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Charlie And His Orchestra

Charlie And His Orchestra has been played on NTS shows including Gilded Sound Reflection, with Coffin For A Gunfighter first played on 31 July 2021.

Despite characterizing jazz as "Entartete musik", ironically the Third Reich had their own swing band for propaganda purposes. German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels conceived of using the style in short wave radio broadcasts aimed at the United States and particularly the United Kingdom. British listeners heard the band every Wednesday and Saturday at around 9 pm.

The purpose of the band was to stir pro-Nazi sympathy, draw attention to World War II Allied losses, and carry Adolf Hitler's messages in an…

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Coffin For A Gunfighter
Charlie And His Orchestra
Star Swan1967
Coffin For A Gunfighter
Charlie And His OrchestraStar Swan1967
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