MUSIC PROGRAM "Charlie Barnet"

 

Down Beat was an Armed Forces Radio Service program. Episode 140 featured the Charlie Barnet Orchestra. Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His major recordings were "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz", and "Southland Shuffle". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Barnet

The AFRS Story...American military radio

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