Recommended Materials
ARTIE SHAW GREATEST HITS
Artie Shaw -- with Billie Holiday on vocals -- recordings from 1938 through 1942. Tracks include the top ten recording from 1939, “Comes Love”.
RCA Victor # 68494, 1996.
RCA 100TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES: DINAH SHORE GREATEST HITS
Collection of Dinah Shore’s greatest hits, including the 1942 top ten hit “Miss You”. Guest Artists include Paul Wetstein, Albert Sack, Gordon Jenkins and the Russ Case Orchestra.
RCA Records # 69392, 2001.
SWING & SWAY: 21 OF HIS GREATEST HITS
Collection of Sammy Kaye recordings from 1939 through 1950. Tracks include the 1946 #1 hit recording “The Old Lamplighter”.
Cellectors’ Choice # 50, 1998.
ALL TIME GREATEST…THE BEST OF THE WAR YEARS
The Glenn Miller Orchestra recordings from 1939 through 1942, includes the #1 hit from 1942, “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)”. Guest artists include Tex Beneke, Bobby Hackett, Ray Anthony.
Stardust Records# 1009, 2001.