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Dear Mom (Glenn Miller song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Dear Mom'" was a 1941 World War II song with words and music by Maury Coleman Harris released by Republic Music Corp. The song was inspired by the 1940 Selective Service Act.Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen - World War II: America at war, 1941-1945 1991 "The passage of the SELECTIVE SERVICE Act in 1940 inspired "Dear Mom" (words and music by Maury Coleman Harris), which Kate Smith introduced: Dear Mom ... your package arrived but was missing a stamp ... your cake made a hit with..." The original recording was by Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra, with vocals by Allan Foster from the Victor Records stable.Nat Shapiro, Bruce Pollock - Popular music, 1920-1979: a revised cumulation - Volume 1 - 1985 Page 407 "Dear Mom Words and music by Maury Coleman Harris. Republic Music Corp., 1941. Introduced by Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra, vocal by Allan Foster (Victor). This was overshadowed by a recording in 1942 by Glenn Miller.Billboard - 21 Feb 1942 "DEAR MOM - A STRONG bid for popularity as a sentimental war song is being made by Maury precision so evident in many other swing Coleman Harris' Dear Mom, a letter of a boy at camp
The lyrics take the form of a "Dear Mom.." letter from a serviceman:
Bronco song
A version of the song with changed lyrics later became current as the "Dear Mom" Bronco song, after the OV-10 Bronco, among US pilots in the Vietnam War. Retaining the "Dear Mom" letter beginning the author changes from the son, to "Dear Ma'am," from a fellow pilot informing her of the death of her son in action:Joseph F. Tuso Singing the Vietnam blues: songs of the Air Force in Vietnam 1990 Page 59 "Sometimes appearing with the title 'Dear Ma'am," the 'Bronco Song" has a curiously lilting, playful melody that does not seem to suit the lyrics. Bronco Song Dear mom, your son is dead, he bought the farm today; He crashed his OV-10 on Ho Chi Minh's Highway."
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Category:1941 songs
Category:Glenn Miller songs
Category:Songs about letters (message)
Category:Songs about the military
Category:Songs of the Vietnam War
Category:Songs of World War II
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