Music Appreciation

appalachiablue

(44,279 posts) Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:46 AM 7 hrs ago

You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) - Harry James 🎺

- Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. 👄 Harry James and His Music Makers produced the hit "You Made Me Love You", which peaked at no. 5 on Billboard's National Best Selling Retail Records chart for the week ending Nov. 18, 1941...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_James

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You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) - Harry James 🎺 (Original Post) appalachiablue 7 hrs ago OP

It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra appalachiablue 6 hrs ago #1

The lovely female on this video is Helen Forrest, if I'm not mistaken. HeartsCanHope 1 hr ago #2

appalachiablue

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1. It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra

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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 02:33 AM

6 hrs ago

HeartsCanHope

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2. The lovely female on this video is Helen Forrest, if I'm not mistaken.

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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:55 AM

1 hr ago

This is one of my favorite songs from the Harry James orchestra. Love the long trumpet and orchestra intro,

and then that extraordinary voice! Thanks so much for the post!

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