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"Any Bonds Today?" is a song written by Irving Berlin, featured in a 1942 animated propaganda film〔Cohen (2004), p. 40〕 starring Bugs Bunny. Both were used to sell war bonds during World War II. ==The song== "Any Bonds Today?" was based on Berlin's own "Any Yams Today," sung by Ginger Rogers in 1938's ''Carefree'', which in turn was a modified version of "Any Love Today," which he wrote in 1931 but didn't have recorded.〔Corliss, Richard (2001-12-30). ("That Old Feeling: A Berlin Bio-pic" ). ''Time''. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.〕 Berlin wrote the tune "at the request" of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to promote the Treasury Department's defense bond and savings stamp drive, the National Defense Savings Program.〔Jones, John Bush (2006)(''The Songs That Fought the War: Popular Music and the Home Front, 1939-1945'' ). (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 198. Retrieved via Google Book Search on 2009-02-25.〕 Its copyright, held by Morgenthau,〔(Object Record: "Any Bonds Today?" sheet music ), Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.〕 is dated June 16, 1941.〔Jones (2006), 198.〕 Barry Wood introduced the song (along with another Berlin composition called "Arms for the Love of America") on Arsenal Day, June 10, 1941, at the War College in Washington, D.C.; he also recorded the song in the same week for RCA Victor.〔("Berlin-Washington Axis" ), ''TIME'', June 23, 1941.〕 Wood's performance of the song was the first broadcast on radio, "in late June 1941"; it was also performed by the Andrews Sisters, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Dick Robertson and Kay Kyser.〔 and Gene Autry in the 1942 film "Home in Wyoming." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Any Bonds Today?」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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