Jan. 23, 2026

Make Believe Ballroom - 1/23/26 Edition

Make Believe Ballroom - 1/23/26 Edition
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Make Believe Ballroom - 1/23/26 Edition
On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom - the greatest public relations stunt in big band history, a story of the early days of the Ballroom hosted by Martin Block, some well-known arrangers, in addition to many more songs and reminisces.
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It's make believe ballom time.

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Put all your cares away.

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All the bands are here to bring.

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Good cheer your way.

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It's make belief ballroom time and free to everyone.

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It's no time to friend your Dalis.

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Said bombs, close your eyes and visual lie in your solitude.

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Your favorite bands.

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Are on this stance.

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And mister Miller, what you in the wood? It's make

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believe ballroom time.

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We are a sweet romance.

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Did you make me?

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Come on?

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Gentle last das last, Hello World, I'm Jeff Presler, turning

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on the lights so the Make Believe Ballroom and welcoming

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you into my Crystal studio for another program of classic

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big band jazz from the nineteen thirties and forties. Please

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get ready as I play for you some amazing swing, jazz,

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blues and boogie woogie favorites. Folks, you're listening to the

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Make Believe Ballroom, broadcasting almost continuously since nineteen thirty five.

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Welcome one and all into the Crystal Studio today, and

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thanks for joining me to get things started. Let's dip

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into the old record Pin for One by Benny Goodman

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and Helen Ward.

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To work all three.

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Here by caw Far.

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Dreaming us.

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You say.

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Here by ca f.

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Hoving than you made me.

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You are heels of flo.

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I've been up with you with small Tree.

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Here by my.

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Screaming, your glow.

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So close beside me.

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Is s O stream moll Tree.

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We just heard Smoke Dreams by Benny Goodman and his

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Orchestra with the vocal by Helen Ward, recorded on Victor Records,

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December the ninth, nineteen thirty six. And you know, in

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all the years I have played Benny Goodman records featuring

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Helen Ward as the vocalist, I don't think I ever

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mentioned that Benny was dating and in a relationship with

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Helen Ward for a couple of years. But that relationship

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broke up both career wise and as a couple by

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year's end of nineteen thirty six. And this record I

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think was the last the two made together, Benny Goodman

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and Helen Ward. To start things off today in the

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make Believe ballroom, let me play one more as we

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take the swing factor up a notch, and then a

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female vocalist I never ever played here on the make

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Believe Ballroom.

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The neighbor.

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Set study.

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Them, and I'm not.

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From Victor Records. We just enjoyed Tommy Dorsey and his

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orchestra playing Little White Lies, recorded in New York City

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on December sixth, nineteen thirty seven. I'm Jeff Presler, and

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you're listening to the one, the only, the original Make

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Believe ballroom broadcasting almost continuously since nineteen thirty five. And

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you know, folks, I'm going to go off agenda here

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for a moment. I will get to the female vocalist.

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I have never played here on the ballroom shortly, but

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I thought it would be fun, and I've done this

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in the past. Tommy Dorsey recorded Little White Lies on

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December sixth, nineteen thirty seven, for Victor Records. So what

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else was recorded on that same day? Well over at

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Victor Records, who were located at one fifty five East

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twenty fourth Street in New York City. Tommy Dorsey recorded

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six sides on that day, December sixth, nineteen thirty seven.

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And let's take a look over at Decca Records at

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fifty West fifty seventh Street in New York City. Busy Day.

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They recorded forty sides that day, and amongst those forty

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were two sides by the famous day dancing duo The

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Nicholas Brothers. Now, the Nicholas Brothers were the pre eminent

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dancing duo during the era, and we are, and I've

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mentioned this many times on the last few shows. We

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are so fortunate to have YouTube because you can see

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the brothers, the Nicholas Brothers dancing during Jumpin' Jive with

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Cab Callaway and his orchestra that was featured in the

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nineteen forty three movie Stormy Weather. And I think, in

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my humble opinion, it was the greatest dance routine ever

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to be filmed, and I encourage you to take a look.

