Showing posts with label Big band. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big band. Show all posts
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Skyliner- Charley Barnet's big hit
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."
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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