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Your Hit Parade 12/25/48 First Song Jungle Bells

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Tommy Dorse and His Orchestra 11/26/40 First Song The One I Love

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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:32:54 -0700

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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:38:00 -0700

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Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:24:01 -0700

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Sat, 28 May 2011 17:24:50 -0700

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Fri, 20 May 2011 20:55:30 -0700

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Bennie Moten His Life, Inflence on Jazz Bigbands, and His Music

Sat, 14 May 2011 10:44:17 -0700

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Sat, 07 May 2011 11:23:15 -0700

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Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:48:23 -0700

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Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:06:03 -0800

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Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:57:54 -0800

Joe Williams (December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.

Big Band Serenade Peggy Lee Her Life and Music

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:55:42 -0700

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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:31:09 -0700

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Big Band Serenade Bigband Sounds from the 1940s

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:36:07 -0700

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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:43:20 -0800

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Will Bradley His Life and Music

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:23:00 -0700

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Wilbur Schwichtenberg, 12 July 1912, Newton, New Jersey, USA, d. 15 July 1989, Flemington, New Jersey, USA. Bradley played trombone with various bands in New York in the late 20s and at the beginning of the next decade established the working pattern for his whole career, combining studio work with playing in name bands. In the early 30s he recorded with Red Nichols and in 1935 was in the band assembled by Glenn Miller that played under the leadership of Ray Noble. In 1939 Bradley formed a big band with drummer Ray McKinley that enjoyed great popular success, owing in part to a string of orchestrated boogie-woogie numbers, including "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar".

Erroll Garner His Life and Music ,The guy who wrote the song "Misty"

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:05:00 -0700

A self-taught pianist who never learned to read music, Erroll Garner was nevertheless one of the most popular jazz musicians of the 1950s. His swinging piano and gift for melody kept him on the top of the charts, and his most memorable tune, "Misty" (lyrics added by Johnny Burke) was a pop hit for five different artists between 1959 and 1975.

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Wayne King AKA The Waltz King His Life and Music

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:53:09 -0700

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 also a saxophonist, often playing his instrument in the Wayne King Orchestra.

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Vic Damone Prototypical Italian-American Crooner

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:29:00 -0700

One of the prototypical Italian-American crooners, Vic Damone parlayed a smooth, mellow baritone into big-time pop stardom during the '40s and '50s.

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Geraldo and His Orchrestra

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:22:00 -0700

Gerald Walcan Bright was born in London, England on August 10 1904. A child prodigy, he received instruction at London's Royal Academy of Music and entered the work force playing piano and organ in movie theatres. At the age of 16 he ran away from home, boarded the HMS Cameronia and sailed to New York City and back as a member of the ship's dance orchestra.

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Art Gillham THE WHISPERING PIANIST

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:15:16 -0700

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Dorothy Shay Her Life and Music

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:31:00 -0700

Shay was born Dorothy Sims in Jacksonville, Florida. When she began her career as a 'straight' singer, she took vocal lessons to lose her Southern accent. She sang for the USO during World War II. Dorothy changed her name to "Shay" in order to not be confused with Ginny Simms, another performer of the day, choosing "Shay" to honor her mentor Betty Shay (Betty Shay later became Betty Corday when she married Ted Corday, producer of Days of our Lives) While performing with Morton Gould and his orchestra, she performed an encore, "Uncle Fud," a hayseed novelty number that became very popular and launched her solo singing career.

Loui Bellson Drummer Extraordinaire

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:23:34 -0700

Louie Bellson was an Italian-American jazz drummer. He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator, and is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums.

Bellson was an internationally-acclaimed artist who performed in most of the major capitals around the world. Bellson and his first wife, the late actress and singer Pearl Bailey (married 1952-1990), had the second highest number of appearances at the White House (only Bob Hope had more). He was a vice president at Remo, a drum company.

Roy Bargy His Life and Music

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:13:39 -0800

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 writing songs for the old Imperial Piano Roll company stood him in good stead. Many of the early Whiteman arrangements were done by Bargy. He remained with Whiteman until 1940 working not only as a Pianist and arranger, but even becoming second in command and often leading the band when Whiteman couldn't be present. Not too well recalled now, but it was Bargy's piano that was afeatured attraction during Whiteman's famous debut of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue".

