The A to Z of Wartime Song

Schedule Update - Tom Sets Sail!

Just a quick update from Lili and Tom on where the podcast is up to - and why there won't be any new episodes for a little while! Tom is heading off to sea for the London Theatre at Sea week aboard the Queen Mary 2, followed by a few days in New York. Lili meanwhile is performing this Sunday (17th May 2026) at International Bomber Command in Lincoln. Here are all the the details: https://www.facebook.com/events/international-bomber-command-centre/the-crabapple-club-at-international-bomber-command-centre-lincoln/1212740987641227/ [https://www.facebook.com/events/international-bomber-command-centre/the-crabapple-club-at-international-bomber-command-centre-lincoln/1212740987641227/] https://internationalbcc.co.uk/ [https://internationalbcc.co.uk/] Normal service will resume before too long - but in the meantime, now is the perfect time to get in touch. Lili and Tom are hard at work preparing scripts for the rest of Series 2, so if there's a wartime song you'd love them to cover, a family story connected to one, or a character from the era you think deserves a mention - drop them a line. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS You can follow the podcast on social media: http://instagram.com/warsongspod [http://instagram.com/warsongspod] https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod [https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod] Find more information about Lili Redman here: https://liliredman.com/ [https://liliredman.com/] https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/ [https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/] https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil [https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil] Or Tom Carradine here: https://www.tomcarradine.com/ [https://www.tomcarradine.com/] https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine [https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine] https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine [https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine] CONTACT THE PODCAST If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at warsongspod@gmail.com to be "Mentioned in Dispatches". LISTENING LINKS Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b [https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b] Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318 [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318] If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.

Goodnight Sweetheart - Al Bowlly: A Voice That Could Make Itself Cry

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine turn to one of the most beloved songs of the era - "Goodnight Sweetheart," written in 1931 by Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, and made immortal by the voice of Al Bowlly. They trace the remarkable career of Ray Noble - Brighton-born bandleader, composer and arranger who assembled one of the most star-studded orchestras in American history, with Glenn Miller on trombone and a residency at the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center - before turning to the extraordinary and often overlooked partnership of Campbell and Connelly, the odd couple behind some of the era's biggest hits, from "Show Me the Way to Go Home" to "Try a Little Tenderness." But at the heart of this episode is Al Bowlly himself - born in Mozambique, fired from a band in the Dutch East Indies, and eventually becoming Britain's most popular singer of the 1930s, recording over a thousand songs and beating Bing Crosby in a nationwide American popularity poll. His story ends on the night of 16th April 1941 - one of the worst nights of the Blitz - when a Luftwaffe parachute mine detonated outside his St James's flat, leaving his body unmarked but his brilliant career silenced forever. Tender, nostalgic and quietly heartbreaking, this is an episode about a voice that could make itself cry - and a song that still does the same to us. SPOTIFY PLAYLIST You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a] REFERENCES Melton Mowbray 1940s Festival http://1940smeltonmowbray.co.uk/ [http://1940smeltonmowbray.co.uk/] Didcot Steam into the Forties https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/ [https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/] Goodnight Sweetheart - Theme Tune (sung by Nick Curtis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFZxbIG4thw&list=RDOFZxbIG4thw&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFZxbIG4thw&list=RDOFZxbIG4thw&start_radio=1] Goodnight Sweetheart - Sitcom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Sweetheart_(TV_series) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Sweetheart_(TV_series)] Goodnight Sweetheart - 1931 recordings https://secondhandsongs.com/work/135389/versions [https://secondhandsongs.com/work/135389/versions] Ray Noble looks back on his career https://youtu.be/XQup9s58AS8?si=0yTb-7pDxbA3C3xo [https://youtu.be/XQup9s58AS8?si=0yTb-7pDxbA3C3xo] The Very Thought of You - Ray Noble (Al Bowlly vocal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi4hPIQ8WGs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi4hPIQ8WGs] Love is the Sweetest Thing - Ray Noble (Al Bowlly