June 20, 2025

Make Believe Ballroom - 6/20/25 Edition

Make Believe Ballroom - 6/20/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom - 6/20/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom
Make Believe Ballroom - 6/20/25 Edition
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This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a game show hosts famous uncle, a longtime listners special playlist, a gambling song, 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 Ballom 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 belief Ballom time and free to everyone.

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It's no time to friend your Dalis said Bamba.

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Yours.

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Close your eyes and visual lize in your solitude. Your

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favorite bands are on this stance and mister Miller, but

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you're in the mood. It's make believe Ballom time. We

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are a sweet romance.

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As you make it.

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Bob, come on, Joe the Last das last.

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

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the make Fully Ballroom and welcoming you into my crystal

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studio for another program of classic big band hits from

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the nineteen thirties and nineteen 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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maybe even on internet radio in the United Kingdom, anyway

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you've gotten here. I am pleased, so get ready as

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I spend for you some amazing big band jazz, swing,

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

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make believe ballroom broadcasting almost continuously since nineteen thirty five.

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My folks, today's show is going to be a mix

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of well, a few stories, some listener emails, a little

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Leney from down the block, and other assorted stuff. And

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while I sort things out, how about a little early

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pearly May.

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Fifteen years and I'm still serving time, serving time with

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that good.

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Man of mine. I've been married fifteen years.

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I've shared fifteen million tiars fifteen years, and I'm still

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serving time.

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Fifteen years.

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And I ain't got a dime, not a dime in

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those long fifteen years. Each night I drink fifteen years

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to forget those fifteen years.

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Fifteen years with that good man of mine.

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Oh, there are as no barb on the window, and

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raised no locks on the door, and there ranged no

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LODs in the courtyard.

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But I'm a prisoner forever more.

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Fifteen years and I'm still serving time, serving.

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Time with that good man of mine.

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When I left those church bells, time, tell me, what's

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that a crime?

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Fifteen years?

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Then I'm still serving time.

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All my cooking goes to waste, spread and waters all

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our tails.

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Fifteen years.

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Then I'm still serving time with this family on my tail,

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can't save up no door for bill. Fifteen years and

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I'm still serving time. Oh, there raise no chains on

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my ankles, and there raised no ropes on my hands.

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And there ain't no ain't nothing nowhere. But I'm a

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prisoner to that man. When his shirt hang on the line,

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how I wish that neck was mine. Fifteen years and

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I'm still serving time. Oh, there raised no dog on

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the window, and there raised no locks on the door,

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and there raised no dogs in the court yard.

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But I'm a prisoner forever more. Fifteen years and I'm still.

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Serving time, serving time with that man of mind. I

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got the kids from one to nine, some of.

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His and some of mine. Fifty and.

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Live in time, and I love every moment of it.

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Was beautiful, just love.

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Fifteen years and I'm still serving time. A Pearl Bailey

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vocal under the orchestra direction of Mitchell Ayres, recorded on

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Columbia Records, April of twenty fourth, nineteen forty five, and

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a great way to get this edition of The Make

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Belief Ballroom underway. So I was reading this article about

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the history of television game shows a few days ago.

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In the article mentioned Chuck Barris Chuck Barris's company and

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his hosting and producing of the very campy Gang Show,

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which some of you might remember on television in the

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nineteen seventies and eighties. Chuck Barris and his company produced

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that program, as well as The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game,

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and so many more. Now in conjunction with that. By coincidence,

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I was playing a few days ago a recording featuring

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the Rhythm Boys. I wasn't playing it on the air,

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I was playing it for my own personal enjoyment. And

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the boys were the great Bing Crosby al Rinker, who

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by the way, was Mildred Bailey's brother, and the third

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Rhythm Boy was Harry Barras. So when I read about

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Chuck Barris, I quickly did a little research to see

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if he Harry Barris was related to Chuck. I didn't

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expect much, but lo, hold there was a strong connection.

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Let me play a real oldie featuring the Rhythm Boys.

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Then an amazing story of how Harry Barris joined the trio.

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This way.

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Why then goes down and I goes down the dark,

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gather around down.

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They all began to show, Hey, I'll go down here

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to be on the miss.

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But why I do.

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No he how I am telling.

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You all but up man any time.

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By time on their hands? John tab me out the town?

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You and Honic come, where's the.

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Doc to beat on the miss Lord holiday boy?

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Listen?

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Told you don't.

