Big Band Serenade

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Carroll Gibbons 1934 On The Radio

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/10

Carroll Gibbons (January 4, 1903 - May 10, 1954) was an American-born musician, bandleader and composer who made his career primarily in Britain. He was born and raised in Clinton, Massachusetts. In his late teens he travelled to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1924 he returned to London with the brassless Boston Orchestra for an engagement at the Savoy Hotel in the Strand. He liked Britain so much that he settled there and later became the co-leader (with Howie Jacobs) of the

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14:53

Big Band Serenade 176 Flecher Henderson Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2009/01/03

Fletcher Henderson, a figure whose place in music history continues to arouse debate and critical discussion, occupied a unique position in the development of jazz. A classically trained pianist, he helped bridge the world of the formal written arrangement with the African-American art of improvisation, creating a new orchestral style in jazz known as "swing." The dominant exponent of the New York, or "eastcoast," style, Henderson launched his career as part of the society orchestra and dance band

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02:36:07

Big Band Serenade 177 New Years Eve Show

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/12/31

Big Band Serenade presents its New Years Show with Guy Lambardo Guy Lombardo was more than just an orchestra leader, he was an institution. Every New Year's Eve at the stroke of midnight millions of listeners from all across America would tune in, via radio and later television, to hear Lombardo and His Royal Canadians play their familiar theme song, ''Auld Lang Syne.'' Lombardo was the consummate bandleader. He presented the kind of music that the general public wanted to hear and

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23:53

Big Band Serenade 175 Claude Thornhill Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/12/27

Claude Thornhill (*August 10, 1909 at Terre Haute, Indiana † July 1, 1965, New York City) was an American pianist, arranger and bandleader. As a youth, he was recognized as an extraordinary talent and formed a traveling duo with Danny Polo, a musical prodigy on the clarinet and trumpet from nearby Clinton, Indiana. As a student at Garfield High School in Terre Haute, he played with several theater bands. After playing for Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Ray Noble, and Billie Holiday, and arranging

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14:57

BigBand Serenade 174 Bob Crosby Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/12/20

Bob Crosby is best remembered for the Dixieland band that bore his name during the 1930s and early 1940s. The Bob Crosby Orchestra, along with its combo side group, the Bob Cats, was considered one of the greatest jazz bands of all time. The orchestra was actually led by sax player Gil Rodin, however. Crosby himself was simply the front man, chosen for his personality, looks, and famous last name.

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30:04

BigBand Serenade 173 Camel Caravan Remote Broadcast...

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/12/13

Camel Caravan was a musical variety radio program, sponsored by Camel cigarettes, that aired on NBC and CBS from 1933 to 1954. Various vocalists, musicians and comedy acts were heard during the 21 years this show was on the air, including such talents as Benny Goodman, Georgia Gibbs, Anita O'Day and Vaughn Monroe. It debuted December 7, 1933, on CBS as a showcase for Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra later Benny Goodman's band until June 25, 1936. Five days later, the show was reformatted on

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18:01

BigBand Serenade 172 Artie Shaw Remote Broadcast

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/12/06

The Artie Shaw Band from a radio remote broadcast from the Summer Terrace at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Roof in Boston. The Artie Shaw Orchestra of 1938-1939 was the best band he ever assembled. Shaw did many big band remotes, and he was also often heard from the Blue Room of New York's Hotel Lincoln. It was the location of his only regular radio series as headliner. Sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes, Shaw broadcast on CBS from November 20, 1938 until November 14, 1939. At the height of

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04:01:16

Big Band Serenade 171 Thanksgiving Show with Guess...

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/11/30

Big Band Serenade presents Randy Skretvedt's Show Forward Into The Past for Thanksgiving. Randy has a collection of over 30,000 discs of music from 1888 through the early '50s (a disc being anything from a single-sided 78 to a CD with 28 songs on it!) and have virtually the whole run of dance-band records from the 1920s through the early '40s, plus novelty, comedy, big band, western swing, blues, old-timey folk, etc. etc. He just turned 50, and has been collecting records since I was three! Look

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33:38

BigBand Serenade 170 Paul Ash and His Orchestra

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/11/22

Paul Ash was the leader of orchestras that primarilly played in movie theatres throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. He worked in the Chicago's McVickers Theatre and Oriental Theatre, the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn and Manhattan as well as the Granada Theatre in San Francisco during which time his records were released under the name of Paul Ash and his Granada Orchestra.

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37:27

BigBand Serenade 169 The Sounds of Music From 1935

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/11/16

Big Band Serenade presents The Sounds of Great Big Band Music From 1935

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Big Band Serenade 166 Great Big Band Music from 1920s...

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/10/25

Big Band Serenade presents Big Band Music from the 1920s and 1930s *******Please Take Our Survey******

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34:14

Big Band Serenade 165 Art Mooney His Music and Life

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2008/10/21

Big Band Serenade presents Art Mooney and His Orchestra featuring His Life and Music *******Please Take Our Survey******

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32:42

BigBand Serenade 164 Jess Stacy His Life and Music

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2008/10/19

Big Band Serenade presents Jess Stacy and His Orchestra featuring His Life and Music *******Please Take Our Survey******

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BigBand Serenade 163 Bobby Hackett His Life and Music

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2008/10/11

Big Band Serenade presents Bobby Hackett and His Orchestra featuring His Life and Music *******Please Take Our Survey******

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41:59

BigBand Serenade 162 Horace Heidt His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/09/20

Big Band Serenade presents Horace Heidt and His Orchestra featuring His Life and Music *******Please Take Our Survey******

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33:37

BigBand Serenade 161 Jazz Great Art Tatum His Life...

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/09/13

Big Band Serenade presents Jazz Great Art Tatum His Life and Music *******Please Take Our Survey******

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41:48

BigBand Serenade 160 Sam Lanin His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/09/06

Big Band Serenade present Sam Lanin His Life and Music 1920s - 1930s

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44:31

BigBand Serenade 159 Erskine Hawkins His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/08/30

Big Band Serenade presents Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra 1938-1940

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40:41

BigBand Serenade 158 Eddie Duchin His Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/08/24

Big Band Serenade presents Eddie Duchin His Life and Music 1930s

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27:37

BigBand Serenade 157 Jack Smith Life and Music

Big Band Serenade ·

2008/08/05

Big Band Serenade presents Jack Smith a great signer from the 1920s-1940s.

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