Do you like rap, hip hop, or classic rock? Tough. D-Day is coming up, and we're celebrating the Big Band Era. This quiz is about. . .

This one's simple. Complete the lyric. No hints, just make 'em up yourselves. And no jitterbugging in public!

1. There'll be bluebirds over. . .
2. Somewhere over. . .
3. I've got a girl in. . .
4. And they swam and they swam all over. . .
5. He was a famous. . . man from out. . .
6. There were. . . dining at the Ritz, and a. . . sang in Berkeley Square.
7. Don't sit under. . . with anyone else but me.
8. . . . 'em all, . . . 'em all, the long and the short and the tall.
9. Comin' in on a. . .
10. Praise the Lord and pass. . .

Think those were hard? Once upon a time, every young person – on the Allied side, at least – could have completed those lyrics in a heartbeat. If you're not up on the 1940s Hit Parade, click below to find the answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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