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That music? Says the doctor on my dam? You they do?

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Norney?

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How I'm telling you?

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Oh fine a man take you time.

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I fading their hands just to tip me out of town.

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To you and Hona come, where's the docking be to

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beat all the MESSI yami yana now June on? Wherema

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doga men?

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Mud?

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We just heard Mississippi Mud composed by Harry Barris and

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featuring the legendary Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, with vocals

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by Irene Taylor, Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, Al Rinker, Jack Fulton,

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Austin Young and Charles gay Lord, recorded on Victor in

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New York City, February the eighteenth, nineteen twenty eight. Like

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a musical variety show that record was, and speaking of

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legendary Bix Beider becks Horn was featured on that best

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selling version of the Harry Barris hit song Mississippi Mud.

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So friends, As the story goes, first, let me say,

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I think I forgot to mention that Harry Baris was

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the uncle of the television game show genius Chuck Barris. Now,

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in nineteen twenty six, Harry Barris was playing the piano

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and occasionally providing vocals for the Paul ash Orchestra. Also

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in that same year, nineteen twenty six, Al Rinker and

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Bing Crosby became members of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Is

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a singing duo, and they were very well received in

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smaller venues. However, in February of nineteen twenty seven, Paul

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Whiteman was booked into the cavernous Paramount Theater in New

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York City. Now, in nineteen twenty seven, loudspeaker systems and

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adequate microphones for large theaters were just being perfected, and

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believe it or not, the Paramount at the time had

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absolutely no microphones, no speaker system, So while the orchestra

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of white Men could be heard, the vocals provided by

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Bing Crosby and al Rinker were drowned out and just

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couldn't be heard by the audience. So Paul Whiteman was

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brought into the theater manager's office and given the bad

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news that White Men and his orchestra were being dropped

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from the bill. Now White Men had no problem attracting

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crowds to his band's performances and decided to look for

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a way to make sure that his vocalists could be

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heard in the future no matter where they were playing well.

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Paul Whiteman, band member who knew Harry Barris, suggested to

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Paul that they add him to make a trio, and

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the Rhythm Boys were formed in April of nineteen twenty seven,

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and their vocals got a boost and were heard better

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in the theaters where White Men appeared, and the Rhythm

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Boys became a fixture in Whiteman's band for a number

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of years. So an interesting story of how Harry Barris,

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the uncle of Chuck Barris, became a rhythm boy all

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the way back in nineteen twenty seven. I'm Jeff Bresler,

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

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Make Believe Ballroom to reach me. I'm Jeff at MakeBelieve

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

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And some of the folks that did reach me will

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in turn reach out to you. When I read a

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few emails in just a little while. Let's now as

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I look at my show list, here, let's spin a record,

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and then from Tampa, Florida, the producer emeritus of the

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Make Believe Ballroom, the inimitable Lenny from down the Block

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with his record pick of the week. It's that was

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the violinist extraordinary himself when Joven Nudi and his orchestra

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here today on Decca Records with the song entitled The Flop,

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recorded in New York City on January the twenty fifth,

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nineteen thirty nine. And now from his palatial condo in Tampa, Florida,

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the producer Emeritus of the Make Believe Ballroom, the Platter Prince,

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the virtue Woeso of the Virtual Turntable, the world renowned

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Miss their Excitement, himself, Lenny from down the Block with

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his record pick of 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.

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Whenever I do.

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Something wrong around the house, my wife Cookie calls me

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a nitwit. Just last week, I messed up the garbage

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disposal here in the condo, and the word nitwit reverberated

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throughout Unit Oney one hundred and twenty six. I decided

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to take a look and see if the word nitwit

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was ever used in a big band song. I was

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amazed to discover that Benny Goodman himself recorded a song

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called Knitwitz Serenade. It was the b side to his

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wildly popular version of Bugle Call Rag. The record was

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produced for Columbia on August sixteenth, nineteen thirty four.

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Knit Wit Serenade Benny Goodman and his orchestraed. I don't

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think Lenny mentioned it, but that song was written by

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the great composer and bandleader Will Hudson. And now folks.

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Eny mysel Aleta.

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And make believe the game from you.

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I'm gonna rain.

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Worn so sweet.

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They're gonna allow me all my be.

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A lot of kisses on the bottom.

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I'll be glad I got home.

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I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better

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him close with love the way you do. I'm gonna

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send right down and write myself a letter.

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And made me.

