Sept. 26, 2025

Make Believe Ballroom - 9/26/25 Edition

Make Believe Ballroom - 9/26/25 Edition
Make Believe Ballroom - 9/26/25 Edition
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The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.

On this week's program: Lionel Hampton changes instruments, a unique big band business model, Charlie Christian and his electric audition, a cartoonish big band - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's broadcast.

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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.

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Ballom time and free to everyone. It's no time to

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friend your Dalis said bombs.

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Close your eyes and visual lize in your solitude.

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Your favorite bands are on this stance and.

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Mister Miller, but you in the wood.

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It's make Believe Ballom time. We are a sweet romance.

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As you make lave bother.

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Come on, gentle, last dance.

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

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of the Make Believe Ballroom and welcoming you into my

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Crystal studio for another program of classic big band hits

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from the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties. Get ready as

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I play for you some amazing big band jazz, swing, blues,

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

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Believe Ballroom, broadcasting almost continuously since nineteen thirty five, My friends,

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and welcome into my Crystal studio for another week of

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big band music. And I start things off today with

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this swing in number in full throttle.

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This st them became.

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Scaca on Bluebird Records. Traffic jam Artie Shaw and his

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orchestra recorded in Hollywood, California, Dune the twelfth, nineteen thirty nine.

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And I am assuming that Artie and company were in

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a Hollywood recording studio for that one, because around the

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same time he was filming the movie Dancing co Ed's

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which was released in September of that year, and in

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that movie, which you could still watch on YouTube, Artie

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Shaw and his orchestra appeared as themselves in the movie.

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Let Me play another Artie Shaw tune that was featured

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in that motion picture.

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First the Liquor Down Boy.

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First the Liquor down Boy, shoots the licker too, down Boy, Shoot.

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You to Him?

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Shoot You to Him? Had later.

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Already Shaw and his new music with a vocal by

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Leo Watson, recorded September seventeenth, nineteen thirty seven. Shoot the

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Liquor to Me, John Boy, recorded on the Brunswick label.

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And Already Shaw Double Dip to get things underway on

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Today's Make Believe ball Room Friends. Let me play one

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more record the listeners Email, recorded in New York City

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on April twenty six, nineteen thirty seven. Rhythm rhythm Lionel

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Hampton and his Orchestra recorded by Victor Records. I'm Jeff Presler,

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

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Make Believe Ballroom emanating from the Crystal Studio. You know,

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I promised a listener's email, but I'm going to hold

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that in abeyance for a few minutes because while playing

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the Hampton record, the Lionel Hampton Record, I wanted to

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take a minute to discuss Lionel and a historic recording

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he made with Louis Armstrong back in nineteen thirty. Now,

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Lionel Hampton, up to that point was better known as

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a jazz drummer than a vibist. Of course, Hampton went

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on to become the greatest vibraphonist on the entire planet.

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And you know, it's interesting the history of the vibraphone. Initially,

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the vibraphone, which was by standards really at that time,

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back in nineteen thirty a modern instrument because it wasn't

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invented until nineteen sixteen, and from its invention on it

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was primarily used for more as a musical novelty instrument

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in vaudeville performances. So in nineteen thirty, the vibraphone was

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beginning to move from the vaudeville stage to jazz music.

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And I don't know if the facts behind this story

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are one hundred percent true, but as it went, at

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one recording session with Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton was asked

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to play a vibraphone that, it is alleged, had been

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left behind in the studio. Now, Lionel had toyed with

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the vibraphone in the past when he discovered one in

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a music store, So this ultimately resulted in the recording

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of the song Memories of You in nineteen thirty, containing

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what is considered to be the first instance of an

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improvised vibraphone solo. Again, I don't know if that's exactly

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as things went some recollections I have read or a

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little different. But in the Okay Records recording studio that session,

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one thing is certain. The record I am about to

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play is the first time a vibraphone was ever heard

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on a jazz seventy eight rpm disc.

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A work against Guys at Sunrise.

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Every since that too, they seems to be bringing me.

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Mama Ree love you.

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No Honey, here and there everywhere scene that we once knew,

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Oh I'm very wrong.

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Just recall I am a reason of you, ladies.

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How I wish I could forget those happy as to

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you as there is, and I've left the rosary out

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tears roll. There is this, your faith, bes and my dreams.

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Despite of all I do, our buddy, everything seeds a

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ring m I'm all reason of you.

