Episode 155, “New Life for 1940s Music,” features nine #1 hit songs from the 1940s and compares each one to the same song as it was recorded later by others. Performers include Doris Day, Ricky Nelson, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Terri Stevens, Margaret Whiting, and The Ink Spots.
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| Episode 155 | New Life for 1940s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 2 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Hank Snow |
| 3 | Tangerine | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 4 | Tangerine | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore |
| 6 | I’ll Walk Alone | Ricky Nelson |
| 7 | It’s Been a Long Long Time | Bing Crosby |
| 8 | It’s Been a Long Long Time | Terri Stevens |
| 9 | To Each His Own | The Ink Spots |
| 10 | To Each His Own | Merle Haggard |
| 11 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra |
| 12 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Joe Williams |
| 13 | That Old Black Magic | Margaret Whiting |
| 14 | That Old Black Magic | Rod Stewart |
| 15 | That Lucky Old Sun | Frankie Laine |
| 16 | That Lucky Old Sun | Solomon Burke |
| 17 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Art Mooney & His Orchestra |
| 18 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Coleman Hawkins |