You may remember that one from the hit movie Dirty Dancing. You now get to see the Five Satins live in front of an all-white public. How many of these white lasses fantasized about spending a full night alone with these big boys? A few, no doubt. There was a lot of unspoken erotic tension, loaded with taboo, when black artists performed in person for a white audience.

I'm writing a consensual story on another site where the main character is a 22-year-old Olympic weightlifter and a WW2 veteran from Montreal. This puts me in the mood for this...

G.I. Jive, two versions...

This is footage of Vera Lynn in front of RAF men in 1943...

One of my all-time favourites... Chattanooga Choo Choo

In 1952, many versions of Blue Tango were made. The one that I first listened to back when I was a very young man is the one from Lex Baxter & Orchestra. It has a confident musical arrangement and a dreamy vocal group in the background. Enjoy this authentic 20th-century moment!

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Thank you for these, HistBuff!

People on my lifting forum do not understand my choices for lifting music. They don't understand HistBuff, that's why! Listening to this song will indeed increase my lifting prowess if you tell me that my reward is to rape the singer! My chances of making a lift just increase by no less than 300%. She's a very, very rapeable singer! Perfect face for cumshots. Ideal breasts size for my tastes. I'd rather see a clothed picture of Caterina than porn.

Maybe I'll write something about the big mutiny in Congo and troops storming luxury hotels… while she's there! Sounds like fun. The story would be aptly entitled Komm ein bißchen mit nach Kongo.

This is a song that's plump in the middle of that last century. It is sung in English and a homage to the late Caterina Valente, who passed away very recently at the age of 93.

Born in Paris to Italian parents, she spoke fluently in six languages, including Italian, French, German, English and Spanish. The Breeze And I, released in 1955 when Caterina was a young star!

And this was her breakthrough hit. Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe. She quickly became a legend in Germany and Europe.

This was a 78-rpm record that was released in December 1954 and sold no less than 500,000 copies in 1955. The following is the B-side of that record. Wenn es Nacht wird in Paris.

I have something special for Remembrance Day. Rina Ketty, the French-Italian singer with a lovely figure and dark hair who sang J'attendrai. The song was a smash hit in 1938 and became one of the greatest popular icons on both sides of the frontlines in WW2. A gem of a song sang by a gem of a singer!

The English version is my own. I'm reasonably happy with what I was able to craft. The words closely follow the meaning and spirit of the original and you can sing along with Rina!

I will wait
Through all days and nights, I will always wait
Your return
I will wait
Then a flown-away lark
Will get numb and still
In its nest.
Time goes on and flies,
Strikes measures of sorrow
In my heavy heart
And yet still, I will wait
Your return.

The flowers fade
The fire dies
Shadows are creep’n
In the garden
The clock’s a’weaving
Lingering ticks
I think I hear your footsteps!

The wind’s bringing me
Sounds from afar
I watch my door...
Listen in vain,
Alas, nothing!
Nothing will come…

I will wait
Through all days and nights, I will always wait
Your return
I will wait
Then a flown-away lark
Will get numb and still
In its nest.
Time goes on and flies,
Strikes measures of sorrow
In my heavy heart
And yet still, I will wait
Your return.