Songs That Won The War

This four CD set brings together fifty of the most popular and most enduring numbers from the dark years of World War II….

Some are rousing and uplifting, even defiant, such as Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye and Sing As We Go. Some are hand-on-heart patriotic (There’ll Always Be An England); some, like Beneath The Lights Of Home, are achingly nostalgic others are cheerful dance tunes (Chattanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Frenesi) and cool jazz (Blues In The Night); there’s fun and sometimes cheeky humour (Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major and The Trolley Song). There’s plenty of romance – lovers together (A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square) and lovers separated (Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree). But most importantly, there is the hope that defined an era, expressed in those immortal words ‘There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow, just you wait and see…’ This 4 CD box set contains one hundred of the most popular and most enduring numbers from those dark years. All the great names – Vera Lynn, Judy Garland, Gracie Fields, Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, George Formby, Flanagan & Allen, Glenn Miller, The Andrews Sisters –feature in this treasure-trove of unforgettable melodies.