WINGED VICTORY



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: November 20, 1943, 44th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 212


Army Air Corps Song (M/L: Robert Crawford):

1. Winged Victory, 78/Decca album 363 (Winged Victory Chorus and Orchestra conducted by David Rose) [reissued on This Is The Army/Call Me Mister/Winged Victory, CD/Broadway Decca 083102]
2. 78/Robert Crawford Mx 20/21 (Robert Crawford and His Alaskans)
3. 78/Decca 18269 (Leon Gray and Glee Club with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians)
4. 78/Decca 4374 (Bob Crosby and His Orchestra) [also 78/Decca 25254; reissued on Where Do We Go From Here, Vol. 18, CD/Halcyon 140]
5. 8/Decca 2975 (Dick Powell with The Norsemen Quartet and orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik) [also 78/Decca 66857]
6. 78/Capitol 501 (Skitch Henderson and his Orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 10-1167 (John Charles Thomas and Chorus with orchestra conduced by Victor Young)
8. 78/Bluebird B 11476 (The Four King Sisters, Bill Scahllen, and Chorus with Alvino Rey and His Orchestra) [reissued on In The Mood, CD/Flare 231]
9. 78/V Disc 6 (Fred Waring and the Fort Slocum Band)
10. 45/Decca 9-28591 (The Goldman Band conducted by Edwin Falco Goldman)
11. Pinocchio Says... Learn Patriotism Through Music And Movement, CAS/Madama Caterina Brownholtz Recordings (unidentified vocal and instrumental ensembles directed by Joe Fitzmartin) (unverified)
12. The Jazz Sides, CD/Essential Jazz Album 039 (Tony Bennett)
13. Those Great World War II Songs, CD/Double Gold 53042 (Bing Crosby)
14. Songs That Sent Us to War (1941-1944), CD/Radio Years 21 (Mart Kenny)
15. Missing Chapters, Vol. 6: Blue Champagne, CD/Avid AMSC561 (Glenn Miller and The Band Of Army Air Forces Training Command)
16. For Love Of Country, CD/Orchard 801130 (Richard N. Friedman)
17. Red, White & Raggs, CD/Raggs 51605 (Raggs Kid Club Band) (unverified)
18. Farewell Performances, CD/Hindsight HCD-248 (Army Air Force Overseas Orchestra conducted by Jerry Gray (unverified)
19. Katy Lou, CD/Gold 20 (Katy Lou, Wurlitzer organ) (unverified)
20. America's Finest: Inspiring Patriotic Songs, CD/Image PUR1398 (unidentified performer) (unverified)
21. The Bond Of Friendship, CD/Bandleader 5181 (Band Of The Light Division) (unverified)
22. A Musical Tribute To Victory WWII, CD/Start 45 (Central Band Of The Royal Air Force)
23. D-Day 50th Anniversary, CD/Alanna 5555 (unknown performer)
Radio transcriptions are known to exist performed by the World Military Band conducted by Eugene La Barre, and by he Imperial Male Chorus.


Chica Chica Boom Chic (M: Harry Warren; L: Mack Gordon) (originally used in the film THAT NIGHT IN RIO):

1. 78/Decca 23210 (Carmen Miranda) [reissued on Carmen Miranda: The Brazilian Bombshell, CD/MCA MSD-35370];
2. 78/Parlophone F 1850 (Peggy McCormack with Edmundo Ros and His Rumba Band) [reissued on 16 Most Requested Songs, CD/Columbia/Legacy CK-47130]
3. 78/Decca 3623 (Bonnie King and The Bob-O-Links with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra) [reissued on Far Away Music, Vol. 15, CD/Halcyon 136]
4. 78/Okeh 6121 (Harry Cool with Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Columbia 35995 (Lena Romay with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra) [reissued on The Very Best Of Xavier Cugat, CD/Greatest Hits Spain 7704]
6. Weekend In Havana/That Nigght In Rio, Curtain Calls 100/14 (Carmen Miranda and Don Ameche)
7. Weekend In Havana/That Night In Rio, Curtain Calls 100/14 (Alice Fay and Don Ameche) [reissued on Alice Faye, CD/Great Movie Themes CD 60011]
8. Language & Love, CD/Verve 849195-2 (Joyce Silveira P. DeJesus)
9. Sookie! Sookie!, CD/Lube (The Swingin' Swamis)
10. Teddy Stauffer's Original Teddys, CD/Elite Spec (Tedd Stauffer's Original Teddys)
11. MTV Ao Vivo, CD/Universal International 816564 (Ivete Sangalo)
12. Dance!: Die Tanzschule Mambo, CD/Aabaa (unknown performer)
13. The Boys From Brazil, CD/Iya Basta 1400 (The Boys From Brazil)
14. Don Baretto 1939-1943, CD/Harlequin 36 (Don Baretto)
15. Whip It, CD/Orchard 2988 (Del Rubio Triplets)
16. Melodier Som Bedara 1941, CD/Universal AB (Diana Miller)
17. From Broadway To Bebop, CD/Concord Jazz 4615 (Susannah McCorkle with musical direction by Allen Farnham)
18. L'Anthologie: 1943-1966, CD/XXI-21 1502 (Alys Robi)
19. Music From Her Films, CD/B.D. Jazz 109 (unknown performer)


My Dream Book Of Memories (M/L: David Rose):

1. Winged Victory, 78/Decca album 363 (Winged Victory Chorus and Orchestra conducted by David Rose) [reissued on This Is The Army/Call Me Mister/Winged Victory, CD/Broadway Decca 083102]


Nobody's Love Is Like Mine (M/L: ?):

1. 78/RCA 20-1889 (Rosalie Allen with Zeke Manners and pit band) [also 78/V-Disc 168; reissued on The Golden Age Of Zeke Manners & His Gang, CD/Cattle CCD 230]
Note: While the composer of this song is unknown to the author at this time, there are other recordings of a song with this title attributed to Ralph Stanley.


The Whiffenpoof Song (M/L: Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy, and Tod B. Galloway with special lyrics by Moss Hart):

1. Winged Victory, 78/Decca album 363 (Winged Victory Chorus and Orchestra conducted by David Rose) [reissued on This Is The Army/Call Me Mister/Winged Victory, CD/Broadway Decca 083102]
2. On The Street Where You Live, CD/Blueprint BP346CD (John Greaves)
Note: No attempt has been made to compile discological information for anything other than the Moss Hart version of this song.


Winged Victory (M/L: David Rose):

1. Winged Victory, 78/Decca album 363 (Winged Victory Chorus and Orchestra conducted by David Rose) [reissued on This Is The Army/Call Me Mister/Winged Victory, CD/Broadway Decca 083102]


You're So Sweet To Remember (aka "You're So Nice To Remember") (M: David Rose; L: Leo Robin) (cut prior to opening):

1. 78/Musicraft 15027 (Tony Dexter with Billie Rogers and Orchestra)
2. And Me, CD/Sunflower 2128 (Billy Thornburn's Organ Dance Band) (unverified)
A radio transcription is known to exist performed by the David Rose Orchestra.


Unrecorded Material:

*Auld Lang Syne (M/L: Anonymous)
Gee Mom, I Want To Go Home
*Mademoiselle From Armentieres (Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo)
*Pennsylvania Polka (M/L: Lester Lee and Zeke Manners)
*Silent Night (M/L: Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber)
When The War Is Over (M: Carmen Dragon; L: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)

*I have not attempted to compile discological information for these well known songs.