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From Okay Records, Memories of You by Louis Armstrong and

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his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra, recorded in Los Angeles,

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October sixteenth, nineteen thirty and Lionel Hampton's vibe opening must

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have pleasantly surprised many listeners to that recording. You may

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not be pleasantly surprised, but I hope you're at least

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delighted to be listening to the one, the only, the

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original Make Believe Ballroom. And one person who was perhaps

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delighted with last week's program was one Stuart Fox, who

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listens on KFQX, and he writes, Jeff quick note, I

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enjoyed your discussion last week on bands that financially failed.

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As you said, artistic successes but financial failures. I know

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from reading that the Castle Law Orchestra had a blueprint

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for success that kept them around for a long time.

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Can you play some Cassoloma and let us know how

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they remained monetarily sound. Enjoy the show and that signed STU.

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Thank you so much, Stewart. The Cassoloma Orchestra did stay

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financially sound for many years, not just due to a

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unique style of management, but also the kind of music

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they played. The Cassoloma Stomp was one of the signature

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numbers of the Cassoloma Orchestra, recorded back in nineteen thirty

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and released on the Okay label. Now what made this

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record special is that Cassoloma Stomp is often cited as

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one of the earliest examples of the emergence of swing,

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prior to Benny Goodman and Fletcher Henderson's arrangements. That well,

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that brought swing fully into the national spotlight a few

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years after that. Let me play cass Alma Stomp, then

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the story of the bands organization. That was not the

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original Okay recording, but rather a Victor recording of Castloma

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Stomp by the Castloma Orchestra, recorded in New York City

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February seventeenth, nineteen thirty three. I think they recorded the

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song two or three times. So, folks, a quick question

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about Castloma Stomp. What song did parts of that record resemble? Well,

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how about a little California Here I Come. The Cassloma Stomp,

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it was said, was built on the same Well, it

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was built on the same melodic and rhythmic framework as

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California Here I Come, and obviously was recast as a

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riff driven jazz stomper to be used as part of

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the Castoloma Stomp. So let's leave the recording session and

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go into the offices of the Castoloma Orchestra so I

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can answer Stuart Fox's question about the Castoloma business model. Now,

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many bands of the nineteen thirties were one man shows.

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The leader called the shots, but the Cassloma Orchestra was

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totally different. When the orchestra was formed in nineteen twenty nine,

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the band members had a meeting and they was very foresighted.

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They decided to set up the band as a corporation.

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Every musician bought stock, shared the profits, and voted on discipline. So,

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for example, since everyone relied on the profits of the band,

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that was made if you showed up late for rehearsal,

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say or you drank a little too much or you

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were inappropriate, the band could instantly vote you out, and

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that strict businesslike approach gave them stability throughout the depression

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beyond that, from a musical standpoint, with Gene Giffert's arrangements

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and Glenn Gray, the saxophonist, serving as the frontman, the

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Casteloma Orchestra became one of the first swing bands to

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make it big. Many musicians stayed with the band for

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between five and ten years, a very high figure at

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the time, and that was due with no small part

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of their business model. Let's hear one more from the

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Castaloma Orchestra via Brunswick Records, Panama by Glenn Gray and

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the Casteloma Orchestra, recorded in New York City, July the nineteenth,

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nineteen thirty four. And thanks to you Stuart Fox for

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your great question about the Castloma Orchestra and how they

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did business to reach me like Stuve Fox did. You

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can send your emails to Jeff at MakeBelieve Ballroom Radio

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

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to hear past shows in the series Going to Make

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Believe Ballroom dot Com. Make believe ballroom dot Com and

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listeners email let me see what we have. Oh yeah,

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we have an email with a requested acknowledgment that'll be

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coming your way a little later on in the show.

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And they don't. They don't, and then didn't, and din't didn't,

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they didn't, and there isn't that just didn't and there' anything.

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Recorded on November the twenty second, nineteen thirty nine, for

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Columbia Records in New York City, we just heard the

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Benny Goodman Sex tent with seven Come eleven, little song

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about the game of dice, featuring Benny Goodman on the clarinet,

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Charlie Christian the electric guitar, Lionel Hampton the vibraphone. Fletcher

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Henderson was playing the piano, Hardy Bernstein the bass, and

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Nick Fittool the drummer. And much like the song we

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played earlier where Lionel Hampton introduced the jazz world to

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the vibraphone, here in seven Come eleven we heard Charlie

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Christian offer us what is often cited as one of

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the first true jazz guitar masterpieces ever recorded. And it's

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interesting how Benny Goodman developed his musical relationship with Charlie Christian.

