Podcasts about Kay Kyser

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 59:27

This week I feature the two Kays, Sammy Kaye and Kay Kyser. Kay Kyser led a very successful swing orchestra although he didn't play an instrument. Sammy Kaye on the other hand, was a clarinetist and saxophonist but didn't play with his band. Both had unusual attractions: Kyser had "The College of Musical Knowledge" and Sammy had, "So You Want To Lead A Band?". Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Phil Harris Hosts Kollege (BONUS)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 33:34

August 9, 1944 - "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" was fun music quiz show. When they needed a guest host they called on Phil Harris. Play along and enjoy the music!

Runestone

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 58:52

1 - From Alpha to Omega - Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 19382 - E-String Rag - Hank Garland - 19513 - G-String Boogie – Frank Nelson with Alvino Rey and his Orchestra – 19484 - Alphabet Song - Murray K. Hill - 19095 - K-K-K-Katy - Billy Murray – 19186 - Alpha March - Arthur Pryor's Band - 19127 - L-L-L-L-A - Mae Williams and the Town Criers with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra – 19478 - I Can't Give You Anything but Love (And the Alphabet) - Tommy Mercer with Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra - 19509 - N Everything - Al Jolson – 191710 - The ABCs of the USA - Miss Jones and Mr Murray - 190811 - O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Bert Williams – 191912 - Qua Qua Qua - Carlos Galhardo - 194513 - A You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) - The Buddy Kaye Quintet – 194814 – V-Day Stomp - The Four Clefs - 194515 - W. P. A. - Bon Bon with Jan Savitt and His Orchestra – 194016 - ABC Blues - Ricky Jordan and the Vivien Gary Trio – 1947

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Horse Music

The Good Old Days of Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 36:41

Songs include: Wild Horses, His Rocking Horse Ran Away, Black Horse Blues, Empty Saddles, Riders In the Sky, Horses Don't Bet On People and The Ride of the Valkeries. Performers include: Betty Hutton, Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Kay Kyser and Perry Como.

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Revisiting Resolutions

Yesterday Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2024

Just an episode checking in on those New Year's resolutions you made earlier this month, along with listening to some Kay Kyser and Phil Harrishttps://archive.org/download/240120-revisiting-resolutions/240120%20Revisiting%20Resolutions.mp3

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Episode #241: Christmas 1945: Command Performance

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 111:18

It's the last stop on our Christmas list, and for our big winter spectacular, what better than a grand, whopping, two-hour Christmas blockbuster, packed with more top entertainers of vintage Hollywood than you can shake a reindeer at? This fun holiday sleigh ride features Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Herbert Marshall, Jimmy Durante, Jerry Colonna, Johnny Mercer, Judy Garland, Ed Gardner, Frances Langford, Kay Kyser, Frank Sinatra, Mel Blanc, The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir, Cass Daley, Harry Truman, and more! Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we're also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MK8MVCY4DVBAM8ZK39WD

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World War 2 Shorts from 1943

The World War 2 Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 14:59

Today we have a collection of some World War 2 radio shorts from 1943. We kick off with the Army Nurse March, then it's Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition from Kay Kyser. That's followed with two public service spots and finally, a few commercials. Be sure to visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts for past episodes and more or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/ww2radio.

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Saturday Matinee - Aldrich Family (Thanksgiving Turkey), Little Things in Life (Free Turkey), The Apple Tree, Nat King Cole Trio

