Episode 165, “1940s Senior Prom,”

Episode 165, “1940s Senior Prom,” features 18 recordings of music that would have been played at a high school dance in the ‘40s. Performers include Doris Day, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Perry Como, Johnny Mercer, Peggy Lee, The Ink Spots, Artie Shaw, and The Andrews Sisters.

45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 165 1940s Senior Prom Playlist 1 If You Knew Susie Lester Lanin 2 It’s Only a Paper Moon Sammy Kaye, Billy Williams 3 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy The Andrews Sisters 4 All or Nothing at All Frank Sinatra, Harry James 5 Chatanooga Choo-Choo Glen Miller Orchestra 6 Sweet Georgia Brown Johnny Mercer 7 Swinging on a Star Bing Crosby 8 Missouri Waltz Fontaine Sisters 9 You Won’t Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart Les Brown, Doris Day 10 Remember Pearl Harbor The Four Sergeants 11 Why Don’t You Do Right Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman 12 I’m Getting Sentimental Over You The Ink Spots 13 Green Eyes Tommy Dorsey 14 Little Brown Jug Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra 15 Elmer’s Tune Tex Beneke, the Modernaires 16 Till the End of Time Perry Como 17 Beale Street Blues Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians 18 Special Delivery Stomp Artie Shaw and his Orchestra

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