This massive and comprehensive 5-CD set from Reader's Digest music features 101 tracks originally released while America was engaged in World War II during the so-called “fabulous forties." Here's a unique opportunity to take in the various music styles and sentiments that defined the era. Big bands and sultry singers ruled the pop music scene. And the themes and messages are haunting and intriguing. Frank Sinatra, Harriet Nelson, Helen Forrest, Patti Page, Artie Shaw, Sarah Vaughn, Doris Day, Louis Armstrong, and many more lend their talents. (See complete track listing below)

CONDITION: Gently used. CDs are clean and are guaranteed to play with no skips.
Jewel case shows a little scruff but no cracks.
The booklet is in good shape. (See scans above)

You’ll hear hauntingly arranged versions of I’m Beginning to See the Light, Cuddle Up a Little Closer Lovely Mine, The Glory of Love, Embraceable You, GI Jive, A String of Pearls, Heart and Soul, That Old Black Magic, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Maizy Doat and Dozy Doats, Take the A Train, I’ll Be Seeing You, and so many more incredible classics. (You basically haven’t lived until you hear Helen Forrest sing “They Say” with the Artie Shaw Orchestra - an office favorite).

These were the songs that got America through the tumultuous years while their boys were at war. And this collection captures the hopes, dreams, and optimism that permeated civilian life at the time. Just an incredible assortment. (see complete tracklist below)

All tracks have been digitally remastered from original recordings for simply outstanding CD sound quality. Like they were recorded yesterday.

Comes with a 32-page booklet featuring informative notes on each song.

I’ll Be Seeing You
Songs That Won the War
Reader's Digest Music - 2006

CD # 1
1.1 Frank Sinatra - All or Nothing at All 3:07
1.2 Les Brown and His Orchestra - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 2:49
1.3 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire 3:07
1.4 Benny Goodman Quintet - Sweet Georgia Brown 3:46
1.5 Kate Smith - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 2:35
1.6 Frankie Laine - That's My Desire 2:32
1.7 Peggy Lee - What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:16
1.8 Harry James & Helen Forrest - (I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time 3:31
1.9 Sarah Vaughan - September Song 3:04
1.10 Harry James & Kitty Kallen - I'm Beginning to See the Light 3:18
1.11 Mel Torme - Long Ago and Far Away 2:06
1.12 Harry James & Helen Forrest - I Don't Want to Walk Without You 3:11
1.13 Blue Barron and His Orchestra - Heart and Soul 2:40
1.14 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Dancing in the Dark 1:59
1.15 Sarah Vaughan - Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) 3:25
1.16 Artie Shaw - They Say 3:38 with Helen Forrest
1.17 Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) 2:39
1.18 Patti Page - The Glory of Love 2:05
1.19 Harry James & Dick Haymes - When You Wish Upon a Star 2:36
1.20 Eddy Howard & His Orchestra - Our Love Is Here to Stay 2:14
1.21 Jo Stafford - I'll Be Seeing You 2:59

CD #2
2.1 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Stardust 3:45
2.2 Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Tangerine 2:59
2.3 Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra - Sweet Lorraine 1:54
2.4 Harry James and His Orchestra - Wishing (Will Make It So) 3:50
2.5 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Take the "A" Train 3:03
2.6 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Dream 3:23
2.7 Harry James and His Orchestra - You Made Me Love You 3:23
2.8 Jan Garber & His Orchestra - My Melancholy Baby 2:53
2.9 Woody Herman & His Orchestra - At the Woodchopper's Ball 4:02
2.10 Harry James & Kitty Kallen - I'll Walk Alone 3:13
2.11 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra - A String of Pearls 2:10
2.12 Harry James and His Orchestra - I'll Get By (As long as I Have You) 3:12
2.13 Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band - Holiday for Strings 5:56
2.14 Raymond Scott & His Orchestra - Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats 2:30
2.15 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - St. Louis Blues 2:41
2.16 Woody Herman & His Orchestra - G.I. Jive 3:17
2.17 Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - On the Sunny Side of the Street 4:20
2.18 Harry James and His Orchestra - I Can Dream, Can't I? 2:43
2.19 Count Basie & His Orchestra - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 2:51
2.20 Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band - In the Mood 3:04

CD #3
3.1 Embraceable You
3.2 Between a Kiss and a Sigh
3.3 How High the Moon
3.4 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
3.5 Almost Like Being In Love
3.6 I Love You
3.7 I'll Never Smile Again
3.8 All the Things You Are
3.9 Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
3.10 You'll Never Know
3.11 I Can't Begin to Tell You (From "The Dolly Sisters")
3.12 Laura
3.13 Along the Navajo Trail (From "Don't Fence Me In")
3.14 Blues in the Night
3.15 Shoo-Shoo Baby (From "Three Cheers for the Boys")
3.16 Idaho
3.17 It's Magic (From "Romance On the High Seas")
3.18 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (From "Roberta")
3.19 As Time Goes By (From "Casablanca")

CD #4
4.1 Louis Armstrong - A Kiss to Build a Dream On 3:00
4.2 Merv Griffin - Bewitched 3:04
4.3 Frankie Laine - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 2:24
4.4 Frank Sinatra - My Budddy 2:58
4.5 Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong - Gone Fishin' 2:30
4.6 Gordon MacRae - You Go to My Head 3:04
4.7 Dick Haymes - These Foolish Things 2:02
4.8 Ray Eberle - That Old Black Magic 2:42
4.9 Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers - The Flat Foot Floogee 3:00
4.10 Mel Torme - A Cottage for Sale 2:41
4.11 Peggy Lee - Oh What a Beautiful Morning 2:50
4.12 Doris Day - I'm Making Believe 2:02
4.13 Ella Fitzgerald - Oh Johnny 4:02
4.14 Mildred Bailey - All of Me 3:08
4.15 Kate Smith - Moonlight in Vermont 3:38
4.16 Harry James & Kitty Kallen - It Could Happen to You 3:00
4.17 Martha Tilton - How Deep Is the Ocean 3:25
4.18 Dinah Shore - All I Do Is Dream of You 2:15
4.19 Sarah Vaughan - The More I See You 3:07

CD #5
5.1 Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band - Jukebox Saturday Night 3:16
5.2 The Song Spinners - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2:47
5.3 Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Green Eyes 3:26
5.4 The Pied Pipers - Let's Get Away From It All 2:30
5.5 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 2:54
5.6 Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Powder Your Face With Sunshine 2:31
5.7 Blue Barron and His Orchestra - You Are My Sunshine 2:10
5.8 Louis Armstrong - You Can't Lose a Broken Heart 3:16
5.9 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra - Two Sleepy People 4:12
5.10 Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest 2:27
5.11 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - The Way You Look Tonight 2:54
5.12 Harry James and His Orchestra - If I Loved You 3:11
5.13 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Sentimental Journey 2:51 with Doris Day
5.14 Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Shine on, Harvest Moon 1:49
5.15 Kay Starr - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall 2:31
5.16 Hal Kemp & Skinnay Ennis - It's Only a Paper Moon 2:42
5.17 Harry James and His Orchestra - Where or When 2:08
5.18 Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra - Stormy Weather 2:31
5.19 Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band - Dearly Beloved 2:14
5.20 Polly Bergen - Let's Fall in Love 2:14
5.21 Patti Page - Let Me Call You Sweetheart 1:58
5.22 Harry James and His Orchestra - One Dozen Roses 2:40

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