vocal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUXv0ezazXg&list=RDhUXv0ezazXg&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUXv0ezazXg&list=RDhUXv0ezazXg&start_radio=1] New Mayfair Dance Orchestra https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/New_Mayfair_Dance_Orchestra [https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/New_Mayfair_Dance_Orchestra] Campbell and Connelly Music https://www.wisemusic.com/brands/ [https://www.wisemusic.com/brands/] Show Me the Way to Go Home (1925) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Me_the_Way_to_Go_Home [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Me_the_Way_to_Go_Home] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27BYUcnabr0&list=RD27BYUcnabr0&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27BYUcnabr0&list=RD27BYUcnabr0&start_radio=1] Chick Chick Chick Chick Chicken (Jack Hylton 1925) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoHz4s3VzDY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoHz4s3VzDY] Try a Little Tenderness - Ray Noble's Mayfair Dance Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIlw3VIEVHU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIlw3VIEVHU] When the Poppies Bloom Again - Don Pelosi (Vera Lynn vocal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKR0-wq3JeA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKR0-wq3JeA] Al Bowlly https://www.memorylane.org.uk/al-bowlly.html [https://www.memorylane.org.uk/al-bowlly.html] Monseigneur Restaurant https://www.superstock.com/asset/evening-monseigneur-fashionable-london-restaurant-diners-watching-cabaret-performance-monseigneur/4220-20399329?srsltid=AfmBOool34LfUi5MhkBrSPUVtyYr507i10mi_dgFqzAUXcwL0FgJOUCK [https://www.superstock.com/asset/evening-monseigneur-fashionable-london-restaurant-diners-watching-cabaret-performance-monseigneur/4220-20399329?srsltid=AfmBOool34LfUi5MhkBrSPUVtyYr507i10mi_dgFqzAUXcwL0FgJOUCK] Al Bowlly's Love Life https://theclerkenwellkid.blogspot.com/2012/04/bowled-over-by-love.html [https://theclerkenwellkid.blogspot.com/2012/04/bowled-over-by-love.html] Ken Snake Hips Johnson and the Bombing of the Cafe De Paris https://alanmalcher.com/2021/09/08/the-british-homefront-during-ww2-the-cafe-de-paris-bombed-during-the-london-blitz/ [https://alanmalcher.com/2021/09/08/the-british-homefront-during-ww2-the-cafe-de-paris-bombed-during-the-london-blitz/] https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/40s/1941/Melody-Maker-1941-03-15-S-OCR.pdf [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/40s/1941/Melody-Maker-1941-03-15-S-OCR.pdf] Al Bowlly's Death https://flashbak.com/the-wednesday-and-the-death-of-the-crooner-al-bowlly-414748/ [https://flashbak.com/the-wednesday-and-the-death-of-the-crooner-al-bowlly-414748/] Sheet Music - 1930s Cover https://ebay.us/m/hkERke [https://ebay.us/m/hkERke] Sheet Music - Rudy Vallee Version https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Good-Night-Sweetheart-1931.pdf [https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Good-Night-Sweetheart-1931.pdf] Goodnight Sweetheart - Al Bowlly (1931) https://youtu.be/syn51Vu-js8?si=GZlmhUMrL2IH_Zzj [https://youtu.be/syn51Vu-js8?si=GZlmhUMrL2IH_Zzj] Goodnight Sweetheart - Rudy Vallée (1942) https://youtu.be/Rpaq3U78fag?si=87ewbTK3Sn4ON-WX [https://youtu.be/Rpaq3U78fag?si=87ewbTK3Sn4ON-WX] Goodnight Sweetheart - Kenny Baker (1943) https://youtu.be/yzd01kDbukE?si=nKerv-DvdQgKl3lF [https://youtu.be/yzd01kDbukE?si=nKerv-DvdQgKl3lF] Goodnight Sweetheart - Kitty Carlisle (1944) https://youtu.be/COXFsgMgK2o?si=v1Sxffjcqi5djHFs [https://youtu.be/COXFsgMgK2o?si=v1Sxffjcqi5djHFs] Goodnight Campers - Hi-de-Hi (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-1byQtuR3E [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-1byQtuR3E] Falling in Love Again - Al Bowlly (1930) https://youtu.be/-UYtDm1g7Y0?si=9FnK1NTrD4GhQSIV [https://youtu.be/-UYtDm1g7Y0?si=9FnK1NTrD4GhQSIV] https://www.albowlly.club/78s/falling-in-love-again.html [https://www.albowlly.club/78s/falling-in-love-again.html] Tell Me Are You From Georgia? - Al Bowlly (1931) https://youtu.be/eUsl5qp3Ex0?si=PHaT537h8uf-ogqR [https://youtu.be/eUsl5qp3Ex0?si=PHaT537h8uf-ogqR] https://www.albowlly.club/78s/tell-me-are-you-from-georgia.html [https://www.albowlly.club/78s/tell-me-are-you-from-georgia.html] When That Man Is Dead and Gone - Al Bowlly (1941) https://youtu.be/WJYCh8Sqzsw?si=UnYwyO5ktC56X04k [https://youtu.be/WJYCh8Sqzsw?si=UnYwyO5ktC56X04k] https://www.albowlly.club/78s/when-that-man-is-dead-and-gone.html [https://www.albowlly.club/78s/when-that-man-is-dead-and-gone.html] Al Bowlly Club Website www.albowlly.club [https://www.albowlly.club] Al Bowlly Facebook Pages https://www.facebook.com/groups/albowlly [https://www.facebook.com/groups/albowlly] https://www.facebook.com/groups/426854338673569 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/426854338673569] CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:49 Catch Up 02:11 G = Goodnight Sweetheart 04:51 Ray Noble 08:46 Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connolly 12:10 Al Bowlly 27:59 Discussing the Sheet Music 29:24 Discussing the Lyrics 31:17 Discussing the Music 33:54 Discussing the Versions: Al Bowlly 34:40 Rudy Vallée 35:30 Kenny Baker 35:52 Kitty Carlisle 36:41 Hi-de-Hi 37:53 Which Is Our Favourite? 