Vintage Classic Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 91:43

Welcome to another delightful episode of Vintage Classic Radio's "Saturday Matinee." Today's lineup is a nostalgic journey through some of the golden oldies of radio nearing the Thanksgiving holidays, perfect for those who cherish the classics. We start with "The Aldrich Family" in their hilarious episode "The Thanksgiving Turkey," originally aired on November 23rd, 1952. This episode is a classic family comedy where Henry Aldrich, played by Bobby Ellis, finds himself in a comical predicament while trying to procure a turkey for Thanksgiving, leading to a series of humorous misunderstandings and mishaps. The cast also includes House Jameson as Mr. Aldrich, Katharine Raht as Mrs. Aldrich, and Jackie Kelk as Homer Brown. Following this, we'll enjoy "The Little Things in Life" show, featuring the episode "The Free Turkey." This lesser-known gem of radio comedy revolves around the protagonist, played by Milton Cross, accidentally receiving a turkey intended for someone else and the ensuing comedic chaos. Midway through our program, we have a musical interlude with the renowned Kay Kyser and his Orchestra, presenting the timeless classic "Shine On Harvest Moon." This enchanting melody is sure to transport you back in time with its nostalgic charm and Kyser's unique orchestral style. Next, we step into the world of romance with the "Colgate Theater of Romance" show and its episode "The Apple Tree," which first aired on June 20, 1950. This poignant episode is a touching story about love and the passage of time, centered around a couple and their cherished apple tree, symbolizing their enduring love. The episode is known for its emotional depth and captivating storytelling, making it a standout in the series. We conclude our evening with the soothing sounds of the Nat King Cole Trio from 1947. Nat King Cole's velvet voice accompanied by the smooth rhythms of the trio is the perfect end note, leaving our listeners with a sense of warmth and nostalgia. Join us for this memorable journey through the golden age of radio, where laughter, drama, and music blend seamlessly to create a magical evening. Remember, Vintage Classic Radio's "Saturday Matinee" is your ticket to reliving the best moments of yesteryear. Tune in and let the memories flood in!

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Dungeon of Suspense - Episode 91

This Gun in My Hand

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023

Who shackled Falk in a dungeon cell? How did he get there? How will he escape? How can he fill ten minutes when there's no one to banter with? Listen to find out!Dungeon of Suspense, episode 91 of This Gun in My Hand, was built by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialogue. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who's the companion that never leaves me alone in a prison cell? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Suggested viewing after you listen to this episode, or any time: John Carpenter's The Fog, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Gravity Falls.2. I have no idea if Argosy was hard or easy to get published in, never read it. It's just the name of a magazine that was active in 1939, I think.3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Kyser%27s_Kollege_of_Musical_Knowledge4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ish_Kabibble5. One of Anne Rice's novels opens with the line "The Vampire Lestat here." Reeaaallly killed the vibe for me.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: R16-33-Chains Dragging.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486285/Sound Effect Title: R26-19-Foley Chains.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481924/Music Title: Lachrimæ, or Seaven Teares - 9. Sir Henry Umpton's FuneralComposed by John Dowland, 1604Performed by I SolipsistiPerformance license: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://musopen.org/music/43281-lachrimae-or-seven-tears/The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a drawing by H. Lanos, from a sketch by W.T. Maud, “Turkish prisoners sitting in a cell with a barred window,” public domain, published in The Graphic (London), 1896.

Features vintage recordings by Count Basie, Larry Clinton and Jimmy Dorsey. We also listen to a great Soundie by Kay Kyser and learn about self cleaning soap. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat. Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

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Kay Kyser - Kollege of Musical Knowledge -Maritime Service Catalina Island, CA 01 27 43

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 32:36

Audio Introduction gives information about this "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" by Kay Kyser and his orchestra at the Maritime Service on Catalina Island, CA on January 27, 1943. Always fun to listen to with a terrific orchestra, vocalists, some comedy, and "game show" with members of the armed forces audience... This show will live in Big Band/Jazz Playlist on Soundcloud.com - Heirloom Radio

THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES: THE SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET with THE "MIGHTY MEZ" - SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD - EPISODE #12 - OLE BUTTERMILK SKY by HOAGY CARMICHAEL (1946, from the film, CANYON PASSAGE)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 5:10

What is a “buttermilk sky?,” I asked myself. It's such an evocative image, and for years I would simply envision a magnificent sunset of red and gold, suffused through a canopy of fluffy clouds. I googled it, and I was right! Up came rows of beautiful celestial pics, and although those photos are fantastic, the image in my mind's eye had them all beat - attached as it was to an indefinable, stirring emotion within me, mystical in its effect. That lyric was summoned from the ether by Jack Brooks, with Hoagy Carmichael writing the music. Hoagy introduced the tune in the film “Canyon Passage” with Dana Andrews, but, its appeal transcended the Cowboy genre. It was so popular that in December of 1946 there were four versions of the song in the top 20, led by Kay Kyser's band at #1. You may be aware that Hoagy was also the composer of “Stardust”, considered by most to be the best pop standard of the Great American Songbook ever written. And, he wrote the anthemic “Georgia on my Mind”. Film clips of him reveal one of the most relaxed and natural performers who ever appeared on celluloid - usually seated at a piano. In my Acting class we screened “The Best Years of Our Lives” and Hoagy's encounter with the amputee Harold Russell, as he gives avuncular advice to the traumatized vet while tinkling the ivories is one of my favorite moments in a classic film stuffed with unforgettable scenes. I'm not sure, but my sense is that the image of the buttermilk sky reminds us of the evanescence of life, and the sweet sadness of a longed-for love.

