May 24, 2025

Make Believe Ballroom - 5/23/25 Edition

Show Notes
Transcript

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom, bringing you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s – one of those shows where we go totally off script almost as soon as we begin and end up with a list of Ralph Kramden's favorite bands. Also, 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.

The Make Believe Ballroom is broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC in Rochester, NY, as well as on other fine radio affiliates across the United States and the United Kingdom, and is also available as a podcast.

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Time.

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It's make men a ball time, PU 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 really falling time and free to everyone. It's

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no time to fret your Dialisa by mine, spose your

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eyes and visu lie in your solitude. Your favorite bands

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are on.

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This stand, and mister Miller, what you're in the mood.

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It's make really falling time. The are of sweet romance.

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Is you make really Come on, jo last dast list.

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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 forties. Whether you're listening on

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the radio via great affiliates like Jazz ninety point one

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

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on internet radio in the United Kingdom, please get ready

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as I spin for you some amazing big band jazz, swing,

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

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

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and to welcome one and all into my crystal studio,

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and why don't we get the proceedings underway here today

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with a regional band leader who gained popularity nationally through

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his radio and record work.

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The very.

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Thinking that was Anson Weeks and his orchestra with their

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nineteen thirty nine recording of Delightful Delirium, great name for

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a tune. Anson Weeks was a pianist and the leader

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of a popular West Coast dance band from the late

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twenties all the way up until the nineteen sixties. God

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bless antson Weeks. That was a great run, and he

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did all of this primarily never leaving his home base

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in San Francisco. So a regional band that received national

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prominence without ever really leaving home. Let's play one more

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from Anson Weeks and his orchestra.

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You will always sign me here beside the sea, because

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besides the sea.

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We said a new.

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Oh.

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I don't know where my wandering love.

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Can be, wherever he may be.

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I'm telling you, day after day you're waiting patiently, and

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when the only wind is open from the sea, I

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pretend that it's the breeze its felling the sail, that

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moving the ships, that's bringing my Honney back to me.

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I always keep my windows open wide. I like to

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let the friendly breeze come ride inside and pretend that

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it's the breeze, its felling the sails, that's moving the ships, that's.

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Bringing my homney back to me.

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Mister wind, keep blowing stronger.

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Because I'm ti man of mine and every day saying

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so much longer.

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Don't forget its daylight saving time.

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I gets the lonesome waiting days and we but every

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breath of ether Lingerson, not Geez, seems to whisper. Its

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the breeze still in the tale that's moving the ship

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to bring him along.

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Me back to me.

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On Brunswick Records, The Breeze by Anson Weeks and his

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Orchestra vocal by Kay Saint Germain, recorded in Los Angeles,

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July the twentieth, nineteen thirty four, and I haven't listened

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to that record in quite some time, and I forgot

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what a wonderful voice Kay Saint Germain had. And I

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am going to roll the chair here on the Crystal

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studio console to the playlist computer. Let me turn this

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microphone on. I know I probably have a song or

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two from Kay when she wasn't with ants and weeks

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as I peruse the playlist. Okay, here's a radio program

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featuring a k Saint Germain vocal, and while that's playing,

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I'm also going to do a quick google on Kay

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Saint Germain.

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We opened the show with.

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So Sweet, So Sweet.

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He's so charming, it's really most alarming.

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No way that I'm falling for you.

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I'm so sweet, so Gentleal.

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And Noso sent a metal no wonder Andy like I do.

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I love the way you talk, all around you walk,

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what more your mind?

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I do read?

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If you will have me, you make my life complete.

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I love you because you're so darned sweet, so sweet,

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so Jennal and Noso sent a metal no wonder, I

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fel like I do.

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I love the way you talk, the doors around you walk.

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What's more, you're my ideal and I can't believe you.

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Bees If you have me, you'll make that I complete.

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I love you.

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From February the ninth, nineteen forty one, the Signal carn

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Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins, with So Sweet vocal by

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Kay Saint Germain and the Signal Airs. I don't know

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a lot about the Signal Carnival radio show. Was probably

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sponsored by Signal Oil. Considering that Kay was singing for

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so long with Danson Weeks, I guess she remained on

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the West Coast. Signal Oil was a West Coast oil producer.

