The songs that fought the war : popular music and the home front, 1939-1945 / John Bush Jones.
The songs that fought the war : popular music and the home front, 1939-1945 / John Bush Jones.
The songs that fought the war : popular music and the home front, 1939-1945 / John Bush Jones.
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Hanover : University Press of New England, c2006.
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N782.42159/4
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English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
"When this crazy world is sane again" : the setting for the songs -- "I hear America singing" : but who wrote all those songs? -- "Over here" : prewar isolationism, patriotism, and preparedness -- "Chin up! cheerio! carry on!" : the allies and us -- "G.I. jive" : the draft, enlistment, and army life...
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Publisher
Hanover : University Press of New England, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New Hampshire
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"But what's most amazing about the popular songs of the war years is just how many there were. World War II was one of the most fertile periods of American popular songwriting; it was also the heyday of such "big bands" as those of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Harry James, and of such vocalists as Bing Crosby, Frank Sina...
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The songs that fought the war : popular music and the home front, 1939-1945 / John Bush Jones.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N782.42159/4
Record Identifier
74VKKAallPjO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKAallPjO
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ISBN
9781584654438 (cloth : alk. paper)
1584654430 (cloth : alk. paper)
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782.4215990973
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991021939899702626
