Dictator

We consider the pros and cons of dictatorship as a career choice. Luckily, we have a treasure trove of 78 RPM recordings dealing with the matter to inform our research. The focus of our fact-finding mission is four of the dictators from the Second World War: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hirohito, and Josef Stalin. Let’s let popular songs from the 1940’s tell us what people really felt about these gentlemen.

Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 15:58 and 38:02 for local station ID:

Here is Hour One divided into 3 segments to facilitate local station ID:

Hour One:

1 - I'm Looking for the Bully of the Town - Prairie Ramblers – 1936

2 - It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry - Dixie Music Makers – 1926

3 - Don't Push Me Around - Roosevelt Sykes and his Original Honeydrippers – 1947

Il Duce Benito Mussolini

4 - Mourgo Mousolini - Argyropoulos - 1942

5 - Vazi O Duce Tin Stoli Tou (Duce Dons his Uniform) - Sofia Vembo

6 - Mussolini's Letter to Hitler - Denver Darling and his Texas Cowhands - 1942

7 - Hitler's Reply to Mussolini - Carson Robison – 1942

8 - Hitler's Last Letter to Hirohito - Carson Robison - 1945

9 - Tsimpliari Hirohito - Argyropoulos – 1942

10 - The Devil and Mr Hitler - Denver Darling and his Texas Cowhands – 1942

11 - Sous Le Nez Du Fuehrer (The Fuehrer's Face) - Jose Lasalle – 1942

12 - No, No, Joe - Luke the Drifter - 1950

13 - Mr. Stalin You're Eating Too High on the Hog - Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith and his Cracker-Jacks – 1950

Benito

14 - When Mussolini Laid His Pistol Down – Bob McCarthy - 1943

15 - Hitler Lives (If We Hurt Our Fellow Man) - Herman the Hermit – 1947

16 - Julius Caesar - Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy – 1939

Hour Two:

17 – Chasing Rommel Through Libya – Jack Benny – 1942

18 – The Big 38 – Dragnet – 1951

19 – That Russian Winter – Russ Morgan and his Orchestra – 1942

20 – This is the Army, Mister Jones – Jack Lathrop with Hal MacIntyre and his Orchestra - 1942