While You’re Away: Love Songs of World War II

World War II – Commemorating the 7oth Anniversary

“I’ll Be Seeing You,”  “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” and “I’ll Walk Alone” are among the many love songs that were exceptionally popular during WWII. Why were they so popular? Who wrote, played, and sang them? Enjoy this one woman concert/lecture led by Professor Diane Cypkin from Pace University as she talks about the vital role that music made in the morale both on the home front as well as the battlefront.