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It's make believe ballroom time. Put all your cares away.
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All the bands are here to bring good cheer your way.
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It's make believe ballroom time and free to everyone. It's
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no time to friend your Dalis said Bamba.
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Yours.
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Close your eyes and visualize in your solitude. Your favorite
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bands are on this dance and mister Miller, but you're
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in the mood. It's make believe ballroom time. We are
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of sweet romance as you make believe ballroom.
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Come on, Jim last dance.
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Lets Hi folks, I'm Jeff Presler, turning on the lights
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of the Make Belief Ballroom and welcoming you into my
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crystal studio for another hour of the greatest swing, jazz
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and big band hits of the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties.
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I'm hosting the show to keep the music in traditions
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of past hosts Martin Block, Hal Jarvis, William B. Williams,
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and the legendary Steve Allen alive. Whether you're one of
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my longtime listeners or maybe joining us for the first
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time today, I invite you into the studio for some
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of the greatest jazz and swing hits from the big
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band era. Hello world, and thanks for listening in on
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this broadcast at the Make Believe Ballroom, coming to you
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coast to coast and across the Atlantic Ocean on stations
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like Member Supported Jazz ninety point one WG in Rochester,
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New York, and on other fine affiliates across the US
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as well as in the United Kingdom, Folks. To get
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things underway today, let me select for you from the
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playlist a band leader we have not heard for a
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long time here in the Make Believe Ballroom. Welcome mister
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Charlie Spivac.
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It's art time everybody blamed jo far around the name Blay.
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By Charlie Spivac and his orchestra Hop, Skip and Jump,
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recorded in nineteen forty two. You know, folks, Charlie had
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great longevity in the music industry. He started playing trumpet
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professionally in nineteen twenty four, and he never really stopped
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bandleading and making music until his death in nineteen eighty four.
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Charlie played trumpet for Tommy Dorsey in nineteen thirty eight,
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and his efforts on the horn helped to produce this
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hit that was certainly a hit that keeps on giving.
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Boogie Woogie a best seller for Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra,
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recorded on Victor Records in nineteen thirty eight, but also
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a top five hit in nineteen forty four and then
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again in nineteen forty five Boogie Woogie Folks and Email
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coming from a listener right after.
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This, and.
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When he came on and plenty Organ Lockout when they
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came on and plenty Igon Lockdown. Now I can play
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the Organs for my wife one night, and ever since
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that time, she just won't treat me right.
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And he came on and play the Organ Lookout.
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When the game RG and played the Organ Lookout when
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the game RG and played the org and Lookout.
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He can playing the lost for he didn't need too much.
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I'd like to see him hide the portant so you
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can couldn't find.
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They came on and played the yarg and Lockout.
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When they came on and played the yarg and Lockout.
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When they came on and played the yarg.
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And Lockout, Dicky plays the August Sweet then he plays
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it low. But the thing that I like that is
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Dicky's tremolo.
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And he came on and played the yard and Lockout.
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And he came on and played the yarg and Lockout.
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When he came on and played the Young and Lockout,
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he give played the biggest ugust that I campas see.
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Ickan one Man.
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On Brunswick Records. You just heard when Icky Morgan plays
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the organ by Clark Randall and his Orchestra, recorded in
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New York City, March the fifteenth, nineteen thirty five. And
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you know a number of interesting historical tidbits associated with
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this novelty tune. First and foremost, it was actually written
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by the great Glenn Miller, who also played the trombone
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on the record. And secondarily, there really was no Clark.
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Randall and his Orchestra was a group of session musicians
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whose recording date was led by saxophonist Gil Rodin. The
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vocal attributed to Clark Randall was an actuality Frank Taneil.
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And if that name sounds familiar, it's because Frank was
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the father of Tony Tanil, the popular vocalist who sang
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solo and as many of us remember, was part with
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her husband of the duo The Captain and Tanil and
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Tony Tanil, if I recall correctly, also starred for a
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while in her own TV talk show You just heard
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when Ikey Morgan plays the organ. A lot of cool
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his behind that song. And where is the one and
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only place in the world where you can still hear
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that record played? Well, of course that's on the one,
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the only, the original Make Believe Ballroom, broadcast almost continuously
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since nineteen thirty five and heard today on public and
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community radio stations across the US and in the United Kingdom.
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I received an email if I can find it on
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the computer here standby. I received an email this past
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week from the Shreibers, were good friends from Sarasota, Florida,
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who are ficionados of big band music and are part
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of the music club at their condo complex in Sarasota,
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and who at times, I have been told, listens to
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The Ballroom via podcast and plays the program during music
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club lunches. So Eddie Schreiber asked me in this email
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if I could play a World War two morale boosting song.
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So for you, my dear Schribers from Sarasota.
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One, Bacon two, get on the show, agreed. Don't run,
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obey your red ward.
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Or stay home.
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Bye, keep out the highway six, don't phone obey your
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red ward.
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There are rules that you should know what to do
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and where to go. When you hear the sirens blown, stop,
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look and listen.
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Seven, don't smoke, Hey, have all the kiddies most able?
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Obey your air red warden.
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H m hmmm, stop.
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Wha what.
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Damn the lights? Wait for information, most abom. Obey your
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air raid warden.
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Stop the panic.
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Don't get enough our aim today the call that blah,
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follow the ruse and no.
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Obey your.
