The Victory Collection (1995)

About this title: This three-CD set is a well-conceived and executed collection of songs, spoken-word entertainment, interviews, and newscast transcriptions from 1941 through 1945, devoted to aspects of World War II and what life was like in the United States during the war. The three discs are divided up in broad thematic terms -- the first disc is the most entertaining, a selection of songs that are alternately (and sometimes simultaneously) angry, funny, and sardonic, from the defiant, topical pop/country-based work of Carson Robison (who made a second career out of his morale-boosting, anti-Hitler anti ... read more

Tracks:

1. It's Just a Matter of Time [Robison]
2. Plain Talk [Robison]
3. War Time Blues [Gillum W.]
4. Pearl Harbor Blues [Clayton]
5. Get Your Gun and Come Along (We're Fixin' to Kill a Skunk) [Robison]
6. Stop the War (The Cats Are Killin' Themselves) [Manone]
7. That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear [Berlin]
8. Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep [DeVol/Browne]
9. Pistol Packin' Mama [Dexter]
10. Mussolini's Letter to Hitler [Robison]
11. Hitler's Reply to Mussolini [Robison]
12. Obey Your Air Raid Warden [Burness/Morris]
13. Shhh, It's a Military Secret [Courtney/Allvine/Bi]
14. News of the World
15. Siam [Porter]
16. The Story of Jitterbug Joe [Robison]
17. One Letter Home [Gillum]
18. Win the War Blues [Williamson]
19. Hirohito's Letter to Hitler [Robison]
20. Hitler's Last Letter to Hirohito [Robison]
21. V-Day Stomp [Green]
22. Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma [Berle/Jones/Doyle]
23. I'm Goin' Back Whur I Come From [Robison]
24. This Is Worth Fighting For [Lange/Stept]
25. Dear Mom [Harris]
26. Three Little Sisters [Taylor/Mizzy]
27. Siboney [Lecuona]
28. Rum and Coca-Cola [Amsterdam/Sullavan/]
29. Rose Ann of Charing Cross [Goell/Wayne]
30. She'll Always Remember [Pola/Marks]
31. Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer [Adamson/McHugh]
32. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere [Roberts/Darnell]
33. He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings [Maschwitz/Carr]
34. Symphony [Alstone/Bernstein]
35. A G.I. Wish [Borell/Niederman/Sa]
36. Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland [Twomey/Goodhart]
37. From the Coast of Maine to the Rockies [Davis/Morgan/Murry]
38. Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima Isle [Wills/Johnson]
39. Last Page of Mein Kampf [Johnstone/Livernash]
40. (We'll Be Singing Hallelujah) Marching Through Berlin [Reed/Miller]
41. When Johnny Comes Marching Home [Gilmore]
42. Just a Blue Serge Suit [Berlin]
43. Counting the Days [Kramer/Zaret]
44. Spellbound [Rozsa]
45. God Bless America [Berlin]
46. For the Duration

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.