April 25, 2025

Make Believe Ballroom - 4/25/25 Edition

Make Believe Ballroom - 4/25/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom - 4/25/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom
Make Believe Ballroom - 4/25/25 Edition

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 and the United Kingdom – a long-forgotten New York area Ballroom, a postage stamp series from the...

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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 and the United Kingdom – a long-forgotten New York area Ballroom, a postage stamp series from the 1990's that featured over 20 big band legends, Lenny from Down the Block with his Record Pick of the Week - this and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on the program.

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It's make believe ballroom time.

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Put all your cares away.

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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. It's

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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 visual lie in your solitude.

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Your favorite bands are on this dance and mister Miller,

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but you're in the mood. It's make believe ballroom time.

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We are of sweet romance as you make it bottom.

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Come on, Joe.

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Last, dast Last, Hello world. I'm Jeff Presler, turning on

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the lights of the make Believe Ballroom and welcoming you

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into my crystal studio for another program of the great

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big band hits of the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties.

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Whether you're listening today on the radio via great affiliates

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like Jazz ninety point one WGMC in Rochester, New York,

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or maybe enjoying the program on podcast, or perhaps you're

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listening on internet radio across the United Kingdom. Anyway you've

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gotten here, I'm delighted and I'm ready to bring you

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an hour of some wonderful big band jazz, swing, blues

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

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Make Believe Ballroom broadcasting almost continuously since nineteen thirty five,

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and friends, welcome once again into my Crystal studio and

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uh well, I want to extend that party. Welcome to

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you with this record.

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All gotcha then God rhythm, All godschalem got swie.

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Oh maybe haven't got money, Maybe haven't got you. All

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God Chilen got.

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Rhythm, not push away the blues.

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All Godschulen got trouble. Troubles don't mean nothin.

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When they got to go How do you hoard you heart?

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Troubles bound to go away? Tell me all gods Chilen

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got swie.

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I'm Victor, all God's children. Bunny Berrigan and his orchestro

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with very nice Ruth Bradley vocal, recorded in nineteen thirty seven,

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and that was our first record selection for you today

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on the Make Believe Ballroom. And now for our next.

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Tune, somebody at.

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It was Glen Island Hop by Larry Clinton and his orchestra,

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recorded on Victor Records back in nineteen thirty seven, and

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of course that song was Larry Clinton's tribute to the

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legendary Glen Island Casino which was located on the Long

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Island Sound in New Rochelle, which is a part of

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Westchester County in New York, and the Glen Island Casino.

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And I must preface that with saying that Glen Island

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and many other ballrooms, dance halls and nightclub venues during

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the big band era were not the type of casinos

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associated with gambling, but instead they really described simply a

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place for public entertainment. So in nineteen thirty two, the

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Glen Island Casino they started to book dance bands into

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the venue, where the Ozzie Nelson Orchestra was the first

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booked in and they gained increased national attention from their

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appearance at Glen Island. Let's play one from Ozzie, then

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more about the iconic Glen Island Casino and Ozzie Nelson

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and his orchestra with Jersey Bounce recorded on Victor Records

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in nineteen forty two. And as I mentioned earlier, Ozzie

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had the first big band to play at the Glen

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Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York. And well, even

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though the Glen Island was in New York, I guess

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Ozzie Nelson was very fond of New Jersey because he

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also recorded this record.

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Today and had captive tected.

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Cameras.

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De SIPs the Sims SIPs the.

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Thing with the Painted.

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Jersey Jive. Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra recorded on Victor

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Records April twenty ninth, nineteen forty one, in Hollywood, California.

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So why was Ozzie Nelson so enamored with New Jersey. Well,

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perhaps because on March the twentieth, nineteen o six, he

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Ozzie Nelson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Ozzie Nelson.

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So back to the Glen Island Casino. I mentioned that

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Ozzie was the first big band to appear at Glen

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Island in nineteen thirty two. The next the most influential

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band in the United States during the early nineteen thirties,

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the Castloma Orchestra drew in the crowds at the casino.

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Let's hear one from Glenn Gray and the Gang.

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Children.

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He's the story of the new kind of Boogeyman, and

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he doesn't scare you with and every screen. He's the

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leader of a solid ghost boogie woogie band, and he

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makes him play on the bean every night when you're

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sleep he starts with the rolling base and the sure

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to put a nightmare in your dreams. When he gets

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them in the groove, they all start to rock the

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place because he makes him play on the bean. No

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one knows who we as anybody could be him. Folks

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who peek take a peek, and they claim they don't

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see him. So if you hear a piano when there's

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nobody playing in it and it's playing boogie like nobody can't,

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when it hits the rhythm and your feet started being it,

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look out, it's a boogie woogie man. There's a tune

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that he plays. It's a tune that he made up.