G.I. Journal (Show 167)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 28:49

Features vintage recordings by Bing Crosby, Kay Kyser and The King Sisters. We listen to some great music featured on the old radio show "G.I. Journal" and learn a little about Una Mae Carlisle. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat. Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

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In The Spring (Lion Tamer)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 32:03

April 25, 1937 - In The Spring Tra-La. Phil Harris gets mad at Jack Benny for talking during the band number and trhe whole cast ends up walking off the set in anger. Then Jack visits Andy Devine at his parents house for supper. References include the phrase "too, too devine", the bandleader Abe Lyman, Ish Kabibble from Kay Kyser's band, actor Clark Gable and actress Jean Harlow, and the circus lion tamer Clyde Beatty.

Sisters and Savings Bonds (Show 155)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 31:04

Features music by Kay Kyser, Raymond Scott and Charlie Spivak. We also listen to select tracks from an old radio show starring The Andrews Sisters and some PSA's about the U.S. Savings Bond Payroll Plan. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat. Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

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Command Performance - Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell, Kay Kyser,James Cagney - July 11, 1942

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2023 32:27

Introduction to the Command Performance program and a description of what was happening in World War II during the time of this performance. More shows in "Big Band and Jazz" Playlist

Reenacting the Playlist (Show 149)

Golden Classics Great OTR Shows

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 31:39

Features vintage Big Band performances by Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra and Freddy Nagel. We also learn why you should have an extra package of Alka Seltzer on the side. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat. Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 30:23

Mail Call was an American radio program that entertained American soldiers from 1942 until 1945, during World War II. Lt. Col. Thomas A.H. Lewis (commander of the Armed Forces Radio Service) wrote in 1944, "The initial production of the Armed Forces Radio Service was 'Mail Call,' a morale-building half hour which brought famed performers to the microphone to sing and gag in the best American manner." The program featured popular entertainers of that day, such as Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, and Dinah Shore, performing musical numbers and comedy skits to boost the morale of soldiers stationed far from their homes. Lewis added, "To a fellow who has spent months guarding an outpost in the South Seas, Iceland or Africa a cheery greeting from a favorite comedian, a song hit direct from Broadway, or the beating rhythm of a hot band, mean a tie with the home to which he hopes soon to return Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradio Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/ Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio

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Episode 031: You'll Find Out (1940)

Cinematic Crypt

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 64:02

Each episode Batzina Belfry travels six feet under to pry open a coffin of one of her favorite Hollywood corpses to perform a post watch examination of one their forgotten films. In episode 031, she uncovers a gaggle of corpses and dissects the 1940 David Butler horror musical picture, You'll Find Out and takes a trip to the morgue to chat cadavers with Dr. Ashley Jane Carruthers. Together they autopsy character actor, Kay Kyser. Hope you tune in!

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The Answer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 120:00

1 - Who Am I? – Al Bowlly with Savoy Hotel Orpheans – 19312 - Where Are You? - Connie Boswell with Ben Pollack and his Orchestra - 19373 – Where? - Harriet Hilliard with Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra – 19414 - What's What? - Sully, Harry, Ish and Jack with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 19405 - That's What - The King Cole Trio - 19476 - So What! - Tommy Dorsey and his Sentimentalists – 19407 - Why? - Irving Kaufman with Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra – 19298 - Oh Why, Oh Why - Dan Grisson with Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra - 19399 - Since When? - The Broadway Syncopators – 192310 - Guess Who? - Arthur Fields with the Carolina Club Orchestra – 192911 - Who Did It? - Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra – 191912 - Who Dat Up Dere? - Woody Herman and his Orchestra – 194313 - Who Are You? - Ella Fitzgerald - 194114 - Who Are You? - Clyde Rogers with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra – 194115 - Who? - Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra – 193716 - Who-oo? You-oo! That's Who! - Irving Kaufman – 192717 – Why is Marriage Like Taking a Bath – It Pays to Be Ignorant – 1944 (Radio Comedy)18 – What Was It? – The Weird Circle – 1943 (Radio Drama)19 – Who? - California Melodie Syncopators – 1926