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It was in August of nineteen thirty nine and Benny

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Goodman was in Los Angeles playing a few dates and

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looking for some new talent. His friend and producer John

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Hammond had been urging him to hear a young guitarist

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from Oklahoma City, Charlie Christian, who was in Los Angeles

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at the time. Benny, though, was extremely skeptical about listening

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to a guitarist, but he did it as a favorite

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to Hammond. Benny, while in California, was playing for several

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nights at the Victor Hugo Restaurant, and that is where

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Hammond told Christian to appear. And when Charlie arrived, Goodman

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called out an old tune Rose Room, figuring it would

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trip him up, and Benny could tell Hammond, I told

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you so. I listened to the guy and wasn't impressed.

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But Christian he came up on the bandstand, plugged in

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his electric guitar, and well, I guess the best way

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to describe is he literally soared chorus after chorus. He

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took Rose Room the song. Benny Goodman figured he never

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played to twenty choruses in all, and from that chance audition,

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the electric guitar and Charlie Christians stepped into the spotlight,

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and with them I think the sound of modern jazz.

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Was born about him.

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Like some.

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Folks we just heard a record recorded by, I feel

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one of Harlem's most overlooked band leaders, Claude Hopkins. Hopkins

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was a classically trained pianist who carried on his piano,

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ragtime and stride into the swing era, where in Harlem

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he was a fixture at both the Savoy Ballroom and

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the Cotton Club. Hopkins Orchestra was never the biggest, but

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it was among the tightest and most danceable bands in

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the nineteen thirties. Among his standout recordings were Mushmouth and

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the tune you Just Heard Washington Squabble. Both of them

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were lively brassy numbers, and I think what I find

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really cool about Washington Squabble is how Claude Hopkins hopkins

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piano playing stayed rooted in stride and rag time, and

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in that number Washington Squabble, how he was able to

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bridge the gap between stride, ragtime and the swing era.

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Claude Hopkins is Jeff Bresler speaking. I'm speaking of music

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from the big band era of the nineteen thirties and forties.

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Here on the make Believe ballroom. I hope you're enjoying

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the show. Let me now play a record with music

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that might sound somewhat familiar if you are a lover

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of a certain genre of film.

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Very lar the one Thing, the Looking the Fish, the

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do Nothing.

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Doing from Victor Records. Powerhouse by the Raymond Scott Quintet,

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recorded in New York City, February the twentieth, nineteen thirty seven.

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So I mentioned to you folks that the song Powerhouse

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might say somewhat familiar. Let me explain. In the late

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nineteen thirties, while swing bands were king, a Juilliard educated

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composer and pianist, one Raymond Scott, was charting his own course.

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He assembled the Raymond Scott Quintet. It's funny, it wasn't

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a true quintet. It was actually six players, and it said,

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and I have read that Scott just thought the name

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quintet sounded hipper. Well, the Raymond Scott Quintet set out

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to perform. How do I describe this? They really set

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out to perform. I guess you would call it little

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miniature jazz compositions. Unlike most bands of the era, Scott's

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group left absolutely no space for improvisation. Every part that

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Scott wrote was meticulously written, giving their music the Raymond

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Scott Quintet's music a precision that was more like a

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chamber music than swing, and the results, as we heard,

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were unusual and pretty interesting. Raymond Scott written pieces, as

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we heard with Powerhouse, combined syncopated rhythms with a sense

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of comic timing. Now, where did you possibly hear the

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music from Powerhouse in the past? Well, to answer that,

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I have to add an additional gentleman into the mix.

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In nineteen thirty six, a guy named Carl Stalling joined

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Warner Brothers as their musical director. He was synonymous with

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both the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies sounds. Now, Carl

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Stalling's primary job was to score ten to twelve minutes

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of cartoons every week, and that was an enormous workload.

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So the way Carl handled this was by creating what

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could be best described as a musical collage, and in

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order to do that, he borrowed many riffs from Raymond

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Scott pieces like Powerhouse, as well as other composers. So

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That is why Powerhouse might sound so familiar to so

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many of my listeners, as it might bring back past

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memories of classic Looney Tunes and Merry Melody cartoons. And

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for our younger listeners to the make Believe ballroom, you

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go to YouTube and watch the cartoons, the old Looney

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Tunes and Merry Melody cartoons, and to hear some of

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the music I have been discussing. Let me play another

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novelty tune, probably more familiar to old cartoon officionados than

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even Powerhouse.

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All the Merry Go Round broke down. As we went

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round and.

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Round each time would need.

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Re steel accused while the Merry go round Web, All

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the Merry go Round broke down. It made the darning

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sound and the lights went long. We both said off

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and the Merry go round Web, Oh what fun, a

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wonderful time hinding love?

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Or only a dime?

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What a mary?

