1940s night playlist help please

[8x18]

doing a 1940s theme night , does anyone know any good tracks

not glenn miller, andrews sisters

thanks steve

[funkymook]

Steve - if you use the search function and enter a few likely terms (Glen Miller would be one for example) you'll find a few threads with playlist suggestions in them.

[mikeee]

English 40's or American 40's ??

[Excalibur]

English 40's or American 40's ??

Why the distinction? :confused:

Ink Spots, Bing Crosby, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra, Spike Jones, Fats Waller, Perry Como, Louis Jordan, Mils Brothers, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Leadbelly, Jo Stafford, Guy Lombardo.

That takes us up to 1945, courtesy of Google and Wikipedia, cos my memory sure isn't up to the task. :o :o :o

[8x18]

english or american , just looking for uptempo stuff

thanks

[funkymook]

Steve - if you use the search function and enter a few likely terms (Glen Miller would be one for example) you'll find a few threads with playlist suggestions in them.

Didn't you find anything suitable or haven't you tried searching yet?

[Kernow]

Al Jolson & George Formby, although performing from much earlier, were popular in the 40's ;)

[8x18]

Didn't you find anything suitable or haven't you tried searching yet?

ive been looking , nothing jumps out yet i will post a few links to u-tube when i find any

thanks

[Shaun]

u-tube

What's that? A torpedo tube on a German submarine?

[funkymook]

ive been looking , nothing jumps out yet i will post a few links to u-tube when i find any

thanks

So none of these posts were any help :confused:



Here's a couple of current setlists of 40's stuff, I use, around 30mins each:

In The Mood - Glenn Miller
Feets Too Big - Ink Spots
Free - Flanagan & Allen
High Society - Louis Armstrong
St Louis Blues - Benny Goodman
Swing Brother Swing - Count Basie & Billie Holiday
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Andrews Sisters
Chatanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller & Tex Benecke
Put 'Em In A Box - Doris Day
How High The Moon - Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest
What A Difference A Day Made - Sarah Vaughan
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Peggy Lee
Twelfth Street Rag - Count Basie
Tiger Rag - Nat Gonella

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Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller
Where The Blues Were Born In New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters
I've Got Sixpence - Billy Cotton & His Band
I Cried Over You - Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Sarah Vaughan
King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller & Tex Benecke
I Can't Love You Any More Than I Do - Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest
When I See An Elephant Fly - Jackie Hunter
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down - Sarah Vaughan
Somebody Loves Me - Peggy Lee
The Trolley Song - Judy Garland
I May Be Wrong - Doris Day
You Are My Sunshine - Harry Roy
Beat Me Daddy (8 to The Bar) - Will Bradley orchestra with Ray McKinley
How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning - Dean Martin


Glenn Miller, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Anne Shelton, Vera Lynn and asorted other artistes.


Anyway, I have a moment before I'm off so...

1930s
Fred Astaire - Cheek To Cheek
The Boswell Sisters - Shine On, Harvest Moon
The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag
The Ink Spots - My Prayer
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine

1940s
Andrew Sisters - Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
Arthur Askey - Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major
Any Glen Miller
Nat King Cole
Ovaltineys - Happy Days Are Here Again
Noel Coward - Mad dogs
Also look for 'singalong' type stuff, such as

Roll out the barrel
Lambeth walk
Knees up Mother Brown

George Formby - When I'm cleaning windows
Sam Browne - The sun has got his hat on
Vera Lynn - We'' meet again, white cliffs of Dover
Flanagan and Allen - Underneath the arches, run rabbit run
Al Bowley - Goodnight sweetheart
Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

There are a couple of Mastermix discs that would be worthwhile getting.

Mastermix old time party
and I can't remember the other one! -

A lot of big band was popular too. Most of the above is fairly slow tempo'd, so listen to it first to get an idea and then play towards the start and fit in when applicable during the evening.