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Thread #10366   Message #3339554
Posted By: MGM·Lion
17-Apr-12 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: WWII songs
Subject: RE: WWII songs
Glenn Miller's orchestra indeed played "Girl in Kalamazoo"; but it was not written by Miller, but by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon ~~

Out of interest, have looked up that ubiquitous composer Harry Warren in my Ox Guide to Popular Music. Just a selection of his output:—

words by Al Dubin: 42nd St; We're in the Money; Keep young & beautiful; I'll string along with you; I only have eyes for you; Lullaby of Broadway; September in the rain;

words by Johnny Mercer: Jeepers creepers; You must have been a beautiful baby; Jezebel; Acheson Topeka & Santa Fe.

words by Mack Gordon: Down Argentina Way; I-yi-yi-yi like you very much; Chatanooga choo-choo; Gal in Kalamazoo; I like to be loved by you; You'll never know


What a guy!

~Michael~