June 27, 2025

Make Believe Ballroom - 6/27/25 Edition

Make Believe Ballroom - 6/27/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom - 6/27/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom
Make Believe Ballroom - 6/27/25 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 special tribute to Angelo Carbone and the Raphie from Canarsie, Brooklyn Record Club, 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 this week's program 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 belief ballroom time and free to everyone. It's

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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.

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Your favorite bands are on this dance and mister Miller,

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but you're in the mood.

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It's make believe ballroom time. We are a sweet romance.

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You make believe boom.

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Come on to the last dast last.

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Hello world, I'm Jeff Bresler, 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 yet another program of classic big band hits

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

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today on the radio via one of our great affiliates

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

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or maybe enjoying the show on a podcast, or even

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listening over the internet via Internet radio in the United Kingdom,

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please get ready as I spin for you some amazing

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big band jazz, swing, blues, and boogie woogie favorites. Folks,

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You're listening to the Make Believe Ballroom broadcasting almost continuously

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since nineteen thirty five. And Hello again for friends, an

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action packed show playing for you today, Where I'm going

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to play in just a little while a list of

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the top ten big band hits of all time? Who

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constructed that list? And why am I playing it today? Well,

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you'll just have to wait a little while longer to

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find that one out.

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Doctor Rhythm runs a clinic.

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Well, all kinds of people meet where the weary wone

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outs and it gets back on history.

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Are you troubled?

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Do you wonder why you're filled with doctor spair go

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and loser worries?

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Under Doctor Rhythm's care and where it's the case where

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a heartache never ends.

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He'll fix your fasts with the smile that will make

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a new friends.

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When you think no one can kill you, Doctor Rhythm

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rates a chance with one treatment, he least sure you.

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Wife is just a dance.

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D We just heard Doctor Rhythm from the movie of

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the same name, Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra, along with

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a vocal trio on that record that consisted of Bob Everley,

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Don Madison and The third of that trio was how

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can I forget it was. It was Rock Hillman and

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the record Rhythm Doctor Rhythm was recorded on Decca Records

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in New York City on January the twenty fifth, nineteen

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thirty eight. I'm Jeff Bresler, and you're listening to the one,

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the only, the original Make Believe Ballroom, coming to you

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today from my Crystal Studio with a new affiliate joining

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in on the music Big Make Believe Ballroom. Welcome to

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the Great KAFM eighty eight point one and also on

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ninety six point nine in Grand Junction, Colorado. Two not one,

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but two big hours of the Ballroom each Sunday morning

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on this wonderful community radio station that features great talk.

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And I've spent some time this past week listening to

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a number of their musical programs, and the musical programs

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are indeed an eclectic mixture of music certainly not found

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anywhere on commercial radio. Take a listen to the great

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KAFM eighty eight point one in Grand Junction, Colorado, and

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welcome once again. And I now take you from the

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Crystal Studio and KAFM to Tampa, Florida and the condominium

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apartment of one Lenny from down the block mister Excitement himself,

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the producer Meritis of the Make Believe Ballroom with his

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record pick Oh the Week.

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High Gang Lenny from down the Block here with my

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record pick of the Week. Although the Modernaires are most

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closely associated with the string of hits they vocalized for

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Glenn Miller, it was another famous band that opened the

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door to their success. Songs made popular by Miller and

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the Modernaires included Chattanooga Chuchu, I Know Why, Elmer's Tune,

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Serenade in Blue, I've Got a Gallant, Kalamazoo, and Jukebox

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Saturday Night. The Modernaiirs developed their style while singing with

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the likes of Ted Fiorito, Ozzie Nelson, Fred Waring, Charlie Barnett,

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and George Hole, before coming into their own by becoming

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regulars on the Pole Whiteman radio show in nineteen thirty eight.

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They recorded many of the classic songs of the era,

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even a few with Jack Teagarden as part of the

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Whiteman Orchestra. Here from a September nineteenth thirty eight Poor

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Whiteman Chesterfield program. Poor Whiteman and his Swing Wing along

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with Jack t Garden and the Modern Airs with and

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Hagar's blues.

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Old Deacons Clevin his block was given the way of

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Levin Ride. He said, no waning, no ragtime singing.

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Dune had no ragtime sing And the whos do night.

