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Time-Life The Swing Era 1939-1940 Part 1 Repeat Apr 09, 2022

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Hello everyone. This week's show is a rebroadcast of a two part show I did way back in 2014. Back then I did a series on the Time-Life Swing Era project which was an ambitious undertaking trying to recreate the recording of the swing era but in better sound quality. It was presented in years so today's show is on the recordings spanning 1939-1940. In my show I tried to present the original recordings instead of the rerecordings in the set. It is a great playlist full of your favorite recordings. I hope you enjoy these songs from 1939 and 1940. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Glenn Miller's AAF Orchestra Part 4 Apr 02, 2022

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Well, we wind up our special series on Glenn Miller's Army Air-Force Orchestra with two live broadcasts from the band. One is about 28 minutes and it is from 1943 while the band was still in New York City and the second is about 15 minutes. It is from 1944 and was broadcast when the orchestra was overseas during the later part of World War Two. Then to fill out the show, I have a collection known as The Secret Broadcasts of Glenn Miller's AAF Orchestra. I pulled out 4 numbers from that set. There is some great music on the show today and I hope you enjoy the final program in the AAF Band series as we celebrate Glenn's birthday of March 1st. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Glenn Miller's AAF Orchestra Part 3 Mar 26, 2022

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I am going to change up our program for Part Three of our Glenn Miller birthday celebration. As you know, for the last couple of weeks I have been taking an in depth look at Glenn's AAF Orchestra. On our show today we start with a recorded broadcast from 1944 of that orchestra. and then some assorted cuts to wind up the show. I don't do much announcing as I did plenty of talking in the last two shows. This is a great broadcast and I hope you enjoy part three of this Glenn Miller birthday celebration. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Glenn Miller's AAF Orchestra Part 2 Mar 19, 2022

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Part two of my look at the Glenn Miller AEF Orchestra has a couple of medleys, some great swinging sides and another look at the history of the AEF Band. AEF stands for Allied Expeditionary Forces. I hope you enjoy this look at the AEF band as we celebrate Glenn's birthday of March 1st. The puzzler is back and it is an easy one so get ready to listen to some of those great Glenn Miller recordings. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Glenn Miller's AAF Orchestra Part 1 Mar 12, 2022

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Glenn Miller was born on March 1st 1904. In order to do something special to observe his birthday this year, I would like to focus on his second great orchestra. Glenn built this orchestra with specially picked sidemen and performed with it for the fighting men during World War Two. This series features many of the recordings made by this great outfit. I hope you enjoy the fantastic music of Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Orchestra. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Black History Month Celebration Part 3 Mar 05, 2022

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Hello and welcome to the final part of our Black History Month Celebration. I am one week behind due to the covid virus hitting my household. I think you will enjoy this set as these are some of the artists I didn't get around to in the previous two shows. Some of the artists on today's show include Charlie Christian, John Kirby, Louis Armstrong, The Ink Spots, Benny Moten, and Chu Berry. I hope you enjoy these great musicians from the Big Band Era. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Black History Month Celebration Part 2 Feb 26, 2022

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Hello everyone and welcome to Part two of my Black History Month Celebration. This week we'll be hearing from such artists as Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Earl Hines, Ivy Anderson, Roy Eldridge, Louis Jordan and others. There are some great songs in this set so I hope you enjoy our Black History Month Celebration Part Two. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Black History Month Celebration Part 1 Feb 19, 2022

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Hello everyone and welcome to Part one of my Black History Month Celebration. I apologize for missing last week as it could not be helped as I tested postive for Covid-19. I am much better now and so for the next three weeks I am going to run a three part program from 2014 that I produced celebrating Black History Month. I picked two songs each from many different bands and had enough songs for three hour programs. I hope you enjoy the selections as we start Black History Month. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

100th Birthday Salute Ray Anthony Part 2 Feb 05, 2022

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January 20th, 1922 is the birthday of bandleader Ray Anthony. I am going to continue our birthday celebration on today's show. The first half of the program has some assorted cuts including the first solo on record that Ray recorded with the Glenn Miller orchestra. Then for the second half I'll be playing some songs that Ray and his band recorded for a 1953 summer television show. These feature vocalists Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberle. There is some great songs in this set so I hope you enjoy Part two of our Ray Anthony birthday salute. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

100th Birthday Salute Ray Anthony Part 1 Jan 29, 2022

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January 20th, 1922 is the birthday of bandleader Ray Anthony. He just celebrated his 100th about ten days ago so to honor Ray on his 100th birthday I produces this two part program celebrating his career. Another little known fact is that Ray is the last surviving member of the original Glenn Miller Orchestra.I have a few selected songs by the Anthony Orchestra in the first half of today's show and then in the second half I have a radio remote from the Hollywood Palladium from the early 1950's featuring Ray and his band. I hope you enjoy the music on today's program as we pay a 100th birthday salute to Ray Anthony. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

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