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Believe the game from Yes, my friends, we do get letters,

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many of them in email form, each and every week.

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I would like to read a few for you. The

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first comes from one of our great listeners who we

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love to hear from. He knows his stuff when it

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comes to big bands, and it reads Hi, Jeff, I

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thought i'd get in on the act and send you

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a few of my favorites. I had a hard time

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thinking of some that weren't standards and it wouldn't be

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likely to have been played, and I only came up

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with six. As you can see, I like songs and vocalists,

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And he lists six songs which I will play for

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you in just a few moments. He goes on to write,

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I enjoy the show on podcast every week, and I

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especially enjoy your commentary and the historical background. By the way,

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what happened to Dylan? The snotty Kids? List of big

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band musicians on the Hollywood would walk of fame? Cordially yours,

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Joel Eatman. Thanks Joel, writing to us from deep in

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the heart of Texas by way of Dallas, a wonderful

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state that I lived in twice for extended periods of time,

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and where my daughter and son in law reside in Austin.

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And I will, Joel at your request reprimand the snotty

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kid Dylan, who indeed did not follow through. How did

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I come to think of it? On continuing his research

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on big band musicians and vocalists on the Hollywood Walk

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of Fame. I would dock him pay Joel, but since

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I don't pay him, I think I'll just relay your

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consternation and have him complete the assignment. I actually haven't

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seen him in the studio area today, but he should

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be around shortly. But more important to the music at hand.

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From the Joel Eatman list, here is number one of sex.

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Wooming flabby, ring in my ears and blooms my DearS.

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I'm in my flat in man Pattern. My vapatient days

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are in the past. They went to past. Why couldn't

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they laugh?

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Jee's Monday in Manhattan, where it ends my holiday.

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I hate Monday in Manhattan, when my heart is miles away.

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Streets of leaning power seem to be my only view.

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But I'll close my eyes for hours and I know

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that I'll see you.

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Then the pavement changes into Hallwood, is glad beyond is

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my arms again, and.

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It all seems so real. Near the sky line of

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steel shouts it's Monday in Manhattan, that away your dreams

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have low. Jeez, It's Monday in Manhattan, and it means

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that I'm a Lowe.

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We just heard Monday in Manhattan Richard Himber and his

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Ritz Carlton Orchestra, recorded on Victor Records January the nineteenth,

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nineteen thirty five, with a Stewart Alan vocal, and Joel's

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comment on that record, Monday in Manhattan is this is

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one of my favorites. I think it's a lovely song,

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and I don't have a recording of it. Let's now

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move on to Joel's second pick.

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When you say.

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Just be friends, I thought I could let you go,

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never thought, ID cried.

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I never knew I loved you. So I act gay,

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laugh and play. It's so that no one will know

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I've a broken hard.

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It's so hard to let you go.

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When I still thrilled to your touch, Live for your glance.

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Find myself trembling when you ask.

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Me to dance.

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The scene is the same.

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It's summer again. My friends to approach me, always.

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Screen your name, can't go on, can't forget.

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I'm jealous and hurting side when you said park, keep

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my darling.

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How you love?

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When I still freil to your touch, Play for your glance.

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Find myself trembling when you ask me to dance.

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The seed is the same.

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It's summer again. My friend still reproach me for always

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string Yourny.

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Can go?

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I can for again.

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I'm jealous and pertain side.

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When you said Park keeps my God.

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From Victor Records, Darling, how you lied? By Wayne King

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and his Orchestra. Vocal by Buddy Clark, recorded in Chicago,

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August the second, nineteen forty one and Joel An interesting

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side note about this recording, Buddy Clark was the regular

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vocalist on Wayne King's radio program, so on the original

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Victor label of this record, Buddy Clark was not listed

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as the vocalist, and this was due to the fact

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that he had an exclusive contract as a soloist with

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Okay Records. So little history behind the Buddy Clark Wayne King.

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I guess you would call it a tear jerker, Darling,

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How you lied? Folks? This is Jeff Bressler here and

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you're listening to the weekly version of the Make Believe

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Ballroom to Reach me like Joel Eatman did, Who's record

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list of favorites we are enjoying? I'm Jeff at Make

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

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Ballroom Radio dot com.

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You but didn't care.

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More than words can say. If I didn't care, who the.

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Feels this way?

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If this isn't love, then maybe I'm lone. But why

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do I love way all night and dreams?

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Oh? They love but didn't care?