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Ward On Bluebird Records, you just heard Obey your air
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raid Warden Tony Pastor and his Orchestra with vocal by
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Tony recorded in nineteen forty three. Where the uninitiated or
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our younger listeners. And there are many younger listeners being
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introduced to jazz, many playing in their jazz bands in
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high school and college. So for you guys, air raid
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wardens during World War two supervised blackout drills. The wardens
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would cruise up and down neighborhood streets across the United
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States to make sure that no lights escaped houses. And
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I'll explain that in just a second. By early nineteen
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forty three, believe it or not, there are about six
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million volunteers in the United States whose roles were to
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protect the homeland in such capacities as being air raid wardens. Now,
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these blackout drills were planned well in advance and advertised
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on the radio and in movie theaters and newspapers. So
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what happened was street lights were turned off at a
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schedule time, and anyone outside was told by the air
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raid warden to take cover inside. Those folks in their
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homes were instructed to pull down the blinds on their
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windows and keep the light inside to a minimum. Folks
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in cars were told to pull over and find shelter
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in the nearest building. As I just mentioned. So the
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idea was that if enemy planes were attacking, they couldn't
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target what they couldn't see, and that any light visible
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from above could possibly attract bombs and gunfire, so everything
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needed to be blacked out. The federal government sponsored public
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service announcements to promote participation in drills and make sure
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people knew what to do. And among the more unusual
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of these promotions was the Tony Pastor Obey Your Air
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Raid Wardens song, which we just listened to. And we
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listened to that song thanks to the suggestion of Eddie Schreiber,
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who wanted to hear some World War two morale boosting tunes. Eddie,
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I thank you for your request, and I hope I
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played one that you and your wife Mary and our
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wonderful listeners probably never heard. And if you like the
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Schreibers of Sarasota want to hear a particular song, please
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email me at Jeff at Make Believe Ballroom Radio dot com.
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That's Jeff at make Believe Ballroom Radio dot com. Or
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you could actually record a request that will be played
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on the air by going to the microphone in the
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lower right hand corner of w w W dot MakeBelieve
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Ballroom Podcast dot com. That's MakeBelieve Ballroom Podcast dot com.
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And if you're making a request on Make Believe Ballroom
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Radio Podcast. In addition to that, you can listen to
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past programs in the Make Believe Ballroom series and now
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Friends A little Jive courtesy of Martha Tilton.
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It makes no difference what your ailmeny. It may be God,
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it may be rumor tis.
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I know the very very fast cure.
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It beats the dial or rescue.
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When you feed art Dragon and you need he's art
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Dragon and you don't know what to do, a little
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jive is good for you when.
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Your booz are chronic and you need a tonic. They
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your shoes and follow through. A little dive is good
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for you.
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Dead lightly, oh lightly, oh todley.
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In a minute, you be in the movies yourself, relaxing
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that ride redaction.
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Try it out, no matter the little jive is good
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for you.
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Better start to take it slowly until you start to
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feel a glow. Get a grippin, don't let go. In
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a minute, you'll be in the movie yourself. Relax. That's
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the rod reaction. Try it I no matter who, a
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little jib.
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Is good for.
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A little jive is good for you. A Martha Tilton
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vocal recorded in nineteen forty one, and after this next
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record a band leader and clarinetist you probably never heard of,
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but with a very interesting story.
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Like the pounding of a hammer, of the clatter of
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the climber of Manhattan.
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Pan around and got the jitters.
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Get my broker, see get my brokers.
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At Chicago on the wire, Hello, mister McIntire, cop eakle
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was going higher.
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I got the generals.
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You know.
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I bought a penthouse with a view, but I haven't
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had a chance to see the view.
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Brought a shiny Cadillac, but I always take a taxi.
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There in the back.
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Got got.
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You know from the moment that I got up on
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the go without let up wait to bring another set up.
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Got the.
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Got the jitters. Don Redmond and his Orchestra recorded on
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Brunswick Records in nineteen thirty four. And you know, friends,
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I actually have the jitters. I have a friend who
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owns a corporate promotions company and was recently gifted with
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a horsetrough sized coffee cup. My friend Brian frequently asks
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me to test new items he's trying to pawn off
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on innocent corporations. But for my part, instead of being
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reasonable with the amount of coffee I placed in this
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I guess it's about ten or eleven inch wide and
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about ten inch deep cup, I overdid it, and now
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indeed do have a bad case of the jitters. But
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I will stop running in place long enough to say this.
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Many of you enjoy when I play tunes by band
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leaders who never appeared on the Make Believe Ballroom. So
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for you right now, a radio broadcast of a song
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titled Calling All Clarinets with the orchestra led by Opie
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Cats to me cass.
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Firing out of his orchestra playing calling a coronet.
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That the.
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That they want about them.
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From a nineteen forty six broadcast Opie Cats and his
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orchestra with calling all Clarinets. This is the first time
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I ever played anything by Opie Kates and a great
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story behind this band leader. Opie was, as we heard,
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a talented clarinet player and a band leader of the
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thirties and forties who then went on to become a
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popular radio actor. Opie didn't make records, per se or
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appear in ballrooms and clubs. His fame came via the
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amount of time he spent on the radio as a
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musical personality and bandleader on many many shows throughout the years.
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As I mentioned, also later a radio actor, appearing in
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programs such as Lum and Abner well as a popular
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band leader. Opie was heard by millions on the radio
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over the years, and two of his biggest fans were
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Sheldon Leonard, the actor and TV producer, and Andy Griffith.
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So when Andy and Sheldon joined forces to create The
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Andy Griffith Show, which premiered in nineteen sixty, what better
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way to pay tribute to Opie Kates than to name
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Andy Taylor's son Opie. Yes, my friend's Opie Taylor, who