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But the Nicholas Brothers also made a few records with

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the vocal provided by Harold Nicholas and the tapping by

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brother Faired. So let's go to Decca Records to their

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studios on December the sixth, nineteen thirty seven. And hear this.

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If you're feeling low down cause the sky's a grat

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just wrap your cares in rhythm and down and Sha

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cares away. If Old Gloom the show down, he'll be

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on his way.

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Just wrap your cares in rhythm and dwn.

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Oohsha cares away.

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Now I'm here to teach you all how to make

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your life of a song. Just you keep deathing on

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wood ready by, and you can't go wrong. Next time

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you're in trouble, you'll come out. Okay, Just wrap your.

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Cares in rhythm and I'm gonna give you one more chance.

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Just rabord, chirs and rhythm. Mad can's you see down?

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Does?

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This guy's free from rasp, the canting rhythm.

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And down.

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Bumping the diceboll glue, the show down doors. He's beyond

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his way. Rap your casting rhythm and down.

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Excuse yeah, now I'm here.

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See you want how to make your life us home?

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Just you keep tapping on wood.

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A week of heat and you can't go wrong.

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Next time you rip, you come out of kids here,

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Rap your casting rhythm and down.

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I'm gone.

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I give you one more jameraikas and rhythm.

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He read this rhythm, d.

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Wrap your cares and rhythm and dance the Nicholas Brothers,

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the legendary Bobby Hackett playing the trumpet on that recording.

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I now want to talk to you about the vocalist

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Carlotta Dale, who I never played here on the ballroom.

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She was well known as a radio songstress, and through

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radio she met Jan Savat the band leader, and she

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began singing for him. She spent a while with Jan

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before joining Will Bradley and his orchestra. So why don't

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I play? Two by Carlotta Dale, the first with Jan

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Savat and then one with Will Bradley.

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Day. They are.

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The same old ud follows me about the same old

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counting in my heart whenever.

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I think of you, and Darling, I think of you

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day in and day.

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Day day.

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I needn't tell you how my days begin.

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When I awake, I awakened, when the tank goes one

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personbility in you, that personility of babies.

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See you Gray, come shine, I'm need you and to

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me the days.

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Far then I can still, and the pounding becomes.

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The oceans roar.

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On holes and drawn. Can't you see it's law? Can

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there be any dime?

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When there it is?

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Stay day?

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Can't you see it's Can there be any doe? When

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there it is.

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Day?

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Day, day in and day out?

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Sung by Carlotta Day, recorded by Jan Savat and his

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top hatters, live from a broadcast from the Blue Room

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of Hotel Lincoln in New York City on August fifteenth,

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nineteen thirty nine, over the NBC Blue Radio Network day

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in and day out. Let me now play one of

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Carlotta Dale's vocals when she was with the a newly

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formed Will Bradley Orchestra, and then Carlotta Dale was involved

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when with Jan Savat in one of the strangest radio

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band publicity stunts of all time.

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Mean to me, why must you be me?

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You mean.

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Gee fey see to me? You like to see me crying.

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I don't know why I stay home.

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Each night when you sing bone.

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You don't and I'm left alone singing the blues and cloud.

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You drink me.

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Coldly each day and day you are waste. When they

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ever sun body is me, it must be.

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Very fun to be met to me?

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The honey Wag? Can you see what you mean to Me?

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BA?

