# I'm finding out that I really love American pop music of the 1940's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271 "2012-02-18T21:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271/21 "2012-04-16T03:23:21Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Yeah, I never knew how cool music of the pre-rock era could be until listening to Galaxy News Radio. Some of those songs are just awesome. Shame the game only has the first half of Butcher Pete, though. Fortunately, the first part is the better part by far (though I often listen to both). ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271/22 "2012-04-17T22:29:37Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > One of the first CDs I purchased in '86 was _Glenn Miller: In the Digital Mood_. > > It’s still a fave. That was one of the first CD’s I bought after I purchased a CD player. The kids (6&7) were in the family room when I played it and they spontaneously started dancing to In The Mood. My wife and I just smiled and are still smiling to that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271/23 "2012-04-17T23:27:02Z")
Jazz, Swing, & Exotica form the bulk of my music collection. I love the music of Dizzy Gillespie & Louis Armstrong. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271/24 "2012-04-18T03:19:44Z")
I’m pretty much stuck in the pre-WW2 era musically. But then again, I’m a social recluse. The music is either a cause or a symptom. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271/25 "2012-04-18T03:19:51Z")
I recently had the task of putting together a “Greatest Hits of 1946” collection. I found that I didn’t like most of the pop records from that year - too sentimental for my taste. I finally settled on the following. By Nat “King” Cole: _Oh, but I Do_; _I’m in the Mood for Love_; _(Get Your Kicks) On Route 66_; _You Call It Madness (but I Call It Love)_; _The Frim Fram Sauce_; _I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)_ By Louis Jordan: _Let the Good Times Roll_; _Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’_; _Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens_; _Choo Choo Ch’Boogie_ By Julia Lee: _Lies_; _Gotta Gimme What You Got_ By Tex Beneke: _Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop_ By Frank Sinatra: _The Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil)_ By Ella Fitzgerald: _Flying Home_ By Johnny Mercer: _On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe_; _One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)_ By Peggy Lee: _Everything Is Movin’ Too Fast_ By Pearl Bailey: _That’s Good Enough for Me_ By Louis Armstrong: _Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans_ By The Mills Brothers: _You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-out-that-i-really-love-american-pop-music-of-the-1940s/613271.md?page=1)