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A 2 hour playlist of some of the songs I found in my archive. Maybe they’re not all the top hits, but they all come from the years 1941 and 1946. Swing on down, and boogie to the songs from just before the Rock n Roll era.
Playlist
- Andrews Sisters 1941 Aurora
- Tex Ann – I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes. From Dinner Bell Round-Up 460326
- Benny Goodman 1941 Birds Of A Feather (vocals: Helen Forest)
- Cab Calloway 1946 Hey Now Hey Now
- Spike Jones 1946 Hawaiian War Chant
- Jimmy Cash 1941 Yippie Kai Yea
- Spike Jones 1946 Laura
- Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Benneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires – 1941 Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Andrews Sisters 1941 Apple Blossom Time
- Tommy Dorsey 1941 HeatWave (Vocals: Sentimentalists)
- Phil Harris 1946 Bill Jackson
- Benny Goodman 1941 I Found A New Baby (with Charlie Christian, Count Basie)
- Tommy Dorsey 1946 Clowie
- Andrews Sisters 1941 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- Betty Hutton 1946 Don’t Tell Me That Story
- Carmen Miranda 1941 La Gusta (with the Andrews Sisters)
- Johnny Mercer 1946 Everybody’s Got A Laughing Place
- Kingsmen 1941 My Darling Clementine
- Phil Harris 1946 Thats What I Like About The South
- Tommy Dorsey 1946 I’m Beginning To See The Light (DukeEllington)
- Artie Shaw 1941 Dancing In The Dark
- Betty Hutton 1946 It’s Lovin’ Time
- Bing Crosby 1946 South America Take It Away (with the Andrews Sisters)
- Johnny Mercer 1946 How Do You Do
- Kingsmen 1941 Let’s Get Away FromItAll
- Phil Harris 1946 Doing What Comes Naturally
- Tommy Dorsey 1946 Solitude (Duke Ellington)
- Andrews Sisters 1941 Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree
- Betty Hutton 1946 The More I Go Out With Somebody Else
- Bing Crosby 1946 Get Your Kicks On Route 66 (with the Andrews Sisters)
- Andy And Kingfish 1946 Blues In The Night
- Betty Hutton 1946 Walkin’ Away With My Heart
- Bing Crosby 1946 Everybody Loves My Baby
- Kingsmen 1941 The Hutsa Song
- Phil Harris 1946 Lullabye Of Broadway
- Tommy Dorsey 1946 The A Train (Duke Ellington)
- Andrews Sisters 1946 Avocado
- Betty Hutton 1946 What Did You Put In That Kiss
- Tommy Dorsey 1946 The Voices Of Spring
- Betty Hutton 1946 Wherever There’s Me There’s You
