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Officially condemned and loathed, swing and jazz music was readily used by he Germans to send their own little messages to the Allies and to attract the residents of occupied Europe to their radio stations and away from illegal Allied broadcasts. From the mid-1930s until 1944, s number of orchestras took the popular hits of the day and after singing and playing the original work, then re-worded the lyrics to poke fun at the Allies, their friends and those who counted on Germany's eventual defeat.  Entertaining to listen to, you wouldn't even know anything was amiss until the new lyrics pop up ... which are rather amusing in themself.  Don't miss these two CDs with Dr. Goebbel's idea of pop music  (or our other set, under 2 CD SET: WWII GERMAN JAZZ FOR ENEMY LISTENERS (PART 2).

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14. I'm putting all my Eggs in One Basket

SELECTIONS:

CD1:

1. Slumming on Park Avenue (Charlie and His Orchestra)
2. Hold Tight (Charlie and His Orchestra)
3. The Man with the Mandolin  (Kurt Hohenberger)
4. Tempo, Tempo  (Willy Berking)
5. ABC  (Django Reinhardt)
6. Eclats de Cuivres  (Django Reinhardt)
7. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (Miss Valaida og Matadorerne)
8. Johnson Rag  (Ernst Van't Hoff)
9. Capucyners  (Maui)
10. Bruxelles  (Le Quintette Francais)
11. Hot Club Swing  (Eddie Barclay)
12. Nachtexpress nach Warschau  (Erhard Bauschke)
13. Allerschonste Aller Frauen  (Teddy Kleindin)
14. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
15. FDR Jones  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
16. Esprit  (Albert Vossen)
17. Stomp  (Hot Club Frankfurt)
18. Tons d'Ebene  (Django Reinhardt)
19. Chiffon  (Le Quintette Francais)
20. Honeysuckle Rose  (Svend Asmussen)
21. Muziek voor Mitzy  (The Ramblers)
22. Lady Be Good  (Combo Charlie Nederpelt)
23. Ballroom Jive  (Ernst Van't Hoff)
24. When You're Smiling  (Gus Viseur's Music)
25. 67 Rue Couperin  (Christian Bellest)

TOTAL TIME:  73:24

CD 2:

1. Stormy Weather  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
2. Legato (Willy Berking)
3. I Want to be Happy  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
4. St. Louis Blues  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
5. Simplicite  (Hubert Simplisse)
6. Porter  (Gus Viseur)
7. Fermate  (Willy Berking)
8. Rhythmus  (Will Berking)
9. Steeple Chase  (The Ramblers)
10. Rytmefeber  (Rolf Syversen)
11. Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jyde  (Frans Wouters)
12. Illusie  (Piet Van Dyk)
13. Jungfrau  (Michael Jary)
14. Grand Hotel  (Willi Stanke)
15. Palm Beach  (Andre Ekyan)
16. L'Oeil Noir  (Joseph Reinhardt)
17. You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
18. The King's Horses  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
19. I'll Never Say Never Again  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
20. Goody, Goody  (Charlie and His Orchestra)
21. Zazou-Zazou  (Orchestre Swing Jo Reinhardt)
22. Sweet Georgia Brown  (Joseph Reinhardt)

TOTAL TIME:  63:59