Wartime Austerity

If you think this past year was tough, join us as we find out about food and gas rationing, blackouts, and long hours of labor in the munitions industry during WW II. We’re going to pick Grandma’s brain with the help of her 78 RPM collection.

1 - The Thing-ummy-bob (That's Going to Win the War) - Gracie Fields - 1942

2 - Rosie the Riveter - The 4 Vagabonds – 1943

3 - Mama Put Your Britches On - The 5 Red Caps - 1943

4 - Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet - Ella Mae Morse – 1944

5 - Do Some War Work, Baby - Cootie Williams and his Sextette - 1944

6 - Guarding the Gasworks - Stanley Holloway – 1941

7 - Boarding House Blues - Rhythm Willie and his Gang - 1940

8 - Man Shortage Blues - Billie Hayes with Peter Pan on the piano – 1943

9 - Blackout Blues - Billie Hayes with Peter Pan - 1943

10 - Any Bonds Today? - Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra - 1941

11 - Any Bonds Today? - The Andrew Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra – 1941

12 - Ration Blues - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – 1943

13 - Hot Bread - Beverly White and her Blues Chasers – 1943

14 - Love Is Gonna Be Rationed - The Song Spinners - 1943

15 - War Rationin' Papa - Bea Booze – 1942

16 - Two on a Bike - Six Hits and a Miss with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra - 1942

17 - Ration Stomp - Sonny Greer and his Rextet – 1944

18 - No Lika Da War - Stanley Holloway – 1941

Hour Two:

19 - Gas Rationing - Fibber McGee and Molly – 1942

20 - Blackout - Half Hour to Kill – 1946

21 - Stop the War (The Cats Are Killin' Themselves) - Wingie Manone and his Orchestra - 1941