REMEMBRANCE DAY SHOW

Since it was the 11th of November, Remembrance day, remembering all those who died in the Wars, 90 years after the signing of the Armistice of The Great War, and ESPECIALLY since the show was at 11:00pm, (making the time and date, 11pm on the 11th of the 11th!) I decided to do a show where I played songs that the soldiers would have been listening during the wars.
It was very interesting to research; I even discovered (and played) some recordings of songs that the soldiers sung while marching and in the trenches.
My good friends Liv and Katherine joined in with the song selection, and provided some very interesting War-time anecdotes!

To listen to this unique, one-off, exclusive show, DO download the REMEMBRANCE DAY SHOW here (11th November 2008)
or listen to it nichely here, KEEPING CALM:

The songs, recordings and poems that you can hear on the show WERE:
1. The Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941)
2. Oh It’s a Lovely War (1918)
3. Are We Downhearted (1917)
4. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty (1916)
5. Vera Lynn - We’ll Meet Again (1939)
6. Les Brown and his Orchestra & Doris Day – Sentimental Journey (1944)
7. Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra - (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover (1941)
8. Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra – There! I Said it Again
9. Gracie Fields – Stop and Shop at the Co-Op Shop (1939)
10. The Merry Macs– Mairzy Dots (1944) [with hidden messages in the lyrics!]
11. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – C-Jam Blues (1942)
12. Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters – Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (1944)
13. Bud Flanagan – Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler? (D&B Remix!)
14. Vera Lynn – Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
15. POEM: Siegfried Sassoon – The Hero

CARRY ON.