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258697 2004-08-06 03:06:00 (HTOTW=Hot Tunes of the Week)

Name as many tunes as you can from the1920s and 1930s that contain the words "fifty million".

I'll see if I can give links to the tunes at the weekend.
Terry Porritt (14)
258698 2004-08-06 13:49:00 I hope you're not going to provide answers too soon *at the weekend,* Terry?.
Friday night's not a good thinking time for some of us with distractions...
(Giving us clues if you want is a different matter, of course)
So when do you want the actual showoff lists from the 20s/30s devotees of all ages?
Laura (43)
258699 2004-08-06 20:51:00 I will post links to tunes/lyrics on Sunday evening Laura. There wont be many tunes containing that phrase, and one of the main sites I go to is out of action for several weeks which makes it harder.

This HTOTW is #24, forgot to put it in the subject

The next quiz will be easier, like tunes containing the word 'love' or similar in the title or lyrics.
Terry Porritt (14)
258700 2004-08-07 01:57:00 "fifty million frenchmen",

by cole porter (I think)
Nigel Thomson (629)
258701 2004-08-07 03:32:00 "Fifty Million Miles Accross The Sea"

Or something like that anyway.

How obscure are these songs allowed to be?
Baldy (26)
258702 2004-08-07 03:34:00 > "fifty million frenchmen",
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> by cole porter (I think)
>

Who's been visiting Google then?
Baldy (26)
258703 2004-08-07 03:41:00 Great, your on the right lines, almost, Nigel :) Terry Porritt (14)
258704 2004-08-08 05:20:00 Submissions close at 7.0pm :)

I hadn't heard of that one Baldy, I'll have to look it up. Of course if it turns out not to be a hot tune from the 20s or (early) 30s, (I decide what is hot, cool, or cold) then it may not qualify :D

'Fifty million' can be either in the title, or occur somewhere in the lyrics of a tune.
There is one easily found tune, and there are some more obscure ones where you would need to know the lyrics.
Nigel is almost there with the obvious one.
Terry Porritt (14)
258705 2004-08-08 06:18:00 'Fifty Million Answers' by Myself. Growly (6)
258706 2004-08-08 06:20:00 You are not old enough to have written a tune in the 1920s :)

I live in a time warp, so for me anything is possible :p
Terry Porritt (14)
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