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music (Big) Bands Make Her Dance! - Mand'alor's 1940s thread


Mand'alor Dash

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This is an oldies thread. There are many like it, but this is mine.

 

Post your favorite swing/jazz/big band music from that most splendid of eras, the 40s. The kind of stuff you would groove to if you just came home from fighting in France and wanted to dance with your sweetheart 'till the sun went down. Or if you just listened to the final game of the world series with your family, and wanted to sit back and relax with a nice song over dinner.

 

We'd also love to hear some stuff from the 30s, considering that was generally considered to be the genesis of the genre, but try not to post anything older than the mid 20s, and try to make a judgement call when posting anything from the 50s or newer. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra would be great to post, but Elvis probably belongs in another thread. We're looking for big band here, not rock and roll.

 

And, as a final note, I'm sure most of us have played Fallout. So before you post I don't want to set the world on fire, try to think of a less well known song than the ones featured in those games. Maybe you could dig up a lesser-known song from The Andrews Sisters, or something from Benny Goodman. Let's try to give people new experiences, and introduce them to music they probably haven't heard before.

 

Anywho, allow me to start:

 

 

 

Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade

 

Glenn Miller - Elmer's Tune

 

Dean Martin - Volare

 

Billie Holiday - I'll be seeing you

 

Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Hot time in the town of Berlin

 

 

 

But don't let me hog all the fun! Post everything you've got.

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I just this tune by Benny Goodman.

 

 

You can't go wrong with some Louis Armstrong either.  ;)

 

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Since this thread seems to be In The Mood for the Andrews Sisters, what's say we listen to an oldie and a goodie that most people probably didn't know had lyrics:

 

 

Then let's keep going with an old Yiddish tune brought to our Gentile ears by the same trio:

 

 

And we'll finish off with a much more well-known tune (with a troublesome backstory) that you may recognize from Mafia II.

 

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Is it 40s? Not per se. Even though it carries the style, it was written in 1950 and recorded in 1965.

 

Is it Big Band? IN SPADES.

 

Have one of Frankie's most epic recordings, and one of my all time favorites from the gilded era, Luck be a Lady.

 

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