July 3, 2026

Make Believe Ballroom 7/3/26 Edition

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Transcript

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s—on this week’s show: Artie Shaw’s theme song and how it was written, groups of singing sisters, emails from listeners —this and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on the program.

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It's make Believe ballroom time.

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Put all your cares away. All the bands are here

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to bring.

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Good cheer your way.

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It's make Belief.

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Ballroom time and free to everyone. It's no time to

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friend your dallis said Bamba.

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Yours.

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Close your eyes and visualize in your solitude. Your favorite

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bands are on this dance and mister Miller, what you're

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in the wood.

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It's make believe ballroom time. We are a sweet romance.

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Here's your make believe Come.

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On, jo, Last Dass Last, Hello world.

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I'm Jeff Presler, turning on the lights of the Make

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Belief Ballroom and welcoming you into my Crystal studio for

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another program of classic big band music from the nineteen

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thirties and forties. Get ready as I play for you

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some amazing jazz, swing, blues and boogey woogie favorites. Folks,

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you're listening to the Make Believe Ballroom, broadcasting almost continuously

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since nineteen thirty five. And welcome one and all into

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the Crystal Studio. And thanks so much for joining me today.

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And I want to thank all of our jazz and

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tread jazz fans who tune into this program each week.

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Thanks to all of our nostalgic and vintage of music

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buffs who cherish the great American songbook. Thanks to our

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enthusiasts who enjoy and relish nineteen thirties and nineteen forties culture.

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And the big thanks to all of our college students

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who reach out to me and to listen to this

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program faithfully on their university radio stations each week. We

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are a big tent filled with our cherished listeners. And

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I would assume a happy big tent.

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To have half happy day to the little little lane

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for you, win me, for us, and we all the

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clouds have rolled away. It's to have half happy day

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to the little little Lange.

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The sun shines bright in the world's all right.

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It's the half half happy day. Four and twenty sunbeams

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are dancing around my bade. Four sore and twenty more

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are dancing every place. It's the half half happy day

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to the little little Lane. You can't go wrong if

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you sing a song, It's a half half happy day.

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Pianist Extraordinary Bob Zerk and his Delta Rhythm Band recorded

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their version of It's a Hap hap Happy Day on

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September the twenty sixth, nineteen thirty in Chicago, Illinois on

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Bluebird Records, and on that record it featured a Claire

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Martin vocal A Happy Way to get a happy program

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underway today on this edition of the Make Believe Ballroom.

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To reach me, I'm Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com.

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That's Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com and our

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old friend from Wisconsin, Babs Nolan, sent me an email

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and she wrote, she wrote, Jeff heard your broadcast featuring

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a singing group you identified as the Smoothies. They were wonderful.

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Do you have any more of their music? I was

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especially taken in when you said one of the group's

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members' names was also Babs. Thanks for the show you

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do every week to keep the music alive. And that

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is signed Babs Nolan, and I do have a song

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by the Smoothies lined up, one that came from the

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old Burns and Allen radio program George Burns and Gracie Allen.

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Now the movies, Bab Sharlie Little sing rhythm on the river, singing.

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When hear a real headcat.

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He could call this cind blast in the ver.

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You know what that means because on one leans where

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he rip comers ride and a rich shot racks for.

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Hid mister riddle all the Bible can't mistake that beet, because.

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Howadays this beet? How you like you can go back?

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And played as a waltz of a Dixie, and Shadow

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was popping the words, how do your.

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Model play the same as his? Uh?

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In New York adown?

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When advanced wings out.

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Down instamm all the Flinsburg not the Hudson buddon just Mississippi.

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When those Davin gets take.

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Compass gets its killer, Oh, hold there.

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Up and roll vis in this or drum game gordway

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to Mexico, Still.

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Be other wisdom of the wisdom of the river.

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When the cat came out, it makes you quipper, have

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papley villa.

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Let's give you the rhythm helps us ride along with them.

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Say the cats?

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Are you in the groove?

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I did you jacking on them?

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Ready too?

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When you hear the drummers part two guys and the

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men's shot makes the high.

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It's rhythm on the river.

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Cansas deck has beat because our days and sweet how

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do you like.

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You will call rank? How you like DIXI lasers walk

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on means rags playing the same in.

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This town in New York. Kerney Down, the man swings

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Obo Down.

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It's Rhythm on the River, not.

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The Hudson bud yesteech be to be on the.

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Miss Sidney Mother, He's steech be to be on.