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Sound Off -No. One Song Kay Kyser Orchestra- ca. 1944 - Pop music of the era

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2022 16:57

It is all in the introductory audio... military overseas sent in their votes for top 4 songs and the "winners" assuming there was no fraud in the voting... are played by DJ Bill Goodwin from number 4 to number 1. Some big stars and some great music all in 15 min. Track will be living in the Jazz/Big Band Playlist on this Podcast.

Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge at Hoff Hospital - March 28, 1945

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 34:03

Introductory audio has background about Hoff Hospital and the appearance of Kay Kyser and his Orchestra as he brings his "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" to the many military members who are patients in Hoff Hospital on March 28, 1945. The hospital served over 27,000 military personnel in 1945! This is a mixture of comedy, music, and some quiz questions about music... and if an audience member got the correct answer to Kay's question.... there were prizes. Fun show, especially in light of where it was held and why it was held... many wounded soldiers were in that hospital and Kay Kyser was there to raise their morale... and that he did very well. This will be stored in our "Big Band and Jazz" Playlist.

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8/13/22 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Tuned to Yesterday

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2022 51:59

Variety: Sealtest Variety Theater “Guests: Brian Donlevy, Kay Kyser” 2/24/49 NBC, Radio Almanac 5/24/44 CBS.

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Burns and Allen Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 29:56

George Burns and Gracie Allen was one of the funniest duos in the history of American comedy. Both came from vaudeville, where they performed from childhood, honing their skills. When they met and decided to work together, they created an act that is unforgettable. While their earlier shows continued their standup vaudeville act, they gradually transformed their format to create one of the earliest situation comedies.

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Golden Classics Great OTR Shows

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 29:34

The biggest names in Hollywood and Broadway recorded for AFRS during the war years, The American Forces Network can trace its origins back to May 26, 1942, when the War Department established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). The U.S. Army began broadcasting from London during World War II, using equipment and studio facilities borrowed from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first transmission to U.S. troops began at 5:45 p.m. on July 4, 1943, and included less than five hours of recorded shows, a BBC news and sports broadcast. That day, Corporal Syl Binkin became the first U.S. Military broadcasters heard over the air. The signal was sent from London via telephone lines to five regional transmitters to reach U.S. troops in the United Kingdom as they prepared for the inevitable invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Fearing competition for civilian audiences the BBC initially tried to impose restrictions on AFN broadcasts within Britain (transmissions were only allowed from American Bases outside London and were limited to 50 watts of transmission power) and a minimum quota of British produced programming had to be carried. Nevertheless AFN programmes were widely enjoyed by the British civilian listeners who could receive them and once AFN operations transferred to continental Europe (shortly after D-Day) AFN were able to broadcast with little restriction with programmes available to civilian audiences across most of Europe (including Britain) after dark. As D-Day approached, the network joined with the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to develop programs especially for the Allied Expeditionary Forces. Mobile stations, complete with personnel, broadcasting equipment, and a record library were deployed to broadcast music and news to troops in the field. The mobile stations reported on front line activities and fed the news reports back to studio locations in London. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entertainment Radio Stations Live 24/7 Sherlock Holmes/CBS Radio Mystery Theater https://live365.com/station/Sherlock-Holmes-Classic-Radio--a91441 https://live365.com/station/CBS-Radio-Mystery-Theater-a57491 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apple Tree Suite (Show 106)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 30:18

Features songs by Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Kay Kyser and more. That famous Apple Tree we heard so much about in the 1940's takes center stage. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat. Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

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Golden Classics Great OTR Shows