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They also sponsored for many, many years that wonderful classic

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radio program, The Whistler. So maybe the Signal Carnival was

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a music variety show sponsored by Signal But the significance

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of that clip nevertheless was to hear not about Signal

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Oil but Kaye s Germaine sing again. And I also

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did a quick Google search of Ka. She was married

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for a time to the actor and comedian Jack Carson,

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and Kay went on to have a long and successful career,

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not only as a vocalist, but also as an actress

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who appeared on TV and on the stage. She appeared

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for a while as Miss Hannigan in Annie, and also

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had roles in episodes of Petticoak, Junction, and The Golden Girls. Now, Kay,

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as I mentioned, was married to Jack Carson. They were

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married from nineteen forty one to nineteen fifty I don't

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know who initiated that breakup. It's actually none of my business,

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but as soon as it happened, Jack Carson in that

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same year of nineteen fifty dated Doris Day for a

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time until she Doris married her longtime husband Marty Melcher

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Kay Saint Germain. Here on the one, the only, the

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original make believe ballroom broadcasting almost continuously since nineteen thirty five,

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and friends, While on the subject of Doris Day, I'm

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better listen to this.

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You can take the moon, gather up stars and the

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robins that sing merrily.

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Bour them in the box tie with the ribbon rum

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and the deep bluesy.

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You can take the flowers down in Lover's Lane and

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that sentimental poetry.

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Them in the box tie with the ribbon rum in

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the deep bluesy.

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Not bumming all that.

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Start the dreams that ruin your sleep, not bummy heaven.

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Uh.

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Love is one thing you can't keep.

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You can take the plans and the wedding bells and

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whoever sings.

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Or promise me pull them in the box tie with

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the ribbon from in the de blue because love and

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I we.

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Don't agree.

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Handsomes through the park, kisses in the dark, all the

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promises made faithfully, pull them in the box tie with

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the ribbon from in the deep Blussy, and.

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You won't go wrong.

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If you take a song sung by Frankie.

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Boy or mister c pull them in the box, tie

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with the ribbon from.

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In the deep blussy.

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Not for me, all that's die, not for me having life.

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You know what to do with good old Teaper two

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and the girl for you, the boy for.

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Me with the bush time with the ribbon from in

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the de blue sea, cause.

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Loving with.

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A Darus Day from back in nineteen forty eight with

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put him in a box, tie him with a ribbon

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and throw him in the deep blue sea. And now,

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unfortunately I have lost the track and control of the program.

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I always start a show with an outline. Sometimes I

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stick to that, sometimes I digress and go in all

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different directions. Uh so we show outlined this week disappeared

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some time ago as we started the show innocently enough

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with and weeks, which led me to play and research

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case Saint Germain, and then we meandered onto Darus Day.

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So let me try to get some sort of degree

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of semblance back into the program. And maybe we can

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start that with this.

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Letters letters.

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As I always say, we don't read letters on the show,

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but we do read emails. And fortunately, each and every week,

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so many of our listeners right into the show, and

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that's so deeply appreciated. Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com,

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Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com if you'd like

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to contact me, and I will now read one of

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those said emails, and it comes from Mike Grove who

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listens in Austin, Texas, which I assume is via kJ

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z X eighty nine point one. That's a wonderful station

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that plays so many of the best syndicated jazz programs

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from across the country, including this very Make Believe Ballroom.

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So Mike writes Jeff, thanks for the Make Believe Ballroom.

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There are so few programs that feature big band music

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yours Brighton's my day. I always enjoy when you play

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songs that were recorded for the first time. You haven't

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done that in quite some time when I have been listening.

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Can you play one? Thanks you're a loyal listener in

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the lone Star state, Mike Grove, and thanks for the

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kind words, Mike and checking You're right. I haven't played

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a first time ever recorded record in quite a while.

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So for all my.

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Friends in Austin, Texas, where I used to live while

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working at St. Edgar Words University. This one is for

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you as well as my daughter and son in law,

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also residing in the state capital.

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Bloom.

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You saw me standing alone, without a dream in my haw,

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without a love of.

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My old.

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Bloom.

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You knew just what I was there for.

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You heard me saying a prayer for someone I really

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could care for, and then there suddenly appeared before me,

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the only one my arms will ever hold. I heard

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somebody whisper, please adore me, and when I looked, the.

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Moon had turned to go.

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Bloom.

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Now I'm no longer alone without a dream in my haw.

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With out of love of Mile.

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On Brunswick Records. Blue Moon by Ted Fioredo and his

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orchestra vocal by Muzzy Marcelino, recorded in Los Angeles, California,

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October nineteenth, nineteen thirty four. And yes, indeed that was

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the first time the classic song blue Moon was ever recorded.

