Big Band Serenade

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Big Band Serenade 199 The Waltz King Wayne King His...

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/04/19

A popular 30s bandleader, Wayne King has been compared to Lawrence Welk and Fred Waring. Known as the "Waltz King," his repertoire was made up of waltzes, novelty songs and sentimental recordings. The sound was copied by other musicians and made Wayne King famous. It was radio broadcasts, such as the Lady Esther Serenade, his Victor recording contracts and performances on Chicago's Aragon Ballroom that sold millions of recordings for Wayne King. Besides being a successful bandleader, Wayne King was

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38:48

Big Band Serenade 198 Vic Domone His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/04/11

Among the more prominent of the pop-singing crooners of the mid-twentieth century, Vic Damone recorded more than 2,000 songs during an active career that began in 1947 and spanned 54 years. With a lush and mellow baritone, he possessed one of the finest singing voices of his era and was widely acknowledged by critics as one of the best crooner of the times. Even in his later concerts, his voice never faltered nor did it lose its easy tone. Instead, according to critics, the depth of emotion in his

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32:40

Big Band Serenade 197 Geraldo and His Orchestra

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/03/29

Gerald Walcan Bright, better known as Geraldo (10 August 1904, London, England - 4 May 1974, Vevey, Switzerland) was a British bandleader. Bright adopted the name "Geraldo" in 1930 to become one of the most popular dance-band leaders of the 1930s with his "sweet music" and his "Gaucho Tango Orchestra". During the 1940s, he modernized his style to continue enjoying great success.

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48:15

Big Band Serenade 196 Spring Time Theme Show

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2009/03/22

Big Band Serenade presents it Spring Time Theme Show.

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Big Band Serenade 195 Art Gillham His Life and Music

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2009/03/15

Art Gillham His Life and Music Pioneer Radio Artist 1922-1954 On 300 radio stations before network broadcasting 1924 Election night broadcast 18 station hookup from WEAF CBS depression era Syncopated Pessimism First television demonstration in South 1939 Pioneer Recording Artist First Western Electric electrical recording to be released Exclusive Artist for Columbia

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Big Band Serenade 194 Dorothy Shay Her Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/03/07

Dorothy Shay,She signed with Columbia Records and recorded a series of hit records. Her biggest hit was "Feudin' And Fightin'" in 1947. In her singing engagements, she performed dressed as a sophisticated urbanite while talking like a rural Southerner. She was popular in clubs, radio and television.

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24:57

Big Band Serenade 193 Louie Bellson Drummer...

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/28

Referred to by Duke Ellington as “not only the world’s greatest drummer...(but also) the world’s greatest musician!”, Louie Bellson has expressed himself on drums since age three. At 15, he pioneered the double bass drum set-up. At 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Gene Krupa drumming contest. He has performed on more than 200 albums with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald,

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Big Band Serenade 191 Special Air National Guard Show...

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/24

Air National Guard Show with Russ Morgan & Rosemary Clooney

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Big Band Serenade 192 Roy Bargy His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/21

Bargy's work for the Benson Orchestra established him as a triple-threat talent, and his services were soon sought out by other bands. In late 1921, after a falling out with Benson, Bargy left and formed his own orchestra, taking many members of the group with him. He disbanded a few years later and joined the band led by composer-saxophonist Isham Jones. In 1928, Bargy began a twelve-year association with Paul Whiteman's great dance orchestra as pianist/arranger. Now his experience in editing and

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13:25

Big Band Serenade 190 Special Freddy Nagel Remote...

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/17

During the 1930s Freddy Nagel operated a society orchestra in the Northwestern part of the United States. In the early 1940s Nagel reorganized his band and began to feature swing music. He also expanded his territory into the Midwest. In 1947 Nagel had a short-lived sustaining radio show on ABC, live from the Empire Room of the Palmer House in Chicago. Vocalists were Dick Baldwin and Jane Easton. Nagel also recorded eight songs on Vitacoustic, a new label which went under the following year. Only

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28:09

Big Band Serenade 189 Special Harry James and His...

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/10

In this Universal-International musical featurette (U-I production number 8306)"Harry James and His Music Makers" (which is also the correct title and not "Harry James and the Music Makers", since the Music Makers was the name of his band and was also prefaced with "His"), the featured vocalist with the band is Gale Robbins, with dancers Alain & Ashton also featured. Musical numbers include "Chiribiribin", "Charmaine", "I Got a Crush on You", "Moanin' Low", "The Brave Bulls" and "I'm in a Jam With

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Big Band Serenade 188 Vaughn Monroe His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/07

The tall, handsome Monroe, whose signature tune was "Racing With the Moon", was very popular in the 1940s and early 1950s. His band was heard every Sunday on the radio in America (under contract to Camel cigarettes) and played to full ballrooms everywhere they went. Some of the musicians who regularly toured with Monroe included guitarist 'Bucky Pizzarelli', saxophonist Adny Bagni, Bobby Nichols, singer Mary Jo Grogan, Trumpeter Bobby Nichols, trombonist Ray Conniff, and well-known jazz pianist

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Freddy Martin Radio Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/02/04

Frederick Alfred (Freddy) Martin (December 9, 1906 – September 30, 1983) was an American bandleader and tenor saxophonist.Orchestra leader Freddie Martin was not a jazz musician and never tried to be. Martin was, however, probably the most respected tenor saxophonist of the dance band era. The warmth and richness of his tone impressed even the most ardent of jazz performers and earned him the admiration of many. Martin's genius on his instrument also helped make his sweet orchestra one of the most

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Big Band Serenade 187 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/30

Ben Bernie was a popular bandleader in the ‘20s-‘30s and even into the ‘40s although he never picked up on the “swing” craze. He started out in Vaudeville but enjoyed greater success as a personable bandleader and the host of his own radio show from 1933 to 1937, amusing audiences with his trademark lingo and his opening, “Yowsah, Yowsah.” His band appeared in several films, the best of which, Wake Up and Live, featured the song, “There’s a Lull in My Life.” He and columnist Walter Winchell carried

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Dale Jones on CBS Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/28

Dale Jones on CBS Remote Broadcast

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Ella Fitzgerald Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/24

Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads, sweet jazz and imitate every instrument in an orchestra. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie

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29:49

Earl Hines NBC Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/21

Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, (28 December 1903 Duquesne, Pennsylvania – 22 April 1983 in Oakland, California) was "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".

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30:05

Dick Jurgens WBBM Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/17

Dick Henry Jurgens (January 9, 1910 – October 5, 1995) was an American swing music bandleader, who enjoyed great popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Dick Jurgens was born in Sacramento, California to Dietrich Heinrich Jurgens and Clara Matilda (Erath) Jurgens. Jurgens played in an orchestra in high school but was kicked out of the ensemble for playing pop music. In response, he formed his own group in 1928 while still a student. His brother Will Jurgens was a member; Will

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22:29

Chet Baker Quartet Remote

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/15

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (Yale, Oklahoma, December 23, 1929 - Amsterdam, Netherlands May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer.Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker rose to prominence as a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s. Baker's good looks and smoldering, intimate singing voice established him as a promising name in pop music as well. But his success was badly hampered by drug addiction, particularly in the 1960s, when he was imprisoned.He died in 1988

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Bob Connor Radio Broadcast From Fort Worth

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/12

Bob Connor Radio Broadcast From Fort Worth

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