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 120:00

1 - You Hit My Heart with a Bang - Evelyn Poe with The Ole Tom-cat of the Keys Bob Zurke and his Delta Rhythm Band - 19402 - We'll Get a Bang Out of Life - Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 19383 - Bang Bang - Jimmie Davis – 19464 - Bang Bang Boogie - Nat "King" Cole and the Trio – 19505 - Doin' the Boom Boom - Earl Burtnett and his Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra - 19296 - Doin' the Boom Boom - Leo Reisman and his Orchestra – 19297 - Oooooh Boom! - Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - 19378 - Oooooh Boom! - Mike Riley and his Round and Round Boys – 19389 - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - Claude Treiner with Jim Wynn and his Bobalibans - 194510 - Bing! Bing! - Prince's Band – 191511 - Chatter-Box - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - 193712 - Texas Chatter - Harry James and his Orchestra – 193813 - The Clang of the Forge - Frank C. Stanley and Henry Burr – 190914 - Chi Bim Bam Boom - Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Orchestra - 195015 - Siss-Boom-Ah! - Conway's Band – 191616 - Wham Re Bop Boom Bam - June Richmond with Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - 194017 - Wham Re Bop Boom Bam - Willie Smith with Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra – 193918 – Travesty – Tales of the Texas Rangers – 1952 (Radio Drama)19 – Highway of Escape – The Whistler – 1945 (Radio Drama)20 - Boom - Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights including Hiedt's High Lights: Mary, Jane, Fay, and Tony - 1939

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Afrs 031 - Command Performance - Bing Crosby - Abbott Costello - Kay Kyser 08-30-42

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 29:34

Cocktails and The Mole (Show 88)

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 31:00

Features vintage Big Band recordings by Louis Prima, Freddy Martin, Kay Kyser and Benny Goodman. We also listen to a couple of catchy Soundies. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat. Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Command Performance with Kay Kyser, Gary Cooper April 12, 1945 AFRS Variety Show

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 30:28

The Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast shows to the troops overseas during WW II. These were not heard on national broadcast radio... they were shortwave radio shows totally volunteered by talent, engineers, studios... to support the morale of the troops overseas. This is a Musical, Comedy, Variety show with guest host Kay Kyser and his College of Musical Knowledge Orchestra. Comedian Jerry Colonna, and special guest Gary Cooper. This show was broadcast just about a month before WW II ended in Europe VE Day. Same excellent music, comedy, with lots of enthusiasm and good spirits. You can almost feel it through the speaker... the War was coming to an end. Americans had worked together to defeat Hitler and were only 4 months away from defeating Japan. Amazing what we can do when we work together. There is a lesson to be learned or relearned in this program. This lives in the "Musical-Variety-Comedy" Playlist.

Revisited Part 7 - Two Kays Kay Kyser and Sammy Kaye

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021 59:45

On Part 7 of my revisited series, I'm going back to a program I produced in 2012. I called it Two Kays because I highlighted Kay Kyser and Sammy Kaye. They had two very good bands and played in what is called the sweet style of swing. There is some good music in this program and I hope you enjoy the music of Kay Kyser and Sammy Kaye. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Command Performance with Kay Kyser And Co - April 1, 1942 - AFRS- Variety Show

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Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 29:43

Back in time to 1942... the United States had been at War with Japan and Germany for a little less than 4 months. Command Performance was a program that featured comedians, musicians, singers, actors that our troops overseas requested....hence "Command" Performance. This program features Kay Kyser and his Orchestra by popular demand.. Command Performance programs were totally donated... no one, not even the technicians got paid. The stars donated their talent and time as did the networks who donated the broadcast facilities. These shows were not heard on the regular network broadcasts... only over the Armed Forces Radio Service via shortwave radio. The military preserved excellent recordings of their programs for us to enjoy today.... More of "Command Performance" in the Playlist "Variety-Comedy-Musical" .

Fish

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 36:49

Songs include: Three Little Fishies, Gone Fishin, Don't Fish In My Sea, Fish For Supper, Saturday Night Fish Fry and Fishin Around. Performers include: Kay Kyser, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Lee Konitz, Louis Jordan, Ma Rainey, Lionel Hampton and Mildred Bailey.

