The A to Z of Wartime Song

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine turn from the comic to the heartbreaking with Cole Porter's sublime 1944 ballad "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - one of the true gems of the Great American Songbook, and a song so perfect, so simple, that it still stops you in your tracks.

The song made its debut in Billy Rose's extravagant Broadway revue Seven Lively Arts - a production that somehow combined Cole Porter, Igor Stravinsky, Benny Goodman, Beatrice Lillie and a group of ballet dancers! Along the way, Lili and Tom explore the remarkable and often overlooked story of Nan Wynn, the singer who introduced the song on Broadway - a ghost vocalist for Rita Hayworth whose career was cut tragically short, and whose fight back from the brink is one of the most extraordinary stories of the era.

Then there's Benny Goodman himself - the King of Swing, a boy from the Maxwell Street tenements of Chicago who broke racial barriers in music a full decade before other fields followed, and whose steely perfectionism was as legendary as his clarinet tone.

Tender, wistful and quietly devastating, this episode is a reminder that some songs say everything in just a few bars - and that the change from major to minor can break your heart every single time.

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a

REFERENCES

Cole Porter
https://www.coleporter.org/

Y = You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
https://sites.libsyn.com/557391/site/youd-be-so-nice-to-come-home-to-cole-porter-paris-parties-and-broadway-bangers

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Noel Coward
https://youtu.be/UKArygvN7vg?si=7bDoQomKFkFNxv3S

Seven Lively Arts
https://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/seven.html

Broadway Flops
https://biggestmusicalflops.home.blog/

Alicia Markova
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Markova

Prima Ballerina Assoluta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_ballerina_assoluta

Jack Hylton and Stravinsky
https://www.jackhylton.com/hylton-stravinsky

Scenes de Ballet - Seven Lively Arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP_kjoVnhwc

Circus Polka: for a Young Elephant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1fMa63Lx8

Billy Rose - Producer
https://www.songhall.org/profiles/billy-rose

Billy Rose's Aquacade (Worlds Fair 1939)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rose%27s_Aquacade

Nan Wynn
https://bandchirps.com/artist/nan-wynn/

Ghost Singers
https://musicalstagecompany.com/hollywood-ghost-singers/

Marni Nixon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marni_Nixon

A Shot in the Dark - 1941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWTBy0cqdcE

Benny Goodman
https://www.bennygoodman.com/

Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall
https://www.bennygoodman.com/carnegie-hall/

Benny Goodman - Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnzK62w17s

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Sheet Music Cover (Simple)
https://ebay.us/m/mJYNql

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Sheet Music Cover (Canadian Version)
https://ebay.us/m/TfwjCC

Dorothy Stewart - Now Is the Hour Episode
https://sites.libsyn.com/557391/site/now-is-the-hour-gracie-fields-and-a-new-zealand-lullaby-turned-global-goodbye

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Benny Goodman (voc. Peggy Man) 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeVV3zVAv4&list=RDdjeVV3zVAv4&start_radio=1

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Stan Kenton (voc. Gene Howard) 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unt8hM4jP2s&list=RDUnt8hM4jP2s&start_radio=1

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Teddy Wilson Quintet (voc. Maxine Sullivan) 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAOVr9etdo&list=RDUtAOVr9etdo&start_radio=1

Maxine Sullivan - Loch Lomond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYF-d0IqPoU&list=RDlYF-d0IqPoU&start_radio=1

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald 1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOllc918mcE

If I Love You - Harry James - 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2k2qaI14Y&list=RDAc2k2qaI14Y&start_radio=1

Georgina Jackson - Trumpet Player
https://www.georginajackson.net/

At Last - Glenn Miller (voc. Ray Aberle) - 1942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueA3BguK9Y&list=RD3ueA3BguK9Y&start_radio=1

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Benny Goodman (voc. Helen Forest) 1941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCIx89EHBpU&list=RDpCIx89EHBpU&start_radio=1

