China Dolls Playlist
This has the songs and some of the artists mentioned chapter by chapter in the novel.
Chapter 1: A Measly Girl
“All of Me”
Chapter 2: Calling to the Heavens
Chapter 3: A Real Chinese Girl
“Let Me Play With It”
“My Darling Clementine”
“Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
Chapter 4: A Few Glorious Minutes
“Someone to Watch Over Me”
*“Let Me Play With It”
Chapter 5: White Snow Blossoms
“Begin the Beguine”
“Heart and Soul”
“Cheek to Cheek”
*“Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
“Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay”
“Loch Lommond”
“Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi”
“Minnie the Moocher”
“Pick Yourself Up”
Chapter 6: A Lone Wolf
Chapter 7: Pistols and a Cowboy Hat
“All or Nothing at All”
“Back in the Saddle Again”
Chapter 8: Let the Boy Talk
[Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Kay Kyser, The Dorseys]
“Love Walked In”
Chapter 9: Carried by the Wind
“Night and Day”
*“Let Me Play With It”
“You’d Be So Easy To Love”
Chapter 10: A Tide of Emotions
Chapter 11: Wisps of Clouds
Chapter 12: Just a Kid
“I’ll Never Smile Again”
Chapter 13: The Jimjams
Chapter 14: Extreme Joy Begets…
Chapter 15: Dancing on the Edge
“The Japs Won’t Have a Ghost of a Chance”
“On a Little Street in Singapore”
Chapter 16: A Succulent Dish
“Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition”
Chapter 17: Whirlpool Valley
Chapter 18: Good Luck, Bad Luck
“You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap”
“We’re Going to Find a Fellow Who Is Yellow and Beat Him Red, White, and Blue”
“I Cain’t Say No”
“Strip Polka”
“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”
“Here Comes the Navy”
Chapter 19: Sequins, Top Hats, Chiffon
“I’ll Be Seeing You”
Chapter 20: Every Particle of Happiness
[Carmen Cavallaro]
Chapter 21: Letters
“Don’t Fence Me In”
“God Bless America”
“Shuffle Off to Buffalo”
Chapter 22: A Wind-Chime Voice
“The G.I. Jive”
Chapter 23: Dying Ashes Will Burn Again
“In the Mood”
“Moonlight Serenade”
“Pennsylvania 6-5000”
“Chattanooga Choo Choo”
Chapter 24: V for Victory
Chapter 25: Sunny-Side Up
“Brazil”
“You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To”
“That Old Black Magic”
“Avalon”
“It’s Been a Long, Long Time”
Chapter 26: Woo Woo of the Week
*“It’s Been a Long, Long Time”
“Let’s Do It”
Chapter 27: A Camellia Drops
Chapter 28: Movie Talk
*“Let Me Play With It”
“On a Slow Boat to China”
Chapter 29: The Dark Shadow Side
“Indian Love Call”
Chapter 30: Once a Chorus Girl
*“Let Me Play With It”
*Repeated Song
[] Artist mentioned