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The victory collection, the Smithsonian remembers when America went to war, compilation by the Smithsonian Institution Press ; produced in association with ... RCA Special Products

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The victory collection

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compilation by the Smithsonian Institution Press ; produced in association with ... RCA Special Products

the Smithsonian remembers when America went to war

CD 1: We managed to keep a sense of humor and sing some blues too: It's just a matter of time ; Plain talk / Carson Robison -- Wartime blues / Jazz Gillum -- Pearl Harbor blues / Doctor Clayton -- Get your gun and come along (we're fixin' to kill a skunk) / Carson Robison -- Stop the war (the cats are killin' themselves) / Wingy Manone and his Orchestra -- That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear / Fats Waller -- Little Bo Peep has lost her jeep / Spike Jones and his City Slickers -- Pistol packin' mama / Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band -- Mussolini's letter to Hitler ; Hitler's reply to Mussolini / Carson Robison -- Obey your air raid warden / Tony Pastor and his Orchestra -- Shh, it's a military secret / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra -- News of the world / Cliff Nazarro -- Siam / Spike Jones and his City Slickers -- The story of Jitterbug Joe / Carson Robison -- One letter home / Jazz Gillum -- Win the war blues / Sonny Boy Williamson -- Hirohito's letter to Hitler ; Hitler's last letter to Hirohito / Carson Robison -- V-Day stomp / The Four Clefs -- Leave the dishes in the sink, Ma / Spike Jones and his City Slickers -- I'm goin' back to whur I come from / Carson Robison -- CD 2: Sometimes we got sentimental: This is worth fighting for / Shep Fields and his New Music -- Dear Mom / Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye -- Three little sisters / Dinah Shore -- Siboney / Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra -- Rum and Coco-Cola / Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra -- Rose Ann of Charing Cross / The Four Vagabonds -- She'll always remember / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra -- Comin' in on a wing and a prayer / The Four Vagabonds -- There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere / Elton Britt -- He wears a pair of silver wings / Dinah Shore -- Symphony / Freddy Martin and his Orchestra -- A G.I. wish / The Four Vagabonds -- Johnny Doughboy found a rose in Ireland / Freddy Martin and his Orchestra -- From the coast of Maine to the Rockies / Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra -- Stars and stripes on Iwo Jima Isle / The Sons of the Pioneers -- Last page of Mein Kampf / Texas Jim Robertson and his Panhandle Ranchers -- (We'll be singing hallelujah) Marching through Berlin / Ethel Merman -- When Johnny comes marching home / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra -- Just a blue serge suit / Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra -- Counting the days / Dinah Shore -- Spellbound / Al Goodman and his Orchestra -- God bless America / Kate Smith -- CD 3: For the duration: The wartime era at home is portrayed through actual radio broadcasts from that period and interviews. This audio documentary provides a context for the songs featured in The Victory Collection

Smithsonian remembers when America went to war