*** Songs My Father Played for Me *** More of My Father's Favorites

1. "It's Been a Long, Long Time" is a big band-era song that was a hit at the end of World War II, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The uniform Miss Beth Belle is wearing is a 1941 dated Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform (ATS). The rank insignia and patches show that the lady to whom the uniform belonged was a Junior Commander (Captain) in the Eastern Command, UK. This was very popular in the Dance Halls of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Have you heard this song before?

2. The song "Undecided" was composed with music by Charlie Shavers and lyrics by Sid Robin, and published in 1938. "Undecided" is a fine rhythmic number recorded by The Ames Brother with Les Brown's Orchestra. My father always had fun playing this song, we would sing it together Have you heard this song before.?

3. Brett Mitchell performs a solo piano arrangement of The Third Man Theme—also known as The Harry Lime Theme—from Anton Karas's score for the film noir, 'The Third Man' (1949). The theme spent 11 weeks in 1950 at number one on the Billboard chart. Multiple versions have been performed and recorded, selling tens of millions of copies, and its success influenced the release strategy of later film singles. I love this theme music, I have a DVD of the film "The Third Man", have you heard this theme music before?

4. An out-of-work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post-war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates, Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime. Winner of 6 Awards including the Oscar for Best Cinematography. Have you seen "The Third Man:?