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Up jumped that Hagar and shout it out with all hermides.

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Just hear and Hagar's children harmonizing to that.

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Old more all.

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It's like a wire from on high broke glue. If

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the devil brought in the good Lord said it.

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Right down to me.

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Oh, let the congregation go on while I played those

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loving and.

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Girls blue.

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Ain't no use to preaching. Tain't no use the teaching.

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When you hear those.

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Tain't no use of preaching.

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Tain't no use of teaching.

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It's modulation.

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I've sincapasi just tells my feet to dancing.

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I can't refuse when I hear.

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The melody they call the blue Nose.

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Ever, love and blues ain't no use in reaching, ain't

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no use.

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The thanks, Lenny. I played the record pick early in

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today's show because the list of songs I am now

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going to play will take us most probably just about

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to the end of the show, and in a big way.

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The list also has a lot to do with Lenny

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Lenny from down the block. I got an email last

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week from Tito Savoldi, who's a close friend of Angelo Carbone.

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All of our regular listeners know that Angelo, in his

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nineties is the sun of the late great Ralphie Carbone,

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who along with a group of friends created the Ralphie

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from Canars Brooklyn record club list. To give you a

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little background, Ralphie and his wife Rose starting in nineteen

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thirty five, and they intended on only doing this one time.

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They invited a group of friends to come over to

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their Brooklyn home to enjoy potluck supper and listen to

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and dance to records of the big band era. And

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that one get together was so successful that the group

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decided to give it a try to do every other

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Saturday that potluck supper and music record listening and dancing extravaganza. Well,

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the car Bones and their friends obviously at that point

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didn't know how successful this would become, because they ran

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this record club from nineteen thirty five right up to

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the mid nineteen seventies, and in that time they created

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a list in order of their favorite big band tunes.

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Now over the years, that lists well to over eight

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hundred different records. And again, if you're a regular listener,

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you know here on the Ballroom, we play a game

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where I spin a virtual wheel, select the number that

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comes up, and match it up to a song from

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the list. And I have all of those eight hundred

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plus tunes in the Make Believe Ballroom playlist today, though

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you know, I never ran a Ralphie segment where I

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played the top ten hits from that list on the program.

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Because we do this as sort of a random game.

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The first selection I play might be number four and

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the next one might be six hundred and seventy five.

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So let me get back to Tito's email. He let

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me know, unfortunately that Angela had taken a little spill

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by the pool at his condo in Naples, Florida. He

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was in the hospital for a couple of days. Thank god,

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nothing critical.

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Now.

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I mentioned this to Lenny from down the block and

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he Lenny decided to drive down to Naples from Tampa

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to visit Angelo and hopefully bring him some good cheer,

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and Lenny on his phone when he gets to Angelo's

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will play this broadcast featuring the ten songs I'm going

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to now play, so in honor of you Angelo, first

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of all, hoping you're feeling better in a speedy recovery,

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and certainly in memory of your beloved parents. Ralphie and

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Rose from Canarsi, Brooklyn. Here is the top ten songs

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of all time, as determined by Ralphie and the members

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of his record club. Let's start with number ten.

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Ah, smile again, I'm just smile at.

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You a.

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Line again?

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What good would it do? For?

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Tears would build my eyes, my heart would re lie.

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The man.

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Long again. I'm sorry love with you. I'll never fall again.

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Sunby Within my Heart.

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I know I will never start.

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To smile again.

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Until I smile.

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Let you.

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Within my heart. I know I will never start to

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smile again.

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Until I smile.

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I until I smile.

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On Victor Records, I'll Never Smile Again by Tommy Dorsey

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and his Orchestra. Vocal by Frank Sinatra and The Pied

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Piper is. This huge hit for Dorsey and his at

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that time rising star vocalist Frank Sinatra, was the country's

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number one record on Billboard's very first National Single Sales

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chart in July of nineteen forty, and it remained on

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top for a phenomenal twelve weeks, while the song itself

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spent seven weeks at number one on the radio program

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Your Hit Parade I'll Never Smile Again, number ten on

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the All Time Ralphie from Canarsi Brooklyn Record Club List.

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Now Friends here there is number nine.

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Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some.

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Until I first met you, I was lonesome.