Vaughn Monroe His Life and Music

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:27:00 -0800

Vaughn Wilton Monroe was born October 7, 1911 in Akron, Ohio, and his family moved to Wisconsin shortly thereafter. Monroe showed an early talent for the trumpet and focused most of his early efforts on that. Monroe wanted to be an opera singer, but the Depression made pursuing such a career impractical. Instead, he sang as a vocalist with several bands, among them Austin Wylie (who later worked for Artie Shaw), Larry Funk (for which he made his recording debut), and Jack Marshard. It was Marshard who realized Monroe's talent, brought him out from the brass section, and turned him into a conductor. At the urging of Marshard and many others, Monroe started his own orchestra in 1940. RCA Victor immediately signed him to a contract. From 1940 until 1954, he had over 70 chart hits. One of these is the one he's best known for today: "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!", the 1946 version of which is heard at the end of the first two Bruce Willis "Die Hard" films.

Ben Bernie His Life and Music

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:20:46 -0800

A composer ("Sweet Georgia Brown"), author, violinist and conductor, he was educated at the NY College of Music, City College of New York, and the Columbia School of Mines. Beginning hisvaudeville act while selling violins in a New York department store, he organized his own orchestra in 1922, playing a long engagement at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York, then toured Europe. He toured with Maurice Chevalier, and was featured on radio for twenty years. Joining ASCAP in 1934, his musical collaborators were Kenneth Casey, Al Goering, Walter Hirsch, and Maceo Pinkard. Song compositions include "Who's Your Little Whoosis?", "I Can't Believe It's True", "Holding My Honey's Hand", "A Bowl of Chop Suey and Yooey", "After The Dance Was Over", "Was Last Night The Last Night?", "Ain't That Marvelous (My Baby Loves Me)", and "Strange Interlude".

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Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:52:00 -0800

One of the most popular bandleaders of the wartime era, Harry James is best remembered today for his colorful trumpet playing and as the husband of pin-up girl Betty Grable . Born in a run-down hotel next to the city jail in Albany, Georgia, Harry's parents were circus performers -- his mother a trapeze artist and his father the bandleader. James began playing drums at age seven and took up the trumpet at ten, performing for the Christy Brothers circus band.

James' family later settled in Beaumont, Texas, and he began playing for local dance bands while in high school. In 1935 he joined Ben Pollack's orchestra, leaving in December 1936 for Benny Goodman. During his time with Goodman, James became very popular with the jazz crowd for his colorful, ear-shattering, trumpet playing. He became so popular that when he decided to leave Goodman in December 1938 to form his own band Goodman himself financed the outfit.

Harry James and His Music Makers debuted in February 1939 at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. They made their first recordings for Brunswick.Connie Haines was the female vocalist. In June of that year James hired an inexperienced Frank Sinatra as his male vocalist.

The orchestra did well in New York, but its high-swinging sound wasn't well-received outside the city. A trip to Los Angeles proved financially disastrous, and the band struggled to make it through a booking at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. Tommy Dorsey was in Chicago at the same time and was having problems with his male vocalist. He offered Sinatra a job. With Sinatra's wife expecting and the band's financial future uncertain James let him go. He was soon replaced by Dick Haymes , who went on to become one of the top male vocalists of the era.

In early 1940 James began recording with Varsity, a minor label. Although his records weren't selling well with the public he was greatly admired by other musicians. James, however, wasn't content with his financial picture and decided to adopt a new sound. He announced he was adding a string section. Horrified reactions from the jazz crowd convinced him to abandon the idea. However, in 1941 when he signed with Columbia the label's A&R director made the same suggestion. James followed through and recorded several schmaltzy ballads and semi-classical selections, including the now famous ''You Made Me Love You.'' Though jazz fans cringed the new sound proved popular with the public, and the band was on its way to stardom.

Haymes left the band in 1942, replaced by Johnny McAfee as lead male vocalist. James had gone through a string of female vocalists -- Haines, Helen Ward , Dell Parker, Bernice Byers, and Lynn Richards -- until he hired Helen Forrest in 1941. She turned out to be one of his most valuable assets. With Harry's sentimental horn and Helen's emotional singing the band was at its peak and soon began to receive movie offers.

While working in Hollywood, James met actress Betty Grable. Though James was married to vocalist Lousise Tabin at the time he fell in love with Grable and divorced Tobin. James and Grable were married on July 5, 1943. Shortly thereafter Forrest left the orchestra to begin a solo career. Helen Ward was brought back to replace her. Buddy DeVito was male vocalist. Around that time Harry's band began to suffer from the draft. James himself, who had been originally classified 4-F, was in danger of being reclassified as fit for duty. When he was called to take his physical in February 1944 he put the band on notice, and his radio sponsor cancelled his program. James was reclassified 4-F again, however, and he called back together some of his old personnel.

