Peggy Snyder

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Peggy Snyder

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World War II Music
Peggy Snyder Capital High School
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SWING

• Swing is a type of Big Band jazz that was the
  rage from the late 1930s and 1940s.
• The period from 1935 - 1949 became known as the
  Swing Era.
• With its rhythmic energy and swinging beat this
  music was made for dancing.

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DANCEDANCEDANCE !!!

• Big bands with up to 19 musicians became popular
  all over the country.
• Huge crowds flocked to clubs across the country
  to dance to the sounds of the big bands
• Radio spread the beat across the nation and many
  danced at home to the radio.
• Teenage youth abandoned the serene fox trot and
  waltz of their parents in favor of the frantic
  gyrations of the jitterbug and the lindy hop

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THE POWER OF MUSIC

• After the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great
  Depression, people turned to music and motion
  pictures to lift their spirits.
• World War II united Americans as they had never
  been before.
• During the war music played a large part in the
  lives of the men in uniform.
• Music was used to boost the morale of the
  soldiers and to help keep patriotism alive on the
  home front.

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United Services Organizations

• The U.S.O. was formed to provide entertainment
  for the troops.
• From 1941 until the end of the war 200 bands
  played music for the U.S.O.
• Many entertainers traveled overseas to entertain
  troops.
• Comedian Bob Hope was one of the best.

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V- DISKS

• The only records being made during World War II
  were called V-Disks.
• More than 8 million V-Disks were produced between
  1943 and 1949.
• Artists gave freely of their time and talents.
• V-Disks were shipped to military units overseas.

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These Band Leaders Became Stars

• GLENN MILLER
• DUKE ELLINGTON
• BENNY GOODMAN
• WOODY HERMAN
• TOMMY DORSEY
• CAB CALLOWAY
• COUNT BASIE
• HARRY JAMES

• GLENN MILLER

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These singers became superstars

• FRANK SINATRA
• BING CROSBY
• DINAH SHORE
• ELLA FITZGERALD
• TONY BENNET

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Big Bands Began To Disappear In The Fifties to
Make Way For.
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• A New Style Called....

Rock and Roll
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Fowler,Charles. Music! Its Role and Importance in
  Our Lives. New York Glencoe,1994.
• Silverstein, Barry. Big Bands Redux.
  Http//bigbandsredux.com