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OKSDE
WWII Music
Nov 28 2007, 6:46 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 28 2007, 6:46 PM EST
Please help me identify music that was popular in December 1941. I'm especially interested to learn what young people were listening to when Pearl Harbor was attacked. 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
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wfryer
wfryer
1. RE: WWII Music
Nov 30 2007, 6:23 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 30 2007, 6:23 PM EST
I have found a few resources relating to music of the era. The Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 includes different genres of music, and this was just before and during the start of the war:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/flwpahome.html

"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 is also a good resource for music of the time:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvhome.html

These links are all from the online collections of the American Folklife Center:

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/onlinecollections.html

"The Library of Congress Presents: Music, Theater and Dance" also looks good, but I didn't see any collections just specific to WWII:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/index.html 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
wfryer
wfryer
2. RE: WWII Music
Nov 30 2007, 6:29 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 30 2007, 6:29 PM EST
Some additional WWII music related sites include:

Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=379

Kingwood College Library - AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC - 1900 to 1950
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-2.html

"The Swing Machine" site has a nice archive of different music, looks like most are in MIDI format:

http://swingmachine.8m.com/music.html 0  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
ittosde
ittosde
3. RE: WWII Music - RADIO
Dec 4 2007, 12:22 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 4 2007, 12:22 PM EST
I found a resource: Radio on the Day America Entered World War II and on the Day World War II Ended

http://www.acmi.net.au/aic/RADIO_WWII.html 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

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