[Homer_J_Simpson]

Prime Minister to Sir Alan Lascelles 4 Mar 44

You should see the Home Secretary’s minute about a national day of prayer for “Overlord”. I think there are serious dangers in drawing attention to the coming shock in this way, especially as no one can know when it is going to be. We have to be very much on our guard against unduly depressing the troops.*

* See minute of February 22.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Billboard Top Ten for the Week of March 4, 1944

#1 - “Besame Mucho” – Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen
#2 - “My Heart Tells Me” - Glen Gray, with Eugenie Baird
#3 - “Mairzy Doats” – Merry Macs
#4 – “Shoo Shoo Baby” - Ella Mae Morse, with orchestra
#5 – “Shoo Shoo Baby” - Andrews Sisters
#6 - “Star Eyes” - Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen
#7 - “Holiday for Strings” – David Rose
#8 – “I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night” – Frank Sinatra
#9 – “Mairzy Doats” – Al Trace, with Red Maddox
#10 - “Speak Low” – Guy Lombardo, with Billy Leach