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To Miss Sibyla. Here, that's shop here. That's a couple

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of them.

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From in October fourteenth, nineteen forty Burns an Allan show

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with the great Artie Shaw and his orchestra. We told

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that story several weeks back how Ardy hooked up with

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George and Gracie. Music from that song by James Monico,

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lyrics by Johnny Burke. Rhythm on the River performed by

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the wonderful vocal group the Smoothies, as requested by Babs Nolan,

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a dedicated long time listener from Wisconsin, and Babs, thanks

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so much for the email again to reach me Jeff

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at Make Believe Ballroom Radio dot com. That's Jeff at

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MakeBelieve Ballroomradio dot com. You know I haven't played one

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by bandleader Eddie Stone, popular in the nineteen thirties and forties,

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but long forgot today. Unfortunately long forgotten, except if you

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listen to the Make Believe Ballroom.

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Remember the Little didn't don't think anything.

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Such a.

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Via Vocalion Records recorded January the thirty first, nineteen thirty eight,

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Eddie Stone and his Orchestra with Smuggler's Nightmare. Interesting song

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name there? And as I peruse the history of that

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recording as it was playing, I saw the A side

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also had an interesting song title. I got that record,

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so let's give it a spin.

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Differ sometimes.

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From Vocalion Records also recorded January the thirty first, nineteen

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thirty eight, the A side Eddie Stone and his Orchestra

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with the Goblin Band how about? And I didn't intend

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on doing this, but I played Artie Shaw and the

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Orchestra when ARTI led the band on the Old Burns

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and Allen radio show with the request to hear the

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Smoothies from Babs Nolan just a few moments ago. Now,

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after playing Eddie Stone with both Smuggler's Nightmare and the

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Goblin Band, it dawned on me that Artie Shaw's theme

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song was and he used it for many years, also

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titled not a Smuggler's Nightmare but just Nightmare?

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Wh wh wh what?

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Recorded on the Bluebird label in New York City on

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September the twenty seventh, nineteen thirty eight. That was Artie

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Shaw and his orchestra with his theme song Nightmare. And

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there was an interesting story in how that song became

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Artie's theme. Artie, it is said, wrote that song in

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one night to be used as his band's signature introduction

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piece for a national radio broadcast the next day. Writing

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a song overnight of quality certainly had to be a

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nightmayor for ARTI probably also a nightmayre when he brought

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the music to his musicians and said, this is how

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we're opening the show tonight. I think that radio remote

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where already first introduced Nightmayre was from the Silver Grill,

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which was in New York City's I think it was

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in the Lexington Hotel. So Artie Shaw with Nightmare. I'm

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Jeff Presler, and you're listening to the one, the only,

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the original Make Believe Ballroom broadcast pretty much continuously since

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nineteen thirty five, which makes the program the third longest

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running music program still on the air, only surpassed I

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Believe It or Not, the Grand Old Opt Breath and

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the weekly seasonal broadcast of opera from the Metropolitan Opera House.

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I want to ask a question very important question.

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I want an answer right away, this important question.

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Say you, what can you do when you do.

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From the studio country?

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You must come true when you do with.

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From the studio contract?

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Can in the hell will you do with bamakodio country?

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Yes?

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Yes, we say yes, yes, with you do with.

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B the udio country?

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Yes?

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I mean say you that. Don't do when you see

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it through? You do it now? You don't do where

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you see you through?

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Will you do it.

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Again?

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And ahay man, will you do with mother?

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Do you conder uncle them?

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Won't them? No?

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God gotta have help people alive.

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But not.

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One of those great unashamed pro American World War Two

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rousers from Colombia with Count Basie and his orchestra. For

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the Good of your Country wonderful vocal by Jimmy Rushing,

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recorded in New York City back in nineteen forty three. Now,

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that song was written and arranged by the great jazz musician, arranger, bandleader,

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and composer Don Redman, as well as vocalist let Me

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Play One when Don led his own successful orchestra.

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I'm staying single conscience has I'm free to mingle. I

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do what I please.

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When I'm out late nights.

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No one has my keys.

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Yeah, I keep my deed nights doing what I please.

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You know, I don't have no star warders because they

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keep you on the shelf and I ain't taking orders.

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So I just go along and joined myself. Should I

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go selling across seven seas. No one can stop me

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doing what I please. You know, I have romances just

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like a dog as frees. I've taken all the dances.

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That's because I do what I please.

