BIG BAND REMOTES (Episode 7)

Big Band Remotes and radio programs with vocalist Bob Eberly, Carroll Gibbons, Benny Goodman, Al Overland, Anson Weeks, Ben Pollack and Bill Snyder (poor quality).

ANSON WEEKS

CARROLL GIBBONS

BEN POLLACK

RAY EBERLY

OZZIE NELSON ORCHESTRA "Blackhawk Ballroom"

 

March 3, 1940 The Ozzie Nelson Orchestra performing from the Blackhawk Ballroom in Chicago over the Mutual Network, WGN Chicago. The Blackhawk was a restaurant in the Chicago Loop from 1920 to 1984. It served a menu of American cuisine, notably prime rib and a signature "spinning salad bowl," and was, in the early part of its history a nationally known entertainment venue for Big Band music. From 1930 through the 1940s, Nelson's band recorded prolifically—first on Brunswick (1930–1933), then Vocalion (1933–1934), then back to Brunswick (1934–1936), Bluebird (1937–1941), Victor (1941), and finally back to Bluebird (1941 through the 1940s). Nelson's records were consistently popular, and in 1934, Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder," which he introduced. Nelson’s primary vocalist was Rose Anne Stevens, who appeared in the 1942 movie Down Rio Grande Way and Tomorrow We Live. Later in his big band career, Harriet Hilliard replaced Stevens and Harriet's perky vocals added to the band's popularity. Ozzie and Harriet married and went on to family sitcom history on radio and TV with their sons David and Rickie.----(WIKIPEDIA)

MUSIC PROGRAM "Les Brown"

 

US NAVY presents Les Brown Orchestra with western cowboy singer Jimmy Wakely.

BIG BAND Remote "Ray Eberle"

The Ray Eberle band recorded off the air from ABC Radio. A remote from Philadelphia affiliate WFIL with staff announcer Neil Harvey. July 18, 1947.

BIG BAND REMOTE "Ray Herbeck"

Here is a big band remote on NBC Radio aired April 18, 1945 from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Ray Herbeck was born on 27 November 1910, Los Angeles, California, USA, and died om 17 January 1989, in Phoenix, Arizona. His orchestra was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1935. The Ray Herbeck Orchestra later moved to Chicago following the lucrative Midwest one-nighter circuit. With their theme song, ‘Romance’, Herbeck’s was one of the most commercially orientated orchestras of the day. Herbeck previously worked with Leighton Noble's band.

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ANDY MANSFIELD SHOW "The Glenn Miller Story"

AFRTS. Andy Mansfield hosts a program covering the career of Glenn Miller and his civilian and Army Air Force bands.

Glenn Miller "MIA - 15 DEC 1944"

 

This episode of Glenn Miller's band is a radio remote from The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle New York and has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944 missing in action) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known Big Bands. Miller's notable recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", and "Little Brown Jug". While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Glenn Miller disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel.

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BIG BAND REMOTE "Sandy DeSantis"

 

1938 CBC Radio remote from Vancouver's Palomar Ballroom. Sandy DeSantis, a popular band leader and trumpeter extraordinaire was born in Vancouver BC. He began his professional gig in the 1930’s at the Venice Cafe on Main and Keefer (544 Main Street). Himie Singer built the renowned Palomar Ballroom during that time, opening a spectacular new venue

BIG BAND REMOTE "Woody Herman"

 

March 1945 Over CBS Radio from Chicago's College Inn Hotel.Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his death in 1987. His bands often played music that was cutting edge and experimental for its time; their recordings received numerous Grammy nominations.

BIG BAND "Count Basie"

 

From January 1, 1953, Live from Birdland, NBC Radio presented Basie's All Stars. William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.

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MUSIC PROGRAM "Bob Crosby"

 

Bob Crosby from San Francisco on NBC in 1940 with announcer Bill Goodwin. Episode 7. George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which was formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show and was also seen on The Jack Benny Program. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). Crosby received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for television and radio.

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ANDY MANSFIELD "Artie Shaw"

 

On this episode of the AFRTS series Turn Back The Clock, Andy Mansfield features the music of Artie Shaw from the Big Band Era. Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist. The record eventually became one of the era's defining recordings. 

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BIG BAND REMOTE "Benny Goodman"

 

Benny Goodman "The King of Swing" holding court at the Madhattan Room on October 23, 1937 and broadcast live over CBS Radio. From the legendary Big Band ballroom which hosted major artists and popular radio broadcasts at the Hotel Pennsylvania.

MUSIC PROGRAM "Lawrence Welk"

 

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Radio transcription National Guard Session with Martin Block and Lawrence Welk.

MUSIC PROGRAM " Harry James Orchestra "

 

Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983. He was especially known among musicians for his technical proficiency as well as his tone, and was influential on new trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. He was also an actor in a number of films that usually featured his band. US NAVY Transcription.

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

MUSIC PROGRAM " Anson Weeks Orchestra"

 

A 1931 "Live" remote broadcast from the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. Anson Weeks (February 14, 1896, Oakland, California – February 7, 1969, Sacramento, California) was a pianist and the leader of a popular west coast dance band from the late 1920s through the 1960s, primarily in San Francisco. He made his first recording in Oakland on February 7, 1925, but it was not issued. He formed his first band in 1924 and had key hotel jobs in Oakland and Sacramento. By the late 1920s he led a popular regional orchestra and started recording for Columbia in 1928. He garnerered favorable attention in late 1931 on the "Lucky Strike Magic Carpet" radio program. His vocalists included Art Wilson, Harriet Lee, Donald Novis, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza, Kay St. Germaine, and Bob Gage. In 1932, he signed with Brunswick and recorded prolifically for them through 1935. During this time, his was one of Brunswick's premier bands and was nationally popular. He later did a session for Decca in 1937. Anson Weeks Biography   

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