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<h1><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mOevak8BCfM/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Sentimental Journey ~ Acker Bilk ~ HD - YouTube"></h1><h1>Sentimental Journey (song)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Sentimental Journey</strong>" is a popular song published in 1944. The music was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown_(bandleader)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Les Brown</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Homer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ben Homer</a>, and the lyrics were written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Green" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bud Green</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown_and_His_Band_of_Renown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Les Brown and His Band of Renown</a> had been performing the song, but were unable to record it because of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942%E2%80%9344_musicians%27_strike" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1942–44 musicians' strike</a>. When the strike ended, the band, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doris Day</a> as vocalist, recorded the song for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia Records</a> on November 20, 1944, and they had a hit record with the song, Doris Day's first number one hit, in 1945.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Journey_(song)#cite_note-pc1b-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> The song's release coincided with the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Second World War</a> in Europe and became the unofficial homecoming theme for many veterans.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Journey_(song)#cite_note-pc1b-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36769, with the flip side "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Time_(1944_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twilight Time</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Journey_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> The record first reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> chart on March 29, 1945, and lasted 23 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Journey_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> The song reached the chart after the later-recorded "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dreams_Are_Getting_Better_All_the_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time</a>".</p><p>About the same time, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Macs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merry Macs</a> had a recording following Brown and Day, which featured a bouncy arrangement where the group modulates (or augments) the verse eight times in the last half of the song – a vocal feat for any group attempting to record a song in one take, without the benefit of tape editing in that era of modern recording.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>original research?</em>}</a>^][<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</p><p>The song later became a standard with jazz artists and was recorded by, among others, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buck Clayton</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Herman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Woody Herman</a> and by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sidran" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ben Sidran</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a> recorded his version of the song in 1961. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Clooney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rosemary Clooney</a> issued an album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Journey:_The_Girl_Singer_and_Her_New_Big_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Sentimental Journey</em></a> (2001) which included the song. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_James" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harry James</a> recorded a version in 1965 on his album <em>New Versions of Down Beat Favorites</em> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MGM</a> E-4265).</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>The song describes someone about to take a train to a place to which they have a great emotional attachment, and their mounting anticipation while wondering why they ever roamed away. The opening verse is:</p><p><em>Gonna take a sentimental journey</em></p><p><em> Gonna set my heart at ease</em></p><p><em> Gonna make a sentimental journey</em></p><p><em> To renew old memories.</em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Journey_(song)#cite_note-pc1b-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^<em>[1]</em></a></p>