[mass55th]

I think I’ve heard Louis Jordan’s version at one time. He and Maurice Chevalier were great entertainers in their days. Doris Day also sang during the war, and of course Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Mercer wrote many tunes over the years. I’ve got a crapload of Big Band and WWII albums...both U.S. and British. I was the baby of the family born in ‘47. My two older sisters were into the 50’s music, so I grew up with all the great groups, and single artists like Pat Boone. Me and my 2nd oldest sister had to get ourselves white bucks because of Pat.

[Sans-Culotte]

I am about 9 years your junior, so WW2 songs are not something I was brought up on, but I have enjoyed hearing big band recordings and big band singers since I was in high school. I have several collections of those songs, too. that's why the Sirius '40s channel is one I listen to a lot, though I always change it if they play Billie Holliday. I never understood what people saw in her. She sounds like a drunk crack ho' to me.

About 30 years ago, I won a jukebox in a contest. It plays 45s, and I have it loaded with songs from the 40s, 50 and 60s and nothing later.