# Popular Music  of the Forties

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-of-the-forties/447758>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 2, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-of-the-forties/447758 "2008-05-02T15:23:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-of-the-forties/447758/21 "2008-05-04T18:05:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Flipbustle]  
I was in Rome in '58, when Modugno’s gorgeous 'Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu" hit the top list.  
I brought the sheet music back to an Orchestra in the Sherry Netherlands hotel. He didn’t  
even glance at it … .  
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Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.

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**Author:** ![Flipbustle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Flipbustle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipbustle)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-of-the-forties/447758/22 "2008-05-04T20:03:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Pochacco]  
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.  
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Pleased to meet YOU.  
Anagrams are beyond moi. Give me hint ?

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**Author:** ![Flipbustle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Flipbustle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipbustle)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-of-the-forties/447758/23 "2008-05-04T20:13:50Z")

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To Slithy: How about some of those Carroll “lyrics”.  
Has anyone ever put the Jabberwokky to music ? How great it could be!  
You are sure giving me ideas- - -  
If only I could write music- - -  
Flip

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-of-the-forties/447758/24 "2008-05-04T23:17:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Ms Macphisto]  
The lyrics are kind of secondary in this song, but it is still an incredibly catchy tune from the '40s, with a great little animated video to go with it: [All The Cats Join In](http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDxa24Bjw9c).

Besides, you have to love a Disney-animated clip from 1946 full of teenagers [shagging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Shag) away. 😛  
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That shower scene was a surprise. How did Disney ever earn a reputation for prissiness after this?

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