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And when you came inside, dear, my heart grew laddinder

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somewhere else seem new to me.

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You really swell.

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I have to admit you deserve expressions that really fit you.

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And so I've racked my brain offing to explain all.

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The things that you did to me.

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Boy me bester shame. Please let me explain. By me

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bester SHAMEE means your brain ball me bester shame Again,

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I'll explain. It means you're the fairest in the la head.

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I could say.

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Bell, the bell, lifeven sevender bar.

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Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are.

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I've tried to explain. Call me a pist shame. So

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kiss me and say you understand.

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Fall me if.

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Pistu shane you've heard it all before. By let me

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try to explain. To buy me abys to shame means

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that you're grand. Fall me if it'stushane. It's such an

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old refrain, and yeah, I shoot. Explain it means I

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am begging for your hands.

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I could say.

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Bell, the bell, life and safe and the bye, each

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lame which only helps me tell you.

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How grand you are.

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I could say bell, the bell, lifeven seven the bar,

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each language only helps me tell you how grand you are.

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I've tried to explain by me mister Shane sung, excuse me,

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I say that you will understand.

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The song we just heard was written for an early

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nineteen thirties Yiddish musical comedy. The tune by Mere Mister

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Shane became a late nineteen thirty sensation, as did the

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three Andrew Sisters who recorded it, and many saying we've

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mentioned on the program, this is truly the record that

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made them the Andrew Sisters famous. From Decca Records, by

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Mere Mister Shane, by the Andrew Sisters Orchestra conducted by

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Vic Shane, trumpet solo, Nice trumpet solo there by Bobby Hackett,

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recorded in New York City, November twenty fourth, nineteen thirty seven.

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This is Jeff Bresler and in hoping for a speedy

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recovery to Angelo Carbone, Lenny from down the Block is

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at his home in Naples playing this program at the

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bedside or maybe chair side of Angelo as hopefully a

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pick me up for him as he recovers from a

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pool side fall a few weeks back. Let's go now

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to number eight.

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In Don't You Have a Brother?

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From Victor Records, recorded in nineteen forty one, We just

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heard Stardust by Artie Shaw and his orchestra. Stardust was

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written by the legendary Hogy Carmichael. It was a collaboration.

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He wrote that.

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They wrote it with with Michael Parrish. They wrote it

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and recorded it back in nineteen twenty seven. And you

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know I checked. This record since nineteen twenty seven has

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been recorded over fifteen hundred times, but most say the

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Ardi Shaw version we just heard, arranged by Lenny Hayton

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and featuring solos by Artie, Billy Butterfield on the trumpet

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and Jack Jenny playing the trombone is certainly the gold standard.

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And speaking of gold standards, folks, we are dedicating a

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playlist of top ten big band favorites of all time

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to the recuperating Angelo Carbone and the top ten list

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we are using. As I've mentioned throughout the program, was

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created by Angelo's father, Ralph and members of his record

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club that started in nineteen thirty five, The Ralphie from

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Canarsi Top ten for you Angelo here today on the

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Make Believe ballrom.

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Gay Little Loven Lovely, let Me Know, Let Me.

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An Me.

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Ny on Bluebird Records. The nineteen forty one Glenn Miller

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and his orchestra recording of Tuxedo Junction number seven on

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the Ralphie from Canarsi Record Club list. I've mentioned this

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in the past, but in case you were wondering where

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Tuxedo Junction was a number of people think it's a

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reference to the upstate New York town of Tuxedo, but

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in actuality, the song is about a jazz and blues

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club in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Ensley, and that

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area was referred to as Tuxedo Junction.

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Maybe anything.

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We just listened to number six of the top ten,

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and that was beginning the Beginning, which I actually play

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just a few weeks back. But how can you ever

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tire of this Artie shaw gem begin the beginning? The

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Cole Porter Standard recorded on Bluebird Records in New York City,

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July the twenty fourth, nineteen thirty eight, from the Cole

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Porter Stage Musical Jubilee. We are halfway home to providing

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Angelo Carbone with the music of the top ten Big

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Band Best List of Hits created by the members of

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the Ralphie from Canarci Brooklyn Record Club.

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By that taxs what you said.

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Step aside, partner, it's my day mending here and listen

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to my.

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Version a really solid tell Us Sick Excursion.

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Pardon me boy? Is that the Chattanooga ju Ju?

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Yes?

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Yes, why not?

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Boy?

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You can give me a Shane?

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Can you aford you?

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Boy?

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Chad Knoga, I got my fair.

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And just to tagle to Spa.

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You leave the Pennsylvania stationed about a quarter to four,

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read the magazine, and then you ran Baltimore.

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And honor no, I'm a good bar.

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And then to have you having eggs in Carolina when

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you hit the vessel bawl and ain't to the barn.

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Then you know that Tennessee is not very far.

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Sham all the calling God and keep it wrong.

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Oo, chad Uga, there you are.

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There's gonna be a certain party at the station.

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Firmly.

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I used to call Fanny, She's gonna cry until I

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tell her that I'll ever wrong. Cadoga Juju, what do

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ju ju me home?

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Get a ball?

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Look?

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Juju, what do ju ju me home?

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Ju?

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That was number five the nineteen forty one Bluebird Records

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classic Chattanooga Chuo Choo Chattanooga Chuo Cheo Glenn Miller and

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his orchestra vocals by Tex Bennicki in the four Modernaires

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nine weeks at number one for that huge Miller hit

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from the great movie Sun Valley Serenade, which I think

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you can still find to watch on YouTube. Chattanooga Choo

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Choo was also the It was the first million selling

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recording to be well, let me say this quote unquote

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officially recognized with the awarding of a gold record. I've

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mentioned on the show many many times. The gold record

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Miller received was more of a publicity stunt created by

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Victor Records, but it did set the path for the

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actual gold records as we know them today. Chattanooga Choo Choo.

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Oh only on.

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Litn't in need.

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Another Miller goody A string of pearls back to back

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Glenn Miller and that record sits at number four. The

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nineteen forty two recording of a String of Pearls was

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the talented Jerry Gray's most famous composition, and to enhance

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the song, we heard the great Bobby Hackett with his

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carnet solo and of course a string of Pearls also

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a number one hit.

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S us should.

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Stop my son shut.

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As the.

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Sun shut.

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Folks, we just listened to number three on the hit list,

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the song that brought the house down at the legendary

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Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert from January the sixteenth, nineteen

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thirty eight, Sing Sing, Sing on Victor Records Benny Goodman

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and his Orchestra recorded in Hollywood July the sixth, nineteen

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thirty seven. And that song you may not know was

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actually first recorded by the great Louis Prima. We are

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now down to the top two songs from the Ralphie

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from Canarsi Record Club list, and while you folks think

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of what the top two songs may be again, we

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extend our best wishes to Angelo Carbone for speedy recovery

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from a fall he took at his condominium swimming pool

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in Naples, Florida, and also an on air. Hello to

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Lenny from down the block, who trek down to Naples

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from Tampa. I guess that's probably It's probably about a

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two and a half hour drive south. And he is

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visiting Angelo to play this show for him and also

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spend some time with Angelo and find out if he

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needs any help, if there's any way we could help him.

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Here on the Make Believe Ballroom, I Won't keep you waiting.

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Here is number two seas from Victor Records in nineteen

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forty one. Take the A Train, the Billy Strayhorn classic

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Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, the song about the

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iconic New York City subway train that travels to Harlem

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and now the number one pick for the best record

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of the big band swing era, as voted on by

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the members of the Ralphie from Canarsi Record Club that

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started back in nineteen thirty five and ended in the

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early nineteen seventies. Their club selected this record as their

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number one big band classic.

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Did It.

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Back Up, Back Up.

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Back?

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The Ralphie from Canarsi Record Club list number one hit

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in the mood on Bluebird Records, recorded by Glenn Miller

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and his orchestra back in August of nineteen thirty nine,

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the most recognizable track of the Swing era. It spent

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three months of early nineteen forty as the number one

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most played jukebox hit in America. So, folks, that is

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the Ralfie from Canarsi Record Club list of top ten

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hits from the Big Band era. Folks, you might agree

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with the countdown placement of songs on the list, or

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maybe you have a song you cherish that didn't make

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the Ralfie from Canarsi Record Club Top ten list. Let

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me know what the songs you would have added or

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where their placement would have been on a top ten

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

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Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroomradio dot com. See you all next week.