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You know, come to think of it, it's thinking of

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Ted Firedo. It's kind of funny, but the first time

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I ever heard the name Ted Fiirrito was on an

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old episode of The Honeymooners, one in which Ralph Cramdon,

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of course played so well by Jackie Gleason and Ed

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Norton played by Art Carney. In that episode, they reminisced

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about listening to bands in their youth. Now let me

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see if I can find the other band leaders that

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were mentioned in addition to Ted Fiarido. If I can

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get that holy grail of names, I think it would

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be fun to play some of their music. Let me

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play around with Google once again and see what I

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can come up with. Let me keep up a record

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in the meantime to play during my quest for Cramdon

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band favorites.

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Now, b look looking, listen while dancing, stop, look and

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listen Your chance in your future maybe a lot a

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danger and a dancing at a railroad crossing you stop

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fall coup in red light, watch for and on rushing headlights.

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So white, Hey, chance with your heart when you dance

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with so much charming as a trouble stard.

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Music sweetsheet s she lifts her eyes, so he signed.

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Then when the music so they started out of strings.

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Act just like old friends.

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Better stop look, listen to the teacher.

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Are you lean by finding a preacher with bris? Taking

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a chance the danger like the danger of us Song.

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And Dance.

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On Columbia Record Stop, Look and Listen by Joe Venuti

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and his violin and orchestra vocal by Ruth Lee, recorded

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on October the twenty eighth, nineteen thirty five. And I

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think I need one more record to play to give

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me some time along with Dylan, who was in the

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studio prior to recording his own podcast. I speak about

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Dylan quite often. Then I think we'll have a Ralph

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Crampton playlist already for.

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You, like a little fashion music boss. We just want

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you to play. Man keeps singing.

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I Love You twenty four a day like a little

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old fashioned music vice.

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Let's give us an ud Mar keeps missing a hearty

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singing a song about.

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You, and I'll know the song we know is old,

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it still sweety story of ates the low fashion music

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maj want you to play. Mark gives it and I

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Love You twenty foursday.

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From Runswick Records. Twenty four hours by Teddy Wilson and

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his orchestra vocal by Billy Holliday, recorded in New York City,

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October the twenty fifth, nineteen thirty five. So, folks, over

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the last few records, I have researched the episode on

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the Honeymooners where Ralph Cramden and Ed Norton reminisce about

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bands of their youth. Ted Fiiredo, as I mentioned, was

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in the Honeymooners episode Young at Heart, and that aired

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on February eleventh, nineteen fifty six. Ralph and Ed, in

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addition to Fiuredo, recalled Aisham Jones, Basil Faumene, Little Jack Little,

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and Johnny Messner and his toy piano. Let's start what

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I am dubbing the Cramden list with one by I

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Sham Jones.

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Didn't need anything.

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Anything, the.

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Man a.

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Fat from Decca.

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I Found a New Baby by the Aisham Jones Orchestra,

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recorded in New York City, August thirty first, nineteen thirty four.

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And that was the second of five bands that Jackie

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Gleason recalled on the Honeymooner episode Young at Heart, where

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Gleason does just a classic roller skating routine. Now, the

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gist of that episode Young at Heart, if I clearly recall,

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was that after a visit to their apartment from some teenagers,

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was a male and a female teenager who were ready

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to go out for a big evening on the town.

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As a matter of fact, I think the male teenager

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was Ronnie Burns. Ronnie Burns, who tried his hand at acting,

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was the son of George Burns and Gracie Allen. So

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after listening to the two teens talk, Alice Cramden feels

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that she and Ralph are starting to get old, and

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when Ralph returns from work, Alice tells them about her

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discussion with the teens and she wants Ralph to take

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her out for some youthful activities, starting with the roller

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skating that I just mentioned. But the surly Ralph Cramden

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he thinks the idea is ridiculous and at first he

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resists it, but finally, as we all know, Ralph Cramden

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had a soft spot and he sees that Alice feels bad,

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so he goes along with it full force. And I

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think at the end of the episode, Ralph and Norton

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are alone when they share their reminiscences from their youth,

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including whose music they listen to. So another band mentioned

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was that of One Basil Famine, It.

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Hot Ginger and Dyna Mine. There's nothing but do as

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nice spag and I can tag you by the Bellatu

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the bag and the women Wiggy wacky woof the way

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they can entertains, would hurry a hurricane Stagg and I

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can tag you by the pelleteer, the Baggy and the

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women Wiggy wacky woo Woama, you get a mama and

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then you're problem in trees his upadaughter, Giorna doora to.

