March 21, 2025

Make Believe Ballroom - 3/21/25 Edition

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On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom –a few records recorded on the same day, a big band era musician who appeared in one of the most iconic scenes in motion picture history, Lenny from Down the Blocks Record Pick of the Week, listeners emails - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show.

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It's make believe ballroom time.

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Put all your cares away.

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All the bands are here to bring good cheer your way.

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

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It's no time to friend your Dalis.

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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.

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Mister Miller, but you're in the wood.

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Its make believe ballroom time.

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We are of sweet romance.

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As you make it.

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Boo, Come on, jo last dast least.

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

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the make Believe Ballroom and welcoming you into my crystal

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studio for another program of the great big band hits

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of the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties. Whether you're listening

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on the radio via great affiliates like Jazz ninety point

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one WGMC in Rochester, New York, or on podcast, or

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perhaps on internet radio across the United Kingdom, I'm delighted

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to bring you an hour of some wonderful big band jazz, swing,

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blues and boogie woogie classics. Folks, you are listening to

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

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and welcome, Welcome, welcome one and all into my crystal studio.

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I have already warmed up the turntable and anticipation of

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your arrival, and this is what's been heating.

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Up the.

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Do do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do

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Do Do Do?

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On Deco Records, we just heard Hot Lips Page and

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his orchestra with a tune called not Gone with the

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Wind but Gone with the Gin, recorded in New York

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City on January twenty third, nineteen forty. And I think

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Gone with the Wind came out in nineteen thirty nine,

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so I'm just wondering if that was a parody on

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the name Gone with the Gin Hot Lips Page. Now

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we are going to move on to well, wait a minute,

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let me see if I could do this, because it

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might be fun another week, another time to tear up

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the itini for the show. As I come up with

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a brainstorm along the way, why don't I look up

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another record that was made on that very same day,

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on January the twenty third, nineteen forty and let me

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pull it up on the screen here to my left

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and punch in the date. I know this is making

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for boring radio but hopefully it pays off. Friends. On

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January the twenty third, nineteen forty, there were forty one

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sides recorded, and let's look down the list to find

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one that I might have on my own playlist.

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What you said got me your flustered faces, red o

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what you said when you said, what you said, what

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you did got me old, fashful like a kid.

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What you did when.

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You did what you did funny is fun, But look

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at what you've done. Ain't you the naughty one talking

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that way?

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Say?

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Are you joking or just out spoken? What you said

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are to go? Cover up my head?

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When you whispered I love you?

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What you said, ooh what you said?

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Bob Crosby and his orchestra with a vocal by Marion

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Mann recorded on Decca Records in New York City on

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January the twenty third, nineteen forty, the same day that

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Hot Lips Page was also in the Deca Studios in

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New York. So I'm pretty sure Bob Crosby must have

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interacted sometime during the day with Hot Lips Page. And

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how totally cool is that the Decca Studios, where so

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many hit records were recorded, originally was located at seven

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ninety nine Seventh Avenue, but then moved to more modern

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and spacious quarters at fifty West fifty seventh Street back

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in nineteen thirty six. And let me as we go

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on with the show today, at times, try to do

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that again, playing one song and seing what else was

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recorded on the same day. That was kind of neat,

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kind of neat way to enhance things here today on

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the make believe ball.

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Room, say who's got trouble? I got trouble? How much trouble?

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Too much trouble? Well, now don't you found?

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Just knuckle down and knock on wood?

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Who's unhappy?

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I'm unhappy?

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How unhappy?

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I'm very unhappy?

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Oh, that won't do when you are blue. Just knock

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on wood.

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Who's unlucky?

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I'm unlucky?

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How I'm lucky? I'm very unlucky.

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But your luckle change if youel arrange to knock on wood?

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Who's got nothing?

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I got nothing of us?

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Nothing?

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Oh too much?

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Nothing?

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Nothing's not an awful lot.

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But knock on.

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Wood, not a tap on the table, not your feet

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on the floor. Come on, folks, get this right out

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of your system. Saying now, ain't you feeling better than before?

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Now who's happy?

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I'm all happy?

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Just how happy?

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Every happy?

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That's the way we go on the stays on. Knock

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on wood.