39:44 If You Liked That You'll Like This 46:07 Mentioned in Dispatches 47:33 Teaser for Next Week 48:15 Outro SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS You can follow the podcast on social media: http://instagram.com/warsongspod [http://instagram.com/warsongspod] https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod [https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod] Find more information about Lili Redman here: https://liliredman.com/ [https://liliredman.com/] https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/ [https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/] https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil [https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil] Or Tom Carradine here: https://www.tomcarradine.com/ [https://www.tomcarradine.com/] https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine [https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine] https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine [https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine] CONTACT THE PODCAST If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at warsongspod@gmail.com to be "Mentioned in Dispatches". LISTENING LINKS Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b [https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b] Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318 [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318] If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.

Falling in Love Again - From the Blue Angel to the Front Line

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine travel back to one of the most extraordinary moments in modern cultural history - Weimar Republic Berlin - to explore Marlene Dietrich's signature song, "Falling in Love Again," composed by the brilliant Friedrich Hollaender for the 1930 film The Blue Angel. They trace Dietrich's remarkable journey from a Berlin chorus girl to one of Hollywood's highest-paid stars - a woman who turned down the Nazi Party's lucrative offers, renounced her German citizenship, and ended up performing for Allied troops within a few kilometres of German lines, armed with songs, a musical saw and a mind-reading act taught to her by Orson Welles. Along the way, they paint a vivid picture of Weimar Berlin itself - its queer nightclubs and cabarets, its Nobel Prize-winning scientists, its organised chaos - and the moment it was all extinguished almost overnight when the Nazis came to power in 1933. There's also a fascinating portrait of Hollaender himself - born in London to a circus family, trained at the Stern Conservatory, and eventually forced to flee to Hollywood where he rebuilt his career composing for over a hundred films. Smoky, sultry and utterly iconic, this episode is a love letter to a brief, brilliant moment in history - and the song that came to define it. SPOTIFY PLAYLIST You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a] REFERENCES Boater Day (Straw Hat Day) - 15th May https://nationaltoday.com/straw-hat-day/ [https://nationaltoday.com/straw-hat-day/] Falling in Love Again - Marlene Dietrich (Original 1930 Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhJuu7Y-hww&list=RDdhJuu7Y-hww&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhJuu7Y-hww&list=RDdhJuu7Y-hww&start_radio=1] Dusty Limits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Limits [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Limits] / https://www.instagram.com/thedustylimits/ [https://www.instagram.com/thedustylimits/] Marlene Dietrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich] Marlene as Lola Lola in Blue Angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXg7LlzyO8&list=RDGYXg7LlzyO8&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXg7LlzyO8&list=RDGYXg7LlzyO8&start_radio=1] The Blue Angel - Movie 1930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdww58D6rhc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdww58D6rhc] Marlene performing at the Front https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvfaw4mlOM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvfaw4mlOM] Weimar Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic] The Eldorado https://adventuresintimeandgender.org/stories/the-club-history/ [https://adventuresintimeandgender.org/stories/the-club-history/] The Kit Kat Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KitKatClub [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KitKatClub] Moka Efti https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/babylon-berlin-real-1920s-superclub-behind-weimar-era-thriller [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/babylon-berlin-real-1920s-superclub-behind-weimar-era-thriller] Babylon Berlin - TV Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Berlin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Berlin] Haus Vaterland https://www.the-berliner.com/berlin/haus-vaterland-history-the-lost-pleasure-palace-of-potsdamer-platz/ [https://www.the-berliner.com/berlin/haus-vaterland-history-the-lost-pleasure-palace-of-potsdamer-platz/] Kurt Weill https://www.kwf.org/kurt-weill/ [https://www.kwf.org/kurt-weill/] Bertolt Brecht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht] The Eldorado - as the Nazi Headquarters https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/photo-of-the-eldorado-club [https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/photo-of-the-eldorado-club] Friedrich Hollaender https://www.frederickhollandermusic.com/ [https://www.frederickhollandermusic.com/] Tingel Tangle Theatre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyBV5Odi-PQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyBV5Odi-PQ] A Foreign Affair - With Hollaender at the piano (at 31:30) https://m.ok.ru/video/3845684660924 [https://m.ok.ru/video/3845684660924] Those Town from Earth - Frederick's Novel https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/those-torn-from-earth-preface-by-thomas-mann/author/hollander-frederick/ [https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/those-torn-from-earth-preface-by-thomas-mann/author/hollander-frederick/] Falling in Love Again - Sheet Music PDF https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Falling-In-Love-Again-1930.pdf [https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Falling-In-Love-Again-1930.pdf] Emil Jannings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Jannings [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Jannings] Falling in Love Again - Billie Holliday https://youtu.be/jIcc5EDJFRw?si=Z2L0Lr38YAoAMkT1 [https://youtu.be/jIcc5EDJFRw?si=Z2L0Lr38YAoAMkT1] Falling in Love Again - Gracie Fields https://youtu.be/XaJXb3gSxIs?si=76Rr3sghmyTUzU4q [https://youtu.be/XaJXb3gSxIs?si=76Rr3sghmyTUzU4q] Paul O'Grady as Marlene https://youtu.be/wjiWfVHB3Fo?si=dL13y6kreMyyQ0_G [https://youtu.be/wjiWfVHB3Fo?si=dL13y6kreMyyQ0_G] Lieutenant Gruber in 'Allo 'Allo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCCNGFR4jo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCCNGFR4jo] 'Allo 'Allo https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xyt3 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xyt3] Das Lila Lied - The Lavender Song (Marek Weber 1921) https://youtu.be/d_a3UkF3aTI?si=qhzCDzl1OYr6ALv_ [https://youtu.be/d_a3UkF3aTI?si=qhzCDzl1OYr6ALv_] My Ship - Hildegarde https://youtu.be/cSTzg81oD4s?si=ueTDdJHghGOt0Url [https://youtu.be/cSTzg81oD4s?si=ueTDdJHghGOt0Url] Johnny, wenn du Geburtstag hast - Marlene Dietrich https://youtu.be/PJxgmQ06awk?si=6u50CB7xBC6SUxsb [https://youtu.be/PJxgmQ06awk?si=6u50CB7xBC6SUxsb] Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus - The Comedian Harmonists https://open.spotify.com/track/4tzGDmOcO3oZcVh3BjkIWn?si=13890bfd8fa043b3 [https://open.spotify.com/track/4tzGDmOcO3oZcVh3BjkIWn?si=13890bfd8fa043b3] CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction to Wartime Songs 00:50 Catch Up 01:46 F = Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It) 04:13 Marlene Dietrich 09:34 The Weimar Republic: A Cultural Explosion 21:12 Fredrick Hollander 26:16 Discussing the Sheet Music 26:54 Emil Jannings 29:14 Discussing the Lyrics 32:48 Discussing the Music 36:05 Discussing the Versions: Marlene Dietrich 37:52 Billie Holiday 38:50 Gracie Fields 40:50 Which Is Our Favourite? 42:10 If You Liked That You'll Like This 48:25 Mentioned in Dispatches 49:07 Teaser for Next Week 49:52 Outro SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS You can follow the podcast on social media: http://instagram.com/warsongspod [http://instagram.com/warsongspod] https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod [https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod] Find more information about Lili Redman here: https://liliredman.com/ [https://liliredman.com/] https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/ [https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/] https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil [https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil] Or Tom Carradine here: https://www.tomcarradine.com/ [https://www.tomcarradine.com/] https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine [https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine] https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine [https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine] CONTACT THE PODCAST If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at warsongspod@gmail.com to be "Mentioned in Dispatches". LISTENING LINKS Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b [https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b] Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318 [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318] If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Broadway, Ballads and the King of Swing

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine turn from the comic to the heartbreaking with Cole Porter's sublime 1944 ballad "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - one of the true gems of the Great American Songbook, and a song so perfect, so simple, that it still stops you in your tracks. The song made its debut in Billy Rose's extravagant Broadway revue Seven Lively Arts - a production that somehow combined Cole Porter, Igor Stravinsky, Benny Goodman, Beatrice Lillie and a group of ballet dancers! Along the way, Lili and Tom explore the remarkable and often overlooked story of Nan Wynn, the singer who introduced the song on Broadway - a ghost vocalist for Rita Hayworth whose career was cut tragically short, and whose fight back from the brink is one of the most extraordinary stories of the era. Then