Army Air Corps Song

About This Song

In 1937, the Air Corps decided they needed a song, as did the other military services. A contest was created, with a prize of $1,000 to the winning composition. No entry was considered good enough, including those by Meredith Wilson and Irving Berlin. Two days before the deadline, a music instructor named Robert Crawford submitted an entry. Crawford, a rejected World War I Air Service Pilot, was a singer known as “the Flying Baritone.” He personally delivered a recording of his song, which was the unanimous winner.

Lyrics

Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun
Here they come, zooming to meet our thunder
At them boys, Give ‘er the gun
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under
Off with one heck of a roar
We live in fame or go down in flame
Nothing will stop the Army Air Corps

Down we dive, spouting our flame from under
Off with one heck of a roar
We live in fame or go down in flame
Nothing will stop the army
Nothing can stop the navy
No, nothing can the Army Air Corps

Recordings

1957

Tony Bennett recorded “Army Air Corps Song” on October 21, 1957. Ralph Sharon wrote the arrangement.

Army Air Crops Song (CO 59995) is not available for streaming.

Recording History

1957	Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1079 — The Beat Of My Heart
1957	Philips LP 12″: BBL 7219 — The Beat Of My Heart
2008	Not Now Music CD: NOT3CD010 — Three Original Hit Albums [UK]
2011	Columbia The Complete Collection — Disc 11 — The Beat of My Heart

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