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Would it be the same? Would my every prayer begin

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on him was just your name?

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And would I be sure that this is love? Young?

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Who knows this virtues?

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If not didn't a f.

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That was an Joel Eatman favorite big band arrangement of

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the great nineteen thirty nine Ink Spots hit on Vocalian Records.

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We just heard If I Didn't Care by Count Basie

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and his Orchestra with a vocal by Helen Humes, recorded

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

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How about another Joel Eatman music list fave. I also

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love this tune.

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McPherson is rehearsing and the bagpipes are.

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Repson for McPherson is rehearsing to swell and from Medenburg

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to Dundee, every lad every LESSI no macpherson is we

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hurtle to swee.

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I didn't I care, said Sandy.

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If the elders our approval either chickenwaar Gland, the Dandy

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and the men a mellow grooves.

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Now the bunny bunny lessie with the kilties on their chessis.

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Have forgotten all about the Highland flag. Young and no

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folks got to get to her in this truck.

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And then I had the when McPherson is reversing two sways.

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I got did not get that, Sandy give me how

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then roof.

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I'm a chick web Ben Andy, and I'm in a

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fella roof.

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Now the bunny bunny.

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Lessies with the guilties on their chessis.

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Have forgotten old fast, helvely.

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Younger, no folks get together.

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And they're struck in the header. When McPherson and rehearsal to.

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Swear, McPherson is rehearsing to swaying Chick Webb and his orchestra.

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Ella Fitzgerald vocal recorded on Decca Records in New York

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City back in nineteen thirty eight, and the next selection

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by Joel is a Benny Goodman Fred Astaire collabor dration.

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This is the second and I, come to think of it,

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Benny Goodman tune. We're playing on the ballroom today. But hey,

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you can never get enough of Benny Goodman?

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Who cares? If the sky.

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Cares?

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Who all.

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In the scene?

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Who cares?

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What banks fay in?

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Yon?

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Girls?

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Long as you got.

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To kiss thy conquers?

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Why should I care?

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Life is one long?

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You believe.

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Salmoni's eyes care for you, and.

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You care for me.

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From the George and Ira Gershwin hit Music of nineteen

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thirty one of the I Sing on Columbia Records. Who

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Cares by Fred Astaire with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra,

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recorded in Hollywood, California, April the thirtieth, nineteen forty, and

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Joel tells me in his email that Fred Astaire was

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his favorite male vocalist. And now to round out the

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Joel Eatman list, here on the Make Believe Ballroom.

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It's gonna rain in any minute. There is not a

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storm time things on my floor. I guess I'll.

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Close the shop and go to Joe.

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I know he will be glad to see me without

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a penny to the good. But I'm am not caring

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much what happened.

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I did the best time.

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He's just good for nothing, Joe.

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But all love himself. Guess that die good for nothing?

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Joe ever tried to leave me flast.

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Oh, yes, I'm certain of that.

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Octane can't understand.

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Why I'm a pad that man, Lord, he tends me

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like nobody cares.

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A a woman just like that.

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I wouldn't mine do what.

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I beat these three till my feet with.

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But when it's flows and I go home.

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To him instead of sympathy, he's just as mean as can.

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There's nothing I can do.

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Because I love him soul. I'd be good formhing to.

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With a good for nothing.

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Joe, sad, be good pa nothing do no.

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With a good porn nothing Joe, Go home.

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To Joe, Good for Nothing Joe by Charlie Barnett and

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his Orchestra with a Lena Horn vocal recorded on Bluebird

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Records in nineteen forty one. The song was a huge,

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huge hit for Lena Horn in the early nineteen forties.

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And thanks Joel Eatman for sharing your list of six

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favorite recordings featuring big band orchestras with vocalists. You can

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send me your own list by writing to me at

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

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MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio dot com. You can also go to

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Make Believe Ballroom Podcast dot com make Believe Ballroom Podcast

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dot com and record a voicemail with your comments and requests.

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Just go to the lower right hand corner of the

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page and press the microphone icon and record away to

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your heart's content. Radio is our main game here on

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the Ballroom, and we certainly cherish all of our station

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affiliates around the country. But a few years ago we

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sided to also place many of our programs as podcasts

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on all of the favorite podcast providing platforms, including Make

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Believe Ballroom Podcast dot com. And that is how Joel

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Eatman listens to the program. And there's a couple of

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hundred shows on podcasts for your enjoyment at MakeBelieve Ballroom

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Podcast dot com. Let's see what we have up next. Oh,

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I wanted to mention this before I play this record.

