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Unlike many World War I songs, many World War II songs focused more on romance and strength instead of propaganda, morale, and patriotism. Songs that were overly patriotic or militaristic were often rejected by the public. Popular singers of the era included Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, the Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby.
World War II was the first conflict to take place in the age of electronically distributed music. Many people in the war had a pressing need to be able to listen to the radio and 78-rpm shellac records en masse. By 1940, 96.2% of Northeastern American urban households had radio. The lowest American demographic to embrace mass-distributed music ...
After World War II, the song (and the debate about Hitler's monorchism) remained in common parlance. [33] Its use in David Lean's 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai led to the Mitch Miller band recording a best-selling version under the title "The River Kwai March". In Lean's early conception of the film, Allied soldiers in a Japanese ...
English. "Any Bonds Today?" is a song written by Irving Berlin, featured in a 1942 animated propaganda film [1] starring Bugs Bunny. Both were used to sell war bonds during World War II .
The Horst-Wessel-Lied ("Song of Horst Wessel"), also known as Die Fahne Hoch ("The Flag Raised"), was the official anthem of the NSDAP. The song was written by Horst Wessel, a party activist and SA leader, who was killed by a member of the Communist Party of Germany. After his death, he was proclaimed a "martyr" by the NSDAP, and his song ...
An American propaganda poster promoting war bonds, depicting Uncle Sam leading the United States Armed Forces into battle. During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists instigated hatred for the enemy ...
Frank Loesser. " Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition " is an American patriotic song by Frank Loesser, [ 1] published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II . The song describes a chaplain ("sky pilot") who is asked by a group ...
Anti-war Songs a website collecting thousands of antiwar songs from all over the world; Folk&More: Songbook & Tabs a growing collection of chords, tabs, and lyrics of anti-war songs from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley; Vietnam War Song Project, a collection of over 5000 Vietnam War songs, including hundreds containing anti-war / peace sentiment.