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Your Shakespeare shakes Han Say Bay Kiddy and Buggy my Kingo,

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it's worth the price back the Fellow, the Baggy and

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the Women Wi.

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Wacky move.

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A Deca record medally of Digga Digga Doo, Nagasaki and

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I Fall Down and Go Boom, as performed by Basil

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Fomine and his orchestra. I have no info really on

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that Decca record to relate to you. Info on Basil

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Famine is as scarce as a hound's tooth. All I

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know is that Basil Famine was a Russian born band

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leader who led an orchestra from the mid nineteen twenties

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through the forties. But I do know something about this.

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Next Ralph Cramdon favorite, Come.

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On along and listen to the Lallaby of Broadway, the

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Hipparay and Balleu a Lallaby of Broadway, The Rumbla Subway train,

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the rattle of the Taxis, the daffodils who entertained, and

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angelos and maxines. When a Broadway baby says good night,

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it's early in the morning. Babies don't sleep tight until

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the dawn.

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All good night, babeby, good night, Milkman's on his way,

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Sleep time, babyby.

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Sleep tired. Let's call it a day. Hey, come on along.

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Then listen to Lalla Bye of Broadway, the high high

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end Boo boo doo, the Lallabye of Broadway. The band

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begins to go to time, and everyone goes crazy. You

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rock a bye your baby wrong till everything gets hazy hush.

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If iye ay, buy you this and that, you'll hear

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a daddy saying. The baby goes home to her flat

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to sleep all.

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Day on Columbia Records. Lullaby of Broadway by Little Jack

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Little and his Orchestra vocal by Jack Little, recorded in

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New York City, January the twenty first, nineteenth thirty five.

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Popular during the Big Band era, Little Jack Little was

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a composer and songwriter. I think he wrote the song

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of Shanty an Old shanty Town. Jack also played the

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piano and did vocals. We heard his fine vocal just

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a moment ago with Lullaby of Broadway. Jack had a

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well respected orchestra that was a pretty versatile for many

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years doing records, theater and radio. Little Jack Little, And

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now let's round out Ralph Crampton's list of band leaders.

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He and Norton finally remember.

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To thank to that.

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You might U do do my.

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You have know you.

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You you think.

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Johnny Messner and his orchestra with toy piano Jump recorded

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in nineteen thirty nine, and I think it was probably

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quite difficult when say a Western Union messenger came into

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the recording studio when Johnny was making a record and

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said he had a telegram for Messner. Five guys would

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have yelled that's me.

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You see.

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Johnny Messner was one of five brothers and they all

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played in his orchestra, Johnny Messner and his toy piano.

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And that was a lot of fun as we just

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took a look at the five bands that Ralph Cramdon

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and Ed Norton aka Jackie Gleason and Art Carney finally

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remembered in the Honeymooner episode Young at Heart and my

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recollection something came back to me. Actually, Ralph ed Norton,

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Trixie and Alice were all reminiscing at the end of

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the show, and that's when Ralph and Norton discussed their

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favorite band leaders. So it took a little scraping around

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to bring you that segment. But that's what we do

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here for you each and every week. And thanks to

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the snotty kid Dylan here in the studio this week,

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as I mentioned earlier, who sets some of this up

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between records. Dylan, at twenty three years old, as I

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mentioned on prior programs, came in early once to record

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his podcast and heard the Make Believe Ballroom playing through

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the PA system and the lobby out here we have

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sort of a green room with a couple of couches

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and a refrigerator and a coffee machine. And Dylan was

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just taken in at twenty three years old by big

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band era music and he comes early many weeks before

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his show to listen to the show to Make Believe

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Ballroom and help me along. And speaking of scraping around,

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I know mister Excitement himself who used to help me along,

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the producer emeritus of the Make Believe Ballroom when Lenny

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from down the block has been scraping around to find

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a record gem to talk about here on this week's show.

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

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record pick of the week. One of the most beloved

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songs of all time was recorded for a film soundtrack

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on October seventh, nineteen thirty eight. Its first release was

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for Decca in July of nineteen thirty nine, where it

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spent seven weeks at number one on the Your Hit

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Parade chart. I'm talking about over the Rainbow, which Judy

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Garland sang in the Wizard of Oz. But did you

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know that the Harold Arlen and Yip Harberg classic was

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also recorded by several big bands. The nineteen thirty nine

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Glenn Miller recording on Bluebird Records was number one on

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the U Your Hit Parade chart for six weeks that year.

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Another popular version was also put on record by Bob

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