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Now who's lucky? I'm all lucky?

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Just how lucky?

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Off every lucky?

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Well, smile up then, and once again, let's knock on wood.

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Who's got trouble?

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I got trouble?

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How much trouble?

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Too much trouble?

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Well, now don't you found?

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Just knuckle out and knock on wood.

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Who's unhappy?

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I'm unhappy?

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How unhappy? Very unhappy?

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All that won't do.

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When you are blue? Just knock on wood?

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Who's unlucky?

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I'm unlucky? How unlucky, very unlucky?

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With your luck?

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And change if f youel.

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Arrange to knock on wood?

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Now?

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Who's got nothing? I got nothing?

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How much? Nothing?

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Too much?

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Never? Nothing's not an awful lot?

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But knock on wood, rapper, tamp on.

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The table, have your feet on the floor.

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Come on, folk, get this right out of your system, saying,

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ain't you feeling better than before?

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Yeah?

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Now, who's happy?

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I'm all happy?

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Just how happy every happened? That's the way record these days.

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On knock on wood?

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Now, who's lucky?

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I'm all lucky, just how lucky, every lucky.

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Well small lucky. Then once again, let's not.

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We just heard well the third Deco recording in a

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row that was Dooley Wilson with the B side of

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that record and a song titled Knock on Wood recorded

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in Los Angeles on October the third, nineteen forty three. Now,

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the name Dooley Wilson might sound familiar to you, and

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if you are a big movie buff, it should sound

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very familiar to you. You see, Dooley Wilson was in

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one of the most famous movie scenes of all time

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and one of the most famed and beloved movies of

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all time. Let me go and give you a little

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info on Dooley. He was a drummer and a singer

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who led his own bands, starting back in the nineteen twenties.

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Somewhere along the line in the thirties he took up acting,

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playing supporting roles on stage on Broadway and also in

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a series of lower budget motion pictures. In May of

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nineteen forty two, he was playing some music and doing

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some acting. He actually had a contract with Warner Brothers

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at the time now Paramount Pictures. They were in the

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process of casting for new production that they were working on,

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and they contacted Warner Brothers and asked if they could,

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in essence, borrow Dooley Wilson for seven weeks. That was

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the amount of time they felt it would take for

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the reduction of their new film. Now, Dooley was earning

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three hundred and fifty dollars a week at Warner Brothers,

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and Paramount offered five hundred, but as was the custom

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in the movie business at the time, Dooley saw absolutely

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none of that additional one hundred and fifty dollars a

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week that went to Waterer Brothers for the inconvenience of

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losing Dooley for seven weeks. So Dooley Wilson transferred over

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to Paramount and in the movie I Will tell you

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about in a few minutes. On the A side of

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the record knock on Wood was this classic song.

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You must remember this.

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Caissy still a kiss.

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A signe, just a signe.

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The fundamental things up.

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Now time goes by, and when to love us woo

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they still say I love.

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You, Oh, that you can rely.

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No matter what the future blans As time goes by.

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Moon Light and love songs are never out of day.

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Hearts full of passion, jealous see and hay.

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Woman needs man and man must have is maid that

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no one can din.

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It's still the same old story, a fight for love

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and glory, a case.

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Of do and die.

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The world will always welcome love.

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As time and go and mine moon light and love

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songs are never out of day.

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Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate.

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Woman needs men and man must have its maid that

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no one candy.

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It's still the same old story of fight for love

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and glory.

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A case of do a da.

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Will always welcome lovever.

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As time. I'm going.

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But as time goes by vocal by Dooley Wilson, recorded

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on Decca Records in Los Angeles, October the third, nineteen

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forty three, As Time Goes By and Yes Friends. In

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the classic Humphrey Bogart film Casablanca, Dooley Wilson played the

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role of Sam, the singer and pianist that Rick that

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was the name of Humphreys in the film, Rick employed

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in his nightclub, now a little Trivia a few folks.

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The phrase play it again, Sam, commonly believe to be

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a quote from the film, is in fact never heard

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in the movie. The line was actually just play it, Sam,

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and in the film, Wilson as Sam performed several other

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songs for the cafe audience, the Humphrey Bogart nightclub audience.

