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(More customer reviews)Lili Marlene was one of the most famous love songs ever created or sung. The song and it tune won immediate popularity with the German troops of World War II and this popularity amazingly transferred on to the Allied troops as well. It was so popular among the Allies that the English version of the song was finally done.
This book describes how this song came to be. The author, Han Leip who wrote the lyrics during the First World War, Nobert Schultz who wrote the tune and finally, Lale Andersen who sang it at the beginning of Second World War. The authors skillfully traced the origins of the song, background information on all the major players that led up to the success of this song. It was interesting to note that Joseph Goebbel distaste this song and tried to censored it while Allied leaders were bit dismay themselves that their troops were taken in by a German love song. But the book clearly shows that this song, was written for the common soldiers and its words and meanings transcended military front lines. The subtitle of the book, "Soldiers' Song of World War II" proves to be very accurate.
If I may be allowed to whine a little, I thought it would have been a nice addition if there was a CD attached to this book that we could have listen to, both Andersen and Marlene Dietrich versions of this song. That would have been rich although the price of the book may have gone up a bit.
Nevertheless, a well written book that should interest anyone that like to read about World War II without the weapons, battles and campaigns. It should also interest anyone who are into music history as well.
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