High Fidelity - A Century of Recorded Song. Episode 10

High Fidelity - A Century of Recorded Song

High Fidelity - A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part radio series. The series is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X Factor. Episode 10 Wartime Melodies From 1939 music is dominated by a European war which spread across the world. In Britain singers like Vera Lynn and the Andrew Singers come to the fore while band leaders like Glenn Miller in the US play a role in morale boosting. The war sees the use of radio music and cinema as propaganda tools and leads to a break through in magnetic tape recording which changes recording in the post war era. Enjoy performances by Vera Lynn the Andrew Singers Glenn Miller Joe Loss Orchestra and hear the story of the song As Time Goes By performed by Dooley Wilson in the wartime movie Casablanca.