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Charlie and his Orchestra (also referred to as the "Templin band" and "Bruno and His Swinging Tigers") were a Nazi-sponsored German propaganda swing band. Jazz music styles were seen by Nazi authorities as rebellious but, ironically, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels conceived of using the style in shortwave radio broadcasts aimed initially at the United Kingdom, and later the United States, after the German declaration of war on 11 December 1941. British listeners heard the band every Wednesday and Saturday at about 9 pm. The importance of the band in the propaganda war was underscored by a BBC survey released after World War II, which indicated that 26.5 percent of all British listeners had at some point heard programmes from Germany. The German Propaganda Ministry also distributed their music on 78 rpm records to POW camps and occupied countries.
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Swing Tanzen Verboten! Charlie and His Orchestra: [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Want to Be Happy | 3:21 |
| St. Louis Blues | 3:11 |
| Dinah | 2:57 |
| After You've Gone | 3:32 |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | 2:37 |
| You Stepped Out of a Dream | 3:22 |
| Hold Tight | 2:52 |
Swing Tanzen Verboten!: Swing Music and Nazi Propaganda [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Want to Be Happy | 3:21 |
| St. Louis Blues | 3:11 |
| Dinah | 2:57 |
| After You've Gone | 3:32 |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | 2:37 |
| You Stepped Out of a Dream | 3:22 |
| Hold Tight | 2:52 |
German Propaganda Swing 1941-1943 [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Blues | |
| Dinah | |
| Hold Tight | |
| Bye Bye Blackbird |
German Propaganda Swing, Vol. 2: 1941-1944 [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Thanks for the Memory | 3:10 |
| The Sheik of Araby | 2:49 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 2:20 |
| Stardust | 3:29 |
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