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:49 E = Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 
02:53 Seven Lively Arts - A Broadway Flop 
06:44 Stravinsky - Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant 
08:10 Billy Rose 
12:01 The Tragic Life of Nan Wynn
15:48 Jere McMahon
16:33 Benny Goodman - The King of Swing
23:03 Discussing the Sheet Music
25:25 Discussing the Lyrics
27:07 Discussing the Music
32:23 Discussing Versions: Benny Goodman
34:28 Stan Kenton 35:27 Teddy Wilson
36:49 Which Is Our Favourite?
37:52 If You Liked That You'll Like This
40:59 Mentioned in Dispatches
41:51 Teaser for Next Time
42:51 Outro

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

You can follow the podcast on social media:
http://instagram.com/warsongspod
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Find more information about Lili Redman here:
https://liliredman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/
https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil

Or Tom Carradine here:
https://www.tomcarradine.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine
https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine

CONTACT THE PODCAST

If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at [email protected] to be "Mentioned in Dispatches".

LISTENING LINKS

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318

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In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine dive into one of the most gloriously irreverent songs of the Second World War - Oliver Wallace's "Der Fuehrer's Face," made famous by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and immortalised in the Oscar-winning Donald Duck short of the same name.

They trace Wallace's remarkable journey from London-born silent film organist to one of Disney's most prolific composers, before turning to the irrepressible Spike Jones - a man who replaced C-sharps with gunshots, performed Liszt at breakneck speed, and gave the world the "birdaphone." Along the way they explore how Disney's studios were commandeered by the US military, and how a cartoon duck in a Nazi nightmare became one of the most effective pieces of wartime propaganda ever made.

There's also an extended sidequest into the extraordinary personal style of Hermann Göring - a man who wore kimonos with fur-trimmed slippers, changed uniform several times a day, and carried a six-foot spear to diplomatic receptions. If he wasn't a Nazi, you'd say he was fabulous.

Packed with sharp satire, composed chaos and plenty of raspberries, this episode asks: what's the best way to deal with a bully? Make fun of him, obviously.

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a

REFERENCES

London Easter Parade 2026
https://www.facebook.com/events/996153819354742

Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Film (1943)
https://youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?si=gd8ybIfZLUNH5WkK

Oliver Wallace
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Wallace

Snow White Live Action Reference Films (inc. Oliver Wallace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqEmTujHP8

People and Places Series - Disney
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziMmVShwVhY10ekwToAtrWcAoZBYZuBM

Spike Jones Clip with Birdaphone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8iRCan7I

Spike Jones
https://walkoffame.com/spike-jones/

Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dw2UKRYSA&list=RDA0dw2UKRYSA&start_radio=1

Ghost Riders in the Sky - Spike Jones (1949)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9mT-ibaAQo&list=RDc9mT-ibaAQo&start_radio=1

William Tell Overture - Spike Jones (1948)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxrOo_H_D4c&list=RDFxrOo_H_D4c&start_radio=1

Bring on the Girls (1945)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCQ9v3KHxA

Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Film (1943)
https://youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?si=gd8ybIfZLUNH5WkK

Herman Göring's Uniforms
http://themarshalsbaton.com/goring.htm

Carinhall, Schorfheide (Herman Göring's Home)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinhall

Pink Elephants on Parade - Dumbo (1941)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcZUPDMXzJ8

Sheet Music
https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Der-Fuehrers-Face-1942.pdf

Knees Up Mother Brown (1940)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdRxWZ5-mvg

The Laughing Policeman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM&list=RDhI1nPd7hezM&start_radio=1

My Old Man's a Dustman - Lonnie Donegan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7GeZ3YmONw&list=RDY7GeZ3YmONw&start_radio=1

Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones and his City Slickers (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8iRCan7I

Looney Tunes Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTHNBKjMBU

Tommy Trinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsjWKM1VeM&list=RDtqsjWKM1VeM&start_radio=1

Lord Haw-Haw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw

Harry Roy (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpC93EBtw7I&t=4s

Heil Hitler Ja, Ja, Ja - Ronald Frankau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6xc7HOYMg4&list=RDK6xc7HOYMg4&start_radio=1

What a Nice Lot of Nazis They Are - Arthur Askey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhJZjLuSgmk&list=RDNhJZjLuSgmk&start_radio=1

Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - Noel Coward (1943)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE&list=RDwveW9Tw2JKE&start_radio=1

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:52 Catch Up
01:40 D = Der Fuehrer's Face
02:37 Oliver Wallace
09:44 Spike Jones
14:35 Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Cartoon
18:41 Hermann Göring: The Most Flamboyant Nazi
21:24 Der Fuehrer's Face - Disney Cartoon (Part 2)
23:36 Discussing the Sheet Music
24:21 Discussing the Lyrics
27:17 Discussing the Music
29:31 Discussing Versions: Spike Jones and His City Slickers
30:47 Tommy Trinder
31:47 Harry Roy
33:02 Which Is Our Favourite?
33:55 If You Liked That You'll Like This
37:40 Mentioned in Dispatches
38:36 Teaser for Next Week
39:02 Outro

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

You can follow the podcast on social media:
http://instagram.com/warsongspod
https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod

Find more information about Lili Redman here:
https://liliredman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/
https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil

Or Tom Carradine here:
https://www.tomcarradine.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine
https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine

CONTACT THE PODCAST

If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at [email protected] to be "Mentioned in Dispatches".

LISTENING LINKS

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318

If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, Lili Redman and Tom Carradine dive into the brilliantly witty world of Noël Coward with his 1941 patter song "Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun."

Before tackling the song itself, they take a whirlwind tour through Coward's extraordinary life - from child performer to West End sensation, wartime entertainer, filmmaker, and even (rather improbably) spy. Along the way, they explore his role in boosting British morale during the Second World War, including his work on the classic film In Which We Serve.

Turning to the song, Lili and Tom unpack Coward's razor-sharp satire of the Home Guard, affectionately exposing the shortages, improvisation, and quiet resilience of Britain's "last line of defence." Through the long-suffering Colonel Montmorency and his increasingly desperate letters to the Minister of Supply, Coward captures a uniquely British blend of frustration, humour, and stiff upper lip.

Packed with sparkling lyrics, theatrical flair, and plenty of laughs, this episode celebrates Coward at his most incisive - and reminds us how humour helped Britain carry on.

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a

REFERENCES

Noel Coward
https://www.noelcoward.com/

The Noel Coward Foundation
https://www.noelcoward.com/foundation

Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun - Dad's Army
https://youtu.be/nWGOFy-OJyo?si=t41_UULVu-inzZan

Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun - New London Opera Group (Tom on piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inIXVsSZWHc

In Which We Serve (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO7TWWmXAqk

London Pride - Sheet Music Cover
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2014GX4042/full/!600,/0/default.jpg

Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - Sheet Music Cover
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DgkAAOSwGbxmbSUR/s-l1200.jpg

A Room With a View - Chappel "Theatre Curtains" Cover
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/w0MAAOSwMXdf44LW/s-l1200.jpg

Ace of Clubs - Sheet Music Cover
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Vn4AAOSww7tb6i0r/s-l400.jpg

Arquebus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebus

Dad's Army - "Don't Tell Them, Pike"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YMVPXmaKds

Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington - Noel Coward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfxLIyf_IY&list=RDHEfxLIyf_IY&start_radio=1

There are Bad Times Around the Corner - Noel Coward
https://youtu.be/tSA5C8mQcLQ?si=dcOlMHjb53MDlpjt

The Stately Homes of England - Noel Coward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PU2ZDDGzY4&list=RD8PU2ZDDGzY4&start_radio=1

Mad Dogs and Englishman - Kenneth Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIsu3NSz_pQ&list=RDvIsu3NSz_pQ&start_radio=1

Home Guard Blues (from "Get Cracking") - George Formby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zki_nAcHvc&list=RD6zki_nAcHvc&start_radio=1

Guarding the Home of the Home Guard - George Formby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvOD041krI&list=RDbHvOD041krI&start_radio=1

Mr Wu is Now an Airaid Warden - George Formby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvgpeGxzak&list=RDvnvgpeGxzak&start_radio=1

The Home Guard - Robb Wilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=775DE0YkT3U

Georgie Jones - Poet on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/georgie_jonez/

The Soldiers of the Old Home Guard - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzqFDZ6Li-8

Dad's Army Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroU9_tNF7A&list=RDXroU9_tNF7A&start_radio=1

Meet the Gang - It Ain't Half Hot, Mum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAL9HG2p98g

Tom Sharpe - Folk Musician
https://www.instagram.com/tomshrp/

Hartlepool Historic Quay - Tom Sharpe
https://open.spotify.com/album/10zf9NZhkyx2iugUQQEvCL?si=nT0fVQa6Qre3JrbxjauO_A

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:50 Catch Up
01:48 C = Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun
02:40 Noel Coward
08:05 Noel Coward's Contributions During WWII
09:03 "In Which We Serve" Film
10:38 Noel Coward: Theatrical Polymath
13:09 The Home Guard
17:03 Discussing the Sheet Music
18:45 Discussing the Lyrics
25:44 Discussing the Music
28:06 Discussing the Versions: Noel Coward
30:08 If You Liked That You'll Like This
36:06 Mentioned in Dispatches
37:19 Teaser for Next Week
37:50 Outro

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

You can follow the podcast on social media:
http://instagram.com/warsongspod
https://www.facebook.com/warsongspod

Find more information about Lili Redman here:
https://liliredman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lili__redman/
https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil

Or Tom Carradine here:
https://www.tomcarradine.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine
https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine

CONTACT THE PODCAST

If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at [email protected] to be "Mentioned in Dispatches".

LISTENING LINKS

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318

If you've enjoyed this episode Lili and Tom would be grateful if you'd leave a review and make sure you've subscribed and turned on notifications so you'll never miss an episode.

In this episode of The A to Z of Wartime Song, hosts Lili Redman and Tom Carradine cross the Atlantic for one of the most recognisable songs of the Second World War: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."

They explore the story behind this huge 1941 hit, written by Hughie Prince and Don Raye for the Abbott and Costello film Buck Privates, and brought to life by the unstoppable close-harmony powerhouse that was The Andrews Sisters. Along the way, Lili and Tom trace the sisters' rise from Minneapolis talent contest winners to international stars and wartime favourites, adored by troops on both sides of the Atlantic.

The episode also dives into the roots of boogie woogie itself - from the piano styles of the American South to Carnegie Hall, big bands and beyond - and compares a range of period recordings, including versions by Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, and the rather peculiar Mitchell Ayres take.

Packed with swing, sister harmonies, bugle calls and bluesy bass lines, it's an episode full of hot music, wartime energy, and the sounds that helped define an era.

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a

REFERENCES

Hughie Prince
https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4447/all

The Last Time I Saw Paris - Noel Coward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVzhPV3nYTA

Don Raye
https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3975

She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor - Harry Roy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skx3qNBfUm8

This Is My Country - Don Raye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiPu-jEfyxc&t=8s

Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar - The Andrew Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZv6hL6aYfQ&list=RDqZv6hL6aYfQ&index=2

Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat - The Andrews Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ85zLhQDos&list=RDEJ85zLhQDos&start_radio=1

Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four - The Andrews Sister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhRJuhqaFA&list=RDglhRJuhqaFA&start_radio=1

Don Raye - Songwriters Hall of Fame
https://www.songhall.org/profiles/don-raye

Buck Privates - Film 1941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbKPCT-iRGY&t=1s

Apple Blossom Time (3/4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0W2Zi9ClfU&list=RDO0W2Zi9ClfU&start_radio=1

Apple Blossom Time (4/4) - Andrews Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrEXjd9COuY&list=RDNrEXjd9COuY&start_radio=1

When Private Brown Becomes a Captain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uc8PPPYdR0&t=2s

Clarence Zylman - the original Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy?
https://www.visitmuskegon.org/blog/post/the-story-behind-muskegons-boogie-woogie-bugle-boy-statue/

The Andrews Sisters
https://thesongbook.org/about/news-media/the-songbook-blog-items/the-andrews-sisters-queens-of-the-jukebox/

The Boswell Sisters
https://hnoc.org/virtual-exhibitions/shout-sister-shout

Bei Bir Mis Du Schon - The Andrews Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvxkomTYkfM&list=RDqZv6hL6aYfQ&index=7

Don't Fence Me In - The Andrews Sisters with Bing Crosby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMnLoOnrwbg

V Discs
https://syncopatedtimes.com/the-story-of-v-discs/

Sheet Music Cover
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp-copyright/4071/

Reveille (US)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A5v38QH9Ig&t=19s

Reveille (UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_peXjzFQ2_c&t=60s

Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/draft-and-wwii

Boogie Woogie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie-woogie

Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYrcZp7Pdh8

From Spirituals to Swing Concert - 1938
https://syncopatedtimes.com/john-hammonds-from-spirituals-to-swing-concert/

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters (from Buck Privates)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of3uhG1tCI&list=RD8of3uhG1tCI&start_radio=1

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Mitchell Ayres and his Fashion in Music
https://youtu.be/f0Iq5QUImTY?si=-q8zC8G2llCDHQ8F

An Operatic "Last Christmas"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA_nPDfb-i0&t=8s

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Woody Herman and his Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XnDJL3Edsk&list=RD3XnDJL3Edsk&start_radio=1

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Gene Krupa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxphL8pkJ8

Boogie Woogie Prayer - Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHrbSxUFDI

Caledonia - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6pHtiNT_k

Five Guys Names Mo - The Musical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Guys_Named_Moe

The Jive Aces
https://jiveaces.org/

Bring Me Sunshine - The Jive Aces (spot a young Lili)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXvJ8UquYoo

Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt-dfPnBeLE

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:51 Catch Up
01:16 B = Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
02:33 Hughie Prince
04:14 Don Raye
07:27 The Story of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
11:03 The Andrews Sisters
14:36 Discussing the Sheet Music
15:48 Discussing the Lyrics
21:16 Discussing the Music: Boogie Woogie
29:32 Discussing Versions: The Andrews Sisters
30:10 Mitchell Ayers and his Fashion in Music
32:42 Woody Herman
33:07 Gene Krupa
34:30 Which Is Our Favourite?
35:06 If You Liked That You'll Like This
38:42 Mentioned in Dispatches
39:37 Teaser for Next Week
39:52 Outro

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In the opening episode of Series 2 of The A to Z of Wartime Song, hosts Lili Redman and Tom Carradine return to the beginning of the alphabet with a cheeky naval number - Tommy Trinder's "All Over the Place."

They explore the life and career of Trinder, from his early days on the Music Hall stage at Collins's in Islington to becoming one of Britain's most recognisable wartime entertainers. Along the way, they uncover the vibrant world of variety theatre, the rise of ENSA, and Trinder's fast-talking, fourth-wall-breaking comedy style that made him a firm favourite with audiences during WWII.

The episode also dives into the song's origins in the 1940 film Sailors Three, a classic wartime comedy, and the work of songwriter Noel Gay, whose catalogue helped define the sound of the era. Lili and Tom compare a range of contemporary recordings - from Trinder's original film version to dance band takes by Geraldo, Wally Bishop and Billy Thorburn, plus a beautifully intimate rendition by Hutch.

Packed with musical analysis, Music Hall history, and a few delightful side quests (including pocket battleships and posh pronunciations), this episode sets sail on a brand new series full of song, story and laughter.

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

You can listen to ALL of the songs that Tom and Lili talk about in the episode on their Spotify playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FQDrBphYqYLAuN6Jm01PN?si=b777dc33a703408a

REFERENCES

Tommy Trinder - Blue Plaque
https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tommy-trinder

Collins' Music Hall
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Collins.htm

The "New" Collins' Music Hall
https://www.toto-locations.co.uk/locations/T24001

Wilton's Music Hall - History
https://wiltons.org.uk/heritage/history/

Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/TunbridgeWellsTheatres.htm

Casey's Court Juvenile Comedy Show
https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/will-murrays-caseys-court-1906/

Tommy Trinder - Old Boys Network (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD7Fxl4yZ7U

FEATHERSTONEHAUGH

WRIOTHESLEY

ENSA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainments_National_Service_Association

Tommy Trinder in ENSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S542rqxut6U

Eating Out with Tommy Trinder - Public Information Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHBfVqaS6EI

Pocketbattleships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland-class_cruiser

Tommy Trinder - All Over the Place (from Sailors Three)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rljsN_68vxw&t=10s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIEkYEpOWrA&t=6s  

Sailors Three
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/811645/index.html

Champagne Charlie - Tommy Trinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROsI7cOZvJU&t=13s

Albert and the Lion - Stanley Holloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaw-savyK0s&list=RDoaw-savyK0s&start_radio=1

All Over the Place - Sheet Music Cover
https://www.dustymusic.com/sheet-music/9054/all-over-the-place

Over There - Sheet Music Cover
https://musicpolitics.barefield.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/over-there.jpg

We Saw the Sea! - Fred Astaire in "Follow the Fleet"
https://youtu.be/gVYxekAaFRU?si=4CPaFqC-leyUEZKj

All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH_EUYDklMI&list=RDOH_EUYDklMI&start_radio=1

He Played His Ukulele As the Ship Went Down (Leslie Sarony)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esy_rTMYGEA&list=RDEsy_rTMYGEA&start_radio=1

The Three Ginx
https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Three_Ginx

The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1363213-The-New-Mayfair-Dance-Orchestra?srsltid=AfmBOopPZvM8_DW4a-fGQymiqFERZIK91_gjolksnWDs3jPy6M7zz1oy

All Over the Place - Wally Bishop
https://youtu.be/eW_loob9WdM?si=wTlNriDiikAaNMzT

All Over the Place - Billy Thornburn Band
https://youtu.be/WR1p1hlBTIs?si=u-4W1BPMtGfKNr7j

All Over the Place - Jimmy Leach "Organola"
https://youtu.be/EdUumFgr9ZM?si=Op63pCmdYXQm7Nq5

Harry Farmer - Organist / Hammond Organ
http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/Harry%20Farmer%20Page.htm

All Over the Place - Leslie Hutchinson aka The Hutch
https://youtu.be/yYPITRd6qcI?si=6AEaNuB7Sxa5mFbE

All Over the Place - Geraldo and the Savoy Hotel Orchestra
https://youtu.be/TYjlqo_u7TM?si=me0gzvUofYQj30N3

Bell Bottom Trousers - Kay Kyser and His Orchesta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO17I5fb8hc

The Navy, the Army and the P'lice - Ronald Frankau
https://open.spotify.com/track/2WmsDkqFuY5QBJKNyDaFbs?si=7231b647e7144309

The Army, the Navy and the Air Force - Sheet Music Cover
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1277624/the-army-the-navy-and-sheet-music-darewski-herman/

The Army, the Navy and the Air Force - Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMdNrWnoSQA

The Fleet's in Port Again - Billy Cotton and His Band (Noel Gay)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQpqpy1FPuY&list=RDXQpqpy1FPuY&start_radio=1

Anchors Aweigh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j0dqw1muX0&list=RD1j0dqw1muX0&start_radio=1

We're Riding Along on the Crest of the Wave - Ralph Reader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZe6GVa_JI&list=RDMYZe6GVa_JI&start_radio=1

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:50 Catch Up
01:31 A = All Over the Place
02:12 Tommy Trinder's Early Years
03:10 Collin's Music Hall
08:41 Trinder's Stage Debut and Early Career
15:16 Trinder's War Years and Film Career
18:18 Pocket Battleships
20:17 Sailors Three: A Comedy Classic
23:52 Discussing the Sheet Music
25:05 Discussing the Lyrics
27:51 Discussing the Music
30:18 Discussing Versions: Tommy Trinder
32:39 Wally Bishop's and His Band
33:44 Billy Thornburn's Band
35:05 Jimmy Leach and "Organola"
36:46 Leslie Hutchinson aka The Hutch
37:32 Geraldo and the Savoy Hotel Orchestra
38:06 Which Is Our Favourite?
38:47 If You Liked That You'll Like This
43:25 Mentioned in Dispatches
44:19 Teaser for Next Week
45:03 Outro

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

You can follow the podcast on social media:
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Find more information about Lili Redman here:
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https://www.facebook.com/ScalaLil

Or Tom Carradine here:
https://www.tomcarradine.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tomcarradine
https://www.facebook.com/mrtomcarradine

CONTACT THE PODCAST

If there's a wartime song that you think they should discuss, or if you have a personal or family story connected to one, drop them a line at [email protected]  to be "Mentioned in Dispatches".

LISTENING LINKS

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ktQ4nyudmPRLcCNyNxEfv?si=ac9e1babe6834f2b
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-to-z-of-wartime-song/id1806037318

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