Readers Digest These Were Our Songs-The Early '40s 7 LP Vinyl Box Set 33RPM NEW

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Item & Title: Reader’s Digest “Collector’s Edition”  These Were Our Songs - The Early 40’s

Artist: Various (listed below)

Record Label: Reader’s Digest

Playing Speed: 33 1/3rpm

Year: 1986

Inside Box: 12 page Booklet with 7 Double sided 12” Long Play Vinyl Records with 6 songs on each side totaling 84 dance tunes from the early 40’s mostly from World War 2 & it has been written that even the Nazi’s tolerated Glenn Miller for a short time.

Condition: New - The 7 Record set  is still wrapped in its original shrink

Summary: This holiday season the box is 38 years of age. The vinyl is still unplayed. Maybe this time around someone will crack the seal & put a needle to the groove-

while visualizing  dancing the fox trot to  the Glenn Miller jazz age orchestra with Ray Eberle singing-

“I Found My Thrill,

On Blueberry Hill,

On Blueberry Hill,

When I Found You”

Record One Side One - "1940"

1. BLUEBERRY HILL - Glenn Miller  2. WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO - The Ink Spots  3. MAKE BELIEVE ISLAND - Jan Savitt

4. DOWN ARGENTINA WAY - Bob Crosby  5. OUR LOVE AFFAIR - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra  6. FERRY-BOAT SERENADE - The Andrews Sisters

Record One Side Two - "1940"

1. CALL OF THE CANYON - Glenn Miller 2. WHISPERING GRASS (DON'T TELL THE TREES) - The Ink Spots

3. WE THREE - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra 4. WHERE WAS I? - Charlie Barnet  5. TRADE WINDS - Bing Crosby

6. DOLEMITE - Erskine Hawkins

Record Two Side One - "1941"

1. INTERMEZZO - Wayne King  2. MY SISTER AND I - Jimmy Dorsey  3. MARIA ELENA - Tony Pastor

4. G'BYE NOW - Woody Herman  5. EV'RYTHING I LOVE - Glenn Miller  6. LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL - Tommy Dorsey

Record Two Side Two - "1941"

1. THE THINGS I LOVE - Jimmy Dorsey  2. THE HUT-SUT SONG - The Four King Sisters  3. YOU AND I - Glenn Miller

4. TONIGHT WE LOVE - Tony Martin  5. I DON"T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE - The Ink Spots  6. TWO IN LOVE - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra

Record Three Side One - "1942"

1. MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU - Glenn Miller  2. STRIP POLKA - Johnny Mercer  3. MY DEVOTION - Jimmy Dorsey

4. I DON'T WANT TO WALK WITHOUT YOU - Bing Crosby

5. ONE DOZEN ROSES - Glen Gray  6. JUST AS THOUGH YOU WERE HERE - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra

Record Three Side Two - "1942"

1. MISTER FIVE BY FIVE - Freddie Slack / Ella Mae Morse

2. I REMEMBER YOU - Jimmy Dorsey  3. MISS YOU - Dinah Shore  4. DEARLY BELOVED - Glenn Miller  5. I LEFT MY HEART AT THE STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - Sammy Kaye  6. AMEN - Woody Herman

Record Four Side One - "1943"

1. AS TIME GOES BY - Rudy Vallee

2. DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE - Glen Gray

3. PEOPLE WILL SAY WE'RE IN LOVE - Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin  4. THEY'RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD - Jimmy Dorsey  5. WHY DON'T YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME - Dinah Shore  6. JOHNNY ZERO - The Song Spinners

Record Four Side Two - "1943"

1. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC - Glenn Miller  2. IT STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra  3. PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME HONEY Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners  4. YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO - Dinah Shore  5. IT'S ALWAYS YOU - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra  6. Pistol Packin' Mama - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

Record Five Side One - "1944"

1. THE TROLLEY SONG - Vaughn Monroe

2. HIS ROCKING HORSE RAN AWAY - Betty Hutton

3. DO NOTHIN' TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME - Woody Herman

4. I LOVE YOU - Jo Stafford

5. DON'T FENCE ME IN - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

6. GOODNIGHT, WHEREVER YOU ARE - Russ Morgan

Record Five Side Two - "1944"

1. MILKMAN, KEEP THOSE BOTTLES QUIET - Ella Mae Morse  2. I'LL WALK ALONE - Mary Martin

3. AMOR - Bing Crosby  4. WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT YOU - Jimmy Dorsey  5. I DREAM OF YOU - Andy Russell

6. IT HAD TO BE YOU - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest

Record Six Side One - "These Were Our Guys"

1. YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE - The Mills Brothers  2. LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY - Perry Como

3. OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN' - Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin  4. DAYBREAK - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra

5. IN MY ARMS - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners

6. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN (ALL OVER THE WORLD) - Vaughn Monroe

Record Six Side Two - "These Were Our Girls"

1. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU - Jo Stafford  2. NO LOVE, NO NOTHIN' - Ella Mae Morse 3. DANCE WITH A DOLLY (WITH A HOLE IN HER STOCKIN') - Evelyn Knight

4. I HEAR A RHAPSODY - Dinah Shore 5. I'M NOBODY'S BABY - Judy Garland  6. GOD BLESS AMERICA - Kate Smith

Record Seven Side One - "These Were Our Bands"

1. THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN - Russ Morgan

2. TAKE ME - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra  3. THE BAND PLAYED ON - Guy Lombardo  4. HOW MANY HEARTS HAVE YOU BROKEN - Stan Kenton  5. BLUE CHAMPAGNE - Jimmy Dorsey  6. DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE - Glenn Miller

Record Seven Side Two - "These Were The Hits Of World War II"  1. G.I. JIVE - Louis Jordan  2. PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION - The Merry Macs

3.'TIL REVEILLE - Bing Crosby  4. THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER - Glenn Miller  5. JOHNNY DOUGHBOY FOUND A ROSE IN IRELAND - Guy Lombardo  6. I'LL BE SEEING YOU - Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra