Legends & Songwriters in Concert 1941 (1998)

About this title: On February 25, 1941, the Greek Relief Fund staged a benefit concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Greece had recently been invaded by Italy, and though the U.S. was still neutral in the Second World War, sympathy for the Allies was already running high. But the show served a second purpose, in addition to raising money for a good cause. ASCAP, which collects and distributes royalty income on songs, was locked in a dispute with the radio networks, and the organization had undertaken something of a public relations campaign. The previous fall, ASCAP had staged concerts in San ... read more

Tracks:

1. Edward Arnold Introduces Gene Buck
2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game [Norworth/VonTilzer]
3. Dancing in the Dark [Dietz/Schwartz]
4. My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Porter]
5. Richard Whiting Medley: The Japanese Sandman/One Hour With You/Till We [Robin/Egan]
6. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee [Gilbert/Muir]
7. My Buddy [Kahn/Donaldson]
8. The Curse of an Aching Heart [Fink/Piantadosi]
9. Over the Rainbow [Harburg/Arlen]
10. It's a Great Day for the Irish [Edens]
11. You Made Me Love You [McCarthy/Monaco]
12. Six Lessons from Madame la Zonga [Newman/Monaco]
13. Some of These Days [Brooks]
14. The Darktown Strutters' Ball [Brooks]
15. Nobody [Rogers/Williams]
16. Medley: Shuffle off to Buffalo/Time on My Hands/I Found a Million ... [Gordon/Warren/Dubin]
17. The Moon of Manakoora [Loesser/Newman]
18. Indian Love Call [Harbach/Hammerstein]
19. The Donkey Serenade [Wright/Forrest/Frim]
20. Introduction
21. Love in Bloom [Robin/Rainger]
22. Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider [Leonard/Munson]
23. [Untitled Track]
24. Thanks for the Memory [Robin/Rainger]
25. Thanks for the Memory [Special Lyric] [Robin/Rainger]
26. [Untitled Track] [Final Words]
27. Singin' in the Rain [Freed/Brown]
28. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [Fields/McHugh]
29. South American Way [Dubin/McHugh]
30. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Harbach/Kern]
31. All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]
32. The Last Time I Saw Paris [Hammerstein/Kern]
33. Stardust [Parish/Carmichael]
34. Lazy Bones [Mercer/Carmichael]
35. [Untitled Track]
36. Makin' Whoopee [Kahn/Donaldson]
37. School Days [Cobb/Edwards]
38. Medley: My Mother Would Love You/Margie/If You Knew Susie [Porter/Davis/Conrad]
39. Medley: Song of Love/Desert Song/When I Grow Too Old to Dream/Will You [Donnelly/Harbach/Ha]
40. Lover, Come Back to Me [Hammerstein/Romberg]
41. Three Little Words [Kalmar/Ruby]
42. Whistle While You Work [Morey/Churchill]
43. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? [Ronell/Churchill]
44. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
45. God Bless America [Berlin]

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