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And the ghost Union thought that he carries his paid up.

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He's really from another world. Is out of this hemisphere.

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He's been talking about Bot Evans and Charlie chan. If

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it's boogie boogie music, Key's label to a bill, look out,

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it's a boogie woogie man.

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Boogie woogie Man. The Casteloma Orchestra vocal by Peewee Hunt,

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recorded on Brunswick Records in nineteen forty one. Now the

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performances at the Glen Island Casino were being heard nationwide

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on the radio. Its enormous ballroom was said to be

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acoustically ideal for crystal clear radio transmission. So many radio

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remotes over the years emanated from the Glen Island. And

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you know, as an aside, during the Great Depression of

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the nineteen thirties, some of you might not know this,

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but the record industry was in a dire slump. They

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were not selling a huge amount of records. And one

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could understand that because folks really couldn't afford records during

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the depression, let alone of buying a new record player.

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So radio became the major form of entertainment to listen

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to music. You know, it's kind of strange to think

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that record players and records were the number one way

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to listen to music before the depression. You know, there

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were more record players in the United States than radios

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in the early nineteen twenties, and that makes a lot

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of sense, considering radio didn't really start coming into its

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own until the late nineteen twenties. But back to the

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Glen Island and well, back to what I was just saying,

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I'm gonna have to do a segment sometimes on the

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transition from record players to radio. It's actually very interesting.

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But again back to the Glen Island. By nineteen forty seven,

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several established big band orchestras had made appearances at the

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Glen Island, and due to the venue being so famous

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and so many radio remotes, many artists catapulted to fame

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at the casino, among them Glenn Miller, the Dorsey Brothers,

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Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnett, Larry Clinton, who he just heard

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a little while ago, Les Brown, along with Doris Day

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who was his vocalist, Charlie Spevac, Woody Herman, Gene Crooper,

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Hal McIntyre and Claude Thornhill all had extended engagements over

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the years at the Glen Island. Now, after the big

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band era's end, the Glen Island Casino was eventually converted

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to a restaurant in Catering Hall, which even today operates

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as a part of the present day Glen Island Park

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of Westchester. Cothy, So, folks a little about the Glen

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Island Casino and the music of some who played there.

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Right here on 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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now our next order of business here on the program,

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well you know before that, let me find a piece

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of paper that I was looking for on the well

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trumped everything looking for here on the console several weeks ago.

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I found the paper. Several weeks ago on the show.

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I had mentioned that Leney from down the block, our

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producer Emeritus, had once shown me a stamp that he

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had a really nice looseight case that was issued by

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the post Office and tribute to the Dorsey brothers. And

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I wrote a note to myself to get some more

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history into this stamp and see if it was a

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one offer it was part of a collection, and my

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friends for you, because I dig to find answers to

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such questions, I found doubt that. So from what I

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can surmise, the United States Postal Service released a series

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of stamps that were called the Legends of American Music,

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which debuted on January eighth, nineteen ninety three. Now more

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than seventy artists were included from all styles of music.

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It appears that a King of Rock and Roll, an

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Elvis Presley stamp, was to initially be featured, and I

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guess in better days for the Postal Service when they

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had the time and resources to do such things. The

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public was allowed to vote for a young or old

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Elvis image to grace that postage stamp, and America overwhelmingly

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voted for the younger version of Elvis, and as a result,

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it became the best selling stamp in United States history.

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And to playing on this success, the United States Postal

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Service realized they had a good thing going and they

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developed this whole popular stamp series.

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That's how that was born.

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Now, out of the seventy artists I had just mentioned,

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I counted more than twenty who could be considered part

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of the Big Band era. Some were musicians, some vocalists,

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and some composers. So I obviously am not going to

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play all twenty something, but a nice selection will be played,

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since we have time to do that on today's program.

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Before we get to that segment, folks, two orders of business.

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I don't want to overlook and lose when I checked

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the clock later and see we are out of time,

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which so often happens, and I leave things hanging in

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the air. The first order is to play for you.

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You know, since I started to promote the audio request

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and comment line on MakeBelieve Ballroom podcast, dot com. We

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have gone three for three the last three weeks, Brave

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Souls have clicked on the microphone on the lower right

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hand bottom of the makebullye Ballroom podcast dot com website

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and left comments. And I think that's just great. And

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I'm going to play one in a second, just to

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remind you. When the Make Believe Ballroom concludes its weekly

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run on our affiliated radio stations, goes into podcast form

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for your enjoyment, so you could listen to a few

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years worth of these shows which have been archived. And

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now we go to this week Brave Soul who recorded.

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A message, Hello, Jeff, this is Dandy Kaufman from beautiful Brooklyn.

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We're moving from New York to Florida late next month

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in retirement.

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Can you give us a send off with one of

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your favorite New York songs?

