I am having a birthday party which the guest of honor is turning 80. I wanted to have background music from the 1940s. I have Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, etc.but can you think of anyone else that was popular in the 40s that would be good? Any ideas would be great, Thanks!
2007-02-02 04:14:05 · 8 answers · asked by Melissa R 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Woody Herman
Harry James
Bing Crosby
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Artie Shaw
Gene Krupa
Les Brown
Doris Day
Ella Fitzgerald
2007-02-02 04:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some other greats from that time would be: Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tommy Dorsey. These were all top performers in the 1940s.
2007-02-02 04:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the vast band swing. That replaced into my dads sought after and as quickly as we've been growing to be up and he performed it, I hated it then, yet enjoyed it when I grew up. a number of the jazzy stuff too like Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, and Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Jo Stafford, all some I hear to each now and then.
2016-12-16 19:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Hank Williams, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald.
The biggest types of music were Jazz/Blues and Big band
2007-02-02 04:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by LMS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw. Go to the Big Band section of a music store or online music sales
2007-02-02 04:23:04 · answer #5 · answered by Buffy Summers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosemary Clooney
2007-02-02 04:17:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosemary is good, also Julie London - she's a favorite.
2007-02-02 04:20:52 · answer #7 · answered by Leahlupita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can probably get some good ideas from this site
http://www.tropicalglen.com/FA-Swing.html
click where is says ..."Play Swing Era Numbers"
enjoy
2007-02-02 04:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by chumpchange 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