Skyliner- Charley Barnet's big hit

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During the Second World War period: Charlie Barnet's recording of "Skyliner" was a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic.  Here is what one British gentleman had to say about the song; "Many thanks!! This was playing on the P.A. system around the perimeter of the U.S.A.F. airbase near where I was evacuated from London in WWII, just as the first B.17's arrived.


We kids had not seen those beautiful silver birds, or heard this music before.

In my 80th. year, I cannot separate that sound from the image of the arrival of the U.S.A.F.

Thanks, again."

Here is the Charlie Barnet band with "Skyliner" from a movie short.





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