[78-L] WW II "Propaganda" Songs

[simmonssomer]

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From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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> simmonssomer wrote:
>> 'Any Bonds Today?"
>> "Der Fuhrer's Face"
>> "The Victory Walk" Charlie Barnet  Dec 18507
>> "Cash For Your Trash"  Louis Armstrong Decca 4229
>> "For The Good Of Your Country" Count Basie Col 36685
>> "This Is Worth Fighting For" Jimmy Dorsey  Decca 18376
>> "A Slip Of The Lip" Duke Ellington  Vic 20-1505
>>
>> Al S.
> ================
> In a sense there were no "propaganda" songs, i.e. songs that were
> intended to spread discontent amongst the enemy, unless they were in the
> language of the country concerned. Glenn Miller did do some German
> language broadcasts, so they would count as propaganda.
>
>      Julian Vein

Propaganda was not only aimed at enemies.
It helped prop up morale and unified peoples against a common foe via 
demonization, satire and patriotic appeals.

Al S.