (Ben Bernie Orchestra - 1927) -- (611 KB)
- Me And My Shadow (Jack Smith - The Whispering Baritone - 1927) -- (752 KB)
- Diane (Nat Shilkret Orchestra - 1928) -- (670 KB)
- Nagasaki (Nat Shilkret Orchestra / Frank Crumit - 1928) -- (841 KB)
- You're The Cream In My Coffee (Jack Hylton Orchestra - 1928) -- (737 KB)
- The Sidewalks Of New York (Nat Shilkret Orchestra / Lewis James - 1928) -- (750 KB)
- I'll Get By (Bing Crosby - 1928) -- (668 KB)
- My Mammy (Al Jolson - 1928) -- (741 KB)
- Song Of The Prune (Frank Crumit - 1928) -- (770 KB)
- And Then He Took Up Golf (Frank Crumit - 1928) -- (583 KB)
- I Want To Be Loved By You (Helen Kane - 1928) -- (658 KB)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Thomas "Fats" Waller piano solo - 1929) -- (569 KB)
- My Strongest Weakness Is You (The Ipana Troubadours / Smith Ballew - 1929) -- (664 KB)
- Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (Nick Lucas - 1929) -- (734 KB)
- Keep Your Sunny Side Up (Leonard Joy Orchestra / Vic Endor - 1929) -- (536 KB)
- Button Up Your Overcoat (Helen Kane - 1929) -- (674 KB)
- Shine (Boyd Senter And His Senterpedes / Paul Small - 1929) -- (769 KB)
- Every Little Breeze Seems To Whisper Louise (Maurice Chevalier - 1929) -- (754 KB)
- You Were Meant For Me (Nat Shilkret Orchestra / Scrappy Lambert - 1929) -- (655 KB)
- Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me (Nick Lucas - 1929) -- (648 KB)
- Embraceable You (Red Nichols And His Five Pennies / Scrappy Lambert - 1930) -- (706 KB)
- Happy Days Are Here Again (Ben Selvin Orchestra - 1930) -- (774 KB)
- Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (Roger Wolfe Kahn - 1930) -- (700 KB)
- Beyond The Blue Horizon (George Olsen Orchestra / Bob Borger - 1930) -- (681 KB)
- I'm Yours (Bert Lown Orchestra - 1930) -- (744 KB)
- What A Silly Place To Kiss A Girl (Jack Hylton Orchestra - 1930) -- (669 KB)
- Stein Song (University Of Maine Fight Song) (Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees - 1930) -- (767 KB)
- Give Me Something To Remember You By (Sam Lanin's Dance Ensemble / Paul Small - 1931) -- (638 KB)
- Georgia On My Mind (Mildred Bailey - 1931) - State song of Georgia -- (786 KB)
- Love Letters In The Sand (Ted Black - 1931) -- (670 KB)
- Lonesome Valley (The Carter Family - 1931) -- (631 KB)
- Put Your Little Arms Around Me (Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / Al Bowlly - 1931) -- (621 KB)
- I'm Making Faces At The Man In The Moon (Ben Selvin Orchestra / Eddie Walters - 1931) -- (696 KB)
- A Shanty In Old Shantytown (Gene Kardos Orchestra - 1932) -- (720 KB)
- She's Just An All-American Girl (George Olsen Orchestra - 1932) -- (756 KB)
- All Of Me (Louis Armstrong - 1932) -- (683 KB)
- Mimi (Maurice Chevalier - 1932) -- (564 KB)
- Brother Can You Spare A Dime (Bing Crosby - 1932 Depression-era song) -- (732 KB)
- It's Gonna Be You (Ozzie Nelson Orchestra / Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard - 1932) -- (679 KB)
- Mad Dogs And Englishmen (Go Out In The Midday Sun) (Ray Noble Orchestra / Noel Coward - 1932) -- (690 KB)
- Dinah (Bing Crosby / The Mills Brothers - 1932) -- (675 KB)
- By A Waterfall (Ozzie Nelson Orchestra / Ozzie Nelson) -- (710 KB)
- Lazy Bones (Mildred Bailey - 1933) -- (713 KB)
- It's Only A Paper Moon (Paul Whiteman Orchestra - 1933) -- (794 KB)
- You've Got To Be A Football Hero (To Get Along With The Beautiful Girls) (Ben Bernie Orchestra / Manny Prager - 1933) -- (661 KB)
- Hallelujah! I'm A Bum Again (Al Jolson - 1933) -- (587 KB)
- Inka Dinka Doo (Jimmy Durante - 1934) -- (703 KB)
- On The Good Ship Lollipop (Shirley Temple - 1934) -- (909 KB)
- When My Ship Comes In (Eddie Cantor - 1934) -- (716 KB)
- You're The Top (Paul Whiteman Orchestra / Healy & Hauser - 1934) -- (700 KB)
