Top Songs of the 40's

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To Each His Own - Eddy Howard

 

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Java Jive

 

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I'll Buy That Dream - Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes

 

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Across the alley from the Alamo

 

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Can't believe I forgot about one of my favorite artists, Slim Gaillard, after hearing that Ink Spots number...

Slim Gaillard Trio* – Ya Ha Ha / Ding Dong Oreeney (1945)

 

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1940 song "Love, love alone" by Bahamian Blake Higgs, aka Blind Blake, was inspired by the Duke & Duchess of Windsor's love story.

From L to R: Loretta Switt, Blake Higgs & Perry Como

 

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Pass That Peace Pipe - Joan McCracken

 

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Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Cho'Boogie

 

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Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

 

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It's Love-Love-Love - Guy Lombardo

 

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Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers

 

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Symphony - Benny Goodman with Liza Morrow

 

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Vera Lynn sings White Cliffs of Dover in 1942 -
Hoping for peace at a time of war:

 

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Serenade Of The Bells - Jo Stafford

 

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James Baskett sings Zip-a-dee-do-dah
1946

 

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Chi Baba, Chi Baba My Bambino Go To Sleep - Perry Como