there's Benny Goodman himself - the King of Swing, a boy from the Maxwell Street tenements of Chicago who broke racial barriers in music a full decade before other fields followed, and whose steely perfectionism was as legendary as his clarinet tone. Tender, wistful and quietly devastating, this episode is a reminder that some songs say everything in just a few bars - and that the change from major to minor can break your heart every single time. SPOTIFY PLAYLIST You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a] REFERENCES Cole Porter https://www.coleporter.org/ [https://www.coleporter.org/] Y = You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To https://sites.libsyn.com/557391/site/youd-be-so-nice-to-come-home-to-cole-porter-paris-parties-and-broadway-bangers [https://sites.libsyn.com/557391/site/youd-be-so-nice-to-come-home-to-cole-porter-paris-parties-and-broadway-bangers] You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Noel Coward https://youtu.be/UKArygvN7vg?si=7bDoQomKFkFNxv3S [https://youtu.be/UKArygvN7vg?si=7bDoQomKFkFNxv3S] Seven Lively Arts https://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/seven.html [https://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/seven.html] Broadway Flops https://biggestmusicalflops.home.blog/ [https://biggestmusicalflops.home.blog/] Alicia Markova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Markova [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Markova] Prima Ballerina Assoluta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_ballerina_assoluta [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_ballerina_assoluta] Jack Hylton and Stravinsky https://www.jackhylton.com/hylton-stravinsky [https://www.jackhylton.com/hylton-stravinsky] Scenes de Ballet - Seven Lively Arts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP_kjoVnhwc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP_kjoVnhwc] Circus Polka: for a Young Elephant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1fMa63Lx8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1fMa63Lx8] Billy Rose - Producer https://www.songhall.org/profiles/billy-rose [https://www.songhall.org/profiles/billy-rose] Billy Rose's Aquacade (Worlds Fair 1939) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rose%27s_Aquacade [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rose%27s_Aquacade] Nan Wynn https://bandchirps.com/artist/nan-wynn/ [https://bandchirps.com/artist/nan-wynn/] Ghost Singers https://musicalstagecompany.com/hollywood-ghost-singers/ [https://musicalstagecompany.com/hollywood-ghost-singers/] Marni Nixon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marni_Nixon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marni_Nixon] A Shot in the Dark - 1941 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWTBy0cqdcE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWTBy0cqdcE] Benny Goodman https://www.bennygoodman.com/ [https://www.bennygoodman.com/] Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall https://www.bennygoodman.com/carnegie-hall/ [https://www.bennygoodman.com/carnegie-hall/] Benny Goodman - Mozart's Clarinet Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnzK62w17s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnzK62w17s] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Sheet Music Cover (Simple) https://ebay.us/m/mJYNql [https://ebay.us/m/mJYNql] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Sheet Music Cover (Canadian Version) https://ebay.us/m/TfwjCC [https://ebay.us/m/TfwjCC] Dorothy Stewart - Now Is the Hour Episode https://sites.libsyn.com/557391/site/now-is-the-hour-gracie-fields-and-a-new-zealand-lullaby-turned-global-goodbye [https://sites.libsyn.com/557391/site/now-is-the-hour-gracie-fields-and-a-new-zealand-lullaby-turned-global-goodbye] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Benny Goodman (voc. Peggy Man) 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeVV3zVAv4&list=RDdjeVV3zVAv4&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeVV3zVAv4&list=RDdjeVV3zVAv4&start_radio=1] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Stan Kenton (voc. Gene Howard) 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unt8hM4jP2s&list=RDUnt8hM4jP2s&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unt8hM4jP2s&list=RDUnt8hM4jP2s&start_radio=1] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Teddy Wilson Quintet (voc. Maxine Sullivan) 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAOVr9etdo&list=RDUtAOVr9etdo&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAOVr9etdo&list=RDUtAOVr9etdo&start_radio=1] Maxine Sullivan - Loch Lomond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYF-d0IqPoU&list=RDlYF-d0IqPoU&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYF-d0IqPoU&list=RDlYF-d0IqPoU&start_radio=1] Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOllc918mcE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOllc918mcE] If I Love You - Harry James - 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2k2qaI14Y&list=RDAc2k2qaI14Y&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2k2qaI14Y&list=RDAc2k2qaI14Y&start_radio=1] Georgina Jackson - Trumpet Player https://www.georginajackson.net/ [https://www.georginajackson.net/] At Last - Glenn Miller (voc. Ray Aberle) - 1942 