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I blow into these parties just like reckless breeze. I'm

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smart all these other smarties because I.

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Do just what I please.

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You know, where there's no action, you will find that

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there's booze about. And I get my satisfaction only when

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I'm stepping out. And whenever I get tipsy out of

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one of these jamborees, no one can st because I'll do.

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What I mean.

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On Brunswick Records, Doing what I Please by Don Redmond

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and His Orchestra Vocal by Don Redmond, recorded in New

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York City, oct Over the sixth, nineteen thirty two. Let

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me play another record than an email from our friend

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in Italy, Max Catani.

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She just slammed happy last.

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But the streamline chat said, so the fell from Lahassi,

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dressed v to kill from head to toe or dressed

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up fan no place to go?

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She ain't the two time and made with the coat.

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Her saved bo on old hands up across the table,

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doesn't drink, doesn't small gets her kicked quen she drinks

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her coat. She ate that sat eye Lena from Pasadena,

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that madame lessan girl does look o God.

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She hits the booth.

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It was good.

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She's out on her.

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Teeth between nineteenth and nineteenth on Beds Street.

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Just the slapping happy last say what the stream lion

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shot said, summing fell wrong?

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Kind as said, just fit to kill from two toe

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or dress stuff bad, no place to go.

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That was via Decca Records Terry Shand and his orchestra

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from back in nineteen forty with slap Happy Lassie from

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Tallahassee vocal by Terry himself. Terry Shanned another one of

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those Big band era musicians lost in the shuffle of time.

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Terry was an accomplished pianist, vocalist, bandleader, and songwriter. He

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wrote quite a few popular songs back then. Before we

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go to Max Catani's email, let me play a song

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that Terry wrote that was first recorded by Billy Holliday.

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Lock my Heart and flow aways of Kids. I'm wise

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you all the stricts you've played on me. I'm gonna

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turn my back.

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On law, gonna snuff the moon a bun see all

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my windows up with Kim so the lover can get in.

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And I'm gonna apart my romances right along the coads.

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Hang aside up on my heart, Please don't just stir.

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And if I never fall in love again, that's soon

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enough for me.

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I'm gonna lock my heart and flow away the kids.

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And if I never fall in love again, let's soon

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enough for me. I'm gonna lock my horse. I'll never

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fall in love. I'm gonna lock my lock no again.

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This number two hit parade song provided to be one

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of Billy's most popular nineteen thirties singles. Release is originally

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issued on Vocalion. I'm Gonna lock my Heart and throw

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away the Key written by Terry shand Billy Holliday and

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her orchestra, Recorded in New York City, June the twenty third,

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nineteen thirty eight. I'm Jeff Presler. This is the weekly

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edition of the Make Believe Ballroom coming to you today

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from the Crystal Studio, and I can be reached at

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Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com. That's Jeff at

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MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com. And the person who frequently

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reaches out to us is one Max Katani, who enjoys

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listening to the program in Italy each week. And Max writes, Hi, Jeff, here,

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I attached you some files. Attached for you some files

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that compose a very rare radio broadcast from October the

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twenty sixth, nineteen forty five with famous guitarist Django Reinhardt

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and the ATC Orchestra Air Transport Command directed by Sergeant

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Jack Platt. This is Django presented in a very unusual

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layout as guest star of a big band. I hope

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you'll appreciate it. Best regards from Max. This was recorded

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what Max had sent me on a ZIP file from

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a radio broadcast from Paris, which is where the Gypsy

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guitarist Django Reinhardt lived. And Max, you know, I didn't

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know he recorded any broadcasts for American radio listeners during

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the war or with a military arranged and organized band,

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so certainly a revelation for me. Let me now play

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from the file you sent the big bands standard motens

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Wing Jangle Rheinhardt and the Air Transport Command Orchestra.

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Django takes the intro himself and the ATC Band comes

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in on the fifth bar of another jazz classic, Benny

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Moulten's Molten Swing.

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The PETA.

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Think any time.

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Read it?

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Sis explain another from Max's zip How about why don't

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I play the Fat Swaller standard Honeysuckle Rose performed by

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the Air Transport Command Orchestra with special guest guitarist, the

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amazing Django Reinhardt.

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Here's one of the great jazz tunes of all time.

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That's while I wrote it.

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Django adds the unique Rhinhardt touch, backed up by the

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excellent rhythm section.

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Of the ATC band.

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That's Larry Mann at the piano, Bill Bethell and the

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drums and Bob Decker at the base and its Honeysuckle Rose.

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Something to him, Dinny S.

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So thanks Max Ktani for sending me a ZIP file

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of a number of songs Django Reinhardt played with the

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Air Transport Command on October the twenty sixth, nineteen forty five,

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and maybe on a future program I will play a

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few more cuts from the zip you sent me.

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Bold type, all type, BLD type bold type, Nagasaki sefood, Mama,

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shrimpers and rymes.

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They're very nice.

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All type, all type, all type, old.

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Type, Nagasaki sepood Mama, steamers and all.

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And then, of course I like oysters lobsters too, and

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I like the tasty mother.

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When I come home from work.

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At night, I get my fable fish fish old type,

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old time hold type, old type.

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I guess I eat seafood mama represent right, they're very nice.

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Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra vocal by skeets Herford Hold Tight,

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recorded on Victor Records in New York City, February ninth,

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nineteen thirty nine, and whole Tight, of course, a song

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most closely associated and made most popular by the wonderful

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Andrews Sisters.

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You like my smile, you like my style, well, why

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don't you make me know it?

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Like my walk?

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You like my top, Well there's only one way to

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show it. If you want to shake.

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My head, like to do it in harlow, stick your

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and right out and shout give me some skin, my friend,

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step right up and take your stand.

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You don't have to be timid. Stickin, right out and shout.

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Give me some skin, my friend, rack it, wag it,

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let your hand rotate you show it, blow it, put

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it in your pocket, tell the picture dates. If you

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want to shake my head, like to do it in harlow,

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stick your and right out and shout. Give me some skin,

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my friend. You like my style, will show me you

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like my smile, let me know it. If you like

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my walk, please tell.

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Me you like my talk?

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Will skin me, papo skin me.

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Do you want to shake my hand.

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Like they do it in hard.

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Bab they can ride out.

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And shout, give me some skins, my friend, step brought

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up and take your stair head.

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You don't have to be.

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Timid, baby stick can ride out and shout.

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Give me some skin, my friend. Nack it, wag in,

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my friend, lag hand.

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Rotate, show it, blow it, put it in your pop

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kill picture day, step.

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Right out, shake my hand like they do it in

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harm them today.

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Do they do it?

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Do pick your handbound hand it out with a shout.

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Give me some skin, my friend.

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If you want to shake my head, like to do

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it in honand stick and ride out a shouts.

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Give me some skin, give me some skin, Give me.

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Some skins, Mom.

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From nineteen forty one, give me some skin, my friend,

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The Andrews Sisters and now from nineteen thirty two, The

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Andrews Sisters Idols, the Boswell Sisters.

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Don't mean a thing if you ain't got that sway,

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it don't mean a thing. All you gotta do you say,

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it makes no difference it we don't just give by.

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Everything you got are We don't mean a thing if

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you aint got that swing, don't lean to thank you

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than if you a ding to goga das wig thing ba,

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don't make it than you dan to goas wager.

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Dang bo.

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It magad, don't don't take a different thinga different agorze

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just giggle di record the mega differ thinker thing that

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gogo do. Don't lean to take a thing if you

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wake a thing to go das wager dang bo.

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Listen to yemmy, yell, listen to me.

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Why don't you won't mean a thing without that swing?

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Come on, you won't forget your sorrow. Please don't wait

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untill youmorrow.

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You won't mean a thing without that swings.

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It makes no difference if it be o, just give.

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That rhythm, everything you got rolling the yummy Yellen.

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Listen to me while I'm telling you, we don't mean

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nothing without that swing, meaning without a.

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Swing from nineteen thirty two. It don't mean a thing

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if it ain't got that swing. The Boswell Sisters Victor

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Young and his Orchestra featuring Bunny Berrigan, Manny Klein and

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Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. Now let's go from the Boswells

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to the King Sisters.

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Mister watch what you do? Would you night? Hope you're

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in the movie because of Peter?

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Just right?

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How's about the corner with the tape of part two?

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Where's the music smellow?

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With some game on the boo?

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There's the chance fromancer with.

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The blue out of two.

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You've got to do some dancer to get in the mood,

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mister watch, that's the time. The idea so between a

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dela would be good to my ear. Everybody must agree

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the dance in his charge when you.

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Had a certain one.

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You love your arm Stephen out.

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But you will be sweeten her loose. I'll build her

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up for that will put me in the mood.

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In the moon, yes, the Goddess Moon, your ever bodies

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