FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: The Crooners Music ~ 31 August 2024

Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend

[PROCON]

IT'S FRIDAY!!

LET'S ROCK THE CANTEEN WITH

TUNES FOR OUR TROOPS!!

LET'S GET THIS SHOW OFF THE GROUND!!

[Fiji Hill]

Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear--Russ Columbo (1932)

Auf Wiedersehen, Leb Wohl (goodbye, farewell)--The Parlophone Orchestra with Luigi Bernauer (1932)

[Fiji Hill]

Home--Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1932)

[Fiji Hill]

Blue Is the Night--Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra; vocal by James Melton (1930)

[Fiji Hill]

Starlight--Bing Crosby (1932)

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Tunes For Our Troops: The Crooners ~

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[Fiji Hill]

A big hit from the spring of '31!

Dream a Little Dream of Me--Ozzie Nelson

[Fiji Hill]

I Only Have Eyes for You--Eddie Jackson & His Orchestra (1934)

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

Rockabilly

Rockabilly Rebel – Braumeisters

Rocket To The Moon –Moonlight Howlers

Rockabilly Rhythm – Tom Stormy Trio

Bring It Back Again – Stray Cats

Drinkin Gasoline – The Baboons

Big Fat Mama – The Backyard Casanovas

Backwards Bop – Emma and the Ragmen

Simply Beautiful – The Lennerockers

I'm Gonna Make You Mine – Midnight Boppers

[Fiji Hill]

Stay as Sweet as You Are--Kate Smith (1934)

[Fiji Hill]

This song is in my personal Top 40--from "San Francisco," my favorite disaster film, which is also a musical.

Would You?--George Hall & His Hotel Taft Orchestra (1936)

[Kathy in Alaska]

****Liberty Call****

[Songcraft]

"Are You Lonesome Tonight" - Elvis Presley

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Another afternoon of pretty cloud formations up there. Not quite as good as yesterday but good enough.
Any chance for some down time this weekend since you have an extra day?

[Fiji Hill]

The Lord's Prayer--John Charles Thomas (1936)

[Fiji Hill]

Elvis! He could croon just as well as he could rock!

[Songcraft]

"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" - Pat & Shirley Boone

[Fiji Hill]

Harry Burr's version features the verse. It was one of the last of a long string of hits for him dating back to 1902.

Are You Lonesome Tonight?--Harry Burr (1927)

[Fiji Hill]

A hit by one of the pioneers of crooning.

She's Funny That Way--Gene Austin (1929)