Down Beat, November 15, 1944

August 25, 2020 #1984

Ad in Down Beat for synthetic reeds to replace natural ones that were no longer available from France.

This wartime issue of a magazine devoted to the popular music of the day includes interesting tidbits about folks like Guy Lombardo, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw and Maj. Glenn Miller.

Playlist

Together: Haymes/Forrest
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive: Artie Shaw
Jumpin’ on the merry-go-round: Artie Shaw
I’ll never be the same: Artie Shaw
Magic is the moonlight: Jimmy Dorsey
Perdido: Billie Rogers
I’m beginning to see the light: Duke Ellington
Hong Kong blues: Hoagy Carmichael
Always: Guy Lombardo
Always: Benny Goodman
All of me: Art Van Damme
Pipe dreams: Tommy Reynolds
Sweet Georgia Brown: Django Reinhardt
Moonlight serenade: Glenn Miller
In the mood: Glenn Miller
Long ago and far away: Glenn Miller
Song of the Volga boatmen: Glenn Miller