CHUCK CECIL "Swingin' Years"

 

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. Early years Cecil was born and raised on an Oklahoma ranch.

CHUCK CECIL "The Swingin' Years - The Big Band Radio Remotes"

 

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. 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.

CHUCK CECIL "The Swingin' Years"

 

 

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.

CHUCK CECIL "Big Band Countdown"

 

Chuck Cecil 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. He also contributed to big band programing for AFRTS including his big band countdown. At conclusion is a newscast from AFN Central Europe, Frankfurt. August 20, 1978.

SWINGIN' YEARS Part 2 of 2 "AFRTS New Years Eve"

 

Part 2 of 2 of a 4 hour Swingin' Years show with Chuck Cecil. Prepared for New Years Eve on AFRTS radio stations.

SWINGIN' YEARS Part 1 of 2 "AFRTS New Years Eve"

 

Part 1 of a 4 hour Swingin' Years show with Chuck Cecil. Prepared for New Years Eve on AFRTS radio stations.

CHUCK CECIL "Big Band Countdown and AFN Germany Newscast"

 

CHUCK CECIL

From AFRTS transcription we hear Chuck Cecil's Big Band Countdown followed by an aircheck of a newscast by Ann Mulligan from AFN Europe Frankfurt Germany. (March 1979)

ANN MULLIGAN, AFN Europe

SWINGIN' YEARS "Chuck Cecil"

The Swingin' Years" perpetuates the memory of swing music, popularized by such acts as Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington. The program focused primarily on Swing, but also included many of the popular ballads of the era that topped the record charts from 1935 to 1955, that Cecil calls "The Swingin' Years". The music played on the program originally came from KFI's vast record library, as well as from Cecil's personal collection of 40,000+ 78 rpm records. As the show progressed, Cecil included audio clips of his interviews with some of the brightest stars of the big band era.

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