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueA3BguK9Y&list=RD3ueA3BguK9Y&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueA3BguK9Y&list=RD3ueA3BguK9Y&start_radio=1] Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Benny Goodman (voc. Helen Forest) 1941 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCIx89EHBpU&list=RDpCIx89EHBpU&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCIx89EHBpU&list=RDpCIx89EHBpU&start_radio=1] CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:49 E = Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 02:53 Seven Lively Arts - A Broadway Flop 06:44 Stravinsky - Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant 08:10 Billy Rose 12:01 The Tragic Life of Nan Wynn 15:48 Jere McMahon 16:33 Benny Goodman - The King of Swing 23:03 Discussing the Sheet Music 25:25 Discussing the Lyrics 27:07 Discussing the Music 32:23 Discussing Versions: Benny Goodman 34:28 Stan Kenton 35:27 Teddy Wilson 36:49 Which Is Our Favourite? 37:52 If You Liked That You'll Like This 40:59 Mentioned in Dispatches 41:51 Teaser for Next Time 42:51 Outro SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS You can follow the podcast on social media: http://instagram.com/warsongspod [http://instagram.com/warsongspod] https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod [https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod] Find more information about Lili Redman here: https://liliredman.com/ [https://liliredman.com/] https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/ [https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/] https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil [https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil] Or Tom Carradine here: https://www.tomcarradine.com/ [https://www.tomcarradine.com/] https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine [https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine] https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine [https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine] CONTACT THE PODCAST If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at warsongspod@gmail.com to be "Mentioned in Dispatches". LISTENING LINKS Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b [https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b] Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318 [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318] If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.

Der Fuehrer's Face - Donald Duck and the Art of Taking the Mickey

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine dive into one of the most gloriously irreverent songs of the Second World War - Oliver Wallace's "Der Fuehrer's Face," made famous by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and immortalised in the Oscar-winning Donald Duck short of the same name. They trace Wallace's remarkable journey from London-born silent film organist to one of Disney's most prolific composers, before turning to the irrepressible Spike Jones - a man who replaced C-sharps with gunshots, performed Liszt at breakneck speed, and gave the world the "birdaphone." Along the way they explore how Disney's studios were commandeered by the US military, and how a cartoon duck in a Nazi nightmare became one of the most effective pieces of wartime propaganda ever made. There's also an extended sidequest into the extraordinary personal style of Hermann Göring - a man who wore kimonos with fur-trimmed slippers, changed uniform several times a day, and carried a six-foot spear to diplomatic receptions. If he wasn't a Nazi, you'd say he was fabulous. Packed with sharp satire, composed chaos and plenty of raspberries, this episode asks: what's the best way to deal with a bully? Make fun of him, obviously. SPOTIFY PLAYLIST You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a] REFERENCES London Easter Parade 2026 https://www.facebook.com/events/996153819354742 [https://www.facebook.com/events/996153819354742] Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Film (1943) https://youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?si=gd8ybIfZLUNH5WkK [https://youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?si=gd8ybIfZLUNH5WkK] Oliver Wallace https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Wallace [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Wallace] Snow White Live Action Reference Films (inc. Oliver Wallace) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqEmTujHP8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqEmTujHP8] People and Places Series - Disney https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziMmVShwVhY10ekwToAtrWcAoZBYZuBM [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziMmVShwVhY10ekwToAtrWcAoZBYZuBM] Spike Jones Clip with Birdaphone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8iRCan7I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8iRCan7I] Spike Jones https://walkoffame.com/spike-jones/ [https://walkoffame.com/spike-jones/] Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dw2UKRYSA&list=RDA0dw2UKRYSA&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dw2UKRYSA&list=RDA0dw2UKRYSA&start_radio=1] Ghost Riders in the Sky - Spike Jones (1949) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9mT-ibaAQo&list=RDc9mT-ibaAQo&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9mT-ibaAQo&list=RDc9mT-ibaAQo&start_radio=1] William