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Thanks a lot, Brooklyn Boogie, celebrity for the people, flat

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Bush Extension, Williams, Bradbridge, Babbittsfield.

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On the Island.

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Where you got that.

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All babble.

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Us?

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Thanks Dedie Kaufman from Brooklyn and soon to be a Floridian.

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And if for you I played Brooklyn Buggie recorded by

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Louis Prima and his orchestra on Majestic Records in June

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of nineteen forty five. Save travels DDY to you and

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the family as you head to your new home in Florida.

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Let me play one more than Lenny from down the

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block with his record pick of the week. And after

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that we're gonna lick some postage stamps I got.

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I guess she's the talk of the time, trying to

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make her.

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But me down.

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But as long as I got my baby, I ain't

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gonna worry lout.

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A soul, not a soul, not a soul, not a soul.

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And as long as my baby loves me, I ain't

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gonna worry about.

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A soul, not a soul, not a soul, not a soul.

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She so sweet, can't be beat, not.

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The kind that whatever cheat those the boys try to

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handle a line.

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Oh lor lost.

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She's mine, all mine, So as long as I make

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her love me, I ain't gonna worry.

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A soul, not a soul, not a soul, a soul.

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Yes, as long as I got my baby, and gonna

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worry about a.

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Soul, not a soul, not a soul, not norry a soul.

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And of long long as my baby loves me.

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I ain't gonna worry about.

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A soul, not a soul, not a soul, not a soul.

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She's so sweet that she.

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Can't be beaten.

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Not the kind that whatever she does though the boys

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all had her alive.

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Love Lord, she's mine, A.

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Love me. I'm gonna worry.

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About as though, not a so, not a so.

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No, I gonna worry.

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Not a living human a r C. A.

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Victor Records. Ain't gonna worry about a soul Delta Rhythm Boys,

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recorded in nineteen forty seven. And now before we head

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to the post office, we go to Tampa, Florida, where

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the producer emeritus of the Make Believe Ballroom, the virtuoso

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of the virtual turntable, the platter Prince Mister Excitement himself

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Lenny from down the Block with his record pick of

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the week.

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Hi gang, Lenny from down the Block. Here with my

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record pick of the week. Before I broadcast my pick

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each week, I asked Jeff what music he will play

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on the show, so I don't duplicate a song. When

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Jeff told me he was going to play Ozzie Nelson's

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version of Jersey Bounce, I thought about the underrated lyricist

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Buddy Faine. Although Ozzie's Jersey Bounce was an instrumental, Buddy

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wrote original lyrics to the song, as he also did

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to Tuxedo Junction. Erskine Hawkins was the first to play

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Tuxedo Junction as an instrumental. The Andrews Sisters also had

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a hit from the song using Buddy's lyrics, both before

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Glenn Miller hit New Heights with his legendary recording. Buddy

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Faine's other big hit was a song titled Jumping with

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Symphony SID, with the music composed by the Tennis Sachs

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great Lester Young. The song was a tribute to New

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York disc jockeye Sid Torn, famous most notably in the

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nineteen forties and fifties. The song was originally recorded without

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the lyrics in nineteen forty six on Columbia Records by

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a band led by Lester Young. To my knowledge, Buddy's

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lyrics never appeared on any recording of Jumping with Symphony SID,

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yet they were often included in live performances of the

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song in jazz clubs around the United States. I Hope

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you enjoy The Leicester Young recording.

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Had b.

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The holding.

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Thanks Lenny in Fine feedal getting a little more upbeat

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each week, shedding. Well could I say that? Well Jackie

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Vernon persona for those who remember Jackie Vernon and now folks, well,

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wait a second, another minor interruption before I forget, don't

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forget to go to Spotify each week on your desktop

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or on a phone app to hear the selections from

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the Lenny from Down the Blocks Record Playlist Picks of

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the Week. You're gonna get about an hour of handpicked

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songs by Lenny, updated each Saturday. Just go to Spotify

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and put Lenny from Down the Block in the search

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Lenny from Down the Blocks Record Playlist Picks of the

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Week only on Spotify. And now, finally we go to

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some of the individuals who were memorialized with postage stamps

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via the Legends of American Music stamps, which debuted on

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January the eighth, nineteen ninety three. So, mister postmaster, if

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you please.

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Mellow Dees, Spring Memo, Rea.

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And linger in my home, make me think of Georgia.

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Why did we ever pall.

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Some sweet day when blossoms fall.

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And all the world's a song. I'll go back to

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Georgia because that's where I belong. Georgia, Georgia the whole

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day through.

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Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia.

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On my mind.

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George on my mind, George, George.

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A song of you.

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Comes a sweet and cuaris moonlight.

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Through the pine.

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All the arms reach out to me.

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Otherwise, smile tenderly, stealing peaceful dreams.