- The Lady In Red (Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra - 1935) -- (766 KB)
- You're The Top (Written, played and sung by Cole Porter - 1935) -- (800 KB)
- That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine (Gene Autry / Jimmy Long - 1935) -- (648 KB)
- Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life (Nelson Eddy / Jeanette MacDonald - 1935) -- (826 KB)
- When I Grow Too Old To Dream (Nelson Eddy - 1935) -- (787 KB)
- Song Of Love (Nelson Eddy / Jeanette MacDonald) -- (790 KB)
- Can The Circle Be Unbroken (The Carter Family - 1935) -- (738 KB)
- Heut' Ist Der Schönste Tag In Meinem Leben ("Today Is The Finest Day Of My Life") (Joseph Schmidt - in German - 1935) -- (757 KB)
- Beautiful, Beautiful Texas (Milton Brown - 1935) -- (696 KB)
- Cielito Lindo ("Beautiful Heaven") (Milton Brown - in Spanish - 1936) -- (650 KB)
- Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra / Bob Eberly - 1936) -- (696 KB)
- The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire - 1936) -- (723 KB)
- San Francisco (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Edythe Wright - 1936) -- (611 KB)
- Rosalie (Nelson Eddy - 1937) -- (571 KB)
- They All Laughed (Fred Astaire - 1937) -- (644 KB)
- Life Begins At Forty (Sophie Tucker - 1937) -- (716 KB)
- Breezin' Along With The Breeze (Hoosier Hot Shots - 1937) -- (615 KB)
- The Lambeth Walk (Artie Shaw Orchestra - 1938) -- (554 KB)
- Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff - 1938) -- (661 KB)
- Thanks For The Memory (Bob Hope / Shirley Ross - 1938) -- (727 KB)
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland - 1939) -- (654 KB)
- California Here I Come (Al Jolson - 1939) -- (566 KB)
- Swanee (Al Jolson) -- (450 KB)
- Home On The Range (Bing Crosby - 1939) -- (740 KB)
- Scatterbrain (Frankie Masters Orchestra - 1939) -- (631 KB)
- On The Outside Looking In (Flanagan & Allen - 1939) -- (696 KB)
- Run Rabbit Run (Flanagan & Allen - 1939) -- (634 KB)
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Al Bowlly - 1940) -- (734 KB)
- When You Wish Upon A Star (Cliff Edwards- 1940) -- (753 KB)
- Blueberry Hill (Gene Autry - 1941) -- (606 KB)
- Joltin' Joe DiMaggio (Les Brown Orchestra - 1941) -- (667 KB)
- Behind Those Swinging Doors (Spike Jones And His City Slickers - 1941) -- (727 KB)
- By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (Bing Crosby - 1941) -- (687 KB)
- Beautiful Eggs (Spike Jones And His City Slickers) -- (745 KB)
- Smiling Through (Webster Booth - 1942) -- (490 KB)
- Medley from the movie 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (Irene Manning - 1942) -- (1.15 MB)
- Love's Old Sweet Song (Deanna Durbin - 1942 ) -- (740 KB)
- Oklahoma! (Alfred Drake - 1943) - State song of Oklahoma -- (594 KB)
- For Me And My Gal (Judy Garland / Gene Kelly - 1943) -- (587 KB)
- Muskrat Ramble (Wild Bill Davison & His Commodores - 1943) -- (792 KB)
- The Old Grey Mare Is Back Where She Used To Be (Carson Robison - 1943) -- (635 KB)
- Put It There Pal (Bob Hope / Bing Crosby - 1944) -- (555 KB)
- Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis (Judy Garland - 1944) -- (519 KB)
- Big Rock Candy Mountain (Burl Ives - 1945) -- (613 KB)
- The Old Lamp Lighter (Of Long, Long Ago) (Sammy Kaye - 1946) -- (704 KB)
- There's No Business Like Show Business (Cast of the play 'Annie Get Your Gun' - 1946) -- (738 KB)
- Sioux City Sue (Bing Crosby / The Jesters - 1946) -- (661 KB)
- Get Your Kicks On Route 66 (Bing Crosby / The Andrews Sisters - 1946) -- (751 KB)
- Say That We're Sweethearts Again (Dorothy Shay - 1946) -- (752 KB)
- I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Perry Como - 1946) -- (714 KB)
- Give My Regards To Broadway (George M Cohan Jr - 1947) -- (628 KB)
