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  1. Oct 26, 2004 · To You Forever/In Concert by Fred Waring released in 2004. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

  2. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2004 CD release of "To You Forever / In Concert" on Discogs.

    • 4
    • 2 x CD, Compilation, Reissue
    • US
    • Collectables-COL-CD-7494
  3. Feb 12, 2007 · This hugely popular dance band scattered hits from 1923 to 1954. This is their perfect single-CD collection, as it captures their energy live and in the studio: Easy to Love; All of You; Embraceable You; Hello, Dolly, and more, 32 total!

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    • Popular culture
    • Formation
    • Radio
    • Later years

    One of the enduring images of the 1920s is of the college boy in a raccoon coat, out for some jazz kicks with a hip flask and a flapper on his arm. Waring's Pennsylvanians popularized this type of image through their music, stage shows, and film appearances. The band was formed in 1918 at Pennsylvania State University by the brothers Fred and Tom W...

    They first billed themselves as the Waring-McClintock Snap Orchestra and then became Waring's Banjo Orchestra before adopting the name of Waring's Pennsylvanians in 1922. In 1923 they had a big hit with the record Sleep and the song continued to be the band's theme song for many years to come.

    In the 1930s they were one of the hottest acts on radio hosting shows sponsored by Old Gold, Ford, Chesterfield and General Electric and if that were not enough Fred Waring developed and marketed the kitchen appliance the Waring Blender.

    The Pennsylvanians stopped making records in 1932 because they thought that they were competing against their radio show and would not do so again until 1942. The act continued to be popular well into the 1950s and were pioneers in broadcast televison. In 1949 the Pennsylvanians had their own weekly television show sponsored by General Electric. As...

  4. This hugely popular dance band scattered hits from 1923 to 1954. This is their perfect single-CD collection, as it captures their energy live and in the studio: Easy to Love; All of You; Embraceable You; Hello, Dolly, and more, 32 total!

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  5. This all-accompanied, 2 CD, 2-lp compilation, originally released on Reprise in 1964, tours the world's greatest popular love songs. Composers and authors of course include Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, the Gershwins, Hammerstein and Jerome Kern, and we have the contrast of the studio-recorded lp, "To You Forever," and the live "In Concert" lp.

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