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I see.

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Roll leads back to you, George, George, no peace high five.

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Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia.

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On my mind.

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All the arms reach out to me.

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Otherwise, smile tenderly, still in peaceful dreams.

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I see.

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Wrong lead back to you, Georgia, Georgia, dime f.

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Just know sweet THO keep Georgia on Mama.

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Georgi on my mom.

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From Victor Records. We just heard Georgia on my Mind,

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written by Hogy Carmichael with a Mildred Bailey vocal orchestra

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conducted by Maddy Malnik, recorded in Chicago, November twenty fourth,

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nineteen thirty one, and we actually knocked off two bags

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of mail layer. Both Mildred Balley and Hogy Carmichael had

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individual stamps dedicated to them as part of the nineteen

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ninety three United States Postal Service Legends of American Music stamps.

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Let's now go to the mailbox for another one. And

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as I told you earlier, the Dorsey brothers had a

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combined stamp in the collection, both Dorseys on one stamp.

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But why don't we start with a song from Jimmy.

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Blue Champagne, Purple Shadows and blue Champagne with the echoes

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that still remain. I keep a blue rendezvous.

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Bulbs rise.

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Like a fountain before my eyes, and they suddenly crystallized too,

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form a vision of you. All the plans we started,

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all the songs we sang, each little dream we knew

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seems to overtake me like a boomerang. Blue is the sparkle,

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Gone is the time it chose referred keeps returning as

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as I remain with my memories and blue Champagne to

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toast the beam that was you.

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It was Blue Champagne by Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra

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with a vocal by Bob Everley, and that tune was

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one of five Jimmy Dorsey tracks to reach number one

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on Billboard's Best Sellers in nineteen forty one. Let's give

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kudos now to Jimmy's brother, Tommy Dorsey.

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I get too hungry for dinner at a I like

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the theater, but never come lay.

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I never bother with people like Hey.

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That's why the Lady is a treas.

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I go to Coney, the beaches divine.

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I go to all games.

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The bleachers aren't fine. I follow Winchell and read every line.

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That's why the Lady is betrayal.

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I like the green.

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Under my shoes.

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What can I lose?

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I'm flass, that's flat. Hate California. It's cold and it's style.

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That's why the Lady is at Flown.

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From Victor Records. The Lady is a Tramp written by

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Rogers and Hart by Tommy Dorsey and his clam Bake

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seven vocal by Edith Wright, recorded in New York City,

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September the eleventh, nineteen thirty seven, and both Rogers and Heart,

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as composers, also had their own postage stamp. Now here's

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an obvious one for a postmarks.

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At fo.

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From Victor Records. Big John Special, written and arranged by

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Horace Henderson, Benny Goodman and his orchestra, recorded in New

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York City, made the twenty eighth, nineteen thirty eight, and

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it appears to be kind of obvious that Benny Goodman

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did indeed have a stamp in that collection. I'm Jeff Pressler,

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and you're listening to the Make Believe Ballroom as I

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pay well. It's really a mini tribute to the over

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twenty musicians, vocalists and composers who had stamps produced in

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their honor by the Postal Service as part of the

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nineteen ninety three launch of the Legends of American Music.

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As the show rolls along, I don't know if we're

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going to have a time today to read any emails.

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I have a few here on the console, but you

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can always reach me at Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio

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dot com. That's Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroomradio dot com. And now,

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as customary, it is time for me to take a

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peek at the big Bullova clock firmly affixed to the

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wall here in the Crystal studio to check on how

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much time remains in the program. And dang it, we

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are just about out of time. Time for one more though,

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and you could stamp this one special delivery, because again,

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both these artists each have their own stamp.

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I don't know, Oh.

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Oh oh, a wild Brooke clothes and white. You use

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all the time my Wabbrook's clothes and white shoes all

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the time. Get three c's a day and think.

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Checks from home and blind.

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I don't keep dogs or women in my room. I

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don't keep dogs or women in my room.

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What I love my ncing baby until the day of dogs.

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Ry hard, rhine hard.

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I'm a most indifferent guys.

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Rhyme hard, rhyme hard.

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I'm a most indifferent guys. But I love my Vince

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and baby.

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That's no harm.

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But not.

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From Okay Records Harvard Blues Count Basie and his orchestra

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vocal by the great Jimmy Rushing, recorded in nineteen forty one,

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So mail two letters from that song, since, as I

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mentioned before, the record, both Count Basie and Jimmy Rushing

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each earned their own postage stamp. And friends, we are

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unfortunately out of time for this week. It's been my

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pleasure having you join me for today's edition of the

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Make Believe Ballroom. I'm Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com.

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That's Jeff at Magbelly Ballroom Radio dot com, and I

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will see you all again next week.

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Mega Ballroom.

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Yes,