Music from the 1940's

Frenesi (Artie Shaw and his orchestra (3:03) -- Don't get around much any more (Duke Ellington and his orchestra (3:18) -- Holiday for strings (David Rose and his orchestra) (2:24) -- Pompton Turnpike (Charlie Barnet and his orchestra) (3:02) -- Daddy (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; the Kaye Choir, vocals) (2:56) -- Chattanooga choo choo (Glenn Miller and his orchestra ; Tex Beneke and the Modernaires, vocals) (3:28) -- There are such things (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra ; Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, vocals) (2:42) -- The hut-sut song (The King Sisters) (2:14) -- Piano concerto in B flat (Freddy Martin and his orchestra ; Jack Fina, piano) (3:13) -- Blues in the night (Dinah Shore with orchestra) (3:08) -- Night and day (Frank Sinatra with orchestra) (3:05) -- Boogie woogie (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) (3:08) -- Moonlight cocktail (Glenn Miller and his orchestra ; Ray Eberle and the Modernaires, vocals) (3:16) -- Star dust (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) (3:33) -- I hear a rhapsody (Charlie Barnet and his orchestra ; Bob Carroll, vocals) (3:17) -- Cocktails for two (Spike Jones and his City Slickers ; Carl Grayson, vocals (2:57) -- I'm beginning to see the light (Duke Ellington and his orchestra ; Joya Sherrill, vocals) (3:12) -- There! I've said it again (Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra ; Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters, vocals) (3:09) -- Stormy weather (Lena Horne with orchestra) (3:46) -- Pistol packin' mama (Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band ; Carmen Mastren, Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs, vocals) (3:07)

Program notes by Patrick Snyder with Chick Crumpacker

Compact disc

Performed by RCA artists

Recorded 1938-1944