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Recorded by Will Bradley and his Orchestra for Vocalian Records

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on October the twenty sixth, nineteen thirty nine, in New

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York City. Mean to Me, Carlotta Dale vocal here on

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the Make Believe Ballroom. And as I told you before

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that record, I was going to tell you the story,

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a story that is not often told of what I

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consider to be one of the greatest radio public relations

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stunts ever achieved. It's actually kind of said funny and

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uplifting all at the same time. Had it involved Jan

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Savat and Carlotta Dale. And as the story goes, when

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Carlotta was working with the Jan Savat Orchestra in Philadelphia,

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her career actually almost came to an abrupt halt. She

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was in a car driven by Jan Savat when she

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and I'm not sure how it happened, but she fell

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out of the car and unfortunately suffered a serious compound

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skull fracture. That happened on June the twenty fifth, nineteen

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thirty six. Now, while she was recovering in the hospital,

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and it was a long recovery, it was planned that

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she would sing on the radio from her hospital bed

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and get this accompanied by Jan Savat and his top

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hatters who would be flying over the hospital and the

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city of Philadelphia in an airplane. As it was set

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and with the limited technology of the era, Jan and

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his musicians could not hear her, but she wore earphones

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to hear their music, which was transmitted from the aircraft

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via shortwave radio. The broadcast was also on the NBC

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Red network and it had a huge audience with people

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knowing in advance about the stunt. Some music and a

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rarely heard story here on the Make Believe Ballroom involving

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Carlotta dal The recorded by Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra

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for Decca Records on September the eleventh, nineteen thirty four,

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the well known down South Camp meeting one of the

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fathers of swing, the legendary Fletcher Henderson. I'm Jeff Bresler,

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and you're listening to the Make Believe Ballroom. I can

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be reached at Jeff at Make Believe ball Ballroom Radio

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

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And I'm going to read a listener's email to you

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in just a moment. But first, another record n recorded

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on Vocalion back in nineteen thirty four, Earl Hines and

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his orchestra with Madhouse. And you know, oh, I think

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it was Jimmy Monday who played the sacks for Earl

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Hines who wrote Jimmy wrote an arranged Mad House for

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Earl and thinking about it before I played Mad House,

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we heard down South Camp meeting by Fletcher Henderson and

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his orchestra, and there is a connection between Henderson and

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Monday in that they both went on to become primary

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arrangers for Benny Goodman Henderson. Fletcher Henderson more well known

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in that particular vein than Monday. But I might be wrong,

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but I think it was actually Jimmy Monday who first

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sold an arrangement to Benny Goodman and not Fletcher Henderson.

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Not one hundred percent were there. But and I'll go

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to the listener's email in just a moment that I

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promised I'm looking for a record a song that was

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composed and arranged by Monday for Benny Goodman. I know

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we played Benny earlier in the program with Helen Ward,

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but twice is fine for me. And as I look

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for the record in question, give me a moment. Here

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it is stand by Many Goodman Jam session on RCA

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Victor Records, recorded November fifth, nineteen thirty six, composed and

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arranged by Jimmy Monday, and now on the Make Believe Ballroom.

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My dear friends, onto that email I promised you earlier

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and it comes from a long time Las Vegas listener.

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He's written into the show many many times over the years.

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Who I call Charlie Tona because he's a fish When

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it comes to gambling in Las Vegas, a fish is

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a term used for poker players, usually ones who lose money.

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And I think that fits Charlie Tuna very well. But

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if you have as much money as Charlie Tuona, I

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guess it's just a drop in the ocean. Nevertheless, hope

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all as well, Charlie Durgins, retired drummer extraordinaire and permanent

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Las Vegas restaurant restaurant resident, and Charlie writs, hope all

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is good with you, Jeff and Lenny from down the

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block wherever he is. I heard a story about Martin Block.

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I want you to hear. This is me talking now.

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Martin Block, of course, was the host that started it all,

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the original host of the Make Believe Ballroom, New York

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version on WNEW Radio, back in February of nineteen thirty five,

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February third, nineteen thirty five, to be precise. But back

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to Charlie's email, and he continues, Jeff, with all the

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talk of these weight reducing pills today, it might just

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have been Martin Block who started the trend. He wanted

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to do the Ballroom but lacked sponsors back at its inception.

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The problem was the sales staff told him no sponsor

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would buy time for a program of pre recorded record

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disc thirty eight rpm music and not a live orchestra.

