A musical inquiry

[niektete.livejournal.com]

What ho, all!

This sadly has absolutely nothing to do with Jeeves&Wooster, but I still post it here since so many of you fine folks have helped me in the past with music searches. My question: does anybody know what music was popular during the Second World War, particularly in France? We're having an "'Allo 'Allo" theme party, and it has fallen to me to mix a little soundtrack. So music from the early-to-mid forties, anyone? I just need names/titles :)

Thanks so much in advance.

Comments

[purplefluffycat.livejournal.com]

There's a small wikipedia entry on the types of music used in 'Allo 'Allo, here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Allo_%27Allo!#Other_music

That sounds like a great idea for a party :-)

PurpleFluffyCat x

[electricwitch.livejournal.com]

Great idea! The thing is Nazi occupation meant French music was largely suppressed. Like in the Netherlands, most of the cabaret singers were Jewish, which for obvious reasons was problematic though most of them were not prosecuted by the Nazis. A lot of them didn't really perform during this time or had to leave the country. Most of the music was from just before the war.

Sure fire artists are Josephine Baker (esp Besame Mucho), Edith Piaf and Marie Jose (with an accent on the e). Non-French ones are Marlene Dietrich (great hit with the resistance), Tino Rossi, the Trio Lescano, Willy Derby and Lou Bandy. Here's a collection of Dutch resistance songs:

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

I have some links of songs as part of my WWII research but nothing directly related to France. If you want my links, let me know.

[niektete.livejournal.com]

I'd love them :) They don't need to be French, I just haven't a clue what to look for!

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

Hope this helps a little.

This has songs from 1939 to 1945:

http://www.bpears.org.uk/NE-Diary/Bck/Popular.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1940_songs

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/music.htm

http://nfo.net/usa/timeline.html

I know from the books I've read on the time that Vera Lynn was popular.

[niektete.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks ever so much! Now I've got a bunch of new suggestions ^^