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Charlie & His Orchestra

Band, *1940 DE
Jazz
A.k.a. Lutz Templin Und Sein Tanzorchester

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 at the United States and (particularly) the United Kingdom. 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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Slummin' On Park Avenue on Swinging Ballroom Berlin 1939-1943 - 4 by Various Artists
So You Left on Goldene Zeit Der Deutschen Schlager- Und Filmmusik Vol. 8 by Various Artists

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Band Membership
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Let's Go BombingCharlie & His Orchestra2004Album
Vol. 2 - I Got RhythmCharlie & His Orchestra1991Compil.
Charlie & His Orchestra Vol. 3: German Propaganda Swing, 1939-1944Charlie & His Orchestra1988Compil.
Volume 2: German Propaganda Swing 1940 - 1943Charlie & His Orchestra1988Album
Volume 1: German Propaganda Swing 1940 - 1941Charlie & His Orchestra1987Album
Propaganda Swing Vol. 2Charlie & His Orchestra1975Album
Propaganda Swing Vol. 1Charlie & His Orchestra1975Album
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