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The 1940s was the era of the Crooners and the Big Bands. It was war-time, and the world needed a place to go and just dance and forget for the moment. The Big Bands were the music of the rebels in Nazi Germany. The Swing Kids were opposed to Hitler, and the music was banned. Secret Swing Clubs popped up where the kids could dance and have a momentary reprieve from the evil occurring outside th…