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bigbandbash"s podcast

Big Band Bash is a show presenting the music, musicians, and era of the great Big Bands. Each show highlights a different aspect of the big bands, whether it be a show about a certain band or a subject of the big bands anywhere from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. I hope to get your feet tapping with this great music.

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59:25

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller...

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/04/15

Well, we finally made it. This is the final part of The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller. All of these songs were recorded between the years of 1938 and 1942. There are many of Glenn's biggest hits on this show. It was shortly after the last recordings that Glenn broke up his band and enlisted in the Army. Next week I will have some different bands and different shows. It has been a blast picking out these Glenn Miller recordings. I hope you enjoy these last sides as we were

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59:21

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller...

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/04/08

Well, we are getting close to the end of this six week series on the Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller. The songs from today's show come from the year of 1941. I have a mixture of some of Glenn's big hits along with some lesser known recordings. I hope you enjoy the selections on the show today. We will wind up the series next week with the final recordings and some that i missed or did not get to.

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59:27

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller...

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/04/01

This episode continues the series The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller. This is Part Four from the years of 1940 - 1941. Glenn's band was really hitting it's stride then. In addition to starring in two motion pictures. Also, his band was the first to be awarded a gold record, presented by RCA Victor, for sales of 1.2 million copies. There are a few songs in this set that are not as well known but there are several that I think you will recognize and enjoy. There are two more programs

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56:59

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller...

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/03/25

Today I am going to continue with part three of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller. This was a nine double album set or a thirteen CD set. I have all these recordings in my library so as we progress in chronological fashion we'll be plying some of his well known recordings and some of the lesser known ones. I am also taking a biographical look at Glenn's career and we are now up to the time when he enlists in the armed forces. For all the Glenn Miller fans, this set is for you as we

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57:57

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller...

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/03/18

Today I am going to continue with part two of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller. This was a nine double album set or a thirteen CD set. I have all these recordings in my library so as we progress in chronological fashion we'll be plying some of his well known recordings and some of the lesser known ones. I am also taking a biographical look at Glenn's career. For all the Glenn Miller fans, this set is for you as we celebrate Glenn's birthday of March 01, 1904.

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59:22

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller...

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/03/11

March 01, 1904 is the birthday of the late Glenn Miller. To celebrate his birthday, we are going to start a six part series called The Complete Victor Recordings of Glenn Miller. There are thirteen double record sets in the series so I am going to combine 2 sets per show. I will omit set thirteen as it contains outtakes and unissued recordings. Glenn's second band produced all their recordings for RCA Victor on the Bluebird label. We are going to hear many of the Miller band's big hits along with

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59:34

Black History Month Part Four

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/03/04

This is the final part of our celebration of Black History Month. Today we will highlight the band led by Jimmie Lunceford and in the second half, I have some assorted selections to play. I have really enjoyed putting together this series and today I have pulled out many of the major hits by the Lunceford Orchestra. Some of the assorted cuts include songs from Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Teddy Wilson, The Mills Brothers and a few others.

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59:22

Black History Month Part Three

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/02/25

Welcome to part three of our celebration of Black Hiistory Month. Today we will be looking at and listening to two bands that were led by African-American Bandleaders. In the first half, we will present some music from Erskine Hawkins and then in the second half music from Duke Ellington. Erskine Hawkins, although not a household name today, had a few big hits during his career and I think I have them all on today's show. I hope your are enjoying this series of music as we will wind up next

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59:27

Black History Month Part Two

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/02/18

Welcome to part two of our celebration of Black History Month. For this year's celebration I elected to split each show into two parts and highlight two African-American bands from the big band era. Today we pay a salute to the bands of Benny Carter and Count Basie. Benny was an outstanding alto sax and trumpet performer as well as being a great arranger and composer. We'll hear a few of his hits and I'll be playing some early Count Basie from the late 1930's. There is some outstanding music on the

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59:17

Black History Month Part One

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/02/11

February is Black History Month and for our celebration this month I am taking the four Saturdays and splitting them into two parts and presenting two bands and band leaders per show. Today, I am going to feature the bands of Chick Webb and Andy Kirk. Chick had a very exciting band and was a mainstay at the Savoy Ballroom. Andy Kirk comes out of Kansas City and had several hits and was popular in the late 1930's into the 1940's. I hope you enjoy part one of our celebration of Black History