The new orchestra continued to be successful, with Kitty Kallen as its featured vocalist, but Harry's interest were turning away from music. He had become a regular cast member on Danny Kaye's radio series, and he and Betty were devoting a great deal of time to raising their racehorses. He began to perform less and less.

When the bottom fell out of the band business in 1946 James called it quits. He didn't stay away for long however. He formed a new outfit the following year and continued to lead bands off and on until his death. He gave his last performance in Las Vegas just nine days before dying of lymphatic cancer in July 1983.

Benny Goodman Swing School 8-24-37

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:41:00 -0800

By 1929, Goodman was living in New York, where he organized his first swing band, in 1934. The group became one of the first successful swing bands. At his peak in the mid 1930s, Goodman landed a regular slot on the radio series Let's Dance. After the show was canceled, in 1935, the band struggled, playing one-night stands to unappreciative audiences craving traditional dance music, not newfangled swing. But on August 21, 1935, the band gave a famous performance at the Palomar Theater in Los Angeles. Broadcast nationally, the concert drew an enormous audience and is frequently credited as the kickoff of the swing era.

The following year, Goodman continued to spread jazz across the airwaves with his own show, Benny Goodman's Swing School, which ran for three years. Goodman became known as the "King of Swing." He also became the first jazz musician to record classical works. Goodman later experimented with other jazz styles and toured throughout the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, visiting Europe, Asia, and South America as America's ambassador of jazz. He died in 1986.

Glenn Miller On German Radio 1944

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:33:00 -0800

That's how the British often referred to the three million American GIs stationed in England before the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. But the British fell in love with Miller's band following its arrival a few weeks after D-Day. The band was renamed "the Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces." The AEF band immediately began a hectic schedule of concerts, dances, and radio broadcasts.

"We didn’t come here to set any fashions in music," Miller wrote from England in 1944 to George Simon (who 30 years later would write Miller’s biography). "We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have been here a couple of years." On Aug. 14, 1944, Miller was promoted to major.

On Oct. 30, 1944, Miller and the entire AEF Band went to Studio 1 of HMV's (His Master's Voice) Abbey Road Studios in London (the same studios the Beatles would use some 20 years later) to record the first of six one-half hour radio programs to be beamed toward German troops. All announcements and most lyrics were transliterated into German. The six-show series began airing on Nov. 8th. The recording equipment in these studios was state of the art for the 1940s.

Benny Goodman NBC Remote-Chicago Panther Room 1941-08-10

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:54:00 -0800

Benny Goodman,Born into a large, poverty stricken family, Benny began playing the clarinet at an early age. He was associated with the Austin High School Gang, having gone to school with drummer Dave Tough. By the time he was twelve, Goodman appeared onstage imitating famous bandleader/clarinetist Ted Lewis. It was at this concert that Ben Pollack heard the young clarinetist and Benny was soon playing in Pollack’s band. Goodman’s first recordings were made with the Pollack group in 1926, and give a strong example of Benny’s influences at the time including Jimmie Noone, who was then with Doc Cook and His Dreamland Orchestra and Leon Roppolo of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. During this period Goodman recorded his first sides as a leader with members of the Pollack band including one 1928 date which features the only known recording of Benny on alto and baritone saxophones.

Following the musical migration out of Chicago and into New York, Goodman became a very successful and popular free-lancer, joining the likes of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey in New York studios. In 1934 Benny put together his first big band, featuring Bunny Berigan on trumpet, Jess Stacey on piano and Gene Krupa on drums. With the addition of some excellent, sophisticated arrangements by Fletcher Henderson, the “Swing Era” was born.

Goodman spent the next fifty years recording and touring with various groups big and small, including some very successful trips to Russia and the Far East. He also played many concerts on a classical format that received mixed reviews.

Known by musicians for his stand-offish and “cheap” nature, many sidemen had a love/hate relationship with Goodman. Many musicians claimed that Benny was dishonest when it came time to pay off the band and many more recalled the Goodman “ray”, the dirtiest of looks received when a mistake was made. That aside, its clear that without Goodman the “Swing Era” would have been nowhere near as strong when it came, if it came at all.

Artie Shaw (Best of Live Broadcasts) 1939-1943 Part 003

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:51:00 -0800

Artie Shaw was a leading jazz clarinetist and big band leader of the mid-20th century. His 1938 recording of Begin the Beguine made him a popular rival to superstar clarinetist Benny Goodman. Shaw developed a reputation as a reluctant and somewhat grouchy genius; his big bands were roaring successes but he frequently broke them up, only to form new bands months or years later. He also dabbled in symphonic music and avant-garde jazz combos and led a U.S. Navy big band during World War II. Later Shaw wrote books, including the semi-autobiographical The Trouble With Cinderella (1952). A famous ladies' man in his day, Shaw was married eight times, including marriages to Hollywood beauties Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. Always unpredictable, Shaw quit the music business in 1954, though a big band bearing his name was reformed in 1983 and continued touring into the 21st century.