- Cigareetes And Whusky And Wild, Wild Women (Sons Of The Pioneers - 1947) -- (665 KB)
- The Kid With The Rip In His Pants (Sons Of The Pioneers / Roy Rogers) -- (506 KB)
- The Bluebird Of Happiness (Jan Peerce - 1948) -- (1.14 MB)
- I'm My Own Grandpa (Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - 1948) -- (690 KB)
- I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover (Arthur Godfrey - 1948) -- (648 KB)
- The Girl On The Magazine Cover (Richard Beavers - from the movie 'Easter Parade' - 1948) -- (992 KB)
- My Daddy Is Only A Picture (Eddy Arnold) -- (736 KB)
- MacNamara's Band (Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians) -- (629 KB)
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart (The Mills Brothers) -- (614 KB)
- Way Back Home (Bing Crosby - 1949) -- (750 KB)
- I'm A Plain Old Country Boy (Little Jimmy Dickens - 1949) -- (683 KB)
- I Never See Maggie Alone (Kenny Roberts - 1949) -- (709 KB)
- Dear Hearts And Gentle People (Bing Crosby - 1949) -- (622 KB)
- Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk (Frank Sinatra / Doris Day - 1949) -- (702 KB)
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Frank Sinatra / Gene Kelly - 1949) -- (491 KB)
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Dixieland-style instrumental) -- (566 KB)
- Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Al Jolson / The Mills Brothers - 1949) -- (563 KB)
- O'Brien To Ryan To Goldberg (Frank Sinatra / Gene Kelly / Jules Munshin - 1949) -- (940 KB)
- Music! Music! Music! (Teresa Brewer - 1950) -- (650 KB)
- Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) (Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - 1950) -- (773 KB)
- La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf - in French - 1950) -- (721 KB)
- Play A Simple Melody (Bing Crosby and son, Gary - 1950) -- (672 KB)
- Daddy's Little Girl (The Mills Brothers - 1950) -- (680 KB)
- Goodnight Irene (Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Judy Garland sing humorous version of this popular song of the day - 1950) -- (765 KB)
- Moonlight Bay (Bing Crosby and son, Gary - 1951) -- (735 KB)
- You Were Meant For Me (Gene Kelly - 1951) -- (743 KB)
- A Trumpeter's Lullaby (Leroy Anderson - 1951) -- (663 KB)
- The Aba Daba Honeymoon (Debbie Reynolds / Carleton Carpenter - 1951) -- (572 KB)
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (The Weavers - 1951) -- (701 KB)
- My Heart Cries For You (Guy Mitchell - 1951) -- (619 KB)
- Tennessee Waltz (The Andrews Sisters - 1951) -- (690 KB)
- Mockingbird Hill (Les Paul / Mary Ford - 1951) -- (532 KB)
- I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat ("I Thought I Saw A Pussy Cat") (Mel Blanc - 1951) -- (693 KB)
- I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself) (Mel Blanc) -- (535 KB)
- The Lady In Red (Desi Arnaz Orchestra / Desi Arnaz - 1951) -- (611 KB)
- Look For The Silver Lining (Mario Lanza - 1951) -- (563 KB)
- Old Man River (William Warfield - from the movie 'Showboat' - 1951) -- (652 KB)
- Be My Love (Mario Lanza) -- (826 KB)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Guy Mitchell - 1952) -- (691 KB)
- Maybe (Perry Como / Eddie Fisher - 1952) -- (666 KB)
- Do Not Forsake Me (Frankie Laine - from the movie 'High Noon' - 1952) -- (637 KB)
- Roses of Picardy (Song from World War I) (Mario Lanza - 1952) -- (1.04 MB)
- How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? (Patti Page - 1953) -- (562 KB)
- Secret Love (Doris Day - 1953) -- (860 KB)
- Changing Partners (Bing Crosby - 1953) -- (640 KB)
- La Vie En Rose (Bing Crosby - in French - 1953) -- (670 KB)
- It's Just A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet (Nat King Cole - 1953) -- (763 KB)
