Teddy Powell Orchestra - Goodbye Mama I’m Off To Yokohama WWII 1941

Bluebird B-11412-A Recorded December 16, 1941 Fox Trot - 1940’s American Wars Songs Goodbye Mama, I’m Off To Yokohama (WWII) 1941 Charted On US Music Charts In 1942. Performed by Teddy Powell and his Orchestra; Vocals by Peggy Mann Dick Judge and Chorus Teddy Powell (Teodoro Paolella) (March 1, 1905, Oakland, California - November 17, 1993, New York) was an American jazz guitarist, composer and big band leader. Some of his compositions were under the pseudonym Freddy James. Teddy spent several years with the Abe Lyman band where he also served as a vocalist, arranger and helped out on the business side of things. Powell began playing violin when he was 8, picked up the banjo when he was 14 and led his first band the following year. They stayed together until 1944. His own band hired several highly regarded musicians formerly with the Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Casa Loma orchestras. The band debuted at New York’s Famous Door nightclub. Teddy’s big band was very