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Did you folks know that currently? I think you all

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know currently in most states you can play the daily

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Numbers game at any lottery dealer, any convenience store, you

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go into supermarket, so many stores have lottery terminals. But

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years ago the numbers game, which was illegal and there's

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something you had to do through your favorite neighborhood. Bookie

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was one of the most popular forms of gambling now.

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The numbers used to be related to the last numbers

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of the track handle for win, place and show at

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different racetracks. So, for example, if the total win handle

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was say one thousand and four dollars, the last number

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was four, and that was the first number for the

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three numbers you had to pick in the numbers game.

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If place or the second place finishing total for the

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day was say five hundred and eighty three dollars, the

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second number was three, and the show the money for

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the horses that came in third. The total daily handle,

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say was two hundred and fifty seven dollars, the last

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number was seven, So those three nine numbers, four, three,

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and seven became the daily numbers. So a lot of

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folks try to win the daily numbers to make a

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few bucks back then, and there was actually a song

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written at the daily numbers game, a.

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Tip on the number from the slud Fox. You canna

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play it straight or in the box. On a Monday,

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it's to eighty four to hit that day. You're gonna

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play some more on a Tuesday, take eight twenty five.

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If that comes.

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Out, good Grace is alive.

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On Wednesday, play full eighty six. If that fall, I'll

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get you know you've fixed On a Thursday, you played

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three twenty eight. You better get on it before it's

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too late. Just write these numbers in your books and

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play them every day a newspaper and take a look

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and see what's out today. On a Friday, it's sixty one.

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If that comes out, your funny just be gone. On Saturday,

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play three sixty nine. Gates still all one jumping? I

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ain't lying.

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Well what you know that now? I don't know? I know, man,

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what's you know?

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It's oh everything is really groovy, really goovy.

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Well look at pops, how about that number of to

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day man?

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You're playing today?

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Well, I don't think I'm able to play.

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You know, you really kind of heavy on them, kind

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of heavy.

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I know. I've been uplaining my skull. You know. Look

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at you got a couple of gas meters. You can

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lay on.

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A gas meter?

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Gas meter.

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I gotta douce some flippers, I lay on lips. What

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I tell you, man, I need a couple of gas meterings. Well,

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look ain, I just got my check this morning.

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You know, Oh my, is that all root? That's that's

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all right?

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Look ahead, Dyland man, I'm talking about that fine welfare

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checking one.

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Now look at him.

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I'm gonna get down on the heaven today.

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You better catch that time right away, you know, Lady.

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Thanday thing. Then on a Friday, it's sixty one. If

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that comes out, just have your fun on the Saturday.

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Play three six nine, Get the Augumn Fall nine lines.

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A tip on the numbers that was an ode to

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the numbers game. Slim Gaillard and his Flat Foot Flugie

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Boys on Okay Records Vocals by the dynamic duo of

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Sam Gaillard and Slam Stewart, recorded March the eleventh, nineteen

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forty one. And I think we have time for one

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more email request from our friend Michael Fusco. He writes, high, Jeff,

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can you play The Night We Met in Hanamu by

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Larry Clinton and his orchestra with vocalist Peggy Man. Thanks Jeff,

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signed Michael Fusco for you, Michael.

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More, Dipping down into the Sea, The Night you gave your.

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Love to me, The Night we met an Honomo the Stores.

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It's like Norly Lennon song in space.

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They shed their light on our embraes.

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The Night we Met in honam.

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The palm trees is for gentless way the wind breathe.

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It's so to grown.

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For the moon and studer of forgetting, and I am.

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Left alone with reading. The night we met in Hanamu.

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Fairway to the palm tree.

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Sway where.

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To the winds gral.

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Saw the moon along the distonto the s.

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And you are far always from me, and where we

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met at.

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Home the night we met in Hanamu on Bluebird Records,

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recorded in nineteen forty one, and thank you Michael Fusco

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for that request. Folks, we are out of time. I'm

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going out with the abe Lyman version of the I

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Sing recorded in nineteen thirty two from the Gershwin written

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musical of the same name we discussed earlier. To reach me,

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

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Jeff at Make Believe Ballroom Radio dot Com. Until next week,

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this has been Jeff Bresler Maybe.

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Shining Star inspiration, Wordybu Mighty Nations of the Uh Chang