- Y'all Come (Arlie Duff - 1953) -- (613 KB)
- Song Of The Sewer (Art Carney) -- (613 KB)
- The Face On The Barroom Floor (Art Carney) -- (655 KB)
- Grandfather's Clock (Burl Ives) -- (811 KB)
- Waltzing Matilda (Burl Ives) -- (564 KB)
- Friends And Neighbors (Sammy Kaye Orchestra - 1954) -- (583 KB)
- The Happy Wanderer (Frank Weir Orchestra And Chorus - 1954) -- (634 KB)
- Oh My Papa (Eddie Fisher - 1954) -- (720 KB)
- The Man With The Banjo (The Ames Brothers - 1954) -- (675 KB)
- Count Your Blessings (Eddie Fisher - 1954) -- (571 KB)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Roy Hamilton - 1954) -- (769 KB)
- The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (Fess Parker - 1955) -- (1.54 MB)
- Only You (The Platters - 1955) -- (617 KB)
- The Yellow Rose Of Texas (Mitch Miller Orchestra And Chorus - 1955) -- (705 KB)
- Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In) (Stuart Hamblen Family - 1955) -- (677 KB)
- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (Somethin' Smith And The Redheads - 1955) -- (681 KB)
- True Love (Jane Powell - 1956) -- (655 KB)
- True Love (Bing Crosby / Grace Kelly - 1956) -- (2.10 MB)
- More (Perry Como - 1956) -- (607 KB)
- The Wayward Wind (Gogi Grant - 1956) -- (691 KB)
- The Streets Of Laredo (Sons Of The Pioneers - 1956) -- (682 KB)
- Tammy (Doris Day - 1957) -- (710 KB)
- Body And Soul (Billie Holiday - 1957) -- (695 KB)
- Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On (Hank Locklin - 1958) -- (575 KB)
- Ramona (Jim Reeves - 1958) -- (485 KB)
- The Teddy Bears' Picnic (Max Bygraves - 1959) -- (1.63 MB)
- I Want To Be Loved By You (Marilyn Monroe - 1959) -- (704 KB)
- I'm Through With Love (Marilyn Monroe - 1959) -- (599 KB)
- The Wonder Of You (Ray Peterson - 1959) -- (602 KB)
- The Battle Of New Orleans (Johnny Horton - 1959) -- (589 KB)
- Venus (Frankie Avalon - 1959)
- What Did Delaware? (Perry Como - 1960) -- (545 KB)
- I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley - 1961)
- Daisy (Nat King Cole - 1963)
- Sukiyaki (a Japanese love song) (Kyu Sakamoto - in Japanese - 1963) -- (2.09 MB) [Lyrics and description]
- I Only Want To Be With You (Dusty Springfield - 1963)
- Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (Dean Martin - 1964)
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Mel Carter - 1965)
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1) Speeches and News Broadcasts (in chronological order)
- Winston Churchill, before becoming British Prime Minister and before the war began, urges democracies to arm themselves to preserve peace (October 16, 1938) -- (1 MB)
- British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany (September 3, 1939) -- (697 KB)
- U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U. S. neutrality as war begins in Europe (September 3, 1939) -- (2.92 MB)
- Former U. S. President Herbert Hoover speaks out against the Nazi invasion of Poland but opposes U.S. intervention in the European war (week of September 3, 1939) -- (1.96 MB)
- A news broadcast tells of the first Nazi blitzkrieg attacks on Holland, Belgium and France (May 11-12, 1940) -- (1.89 MB)
- British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's first radio address as Prime Minister (May 19, 1940) -- (1.74 MB)
- British PM Winston Churchill speaks about the successful troop evacuation at Dunkirk (May, 1940) -- (2.80 MB)
- Comments by British PM Winston Churchill at the start of the Battle of Britain (June 17, 1940) -- (383 KB)
- In the midst of the Battle of Britain, PM Winston Churchill praises British airmen (August 20, 1940) -- (765 KB)
- Pres. Roosevelt pledges material aid to Britain in his 'Great Arsenal of Democracy' Fireside Chat (December 29, 1940) -- (8.61 MB)