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Or round broke down? But you don't see me brown.

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Everything is fine, and now she's minecause the Merry goes

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around with a Merry go around.

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My Victor records The Merry Go Round Broke Down by

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Eddie Dutchen and his Orchestra. Vocal by Lou Sherwood, recorded

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in New York City, made the fourteenth, nineteen thirty seven,

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and that song quickly climbed to number two on the

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weekly Your Hit Parade. Carl Stallings, after hearing that record,

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really wanted that one for Warner Brothers, so they purchased

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the rights from the songwriting duo of Friend and Franklin

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and chose it as the official theme for Looney Tunes.

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And as many of you know, it fit perly with Bugs, Bunny,

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Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and the overall want a Brother's

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cartoon style. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I promised you

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another email that I wanted to read, and I want

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to do this before we run out of time. Jeff

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at Makebeley Ballroomradio dot com, Jeff Atmacbeley Ballroomradio dot com

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if you want to connect with the show. And this

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email is from Larry Kaletta who listens on w DXR

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radio in New Orleans, and Larry writes low, Jeff, I

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would appreciate it if in honor of my wife's sixty

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fifth birthday, you could play the song Linda that was

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sung by Buddy Clark. My wife's name is Linda Kaletta

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and we, in addition to her birthday, are also celebrating

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our fortieth wedding anniversary this year. We love your show

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and have been listen and enjoying it for many years.

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Thank you for all you do to keep big band

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music thriving. That's signed Larry Coletta. Thank you so much, Larry.

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A wonderful tribute for your wife Linda's sixty fifth And

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although she wasn't sixty five, I think you might be surprised.

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And I'll tell you after the record who the song

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Linda was written for?

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Hello, cutie, what's your name?

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Fresh?

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I don't talk to strangers.

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I'm no stranger. Been waiting every evening for me to

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walk by.

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Keep waiting.

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I'm still walking.

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Paul, what's your name?

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None of your business?

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Pretty lame, And I'll just.

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Call you Linda.

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Well, how did you guess?

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When I go to sleep, I never count sheep. I

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count all the charmarms about Linda, And lately it seems

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in all of my dreams I walk with my arms

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about Linda.

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But what good does it do me?

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For Linda doesn't know I exist. Can't help feel and

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gloomy think of all the love and I have missed.

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We pass on the street, my heart skips a beat.

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I say to.

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Myself, Hello, Lindo. If only she'd smile, I'd stop her

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a while and then I would get to know Linder.

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But miriall still happened. And when my lucky star begins

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to shine with one lucky break on me cler.

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Mm hmmmmm hmmm. Well this is where I live.

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What could I see again sometime?

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Maybe?

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How about the Saturday night? Well, shall I pick up

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at eight? Okay, oh boy, that's a day by now,

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So marracles do happen? No, my lucky stars begin A

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shot worth one Lucky Bray comedy Lynnda.

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On Columbia Records. We just heard Linda, a number one

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hit back in nineteen forty seven Ray Noble and his

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orchestra vocal by Buddy Clark. And I told you Larry

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and Linda before the record that I would reveal who

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the real Linda in the song was. The real life

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Linda who inspired the writing of the two is said

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to have been six year old Linda Eastman, and she

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would go on in the future to become a musician,

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a photographer, and the future wife of one Sir Paul

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McCartney of Beatles Fame. Happy birthday to Linda and happy

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anniversary to both of you. Linda and Larry Coletta from

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Louisiana and folks, we have come to the end of

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another edition of the Make Believe Ballroom. Thank you so

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much for joining me today. To reach me, like Larry

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and Linda from Louisiana and earlier Stuart Fox from Seattle, Washington,

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you can go to your smartphone or your computer and

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send an email to Jeff at Make Believe Ballroom Radio

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

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And to hear over two hundred past archived programs, please

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visit make Believe Ballroom dot com. That's MakeBelieve Ballroom dot com.

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And how about as a bonus for the Collettas from

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New Orleans. In a little gypsy tea room Louis Prima

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and his New Orleans Gang recorded on Brunswick Records in

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nineteen thirty five. So until next week, this has been

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Jeff Bressler.

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When I was.

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Feeling blood, it was in a little gypsy tea room.

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I passed their eyes on you. When the gypsy came

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to read the TV.

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It made me feel quite gay when she said that

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someone in the tea room would come and steal my

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heart away. I thought it really inconceivable, but just imagine

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my surprise.

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You made the story quite redevable. Riding down two before my.

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Eyes when the smilet, sweetness that.

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The world is, you made a dream come true. Or

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it was in little gipsy tea room I gave my

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heart to you that at