Sept. 18, 2026

Make Believe Ballroom - 9/18/26 Edition

Show Notes
Transcript

On this week's show: Jam, Jelly, Marmalade, singing groups with longevity, music from a Glenn Miller film, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.

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It's make-believe ballroom time Put all your cares away All

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the bands are here To bring good cheer your way

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It's make-believe ballroom time And free to everyone It's no

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time to fret, your dial is set for one. Just

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close your eyes and visualize in your solitude. Your favorite

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bands are on the stands, and Mr.

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Miller puts you in the mood.

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It's make-believe ballroom time, the hour of sweet romance.

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Here's your make-believe.

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Ballroom, come on children, let's dance, let's dance.

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Hello world, I'm Jeff Bressler, turning on the lights of

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the make-believe ballroom and welcoming you into my crystal studio.

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for another program of classic big band music from the

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1930s and 40s. Please get ready as I play for

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you some amazing jazz, swing, blues, and boogie-woogie favorites. Folks,

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you're listening to the Make-Believe Ballroom, broadcasting almost continuously since 1935.

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And welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all. Thanks so much

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for joining me today.

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Um....

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I was in a supermarket a few days ago and

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getting some peanut butter and jelly, a staple and personal

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favorite of mine. So I got the peanut butter and

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then I moved over to the jelly section and I

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noticed that over the years how the jelly section has

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grown and It's just like an enormous tsunami of jelly

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jam and marmalade jars. So I got interested and I

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decided then and there in the supermarket aisle to take

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a look at Google because I need instant gratification to

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find out the difference between jelly jam and marmalade. So

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I parked my cart and I learned that jelly is

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the smoothest of the bunch. Jelly is made strictly from

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fruit juice, which is then strained until it's perfectly clear.

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Then somehow it's jellied up, no chunks, no seeds, just

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smooth spreading. So to get things started today on The Ballroom,

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here is my tribute to jelly.

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Must be jelly cause jam don't shake like that. Must

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be jelly cause jam don't shake like that.

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Oh, Mama, you're so big and fat.

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That Mama.

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That Mama.

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Said it must be Monday cause I feel low down

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and blue must be Monday cause I feel low down

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and blue baby baby see what you can do.

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It must be chilly cause stew don't get that hot

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It must be chilly cause stew don't get that hot

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Hey Satch, what else have you got? It must be

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shorty cause Joe's got lots more hair It must be

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shorty cause Joe's got lots more hair.

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He sure did put.

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A rug up.

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There Must be merry cause Tilly's big and fat Baby,

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you must be merry cause Tilly's big.

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And fat.

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Mary, Mary, don't you get like that?

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Â¶ Â¶ Â¶ Â¶.

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Must be jelly cause it ain't like jam. If it

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ain't jam, I don't know what it am. It sure

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looks like jelly to me.

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Recorded on a V-desk April the 5th, 1944 in New

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York City, we just heard Woody Herman and his orchestra...

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Vocals by Woody and Francis Wayne with It Must Be Jelly,

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cause jam don't shake like that. So, we covered via Mr.

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Herman Jelly, and Woody was so kind as to mention

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jam also in that song, which now allows me to

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explain what jam is versus jelly via my Google search.

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So whereas jelly is smooth, like I was telling you before, jam,

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I guess the best way to explain it is it

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gets a lot closer to nature. Jam is made from

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crushed or chopped whole fruit. And because the fruit flesh

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is cooked right in, jam becomes thick, spreadable, and it's

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bursting with that real fruit texture. Bursting? Like this song.

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Thank you.

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From Victor Records, the Sea Jam Blues. by Duke Ellington

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and his famous orchestra, recorded in Chicago on January the 21st, 1942.

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A unique swinger by Duke in that the Ellington jazz

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standard we just heard is a 12-bar piece in C major,

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which featured only two notes, G and C. Interesting fact

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about the C jam blues. So we have covered, from

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my supermarket excursion, jam and jelly. But what about marmalade?

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So so.

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So so.

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So so From Vocalion Records, Clarinet Marmalade, Bobby Hackett and

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his orchestra, recorded in Los Angeles, California, January the 25th, 1940.

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So to round out the Trinity....

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Marmalade is a slightly bitter cousin to jam and jelly.