- Charles A. Lindbergh, speaking on behalf of the America First Committee, delivers a controversial anti-war speech (September 11, 1941) -- (2.12 MB)
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly an airplane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris, in 1927. Listen to some songs written at the time to celebrate his historic flight:
- Regular radio programming is interrupted for the first news reports of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) -- (3.97 MB)
- Pres. Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan (December 8, 1941) -- (1.77 MB)
- Pres. Roosevelt, through a spokesman, asks Congress to declare war on Germany and Italy (December 11, 1941) -- (629 KB)
- Pres. Roosevelt's first wartime State of the Union Address (January 6, 1942) -- (9.90 MB)
- 'This Is War', a radio program broadcast simultaneously by the 4 major U. S. radio networks several months after the Pearl Harbor attack, was meant to help the American people better follow and understand the war and to prepare them for the hardships yet to come (February 14, 1942) -- (3.73 MB)
- News report of possible Japanese air attack on the Los Angeles area (February 25, 1942) -- (833 KB)
- Comments by PM Winston Churchill just after British victory at El Alamein in North Africa (November 10, 1942) -- (954 KB)
- British PM Winston Churchill speaks of the special bonds between Britain, the Commonwealth countries and the USA (June 30, 1943) -- (3.29 MB)
- Newsman Edward R. Murrow reports on a British bombing raid on Hamburg, Germany (July 25, 1943) -- (508 KB)
- British PM Winston Churchill, speaking at the Anglo-American Conference in Quebec, praises Canada for its contributions to the war effort (August 31, 1943) -- (2.68 MB)
- British PM Winston Churchill speaks at Harvard University about Anglo-American unity (September 6, 1943) -- (3.77 MB)
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks to the troops just before D-Day invasion (June 6, 1944) -- (800 KB)
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the people of Europe on D-Day (June 6, 1944) -- (892 KB)
- Pres. Roosevelt offers a prayer for D-Day success (June 6, 1944) -- (1.46 MB)
- A broadcast by Glenn Miller to German soldiers, a month before his death, in which he attempts to speak German (in German and English) (November, 1944):
- Newsman Edward R. Murrow describes his visit to the Buchenwald concentraton camp, shortly after it was liberated by U. S. forces (April 15, 1945) -- (7.06 MB)
- Read The Story of William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw"), a long-time UK resident who broadcast pro-Nazi propaganda to the UK from Germany during the war, and listen to his last radio broadcast, made on April 30, 1945
- British PM Winston Churchill speaks on the radio on V-E day, marking the end of World War II in Europe (May 8, 1945) -- (2.94 MB)
- Winston Churchill speaks to a crowd in London on V-E day (May 8, 1945) -- (370 KB)
- The British royal family appears before a crowd in London on V-E day (May 8, 1945) -- (614 KB)
- U. S. President Harry S. Truman speaks to the nation on V-E day (May 8, 1945) -- (2.48 MB)
- Col. Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 'Enola Gay', which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, makes a brief statement shortly after the bomb was dropped (August 6, 1945) -- (172 KB)
- Col. Paul Tibbets and several other crew members of the B-29 'Enola Gay' are interviewed less than a week after they dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and just two days before the Japanese surrendered (August 12, 1945) -- (1.26 MB)
- Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the top-ranked World War I American pilot (26 enemy aircraft shot down), speaks about the death of Richard Bong, the top-ranked World War II American pilot (40 aircraft shot down in his P-38), who was killed six days earlier while test-piloting the first U. S. jet fighter over the Los Angeles area (August 12, 1945) -- (848 KB)
- First radio reports of Japanese acceptance of surrender terms, effectively ending World War II (August 14, 1945) -- (912 KB)
- An eyewitness describes the execution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, Germany (October 16, 1946) -- (2.56 MB)
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2) Miscellaneous Radio Interviews and Entertainment Programs (in chronological order)
- A Corsair pilot in the Pacific war zone tells of his harrowing experiences after his plane was shot down by the Japanese (July 25, 1943) -- (677 KB)
- The leader of the WAC (Women's Army Corps) is interviewed (January 16, 1944) -- (1.04 MB)
- A newsman just back from the European war zone discusses the current state of the air war in Europe (January 16, 1944) -- (1.10 MB)
- Football star and fighter pilot Tom Harmon tells of being shot down while flying a P-38 fighter (January 30, 1944) -- (832 KB)
- The Women's Welding Championship of the World is described and winners are interviewed; also includes some news of the day and an interview with a serviceman on anti-submarine duty (January 30, 1944) -- (2.09 MB)
- A British train engineer discusses driving a locomotive in wartime Britain (January 30, 1944) -- (496 KB)
- A British serviceman, 69 years old and still active, is interviewed (February 6, 1944) -- (676 KB)
- The method of sending mail to the troops, called 'Vmail', is described (February 20, 1944) -- (667 KB)
- The 'Thunderbomber' (a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter used for bombing) is described and a pilot is interviewed (February 20, 1944) -- (753 KB)
- A B-26 Marauder bomber navigator, the first U.S. airman to complete 50 bombing missions over Europe, tells of his experiences (February 27, 1944) -- (776 KB)
- A U.S. airman in the Pacific war zone describes his experiences while flying a Ventura bomber (February 27, 1944) -- (1.28 MB)
- A P-38 Lightning fighter pilot is interviewed (March 5, 1944) -- (761 KB)
- A member of a B-24 Liberator bomber anti-submarine patrol in the South Atlantic describes his experiences (March 12, 1944) -- (1.17 MB)
- A B-26 Marauder bomber crewman describes precision bombing over Florence, Italy to avoid hitting historic sites (March 12, 1944) -- (957 KB)
- One of the first members of the WAC (Women's Army Corps) to arrive in the Pacific war zone is interviewed (March 26, 1944) -- (703 KB)
- A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber ground crewman describes his job (March 26, 1944) -- (709 KB)
- Listen to the sounds of a typical bomber attack, as would have been heard by people on the ground, starting with the sound of the warning sirens and followed by the sounds of the approaching planes, anti-aircraft fire and then the sound of falling bombs (762 KB)
- A radio show broadcast to servicemen overseas, with Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, and Harpo Marx (June 17, 1944) -- (5.14 MB)
- A P-51 Mustang long-range fighter pilot tells of his experiences in the European war zone (August 6, 1944) -- (1.31 MB)
- A flight training session for teenaged students is broadcast live from inside a B-24 Liberator bomber flying over Long Island, New York (September 3, 1944) -- (906 KB)
- Classic comedy routine Who's On First by comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (1947) -- (2.03 MB)
- A 1962 interview with some crew members of the two planes that dropped atomic bombs on Japan during World War II (October, 1962) -- (6.09 MB)
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