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So Block went out and found his own sponsor, the

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makers of Retardo Pills, a harmless if useless, weight loss

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gimmick that sold for a dollar a box to retard ladies.

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Block would say into the microphone, be fair to your

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husband by taking the reducing pill. Little sexist, but we

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must preface that with saying it was back in nineteen

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thirty five. A week later, though, Block in WNW this

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is Charlie writing again claimed Retardo had received thirty seven

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hundred and fifty responses, and soon enough there was little

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doubt the show Make Believe Ballroom was a hit. A

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little tidbit you might want to share with your listeners,

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can you play drum Boogie by Gene Krupa and that

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is assigned by Charlie Durgins and Charlie, I will pay

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you back for your Martin Block story with this Krupa

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recording that you personally requested.

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You hear the rhythm romping, you see the drumas damping.

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Drum boogy, drum boogy.

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It really is a killer drum boog drum boog, the

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drum boogie woogie.

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You hear the rhythm romping, You see the drummers damping

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bumboom drum boomg. It really is a jill rumbo drum

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boom is the drunk boogy boom?

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Let do anything anything, miss extentsts, miss name specs, sac

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stss almost sis.

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Drum Buggie by Gene Crooper and his orchestra vocal by

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Irene Day, recorded on OK Records back in nineteen forty one.

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And you know it's interesting. Gene Croupa also performed drum

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Boogie on screen that was in the nineteen I think

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it was nineteen forty one Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwick comedy

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Ball of Fire. Now, Barbara Stanwick was a great actress,

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but she couldn't sing, so the song was lip synced

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and dubbed in the film, not using Irene Day's voice,

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but that of the great Martha Tilton. Now Day recorded

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over sixty sides with Gene Crooper. She left the band

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time in nineteen forty one, and I have no idea

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if this was before or after Martha did the movie

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vocal or related to it. Nevertheless, thanks to Charlie Durgens

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from Las Vegas aka Charlie Tuona for your Martin Block

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story and the Krupa requests that also included that interesting

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piece on whether Irene Day left before or after the

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making of the movie, if that had any direct impact

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on her leaving due to the fact that Martha Tilton

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got the part. Friends, you're listening to the Make Believe ball.

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Room then.

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Acting you're taking.

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Pen on Deco Records, we just heard steppin pretty. Andy

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Kirk and his Orchestra recorded New York City back in

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nineteen thirty six, the wonderful Mary Lou Williams playing the

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piano on that recording, and Mary Lou Williams, like Jimmy

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Monday in Fletcher Henderson, was also a legendary arranger. So

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why don't we play another Andy kirktoon which Mary Lou

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Williams plays the piano again and also arranged.

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Thinks suspenses.

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Be walking and swinging Handy Kirk and his twelve Clouds

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of Joy recorded on Decca Records March the second, nineteen

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thirty six. And now, folks, let's see, well, you know,

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we played a double dose of Bennie Goodman today so

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how about one now from his fellow clarinet playing rival.

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The same.

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Blame explain es we did said he played by hes

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any any any.

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O, recorded by Artie Shaw and his orchestra on August one,

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nineteen thirty nine, in Hollywood, California, from an NBC Melody

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and Madness radio show. We just heard Pyramid and if folks,

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that's all the time we have for now has the

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big hand on the big Bullivar clock here in the

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Crystal studio approaches the top of the hour. So I

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am going to say thanks so much for joining me

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today and to reach me like Charlie Toona did earlier

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in the program. Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com.

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

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our syndicators and distributors for offering the Make Believe Ballroom

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Community Radio. The program's flagship affiliate is Jazz ninety point

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one WGMC in Rochester, New York. The Ballroom is also

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heard each week on your favorite podcast provider, So Friends

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until next week. This has been Jeff Bresler.

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I can see it.

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Your glances room.

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For while, weslaying and the man is playing music Tamy Show,

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if you.

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Broad tender, sweet leave, surrender you my willing up, let.

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Go.

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It's only a small room, you.

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Know, Make me leave, ball room.

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Let's orbis

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