British Home Front Radio

An Internet radio service playing original music and news items that would have been heard during the Second World War years.

Most popular songs in British Home Front Radio playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Rudy Vallee 1930 - Betty Co-ed Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Judy Garland - Blues In The Night Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Doris Day - Shanghai Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Pied Pipers - Mairzy Doats Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Kay Armen (a cappella) - The Dreamer Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Judy Garland - Changing my tune Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Whispering Jack Smith - Crazy Rhythm 1928 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Guy Lombardo (Lebert Lombardo, v) - It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Tommy Dorsey and Jo Stafford - Whatcha Know Joe Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Doris Day - You Go To My Head 1949 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

The Boswell Sisters 1936 - I'm Going To Sit Right Down Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Burl Ives - On Top Of Old Smokey Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Rickshaw - 1940s Pop Countdown Show 013 July 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Rudy Vallee (recorded July 1931) - As Time Goes By Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Billie Holiday - Do Your Duty Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Fats Waller - I Love To Whistle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Les Brown (Doris Day, voc) - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Mitchell Ayres (Mary Ann Mercer, voc) (original #1) - Make-Believe Island Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Wayne King (with vocal quartet) - Wabash Moon 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Frank Sinatra (a cappella) - I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Harry James - Estrellita Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 24 days ago

The Andrews Sisters - Sailor Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Mills Brothers - I Wish Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Maxine Sullivan - Loch Lomond Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Glenn Miller - Peggy the Pin-Up Girl Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Duke Ellington (instrumental) (recorded 1) - Do Nothin- Till You Hear From Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Pied Pipers (their original #1 version) - Dream Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Guy Lombardo (Skip Nelson & trio, voc) (orig. #1 v) - It's Love-Love-Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Kate Smith - The Last Time I Saw Paris Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Bing Crosby - Side by Side Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

The Dorsey Brothers - If It's Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Glenn Miller - The Humming-Bird Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five - Keepin' Myself For You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

AirChecks - Benny Goodman Camel Caravan CBS Radio Show February 14 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Mills Brothers (their original #1 version) - Paper Doll Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Wayne King - Josephine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Glenn Miller (Skip Nelson & Modernaires, vocal) - Moonlight Becomes You 1943 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Rudy Vallee - When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Harry James - Cherry Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

George Olsen (with vocal trio) - Lullaby Of The Leaves Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Doris Day - A Bushel and a Peck Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Judy Garland - Be A Clown Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Nat King Cole (his original Trio version) - Straighten Up And Fly Right Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Kay Kyser - The Girl I Left Behind Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Woody Herman & his Orchestra - Blue Evening (1938) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Henry Busse (Columbia version) - Hot Lips 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Guy Lombardo (with vocal trio) (original no-echo version) - Boo-Hoo Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Ella Fitzgerald - How's Chances Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Billie Holiday - Love Me or Leave Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days10.06%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - On The Beach At Bali-Bali Big Band Swing Jazz Jive30s,40s

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20.04%

12months20.04%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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