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Marmalade is basically jam, but it's made exclusively from citrus

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fruits like oranges. Do they have grapefruit.

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Marmalade?

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I don't know.

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And it includes the fruit rind and the peel. And

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that's what gives it those chewy, those little strands. I

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guess you'd call them chewy ribbons. And that signature tangy

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bite from marmalade. So juice from jelly, whole fruit for jam,

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and citrus peel for marmalade. Now you know what I

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learned on Google as I perused the shelves at a

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public supermarket just a few days ago. I'm Jeff Bressler,

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and I am perusing another record to play for you

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now here on the weekly edition of the Make Believe Ballroom.

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And the record I have perused and placed on the

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turntable is this lively piece by Midge Williams.

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Whether it's a serenade in Spain Whether it's a love

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song by the Seine In any language they're saying the

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same I love you Whether it's a Russian refrain Or

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if it's by Mephistocene In any language they're saying the

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same I.

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Love you.

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In any clime, with any rhyme, what do the lips

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of lovers impart?

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There is no.

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Other tongue, love is the mother tongue of each and

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every heart.

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Out on a Venetian blue lagoon, off beneath the Yankee

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doodle moon, in any language they're saying.

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The same, I love you.

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Â¶ Â¶ Whether it's a serenade in Spain, whether it's

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a love song by the same, in any.

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Language they're saying the same, I love you. Well, there

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is a Russian refrain, or if it's by me, this

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is shame. In any language, they're saying the same, I

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love you.

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In any clime, with any rhyme.

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What do the lips of lovers impart? There is no

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other tongue, love is a mother tongue.

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Of each and every heart out on a Venetian blue lagoon.

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All beneath a Yankee doodle loon.

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In any language they're saying the same, I.

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Love you.

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In any old language they're saying the same, I love you.

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In Any Language was recorded during a prolific four-track studio

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session on June the 10th, 1938, in New York City

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for Vocalion Records. Midge Williams and her jazz jesters, and

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those jesters over the time, Midge had that group included

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Glenn Miller, Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, and the like, and...

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really established Midge Williams as a top jazz vocalist. So

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much so that she literally, right after that four-track studio session,

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made the decision to stop fronting her own recording groups

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and instead joined Louis Armstrong's orchestra as their featured female vocalist,

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touring with him for a few years until 1941. But strangely,

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no recordings were ever made of her singing with Louis

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Armstrong's orchestra. Kind of strange, kind of bizarre. Let's listen

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to another record by Midge Williams recorded during that four-track session.

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Where in the world can my lover be? Where in

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this wonderful world is there someone for me?

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He may be standing.

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In a corner On a lonely.

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Street But tell me how will we happen to meet

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Where in the world.

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Is that moment divine Where are those arms?

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Where are those lips to whisper?

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Will you be mine.

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Where you are if you're waiting Patiently waiting for.

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Me Oh, how in.

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The world will I know.

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Where in the world.

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You may be.. Where in the world.

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Is that moment divine? Where are those arms? Where are those.

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Lips to whisper, will.

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You be mine?

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Where you are if you're waiting patiently waiting for me

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oh how in the world will i know.

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Where in the world.

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You may.

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Midge Williams and her jazz jesters with Where in the World,

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recorded during the Vocalion Session. We spoke about a few

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minutes ago on June the 10th, 1938. Where in the

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World with the wonderful vocalist Midge Williams. And friends, no

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matter where in the world you are, one thing is

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for certain. You're listening to the one, the only, the

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original Make-Believe Ballroom, America's third longest-running musical radio program. And

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I am Jeff Bressler, and thank you so much for

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joining me today. Let's spin another disc and then a

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movie review.

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Â¶ Â¶ so so.

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Recorded for Victor Records in New York City on February

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the 16th, 1939. Peckin' with the Penguins. Tommy Dorsey and

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his orchestra. And what a pleasant tune that was. And

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I watched a pleasant movie on YouTube a few days ago.

