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While the Allied troops advanced across France and Belgium enroute to Nazi Germany (D-Day June 6th, 1944), the most popular songs of the soldiers, and the folks at home, were as listed below. Bing Crosby (photo) and Ella Fitzgerald were the King and Queen of the singers...with multiple hits.. Note that Nat Cole's recording of Straighten Up And Fly Right was listed as by The King Cole Trio. Bing scored big with the Van Heusen-Burke happy tune Swingin' On A Star from his movie "Going My Way." The song also won the "Best Song" Oscar.
1. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
2. Trolley Song - Judy Garland
3. Besame Mucho - Jimmy Dorsey
4. You Always Hurt The One You Love - Mills Brothers
5. Mairzy Doates - Merry Macs
6. I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby
7. Twilight Time - Les Brown
8. It's Love-Love-Love - Guy Lombardo
9. My Heart Tells Me - Glen Gray
10. I Love You - Bing Crosby
11. I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore
12. I'm Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
13. Straighten Up And Fly Right - The King Cole Trio
14. Til Then - The Ames Brothers
15. I'll Get By - Harry James
16. Long Ago - Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
17. Amor - Andy Russell
18. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
19. Long Ago - Bing Crosby
20. Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week - Frank Sinatra
21. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
22. I'm Lost - Benny Carter
23. Main Stem - Duke Ellington
24. Cow-Cow Boogie -(Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay) - Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald
25. Amor - Bing Crosby
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