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Second Hand Shopping Spree

CHUCK SCHADEN'S MEMORY LANE

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 60:00

1 - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Chick Bullock with Archie Bleyer and his Orchestra - 19352 - A Zoot Suit for My Sunday Gal - Sully Mason with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 19423 - Shirt Tail Stomp - Bennie Goodman's Boys - 19284 - I Like the Hat, I Like the Dress, and I Like the Girl That's In It - Byron G. Harlan – 19115 - Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet - Woody Guthrie and Cisco Huston - 19456 - All Dressed Up With a Broken Heart – Connie Boswell - 19257 - Cotton Lisle Stockings and a Two-Dollar Dress - Daisy Mae and Old Brother Charlie - 19528 - A Blue Serge Suit with a Belt in the Back - Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – 19499 - Get Your Boots Laced Papa - Woody Herman and his Orchestra - 194010 - Two Pairs of Shoes - Mildred Law with Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra – 194111 - A New Ten-Gallon Hat - Sheriff Tom Owen and his Cowboys – 194512 - Min Høje Hat - Valdemar Davids med Anker Skjoldborgs Dansorkester – 193613 - Bell Bottom Trousers - Lily Ann Carol with Louis Prima and his Orchestra - 194514 - She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue - Ambrose and his Orchestra – 193515 - The Coat and Pants Do All the Work and the Vest Gets All the Gravy - The Six Jumping Jacks – 192616 - Scarf Dance by Cecile Chaminade - Gray Gordon and his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra – 194017 - Swaller-Tail Coat - Boyd Heath – 1945

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Chuck Schadens Memory Lane April 2021 Program 58

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 58:00

REMEMBERING OCCUPATIONS as we recall some of the jobs people have had over the years. It’s a musical tribute to employers and employees, career men and women, and full- and part-timers. Punching in on our time-clock are Sammy Kaye, Kay Kyser, and more.

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Episode 71: Stage Door Canteen #2

Danny Lane's Music Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 59:19

This is another of our salutes to the music and service that the Stage Door Canteens provided to military personnel during World War II. The Stage Door Canteen refers to the famous World War II-era Times Square social club for soldiers temporarily stationed in New York City awaiting deployment, usually to the war in Europe. It opened March 2, 1942, in a space underneath the 44th Street Theatre. The canteen was open seven nights a week and offered servicemen dancing, entertainment, food and nonalcoholic drinks, and even opportunities to rub shoulders with celebrities. And it all was FREE. The New York acting community did everything. They would perform songs, comedy, and short versions of the plays and musicals that were playing on Broadway. Actresses also served as hostesses and dancing partners. The New York Stage Door Canteen was immediately popular. The space was 40-by-80 feet and could accommodate 500 people, but it was filled to capacity from the start. Seven other canteens were later located in Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Francisco and Newark and Los Angeles. In 1943 the success of New York’s Stage Door Canteen prompted a movie about the popular service men's center and featured stars of the big screen and popular Big Bands. One of the many praiseworthy qualities of the canteens was their credo. They were open to all servicemen of every Allied nation, and without any form of segregation. As the war dragged on, the popularity of the canteens never wavered. By November 1945, Stage Door Canteens were operating in eight US cities and London and Paris. Together, they entertained and fed 11 million Allied servicemen. The only canteen to rival the original’s fame was the Hollywood Canteen in Los Angeles, thanks to its proximity to the country’s biggest stars. Instead of theater people, movie stars and crew members did the work. Hollywood Canteen, the movie, was the fourth highest grossing film of 1944. Watch both movies. You’ll be entertained and hear some great music. If you ever visit the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, you’ll see a replica of the Stage Door Canteen. We hope you enjoy this music of the Stage Door Canteens. Please accept this as a tribute to the Greatest Generation. To all our service members past and present, thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your service. Enjoy. - - - Join the conversation on Facebook at - - - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008232395712 or by email at - - - dannymemorylane@gmail.com - - - You’ll hear: 1) When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires, vocals) 2) Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer by The Song Spinners [The only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the US] 3) I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) by Harry James & His Orchestra (with Dick Haymes, vocal) [Reached #1 on the Juke Box chart on 6/10/44 - Lasted 6 wks] 4) They're Either Too Young or Too Old by Bette Davis [From Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), a film made as a World War II fundraiser, with the stars donated their salaries to the Hollywood Canteen, which was founded by John Garfield and Bette Davis] 5) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (with Julie Conway and Harry Babbitt & The Group, vocals) [A fan favorite from the Stage Door Canteen (1943) era] 6) Rosie The Riveter by Four Vagabonds [Rosie the Riveter was the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II] 7) She's a Bombshell from Brooklyn by Xavier Cugat [From the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 8) Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (with Peggy Lee, vocal) [Featured in the movie, Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 9) Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires, vocals) [Featured in the movie, Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 10) Till The End Of Time by Perry Como [Spent 19 weeks on the Best Seller chart, 9 weeks at #1 and a million seller] 11) V-Day Stomp by The Four Clefs (Johnny Green, Adam Cato, Melvin Chapman, Jack Martin) [A World War II classic] 12) Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week) by Frank Sinatra [Featured in the movie, Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 13) Mairzy Doats by The Merry Macs [Reached #1 on the Juke Box chart on 3/18/44 - Lasted 5 weeks] 14) Don't Worry Island by Freddy Martin & His Orchestra [From the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 15) Why Don't You Do Right? by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (with Peggy Lee, vocal) [Featured in the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen and sold 1 million records] 16) Corns for My Country by The Andrews Sisters [From the original film soundtrack of The Hollywood Canteen (1944)] 17) Now Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song) by Bing Crosby (with The Ken Darby Choir, vocals) [Became known as Po Atarau and was used as a farewell to Māori (the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand) soldiers going to off War] 18) Katharine Hepburn’ advice. [A clip from the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 19) We Mustn't Say Goodbye by Lanny Ross [From the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 20) Goodnight, Sweetheart by Ray Noble & His Orchestra (with Snooky Lanson, vocal) [A best seller from the WWII era] 21) I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen by Jan Garber & His Orchestra [From the Broadway All-Soldier Show "This Is The Army" (1942) written by Irving Berlin]

