Tracklist
- CD 1: The Great Bands
- 1Begin the BeguineArtie Shaw3:163.0 ★
- 2Drum StompLionel Hampton3:16
- 3Bugle Call RagHarry Roy2:49
- 4Georgia on My MindNat Gonella3:39
- 5Stompin’ at the SavoyBenny Goodman3:15
- 6Love Is the Sweetest ThingRay Noble3:29
- 7Save It Pretty MamaLouis Armstrong3:05
- 82:44
- 9The ContinentalLew Stone3:00
- 10One O’Clock JumpCount Basie3:04
- 11On the AirCarroll Gibbons3:07
- 12Say It With MusicJack Payne2:53
- 13WhisperingRoy Fox2:56
- 14Take the ‘A’ TrainDuke Ellington3:00
- 15The Sweetest Music This Side of HeavenMaurice Winnick2:42
- 16Somebody Stole My GirlBilly Cotton2:52
- 17In the MoodJoe Loss3:16
- 18Here’s to the Next TimeHenry Hall2:30
- 19At the Woodchopper’s BallWoody Herman3:16
- 20I Used to Be Colour BlindJack Hylton3:04
- 21Trumpet Blues and CantabileHarry James3:02
- 22Hors d’oeuvresAmbrose and His Orchestra3:11
- CD 2: Stars of Stage & Screen
- 1The Donkey SerenadeAllan Jones3:26
- 2You’ve Done Something to My HeartEvelyn Laye3:26
- 3Night and DayFred Astaire3:21
- 4Indian Love CallNelson Eddy3:29
- 5My Heart Belongs to DaddyMary Martin2:33
- 6LouiseMaurice Chevalier3:15
- 7AmapolaDeanna Durbin2:27
- 8Goodnight ViennaJack Buchanan3:15
- 9Let Yourself GoGinger Rogers2:31
- 10One Night of LoveGrace Moore3:22
- 11A Little White RoomFrances Day & John Mills3:11
- 12Inka Dinka DooJimmy Durante3:08
- 13Lovely to Look AtIrene Dunne3:40
- 14I’ll See You AgainNoël Coward3:21
- 15Falling in Love AgainMarlene Dietrich3:03
- 16I’ll Get ByDan Hames2:47
- 17I Can Give You the StarlightMary Ellis3:37
- 18ExperimentGertrude Lawrence2:37
- 19SolomonElisabeth Welch3:06
- 20Thanks for the MemoryBob Hope & Shirley Ross3:07
- 21Dancing on the CeilingJessie Matthews3:02
- 22I Get a Kick Out of YouEthel Merman3:04
- CD 3: The Early War Years
- 1We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegried LineFlanagan and Allen2:45
- 2YoursVera Lynn3:25
- 3The Nearness of YouLeslie "Hutch" Hutchinson3:10
- 4I’m Stepping Out With a Memory TonightJimmy Messene & Al Bowlly3:11
- 5Wings Over the NavyLew Stone & His Band3:16
- 6Our Sergeant MajorGeorge Formby2:49
- 7American PatrolGlenn Miller & His Orchestra3:21
- 8It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy DayHarry Roy & His Band3:16
- 9Run Rabbit RunFlanagan and Allen2:47
- 10It’s a Pair of Wings for MeNat Gonella & His New Georgians2:48
- 11Bless ’em AllBilly Cotton & His Band2:55
- 12Turn the Money in Your Pocket/I’ll Never Smile Again/We’ll Go Smiling AlongAl Bowlly & His Orchestra3:21
- 13We Must All Stick TogetherGeraldo and His Orchestra3:07
- 14The White Cliffs of DoverVera Lynn3:16
- 15My PrayerChick Henderson with Joe Loss & His Orchestra3:00
- 16Oh, Buddy! I’m in LoveNat Gonella & His New Georgians2:34
- 17Oh, Johnny, OhHarry Roy & His Orchestra3:06
- 18Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant MajorBilly Cotton & His Band2:53
- 19Juke Box Saturday NightGlenn Miller & His Orchestra3:09
- 20All Over the PlaceThe Organ, The Dance Band & Me3:08
- 21Moonlight SerenadeGlenn Miller & His Orchestra3:27
- 22Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me GoodbyeGracie Fields3:02
- CD 4: The Great Vocalists
- 1If You Were the Only Girl in the WorldAnne Ziegler and Webster Booth3:06
