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Chuck Cecil (December 26, 1922 – April 30, 2019) was a veteran Los Angeles radio broadcaster and longtime host of the syndicated program "The Swingin' Years", a "Best of" radio show for the " big band " era in music, which lasted from 1935 to 1955. Cecil set the gold standard for big band era nostalgia with his legendary program “The Swingin’ Years”, which began a remarkable 60 year run on the air in 1956. The last show aired in July of 2016. This episode is from our AFRTS collection and features excerpts from radio broadcasts by several big bands from 1930's and 1940's.