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It had to be you Shine Knock on Wood that

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we just played in Avalon. But Jeff, you might be saying.

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You mentioned that Dooley Wilson was a singer and drummer,

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So how did he end up playing the piano? Well,

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he didn't. In actuality, the piano music for the film

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was played off screen, either by Elliott Carpenter or Gene Plummer,

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both the studio musicians at the time, and the music

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was then dubbed into Dooley Wilson's vocal. So a look

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at Dooley Wilson, his music, and his role in Casablanca,

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one of the most highly regarded movies in American history.

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And all this information for you right here on the

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one the only the original make believe ballroom Men folks

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on Victor Records in nineteen thirty eight, version of a

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song re released in nineteen forty four that became a

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top ten hit It had to be You Artie Shaw

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and his orchestra and a song that was sung as

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I mentioned earlier by Dooley Wilson in Casablanca. Still to

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come on the show, folks, a listener's request and Lenny

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from down the block with his record pick of the week.

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Rather stress.

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Users on Bluebird.

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That was The Sheikh of Arabi by Ozzie Nelson and

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his Orchestra, recorded in Hollywood on April sixth, nineteen thirty eight.

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And now.

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Letters, ah, yes, we do get many letters. An email

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form here on the Make Believe Ballroom Jeff at MakeBelieve

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

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dot com. Email me with your comments and requests. And

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today we have a request from Lynn Berger who didn't

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let us know where he listens from. Folks, if you

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send an email, please try to remember just to let

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us know the station so we could acknowledge them. But

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back to the business at hand, Len writes, Jeff immensely.

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I like that, immensely enjoy the Make Believe Ballroom. But

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enough sucking up. Lol. In the late nineteen seventies, I

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went to the movies with my family and my grandmother Lou.

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We saw the movie version of the Broadway show The

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Whiz and the cast was Thelma carpenter, who played the

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Good Witch of the North. Later on, my grandmother said

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that she was a fan of thelmac Offrenter from way back.

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She said that she sang in the big band era

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I went on to find, which wasn't easy in the

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nineteen seventies some music by Thelma? Can you play? She's

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funny that way? With Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra, Well,

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then here it is.

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I'd much to look love them to see.

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Just glad I'm living and lucky to be.

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I've got a man crazy for me.

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He's funny that way.

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I can't save a dollar.

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Ain't what A said? He doesn't live in a tent.

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I've got a man crazy for me.

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He's fundy that way.

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He loves to.

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Work and slave for me.

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Every day.

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He it'd be so.

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Much better, Lord Ef, Where to way?

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But how can I leave him? Where can I go?

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He'd be unhappy with bany And know. I've got a

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man crazy for me.

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He's fundyl. How How did the Dog Day?

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On Bluebird Records, the wonderful voice of thel mccarpenter matched

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with the equally wonderful tenor sacks of Coleman Hawkins with

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She's Funny that Way. Recorded on October the eleventh, nineteen

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thirty nine, and thanks to lend Berger for your request

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to hear the vocalist an actress, Thelma Carpenter. I'm Jeff Bresler.

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This is the make believe ballroom. In just a few moments,

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Lenny from down the block and his famed record pick

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of the week, Doctor Swing.

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It's a jambooy.

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Have you all bling, It's a jamboy.

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Get that music to wear you down, rockin' rhythm to

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tear you down. Here we go, steppin' wide and hide

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trumpet floor while we're riding high.

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Go to town. Spread the jam with me.

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Doctor Swing.

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It's the jamboree.

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Social deps and college students mixed with Broadway.

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Hands, stay celebs and cloaking' suitors while everybody jams.

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Crazy pumps, you've guide ambitions, throw them all away, sailors, pumps.

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And hot musicians get made in the sway.

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Gigglows with their painted eyebrows picking up wealthy brumps, and

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the bigelows know the cost and ride rouse doing the

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Harlem bunt.

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All the swells and hockey towns from Brooklyn to the

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Browns feel the shocking, rocking rhythm of the chamboree.

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You've got to go, get it to your side. You've

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got to go, get ready to riot, start to swing.

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It's jender re.