- 2Be Careful, It’s My HeartFrank Sinatra2:53
- 3Bless YouThe Ink Spots2:53
- 4A Little White GardeniaCarl Brisson3:23
- 5The Very Thought of YouAl Bowlly2:57
- 6J’attendraiTino Rossi2:53
- 7Stop Beating Around the Mulberry BushThe Merry Macs2:50
- 8What Do You Know Jo?Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers3:28
- 9The Greatest Mistake of My LifeChick Henderson2:53
- 10Body and SoulConnee Boswell3:13
- 11Sonny BoyAl Jolson3:18
- 12A-Tisket, A-TasketElla Fitzgerald2:38
- 13Without a SongDenny Dennis3:17
- 14How About You?Dorothy Carless with Eugene Pini and His Orchestra2:58
- 153:12
- 16Transatlantic LullabyAdelaide Hall3:14
- 17The Last Time I Saw ParisAnne Shelton3:23
- 18Fools Rush InTony Martin3:09
- 19My Very Good Friend the MilkmanFats Waller3:374.0 ★
- 20Pennsylvania 6-5000The Andrews Sisters3:10
- 21These Foolish ThingsTurner Layton3:33
- 22Someone to Watch Over MeFrances Langford3:02
- CD 5: Into the Forties
- 1Ma, I Miss Your Apple PieAmbrose and His Orchestra3:24
- 2There’s a Land of Begin AgainJoe Loss and His Band2:57
- 3Don’t Sit Under the Apple TreeThe Andrews Sisters2:57
- 4I’ll Never Smile AgainFrank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:09
- 5You Are My SunshineHarry Roy & His Band2:46
- 6I Don’t Want to Walk Without YouCelia Lipton3:07
- 7String of PearlsGlenn Miller & His Orchestra3:20
- 8When I See an Elephant FlyJimmy Leach2:33
- 9That Lovely WeekendDorothy Carless3:24
- 10Moonlight Becomes YouBing Crosby3:103.0 ★
- 113:14
- 12Drummin’ ManThe Royal Air Force Squadronaires2:55
- 13Who Wouldn’t Love YouThe Ink Spots2:17
- 14Elmer’s TuneGlenn Miller & His Orchestra3:12
- 15Kiss the Boys GoodbyeMary Martin2:37
- 16My DevotionEric Winstone & His Band3:21
- 17Rancho PillowFreddy Johnson and His Orchestra3:08
- 18Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the BarGeorge Shearing2:40
- 19DaybreakFrank Sinatra3:12
- 20I’ve Got a Girl in KalamazooThe Andrews Sisters2:52
- 21A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareAnne Shelton3:10
- 22White ChristmasBing Crosby3:034.2 ★
Release credits
- guitar [1]
- drums (drum set) [19]
- clarinet [1], conductor [1]
- performing orchestra [1]
- bass [12]
- lead vocals [10, 22], vocal [15]
- guitar [12]
- trumpet [12]
- double bass [19]
- drums (drum set) [12]
- performing orchestra [12]
- trumpet [1]
- trumpet [1]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- vocal [9]
- arranger [12], vocal [12]
- piano [19], vocal [19]
- vocal [3]
- conductor [15]
- alto saxophone [12], clarinet [12]
- vocal [15]
- trombone [1]
- trombone [12]
- vocal [18]
- alto saxophone [1]
- trombone [1]
- trumpet [19]
- guitar [19]
- performing orchestra [14]
- arranger [1]
- performing orchestra [10, 22]
- trumpet [1]
- choir vocals [22]
- conductor [6]
- piano [1]
- alto saxophone [1]
- alto saxophone [12]
- trumpet [12]
- vocal [15]
- vocal [6]
- trombone [12]
- tenor saxophone [1]
- alto saxophone [19], clarinet [19]
- trombone [12]
- double bass [1]
- trumpet [12]
- trombone [1]
- tenor saxophone [12]
- vocal [20]
- piano [12]
- tenor saxophone [1]
- arranger [12]
- lead vocals [14], vocal [14]
- performing orchestra [20]
- tenor saxophone [12]
Issues
- T5x CD