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Podcast: Sam Waldron
Episode: Episode 47, “Top Hits of 1940,”
Description: Show 47, “Top Hits of 1940,” presents 15 popular songs from the first year of the 1940s, including three that held the #1 Billboard chart position for a total of 33 weeks. Performers include Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, The Ink Spots, Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also included: Some news items from 1940 that you weren’t taught in school.
Playlist
Show 47
Top Hits of 1940
Playlist
1
I’ll Never Smile Again
Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey
2
Only Forever
Bing Crosby
3
We Three
The Ink Spots
4
Five O’Clock Whistle
Mavis Rivers
5
Frenesi
Artie Shaw
6
The Breeze and I
Ji...