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That was Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra vocals by the

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Three Esquires and Edith Wright, recorded on Victor Records in

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Studio Number three on November twenty fourth, nineteen thirty six,

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in New York City, and now folks our producer Emeritus,

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the virtuoso of the virtual turntable, on tape from Tampa, Florida,

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our retired producer mister Excitement himself, Lenny from down the block.

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Hi, they gang. I hope you're all doing well. Lenny

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from down the block here and it's time for my

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record pick of the week. Today's pick is going to

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be brief. It's brief because little to no information can

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be found about the Hot Williams Orchestra. It appears they

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were a Southern regional band, maybe out of Kansas City.

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No one seems to know. They had a great sound,

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and one wonders why they only had one recording session

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for Bluebird Records in Charlotte during August of nineteen thirty seven.

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I'll leave it up to music detectives like our friend

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Max Katani in Italy and others to try to dig

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up some more information. Speaking of digging, I do dig

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this record by Hot Williams titled Shades of Hades. It

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was one of eight sides they recorded on August third,

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nineteen thirty seven in North Carolina, and Joys.

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Patents person just.

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Remain remain backing.

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Hoad Williams Shades of Hades. I think Larry Clinton actually

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wrote that tune. Thanks uh Lenny for picking that rare

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one for the most part, an unheard record by one

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Hood Williams and his orchestra, And mister Lenny, we will

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hear from you again next week.

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It is me lit.

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A little while ago we heard Thelmacarpenter who was starred

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in The Wiz. But we just heard Wizzen The Whiz

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by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra recorded on Victor Records

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April fifth, nineteen thirty nine in New York City. And

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now why don't I, as we did earlier in the program,

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try to match that date to some other recordings from

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April fifth, nineteen thirty nine. We put the date in

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and there were as I look fifty sides recorded that day,

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including music from Russ Morgan, Bing Crosby, Charlie Barnett and

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Louis Armstrong, among others. So let's see what I have

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on the playlist and who I haven't played in a while.

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The lightest played here on the ballroom in recent months

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would have to be Charlie Barnett or Russ Morgan. Why

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don't they play a Charlie Barnett? He recorded six sides

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that day for Bluebird in New York City, and it

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went on't they choose this one.

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Again?

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Can the.

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That was Scotch and Soda. Charlie Barnett and his orchestra

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recorded on Bluebird Records in New York City. The very

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same day, Lionel Hampton recorded Wiz in the Wiz for

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Victor Records. The date was April the fifth, nineteen thirty nine.

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And now, friends, yes, it's time for our British Big

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Band of the Week. As you know, I like to

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include at least one British record pick each week, and

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for today's British Big Band selection, I have chosen the

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Roy Fox Orchestra with their version of I've Got Beginner's Luck.

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The George and Ira Gershwin tune along with Mary Lee vocal,

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recorded in London, May the twenty ninth, nineteen thirty seven.

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I've got Beginner's luck the first time that I'm in love,

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I'm in love with you.

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Gosh, I'm lucky.

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I've god beginner's luck.

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There never was such a smile arsa chie a blue Gosh.

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I'm fortunate.

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This thing we've begune is much more than.

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A pastime for this time.

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It's the month where the first time is the last time.

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I've got begin us luck.

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Lucky through.

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I am through.

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Because the first time that I'm in love, I'm in

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love with you, don't.

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I've got to beginner's luck. Roy Fox and his orchestra,

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And you know, I'm thinking this might not be one

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hundred percent British pure. I'm talking about Roy Fox. I

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think Fox might have been born here in the States.

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Let me check that out. He did the majority of

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his recordings in the UK and lived there most of

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his life, but I think he came from here. I'll

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a delve while you listen.

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Now, listen what I've got to say. The King has

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called for us to come and wait for him today.

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Now loud music will be out of place, and this

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key's caught you fine. So here's what I've got to say,

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And please marry Tonine, let every nose. The executor trump

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attacked trombone drum. You to Houswi swinging this one fall

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of the game a Saxophones based softly Widow. While we

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played that Royal Holls swinging in this one.

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Fall of the game.

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Oh when we play shake that thing, everybody shave. I'll

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take it nice. And he say, how's the King will.

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