Tag: June 6

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

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This week, in honor of all those who served during World War II, and especially those who took part in the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day,  on this the eighty-first anniversary of the invasion on June 6, 1944, here is a collection of songs that were popular during that momentous year.

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And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine by Stan Kenton with Anita O’Day on vocals 

Found on the Album: Classics (1952) by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra

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Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 

Found on the Album: The Treasury Shows Vol. 17, Pt. 1 (2013) | Note the song isn’t available on many digital albums, but the original version seems to be available on both vinyl and CD.

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G.I. Jive by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 

Found on the Album: #1s (2004)

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I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night by Frank Sinatra  

Found on the Album: N/A, the song appeared in the 1944 comedy Higher And Higher.

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I’ll Get By (As Long as I Have You) by Harry James & His Orchestra with Dick Haymes 

Found on the Album: Dick Haymes with Harry James & Benny Goodman: The Complete Columbia Recordings (1998)

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 I’m Making Believe by Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots  

Found on the Album: The Best of the Ink Spots (1999)

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Mairzy Doats by The Merry Macs 

Found on the Album: Hits From The War Years – The Sun Has Got His Hat On by Various Artists

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The Music Stopped by Woody Herman & His Orchestra  

Found on the Album: N/A; this song too is from the soundtrack of th comedy Higher & Higher (1944).

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Straighten Up and Fly Right by Nat King Cole & His Orchestra  

Found on the Album: The Nat King Cole Story (1991)

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Swinging on a Star by Big Crosby  

Found on the album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Bing Crosby (2007)

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Hoopla Album of the Week

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Bing Crosby (2007) by Bing Crosby

And from the album, the song:

Don’t Fence Me In  

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays.

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Information on the four library catalogs

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios or streaming videos)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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Visit the Southeast Steuben County Library website for more information on the library, its programs and services: https://ssclibrary.org