1942 Bob Chester - Keep The Home-Fires Burning (Rhythm Airies, vocal)

“…till the boys come home.” Among the many war-themed and patriotic numbers being recorded in 1942 was this swing treatment of the British WWI favorite composed by Welsh-born entertainer Ivor Novello and his American collaborator Lena Ford. Transferred and digitally processed from the original 78rpm: Bluebird B-11548 - Keep The Home-Fires Burning (Ford-Novello) by Bob Chester & his Orchestra, vocal by The Rhythm Aires and Chorus, recorded in NYC May 27, 1942 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist