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A salute to the greatest wartime songs

Cat. No.: USMMTCD005
Barcode: 698458951021
Playing Time: Approx 2 hours

USM Media is proud to present Heroes & Sweethearts. Released in association with The Royal Air Force Museum to coincide and commemorate 70^th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

The 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.

This top quality package will take you on a nostalgic trip down memory lane with over 3 hours of music offering great value.

Includes bonus DVD – Songs That Won The War which features newsreel footage and rare original artist recordings.

Heroes & Sweethearts

Various Artists (USM Media Two discs and DVD) From The Andrews Sisters and Vera Lynn to Flanagan & Allen and the incomparable Al Bowlly this perfectly-timed collection contains every Second World War Song of note. Everyone has a favourite. I’ll go for A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square. performed by Anne Shelton with a grace and poignancy that suggests said square could be rubble any minute. MT (Sunday Express 17/08/2010) 4/5

CD1
01.	Vera Lynn - The White Cliffs Of Dover
02.	Glenn Miller - In The Mood
03.	Frank Sinatra - As Time Goes By
04.	Flanagan & Allen - Run, Rabbit, Run
05.	Anne Shelton - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
06.	Ambrose & His Orchestra / Leslie Carew - The Lambeth Walk
07.	Britannia Building Society Band / Halifax Choral Society - Jerusalem
08.	Vaughn Monroe - There, I’ve Said It Again
09.	The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
10.	Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Cocktails For Two
11.	Doris Day With Les Brown & His Orchestra - Sentimental Journey
12.	George Formby - Leaning On A Lamp Post
13.	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Take The ’A’ Train
14.	Gracie Fields - Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
15.	The Central Band Of The R.A.F - The Dam Busters March
16.	Ella Fitzgerald - Imagination
17.	Woody Herman Orchestra - At The Woodchopper’s Ball
18.	The Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt The One You Love
19.	Arthur Askey - (We’re Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line
20.	Lale Anderson - Lili Marlene
21.	Issy Bonn With Harry Bigod’s Orchestra - Shine On, Victory Moon
22.	Billy Cotton & His Band / Alan Breeze - Adolf
23.	Winston Churchill - Churchill’s speeches / Nimrod Enigma Variation Op. 36 - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD2
01.	The Andrews Sisters - Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree
02.	Vera Lynn - We’ll Meet Again
03.	Flanagan & Allen - Hometown
04.	Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-5000
05.	George Formby - Bless ’Em All
06.	Judy Garland & Gene Kelly - For Me And My Gal
07.	The Merry Macs - Mairzy Doats
08.	Vaughn Monroe - The Very Thought Of You
09.	The Ink Spots - Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell the Trees)
10.	Peggy Lee With The Benny Goodman Orchestra - Why Don’t You Do Right?
11.	Irving Berlin - This Is The Army, Mr Jones
12.	Britannia Building Society Band / Halifax Choral Society - Pomp And Circumstance
13.	Perry Como - ’Till The End Of Time
14.	Vera Lynn - It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow
15.	Al Bowlly - Goodnight Sweetheart
16.	Ivy Benson Orchestra & Her Girls Band - If I had My Way
17.	Dick Haymes - Love Letters
18.	The Ink Spots - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
19.	Dinah Shore - I’ll Walk Alone
20.	Tony Martin - The Last Time I Saw Paris
21.	Betty Driver With Harry Roy’s Orchestra - The World Will Sing Again
22.	Bing Crosby - Thanks For The Memory
23.	Anne Shelton - I’ll Be Seeing You
Bonus DVD
01.	SONGS THAT WON THE WAR

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