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Thread #10366   Message #71468
Posted By: John Hindsill
16-Apr-99 - 10:24 PM
Thread Name: WWII songs
Subject: RE: WWII songs
Others to add:

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
The Ballad of Rodger Young
A Walk in the Sun - Earl Robinson

Delete from previous lists "Unchained Melody". This song was written as the title song for the movie "Unchained" in the mid-1950s. What! You've never heard of it? It was a prison story starring Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch of LA Ram football fame. The co-star was 40's band singer Johnny Johnston; he was asked to sing the song over the titles, but declined because he wanted to take his career in another direction. Bad choice...the movie tanked, the song was a monster hit. JJ's career moved to hosting a Friday night bowling on the tele.