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In 1942, Irving Berlin organized This Is the Army, an all-soldier musical to benefit war relief that updated his similar World War I show Yip! Yip! Yaphank. It ran on Broadway from July 4 to September 26, then toured the U.S. and around the world over the next three years. Berlin himself reprised "Oh, How I Hate to Get up in the Morning" from Yip! Yip! Yaphank, and other songs included the stirring "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones," the romantic "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," and the African-American-oriented "What the Well Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear." Songwriter Harold Rome's 1946 musical revue Call Me Mister successfully commented on the immediate postwar world, opening on Broadway on April 18, 1946, and running 734 performances through January 10, 1948. Betty Garrett achieved stardom singing the hit "South America, Take It Away," in which a USO hostess complains about rhumba rhythms, and she also had fun with "Little Surplus Me," while "Military Life" took a less-than-reverent look at veterans. Decca Records recorded both shows and issued 78 RPM albums in 1942 and 1946, respectively. Columbia Special Products and the bootleg label JJA have combined them on single LPs since then, and now that the recordings are out of copyright in Europe, Jasmine has done the same on this CD, which also adds later material such as "My British Buddy," which Berlin wrote for the London opening of This Is the Army. (The JJA LP also featured this material.) Paul Pelletier's liner notes are informative, and since the recordings had been out of print in the U.S. for a long time before this release, they are welcome.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Orchestra, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Orchestra, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Private Stuart Churchill, FeaturedArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Orchestra, MainArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Octet, FeaturedArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Corporal Earl Oxford, FeaturedArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Orchestra, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Staff Sergeant Ezra Stone, FeaturedArtist - Private Julie Oshins, FeaturedArtist - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Orchestra, MainArtist - Corporal Phillip Truex, FeaturedArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Corporal James "Stump" Cross, FeaturedArtist - All-Soldier Swing Band, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer, Conductor - Original "This is the Army" All-Soldier Chorus, MainArtist - Cote Glee Club, FeaturedArtist
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Harold Rome, Composer - Lawrence Winters, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Male Chrous, FeaturedArtist - Original "Call Me Mister" Male Chrous, MainArtist
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Harold Rome, Composer - Paula Bane, FeaturedArtist - Danny Scholl, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Male Chrous, MainArtist - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist
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Betty Garrett, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Harold Rume, Composer
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Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Harold Rume, Composer - Original "Call Me Mister" Male Quartet, MainArtist
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Harry Clark, FeaturedArtist - Jules Munshin, FeaturedArtist - Chandler Cowles, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Harold Rume, Composer
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Betty Garrett, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Harold Rume, Composer
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Paula Bane, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Harold Rume, Composer - Original "Call Me Mister" Chorus, MainArtist
(C) 2002 Jasmine Records (P) 2002 Jasmine Records
Irving Berlin, Composer - Lawrence Winters, FeaturedArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Original "Call Me Mister" Chorus, MainArtist
(C) 2002 Jasmine Records (P) 2002 Jasmine Records
Irving Berlin, Composer - Betty Garrett, MainArtist - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Male Trio, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer - Lehamn Engel, Conductor - Original "Call Me Mister" Orchestra, MainArtist - Original "Call Me Mister" Chorus, MainArtist - Bill Callaghan, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2002 Jasmine Records (P) 2002 Jasmine Records
Album review
In 1942, Irving Berlin organized This Is the Army, an all-soldier musical to benefit war relief that updated his similar World War I show Yip! Yip! Yaphank. It ran on Broadway from July 4 to September 26, then toured the U.S. and around the world over the next three years. Berlin himself reprised "Oh, How I Hate to Get up in the Morning" from Yip! Yip! Yaphank, and other songs included the stirring "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones," the romantic "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," and the African-American-oriented "What the Well Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear." Songwriter Harold Rome's 1946 musical revue Call Me Mister successfully commented on the immediate postwar world, opening on Broadway on April 18, 1946, and running 734 performances through January 10, 1948. Betty Garrett achieved stardom singing the hit "South America, Take It Away," in which a USO hostess complains about rhumba rhythms, and she also had fun with "Little Surplus Me," while "Military Life" took a less-than-reverent look at veterans. Decca Records recorded both shows and issued 78 RPM albums in 1942 and 1946, respectively. Columbia Special Products and the bootleg label JJA have combined them on single LPs since then, and now that the recordings are out of copyright in Europe, Jasmine has done the same on this CD, which also adds later material such as "My British Buddy," which Berlin wrote for the London opening of This Is the Army. (The JJA LP also featured this material.) Paul Pelletier's liner notes are informative, and since the recordings had been out of print in the U.S. for a long time before this release, they are welcome.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:22
- Main artists: Original All-Soldier Chorus
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Jasmine Records
- Genre: Soundtracks
(C) 2002 Jasmine Records (P) 2002 Jasmine Records
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