Remembers: The Songs That Won World War 2

~ Release by Vera Lynn (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Yours
recording of:
Yours (1931 version of "Quiéreme mucho")
lyricist and translator:
Albert Gamse and Jack Sherr
composer:
Gonzalo Roig
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
is based on:
Quiéreme mucho
3:19
2Who’s Taking You Home Tonight / Wishing / Wish Me Luck
3:33
3Somewhere in France With You
3:39
4The Last Time I Saw Paris / Arm in Arm / I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time
4:02
5A Pair of Silver Wings / Silver Wings in the Moonlight / Comin’ in on a Wing and a Pray’r
medley including a recording of:
Silver Wings in the Moonlight
lyricist:
Sonny Miller (1930s lyricist) and Leo Towers (songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Charles
5:36
6London Pride
4:07
7A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (in 1962)
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
Manning Sherwin (in 1939)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:56
8The White Cliffs of Dover
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover (in 1962)
lyricist:
Nat Burton (US songwriter)
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Walter Kent Music Co.
3:03
9If I Only Had Wings / The Badge From Your Coat / Roll Out the Barrel
3:25
10I’ll Be Seeing You
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music (ASCAP), New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:53
11You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:43
12Room Five‐Hundred‐And‐Four
recording of:
Room Five Hundred and Four
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
George Posford (English Composer)
4:29
13That Lovely Weekend
recording of:
That Lovely Weekend
writer:
Moira Heath and Ted Heath
2:53
14Besame Mucho
recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Much, Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
2:41
15There’ll Always Be an England
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
There’ll Always Be an England (in 1962)
writer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd.
3:00
16You’ll Never Know
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1943-08)
vocals:
Vera Lynn (in 1943-08)
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
You’ll Never Know (in 1943-08)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1943 winner)
3:25
17It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
2:48
18Lili Marlene
recording of:
Lili Marlene (English lyrics by Tommie Connor)
lyricist:
Hans Leip (from 1915-04-03 until 1937)
composer:
Norbert Schultze (in 1937)
translator:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
translated version of:
Lili Marleen (Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens, original German version)
2:50
19Be Like the Kettle and Sing / There’s a New World Over the Skyline
2:15
20As Time Goes By
vocals:
Vera Lynn
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”) (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
3:22
21When the Lights Go on Again / I’ll Pray for You / We’ll Meet Again
5:00
22Land of Hope and Glory
recording of:
Land of Hope and Glory
anthem of:
England, United Kingdom (ended)
lyricist:
Arthur Christopher Benson
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1902)
is based on:
Coronation Ode, op. 44: VI. Finale: “Land of Hope and Glory” (contralto soloist, with chorus)
2:56

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ASIN:US: B00000K25A [info]