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Probably the hundredth time I've seen it. So let's hop

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into the make-believe ballroom time machine and head straight back

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to 1941 to look at a true masterpiece from the

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big band era. And I'm talking about 20th Century Fox's

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Winter Wonderland musical, Sun Valley Serenade. Now, if you're looking

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for a deep, complex plot, don't go to YouTube. because

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you might want to look elsewhere. The story is light

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and makes little sense. It's about a band adopting a

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Norwegian war refugee as a publicity stunt. That band, being

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Glenn Miller and his orchestra, So they expect a 10-year-old child,

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but instead out steps three-time Olympic gold medalist ice skater

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Sonia Henney. And as in many movies of the era,

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a romantic triangle quickly spins out of control between Sonia Henney,

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a handsome piano player played by John Payne, and a

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glamorous band singer. And that is it. I can't remember

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much more, except for the great music that came out

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of that film. And having the chance to see the

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1941 version of the Glenn Miller Orchestra performing on screen.

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And perform they did with an amazing dance number by

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Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers. And what song did

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the Nicholas Brothers dance to?

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Â¶ Â¶ Â© BF-WATCH TV 2021.

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Step aside, partner, it's my day. Bend an ear and

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listen to my version of a.

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Really solid Tennessee excursion.

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Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga juju?

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Yes, yes, track 29.

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Boy, you can give me a shine.

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Can you afford to board a Chattanooga choo-choo?

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I got my fare.

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And just a trifle to spare.

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You leave the Pennsylvania station about a quarter to four.

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Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore.

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Dinner in the diner, nothing could be fun.

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Then you have your ham and eggs and carol.

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When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar

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Then you know that Tennessee is not very.

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Far Shamalola callin', gotta keep it rollin' Ooh, ooh, Chattanooga,

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there you are.

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There's gonna be a certain party at the station.

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Sat and lay.

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I used to call funny face.

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She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam.

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So Chattanooga choo-choo. Won't you choo-choo me home?

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Chattanooga, Chattanooga.

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Get aboard Chattanooga, Chattanooga.

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All aboard Chattanooga, Chattanooga Chattanooga.

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Choo-choo Won't you choo-choo me.

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Home Chattanooga choo-choo.

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On Bluebird Records, Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller and

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his orchestra, vocal by Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires.

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Nine weeks at number one for that huge Miller hit

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from the film we are discussing, Sun Valley Serenade. And

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as we have discussed many times over the years on

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this program, Chattanooga Choo Choo, the first million-selling recording to

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be officially recognized with the awarding of a gold record.

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Chattanooga Choo Choo. Another Miller classic now from the movie.

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Chattanooga Choo Choo All right.

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On Bluebird Records, In the Mood by Glenn Miller and

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his orchestra, recorded back in August of 1939. Many say,

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and I have to agree, the most recognizable track of

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the swing era. And the record spent an amazing three

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months recording. of early 1940 as the number one most

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played jukebox hit in America. Let's play one more Miller

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Standard that the orchestra played in the movie, Sun Valley Serenade.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Â© transcript Emily Beynon.

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The iconic Glenn Miller hit, Moonlight Serenade, recorded on April 4th, 1939,

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during the band's third Bluebird recording session. So folks, head

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to YouTube when you have a free moment and see

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these wonderful Miller standards performed on the screen by Glenn

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Miller and his orchestra in Sun Valley Serenade. I'm Jeff Bressler,

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and you are listening to the Make Believe Ballroom. To

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reach me, I'm Jeff at MakeBelieveBallroomRadio.com. That's Jeff at MakeBelieveBallroomRadio.com.

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And I got a note from Madge from the Sarasota

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Make Believe Ballroom condo group who for Many years, and

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this is so cool. Listen to the ballroom at the

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pool of their condo in Sarasota each and every Saturday morning,

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and that's so great. So Madge asked for an Ink

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Spot song that is not played very often. And for

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you guys in Sarasota, hopefully the weather is pool weather.

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Here is said requested Ink Spots tune.

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Yes, yes.

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Whoa, does my baby call me honey?

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Yes, sir.

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Mm, does she let me spend her money?

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Yes, sir.

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Whoa, when I hear her gentle sighs and she rolls

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them big black eyes, will that make goose pimples rise?

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Yes, sir.

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Take it, Charlie.

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Whoa is that gonna be a win yes sir with

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the news around already spreading yes sir when we truck

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up side by side and the play hit comes a

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bride will i be poked out with pride yes.

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Sir take it brother hoppy.

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With a chicken yowzer didn't.