Artie Shaw (Best of Live Broadcasts) 1939-1943 Part 002

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:49:00 -0800

Artie Shaw was a leading jazz clarinetist and big band leader of the mid-20th century. His 1938 recording of Begin the Beguine made him a popular rival to superstar clarinetist Benny Goodman. Shaw developed a reputation as a reluctant and somewhat grouchy genius; his big bands were roaring successes but he frequently broke them up, only to form new bands months or years later. He also dabbled in symphonic music and avant-garde jazz combos and led a U.S. Navy big band during World War II. Later Shaw wrote books, including the semi-autobiographical The Trouble With Cinderella (1952). A famous ladies' man in his day, Shaw was married eight times, including marriages to Hollywood beauties Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. Always unpredictable, Shaw quit the music business in 1954, though a big band bearing his name was reformed in 1983 and continued touring into the 21st century.

Artie Shaw (Best of Live Broadcasts) 1939-1943 Part 001

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:43:23 -0800

Bowery Boys in Blitzrieg 1941

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:13:00 -0800

East Side Kids get into boxing. When Danny shows signs of heading down a criminal path with small time hood Monk Martin and get disqualified from a boxing tournament, Muggs takes Danny's place in the Golden Gloves. Things go from bad to worse, when Monk and his "colleagues" make the public believe that Muggs is going to take a dive in tournament, when it becomes clear that Muggs has the chops to win. Danny must decide where is loyalty lies and team up with Muggs to vindicate both of them.

Rhythm and Blues Revue 1955

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:03:00 -0800

Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers: Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Amos Milburn, Sarah Vaughan, Nipsey Russell, Big Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat 'King' Cole, Mantan Moreland, Cab Calloway and Ruth Brown.

Paul Ash and His Orchestra

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:05:00 -0800

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.

Big Band Sounds from 1935

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:25:00 -0800

Big Band Sounds from 1935 this week. Don't forget that this is your source for memories of the best of the Big Band Era. Join us each week as we explore the world of Big Bands, Jazz, and the Blues.

BigBand Music from 1950s

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:21:12 -0800

Great Big Band Music from the 1950s

BigBand Music from 1940s

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:06:30 -0700

Big Band Variety Music from the 1940s

BigBand Music from 1920s-1930s

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:21:03 -0700

Great Big Band Music from the 1920s and 1930s

Art Mooney His Life and Music

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:40:27 -0700

This week we feature Art Mooney and His Orchestra. We will look at his life and of course listen to his great music.

Bobby Hackett and His Orchestra

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:18:18 -0700

Big Band Times presents Bobby Hackett His Life and Music.

Horace Heidt His Life and Music

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:39:25 -0700

The music and life of Horace Heidt and His Orchestra

Jazz Great Art Tatum His Life and Music

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:19:56 -0700

Jazz Great Art Tatum His Life and Music

Sam Nanin and His Orchestra

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:22:00 -0700

Sam Nanin His Life and Music 1920s-1930s, Great Dance Band Music

Erskine Hawkins His Life and Music

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:21:00 -0700

Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra is featured this week. 1938-1940

Big Band Times 31 The Boswell Sisters

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:52:00 -0700

The Big Band Times presents The Boswell Sisters, One of the all-time greatest jazz vocal groups, the Boswell

Sisters, Martha, Vet and Connee a.k.a. Connie from the years 1930-1936 with bonus songs with Bing Crosby.
background music, Carroll Gibbons,Room Five Hundred and Four

Eddie Duchin His Life and Music

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:03:15 -0700

Eddie Duchin and His Orchestra are featured this week.

Jack Smith His Life and Music

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:42:25 -0700

Whispering Jack Smith His Life and Music

Mary Martin Her Life and Music

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:37:21 -0700

Mary Martin was a Broadway superstar in the 1950s, when she played spunky characters like Peter Pan and Maria von Trapp and won four Tony Awards in 13 years. Martin's stardom as a singer, dancer and actress began in New York City in 1938 with her nightly show-stopping rendition of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" in the Cole Porter musical Leave it to Me. She then made 10 films in four years with Paramount Pictures, but her real power remained on the Broadway stage, where she returned in the 1940s. Four Tony Awards for lead roles followed: special recognition in 1948 for the touring production of Annie Get Your Gun and best actress in a musical for South Pacific (1950), Peter Pan (1955) and The Sound of Music (1960). (Both South Pacific and The Sound of Music were written by Broadway titans Rodgers and Hammerstein.) Martin was in her 40's when she started flying around the stage, suspended by cables, as Peter Pan, the magical, elf-like boy who refuses to grow up -- a role she recreated on network television.

