This year, 2019, we celebrate 74 years since World War Two ended, its veteran survivors being in their 80s and 90s, so some wartime music and a sentimental journey is a must. Some of them were dog handlers, such as Marine Corps war dog handler Pvt. Homer J. Finley, Jr. who still remembers his dogs, one of them being Pvt. ‘Jan’, a Doberman Pinscher, a silent hero of war.
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A most beloved wartime classic song, Begin the Beguine was composed by Cole Porter in 1935, turned into a swing by Artie Shaw and band and made famous by Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell. Their legendary tap dance in the movie Broadway Melody surely caught on.
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Movie Music Monday, Hanover Street, music by John Barry, with Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, and Christopher Plummer – what’s not to love?
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Movie Music Monday, “Flying Over Africa”, music by John Barry, from “Out of Africa” Quotes Movie Music Monday
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Music Monday 🌍 Toto Africa, soft-rock, jazz-fusion via @PatFurstenberg, #musicmonday #rock #fusion #jazz #marimba #Africa
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