Tell Overture - Spike Jones (1948) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxrOo_H_D4c&list=RDFxrOo_H_D4c&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxrOo_H_D4c&list=RDFxrOo_H_D4c&start_radio=1] Bring on the Girls (1945) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCQ9v3KHxA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCQ9v3KHxA] Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Film (1943) https://youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?si=gd8ybIfZLUNH5WkK [https://youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?si=gd8ybIfZLUNH5WkK] Herman Göring's Uniforms http://themarshalsbaton.com/goring.htm [http://themarshalsbaton.com/goring.htm] Carinhall, Schorfheide (Herman Göring's Home) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinhall [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinhall] Pink Elephants on Parade - Dumbo (1941) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcZUPDMXzJ8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcZUPDMXzJ8] Sheet Music https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Der-Fuehrers-Face-1942.pdf [https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Der-Fuehrers-Face-1942.pdf] Knees Up Mother Brown (1940) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdRxWZ5-mvg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdRxWZ5-mvg] The Laughing Policeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM&list=RDhI1nPd7hezM&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM&list=RDhI1nPd7hezM&start_radio=1] My Old Man's a Dustman - Lonnie Donegan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7GeZ3YmONw&list=RDY7GeZ3YmONw&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7GeZ3YmONw&list=RDY7GeZ3YmONw&start_radio=1] Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones and his City Slickers (1942) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8iRCan7I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8iRCan7I] Looney Tunes Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTHNBKjMBU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTHNBKjMBU] Tommy Trinder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsjWKM1VeM&list=RDtqsjWKM1VeM&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsjWKM1VeM&list=RDtqsjWKM1VeM&start_radio=1] Lord Haw-Haw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw] Harry Roy (1942) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpC93EBtw7I&t=4s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpC93EBtw7I&t=4s] Heil Hitler Ja, Ja, Ja - Ronald Frankau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6xc7HOYMg4&list=RDK6xc7HOYMg4&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6xc7HOYMg4&list=RDK6xc7HOYMg4&start_radio=1] What a Nice Lot of Nazis They Are - Arthur Askey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhJZjLuSgmk&list=RDNhJZjLuSgmk&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhJZjLuSgmk&list=RDNhJZjLuSgmk&start_radio=1] Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - Noel Coward (1943) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE&list=RDwveW9Tw2JKE&start_radio=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE&list=RDwveW9Tw2JKE&start_radio=1] CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:52 Catch Up 01:40 D = Der Fuehrer's Face 02:37 Oliver Wallace 09:44 Spike Jones 14:35 Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Cartoon 18:41 Hermann Göring: The Most Flamboyant Nazi 21:24 Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Cartoon (Part 2) 23:36 Discussing the Sheet Music 24:21 Discussing the Lyrics 27:17 Discussing the Music 29:31 Discussing Versions: Spike Jones and His City Slickers 30:47 Tommy Trinder 31:47 Harry Roy 33:02 Which Is Our Favourite? 33:55 If You Liked That You'll Like This 37:40 Mentioned in Dispatches 38:36 Teaser for Next Week 39:02 Outro SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS You can follow the podcast on social media: http://instagram.com/warsongspod [http://instagram.com/warsongspod]https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod [https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod] Find more information about Lili Redman here: https://liliredman.com/ [https://liliredman.com/]https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/ [https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/]https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil [https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil] Or Tom Carradine here: https://www.tomcarradine.com/ [https://www.tomcarradine.com/]https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine [https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine]https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine [https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine] CONTACT THE PODCAST If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at warsongspod@gmail.com to be "Mentioned in Dispatches". LISTENING LINKS Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b [https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b] Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318 [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318] If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.