Kitty Kallen Her Life and Music

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:35:30 -0700

Kitty Kallen Her Life and Music
She was one of the top female vocalists during the Big Band era. She appeared with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, among others, and is featured on many of the biggest hits of the era. In addition, during the Fifties she had several solo hits including "My Coloring Book," "In the Chapel in the Moonlight," and the-over-a-million seller (at a time when selling a million records was really an accomplishment) "Little Things Mean a Lot."

Jack Teagarden His Orchestra and Music

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:14:41 -0700

The Music of Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra

Ruth Etting Those Magic Years

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:31:00 -0700

Big Band Times presents Ruth Etting 1928-1935 Those Magical Years. The music in this program is listed in order of play;

1) "Love Me Or Leave Me" 1928
2) "Now That You're Gone" 1931
3) "Mean To Me" 1929
4) "Ten Cents A Dance" 1930
5) "Button Up Your Overcoat" 1929
6) "Holding My Honey's hand" 1932
7) "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" 1928
8) "When We're Alone" 1932
9) "Now I'm In Love" 1929
10) "Life Is A Song" 1935
11) "Nevertheless"
12) "Back In Your Own Back Yard" 1928

The Mills Brothers

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:20:23 -0700

Big Band Times presents the fabulous Mills Brothers and their Music

Bill Finegan Arranger,Composer,Musician

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:14:37 -0700

Tribute to Bill Finegan Arranger, Composer, Musician who passed away June 10,2008. Finegan began his career during the 1930s and gained recognition as a top arranger with Glenn Miller, contributing to the bandleader's first hit "Little Brown Jug". He also worked with Tommy Dorsey for several years.

Bob Howard and Orchestra 1935-1938

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:28:54 -0700

Big Band Times presents Bob Howard and His Orchestra from 1935-1938 Forgotten by many this orchestra filled with great musicians entertained audiences as part the the Big Band Era.

Sister Groups 1940-1950 2of2

Sat, 31 May 2008 11:00:40 -0700

Big Band Times presents Sister Groups and Their Music From 1940-1950 Part 2 of 2
Included are the Andrews Sisters,DeCastro Sisters,King Sisters,Dinning Sisters,and The Demarco Sisters

Greatest Sister Groups from 1920s-1950s Part 1

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:24:12 -0700

Greatest Sister Groups and their music from the 1920s-1950s Part 1 of 2

Brother Groups 1940s and 1950s Conclusion

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:55:00 -0700

Brother Groups from the 1940s and 1950s will entertain you with some of the best music ever. The conclusion of a 3 part series.

Brother Groups 1940s Part 2 of 3

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:07:55 -0700

Greatest Brother Groups from the 1940s Part 2 of 3

Brother Singing and Big Band Groups Part 1

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:22 -0700

This week we explore Brother Singing and Big Band Groups from the 1920s-1940s. Part 1 The 1920s

Bub Freeman Great Saxophonist and His Music

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:51:32 -0700

Bud Freeman Great Saxophonist and His Music
He became one of the first great innovators on tenor sax. He played with swing bands led by Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, but Bud Freeman was happiest leading his own smaller, hot jazz bands. Listen to recordings of Bud Freeman playing his compositions like “The Eel,” and you can hardly believe that he had little formal musical training. Except for a few basic lessons when he was a kid, his music education consisted of “total immersion” in live jazz performances.

Joe Sullivan Great Pianist and His Music

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:11:20 -0700

Big Band Times presents Joe Sullivan Great Pianist and His Music from the 30s and 40s.He graduated from the Chicago Conservatory and was an important contributor to the Chicago jazz scene of the 1920s. Sullivan's recording career began late in 1927 when he joined McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans. Other musicians included Jimmy McPartland, Frank Teschemacher, Bud Freeman, Jim Lanigan and Gene Krupa. In 1933, he joined Bing Crosby as his accompanist, recording and making many radio broadcasts. After suffering for two years with tuberculosis, he briefly rejoined Bing Crosby in 1938 and the Bob Crosby Orchestra in 1939.

Bob Crosby His Orchestra and His Music

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:50:23 -0700

Big Band Times presents Bob Crosby His Orchestra and His Music