The UK 1940s Radio Station plays original music recorded and released during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, alongside historical news broadcasts from the UK and USA. Launched in 2010, it was the first UK-based internet radio station dedicated to this era. The station is run by volunteers and also operates The British Home Front Radio Service.
Playlist
War in Europe Over Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s1940s Britain
17:54
When You Said Good Bye Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sHarry Hudson's Melody Men
17:51
Did You Mean It Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sCarrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
17:48
There'll Be Some Changes Made Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sThe Boswell Sisters 1932
17:45
Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sFrank Sinatra
17:43
British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sJoin The WRENS
17:42
Mimi Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sMaurice Chevalier
17:39
The Five O'Clock Whistle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50sWill Bradley
Why Don't You Practice What You Preach?The Boswell Sisters
3
When the Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' (Recorded 1926)Whispering Jack Smith
4
I Only Have Eyes For You (with The Ken Lane Singers)Frank Sinatra
5
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) [with The Dorsey Brothers]Bing Crosby
6
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)Doris Day
7
Ain't Nobody's Business If I DoBillie Holiday
8
Swingin' at the Sugar BowlBob Crosby and His Orchestra
9
Not for All the Rice In ChinaBilly Cotton and His Band
10
When I Met Connie In the CornfieldThe Arcadians Dance Orchestra
11
When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)Vaughn Monroe
12
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time (with Les Brown and His Orchestra)Doris Day
13
Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar)Will Bradley, Ray McKinley Band & Ray McKinley
14
I've Got a Date with a Dream (Take 1)Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
15
I'm Beginning To See the LightElla Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
16
You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)Russ Columbo
17
If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) [78rpm Version]Doris Day
18
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One BasketFred Astaire
19
When I Take My Sugar to Tea (feat. Connor)Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
20
When I Take My Sugar To TeaThe Boswell Sisters
21
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (Single Version)The Ink Spots
22
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey Version)Big Band Sounds
23
(Can This Be) The End Of The Rainbow (Single Version)Judy Garland
24
Just a Little Bit South of North CarolinaAnita O'Day & Gene Krupa
25
Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise (Artie Shaw Version)Big Band Sounds
26
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)Dick Haymes & Harry James
27
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (The Blue Pajama Song)Rudy Vallée
28
I've Got the World On a StringElla Fitzgerald
29
March of the Bob Cats (Bob Crosby Version)Big Band Sounds
30
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With MeBing Crosby
31
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm GoneGene Austin
32
I'm Building Up to an Awful Let DownFred Astaire
33
Love Me or Leave Me (feat. The Oscar Peterson Quartet)Anita O'Day
34
Headin' for HomeBert Ralton & His Havana Band
35
The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, The Pied Pipers, Tommy Dorsey, Paul Mason, Johnny Mince, Hymie Shertzer, Fred Stulce, Don Lodice, Bunny Berigan, Jimmy Blake, Ray Linn, Clyde Hurley, George Arus, Les Jenkins, Lowell Martin, Clark Yocum, Joe Bushkin, Sid Weiss & Buddy Rich
36
When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for YouThe Boswell Sisters
37
Nobody Loves a Fairy When She's FortyBilly Cotton and His Band
38
For Me and My GalJudy Garland & Gene Kelly
39
We're Going to Hang Out the Washing On the Siegfried LineArthur Askey
40
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the BarWill Bradley and His Orchestra
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![If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) [78rpm Version] — Doris Day](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music122/v4/6b/50/01/6b500151-82fa-ee63-8b11-5d7c7c7dac95/886445895827.jpg/200x200bb.webp)
