" YOU''LL NEVER KNOW"-- EVOKES FOND MEMORIES OF THE WAR YEARS (WW 11)

" You'll Never Know"  --Evokes fond memories of the War Years ( WW 11)

                                      This is the final song post for this blog

For those of you old enough to remember the war years, a number of memorable songs are forever linked to those difficult and challenging times. " I'll Be Seeing You"   " We'll Meet Again" come to mind as well as "You'll Never Know. That song was featured in a 1943 20th Century Fox movie " Hello Frisco" starring Alice Faye and Tyrone Power. There is a poignant aspect to the song since it was based on a poem written by a young war bride hoping that her beloved husband would return safely from the war. Adopted by lyricist Mack Gordon and composer Harry Warren, IT was sung very tenderly by Alice Faye, the blond movie girl-next-door in movies of the '30's and '40's.
As she sings" You went away  and my heart went with you" it is hard not to recall the anxious moments that millions of families endured while they waited and prayed for the return of their loved ones.
                                        
Since this is the final post for this blog ,which started just a year ago, I wanted to thank the many people who took an interest in the Great American Songbook  and the 100 unique songs that I was able to send your way.
Since the Songbook can be considered America's classical music, these songs will still be sung many years from now just as Mozart and Schubert songs are still being performed today.
 Longevity is what defines a classic song and , to paraphrase an Ira Gershwin lyric, " It's very clear, Our songs are here to stay\Not for a year but forever and a day."
And perhaps ,we will meet again via the miracle of digital technology and the love of timeless, popular music

Max Weissengruber

LINK 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXv9yderPxc