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We cats have a sweet bone pig in yowzer whoa.

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When the neighbors count their flock and the mist that

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plumbers rock.

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Ain't they gonna have a shot.

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On Sally Springle.

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Didn't the chocolate drop say she was single whoa when

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I went up to a flat someone demanded who was

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dead I trucked on out without my hat yeah.

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Recorded on February the 5th, 1937 for Decca Records. That

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was the Ink Spots.

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And a lightly played song.

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Yes Sir.

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That record spun at the request of Madge and the

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Saturday Morning Condo Pool Group in Sarasota, Florida. And guys,

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if it's not too hot, how about some coffee at

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the pool?

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I love coffee, I love tea.

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I love the java jive and it loves me. Coffee

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and tea and the java and me.

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A cup, a cup, a cup, a.

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Cup, a cup, boy.

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I love java, sweet and hot.

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Whoops, Mr.

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Moto, I'm a coffee pie. Shoot me the pot and

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I'll pour me a shot.

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A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup.

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Oh, slip me a slug from the wonderful mug.

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I'll cut a rug.

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Till I'm stuck in the jug.

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A slice of onion and a raw one.

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Draw one. Waiter, waiter, percolator. I love coffee.

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I love tea.

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I love the java jive and it loves me. Coffee

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and tea and the java and me.

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A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup.

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Oh, Boston beans, soy beans, green beans, cabbage and greens.

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I'm not cheating upon a bean.

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Unless it is the cheery, cheery bean boy.

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I love coffee.

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I love tea.

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I love the java, java that loves me. Coffee and

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the tea and the java and me.

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A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup.

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Yeah.

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I love java, sweet and hot.

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Whoops, Mr. Moto, I'm a coffee pot.

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Shoot me the pot and I'll throw me a shot.

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A cup, a cup, a cup. Oh, throw me that

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slug from the wonderful mud.

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I'll get a rug till I'm snug in the jug.

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Drop a nickel in the pot, Joe. I take him

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a slope. I love coffee.

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I love tea.

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I love the java jive and it loves me. Coffee

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and tea and the java and me.

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Yeah. A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup.

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Bones.

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From Decca Records in 1941, the Ink Spots with one

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of their big hits, Java Jive. Why don't I stick

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with a few more male vocal groups? Groups like the

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Delta Rhythm Boys.

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What's the good of having money when you haven't got

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your honey?

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I don't go out walking. I ain't for no talking.

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My baby done left me. Just a sitting and a rocking.

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Now if I had been scheming. Instead of just dreaming.

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She'd never have left me.

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Just a-sittin' and a-rockin'.

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Now sittin' all day without holdin' my baby, I'm such

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a lonely papa.

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If she don't hurry and come back.

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I'm a saint to blow my top off Now.

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If I don't find her I.

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Hope you'll remind her That I'm staying where she left

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me Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' all day Never.

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Go out walkin' You never hear me talkin' And I.

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Guess I'll never be the.

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Same, baby Till you return, please act.

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Right and give me a call.

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And some night we will have a ball.

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You were meant.

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For me, so baby.

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Won't you please come home?

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Feeling so blue now. Yes, I'm feeling so blue now.

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What shall I do now?

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I don't know what to do now.

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My baby's done left me just a-sitting and a-rocking.

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Now if I don't find her, I hope you'll remind

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her that I'm staying where she left me.

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Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' all day.

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I sit and rock, and rock, and rock.

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And rock.

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Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' all day.

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From Deco Records, Just a-sittin' and a-rockin'. That's a Duke

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Ellington tune. Here by the Delta Rhythm Boys, recorded... July.

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The 9th, 1941.

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Delta Rhythm Boys, who performed as a group for over

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50 years. And if you think 50 years together might

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be some sort of record, try 57 years.

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Hold that tiger. Hold that tiger.

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Hold that tiger.

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Where's that tiger?

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Where's that tiger? Here's that tiger.

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Where's that tiger?

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Here's that tiger.

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Where's that tiger?

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Here's that tiger.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Hold that tiger.

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Hold that tiger.

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Where's that tiger?

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Where's that tiger?

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Here's that tiger.

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Where's that tiger?

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Here's that tiger. Where's that tiger?

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Here's that tiger.

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No, no, no, no.

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Hold that tiger.

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