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57:30

The RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman Part 5

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/02/04

This is the final episode of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman. I am going to start with a few numbers from Volume Six and then most of the recordings are from Volume Seven during the year of 1938 and we'll wind up with a few recordings from Volume Eight in the year of 1939. Volume Eight was mainly unissued recordings and retakes. Also, I have an interview that the author of the liner notes had with Benny in 1980. This series has been a labor of love for me because the Benny

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59:18

The RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman Part 4

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/01/28

We continue our look at the music in the eight volume set from RCA records of the complete Victor recordings of Benny Goodman. This week we start volume five and get into volume six. Martha Tilton is still the featured vocalist but gradually there are sideman changes in the orchestra. Gene Krupa leaves in March of 1938 to start his own orchestra and then there are a few other changes. The music, however, is still top notch. One thing I noticed while going through this volume is that Benny is

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58:58

The RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman Part 3

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/01/21

On Part Three of the Complete RCA Victor recordings of Benny Goodman, we start with the last recording that Helen Ward sang with the band. Benny used a few substitutes while he was looking for Helen's replacement so we'll hear a number by each of those vocalists. Then at the end of the program I have included the first couple of numbers that Martha Tilton recorded with the band. Also, it was during this time in 1937 that Benny recorded one of his biggest hits, it was called Sing, Sing, Sing. We'll

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59:33

The RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman Part 2

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/01/14

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman Part 2

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58:21

The RCA Victor Recordings of Benny Goodman Part 1

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2023/01/07

Benny Goodman's orchestra was the first big band that I ever listened to. Another big band show that I listen to just did a five week series on the life and music of Benny Goodman tracing his recordings from the earliest to the last ones. I wanted to do a series on Benny but I didn't want to duplicate what David Miller did on his show Swinging Down the Lane. Luckily, I have in my collection a series of albums from the 1970's released by RCA Victor call the Complete. Well, I have all eight double

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58:03

New Year's Eve Radio Dance Party 1945-46

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2022/12/30

Happy New Year to everyone as we welcome in the New Year. On the show today is repeat of a program I produced in 2016 called New Year's Radio Dance Party 1945-1946. The Armed Forces Radio Service gave a real treat to American troops still stationed around the world in the aftermath of World War II---live performances, by remote hookups from their respective New Year's Eve hotel and/or ballroom performances. We'll get to hear some of the titans of the time in American jazz and popular music

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57:53

Holiday Songs on the Radio Part 2

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2022/12/24

There are many popular Holiday songs through the years, but the 1930's through the 1950's produced many of them. We will take a look at why this was and enjoy some unique Holiday songs from this period on Part Two of Holiday Songs on the Radio. I want to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a Happy holiday season. Be safe and enjoy yourselves this year. Seasons greetings everyone and I hope you enjoy the selections from this week's Big Band Bash. I forgot to give credit in the

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58:36

Holiday Songs on the Radio Part 1

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2022/12/17

Hello everyone. I would like to celebrate the holidays with a program I call Holiday Favorites and the Radio. Imagine you have been transported back in time to the 1940's and are in your living room or den or bedroom listening to the radio. These are some of the holiday songs you might have heard. In addition to the songs from back then, I would like to give a little history on the importance of radio from that era. Happy Holidays everyone and I hope you enjoy the selections from this week's Big

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58:08

We Remember Pearl Harbor and Glenn Miller

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2022/12/10

On the show today we remember two important dates from the past, December 7th 1941 and December 15th 1944. The former was the day that Japan attacked the US Naval Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor and the latter was the day that Glenn Miller disappeared while flying over the English Channel. I decided to play some assorted songs and clips associated with Pearl Harbor and I also have two broadcasts from Glenn Miller's "I Sustain The Wings" radio show. The first is from December 11, 1943 and is about 30

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59:31

Time Life The Swing Era 1942-1944 Part 2

bigbandbash"s podcast ·

2022/12/02

We continue this week with the second part of the Time-Life Swing Era volume 1942-1944. I first discovered this series when I made a trip to the local library and found a couple volumes in the set. They were on vinyl lps and so I checked them out and transferred them to cassette (kudos to anyone who remembers cassette players and vinyl lps). After I started working at our radio station, someone donated the whole set in the series to us. It's a challenge thinking up topics for the show so I thought

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