Telephone

Music Through The Mists of Time

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 60:00

1 - Hallo, Was MacHst Du Heut' Daisy - The Comedian Harmonists - 19312 - Give Me Your Telephone Number - J. C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks – 19303 - Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra - 19404 - Call Me Darling - Merle Johnston – 19315 - Dust on My Telephone - Jim Boyd and his Men of the West - 19496 - Telephone Blues - Floyd Dixon with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers – 19517 - Ring, Telephone, Ring - The Ink Spots - 19418 - Ring, Telephone, Ring - Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 19479 - Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land - Al Jolson - 191810 - Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land - Edna Brown – 191811 - Telephone Waltz - Helge Rungwald og Jens Warny med sit Orkester - 193612 - Hello, Hello! - Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band – 191913 - On the Party Line - Billy Murray - 191714 - When the Lightnin' Struck the Coon Creek Party Line - Hoosier Hot Shots – 194115 - Call the Police - The King Cole Trio - 194016 - Daddy, Come Home - Billy Murray - 1913

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Music Through the Mists of Time Episode 15: Just Three Simple Songs

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 14:27

This podcast makes a return with 3 simple songs from Kay Kyser and Orchestra, Frankie Trumbauer (and orchestra) and Larry Clinton (and well, you get the idea). Just simple feel good songs of yesteryear.

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Music Depreciation - Dixieland One-Step

Old Time Radio Listener

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 29:33

The term 'music depreciation' is an interesting enough play on words in and of itself. Spike Jones and His Orchestra may well have coined the term in the course of their various irreverent, but brilliant send-ups of popular--and traditional--music over the years. Their aim being to both knock some of the most revered classics off their pedestals a notch or two, while at the same time deconstructing some of the most popular classics and contemporary music to their basic common denominators: beat and meter, dynamics, and harmony. Spike Jones, while ostensibly clowning with famous music, was brilliant at breaking down those three key essentials to illustrate what made truly great music great. Kay Kyser had also been a proponent of musical deconstruction. Over the course of their combined forty years of influence in musical entertainment, they both helped to fire the imaginations of countless music enthusiasts into looking at music, its structure and composition in a far different light. As mentioned above, The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street often went to great lengths to illustrate these very points. It was the popular success of The Chamber Music Society . . . that inspired the Don Lee-Mutual network to create a similar program that began airing in the Winter of 1944. Called Music Depreciation, it aired a format very similar to the long-running Chamber Music Society series, but in an even more abbreviated and light-hearted tone. And in a nod to the era, the overarching theme of most broadcasts was Swing Music of the era. The program was in all likelihood the brainchild of Ruben Gaines, a poet, writer and radio broadcaster with a flair for irony and music education. His previous Meet the Band series over Don Lee equally sought to shed light on not only the history of music, but its proponents as well. Gaines assembled the team for Music Depreciation comprised of the brilliant and versatile composer and arranger, Frank De Vol, and Les Paul and his Trio.

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THE SNEAK DISS SNEAKER PODCAST EPISODE 229 – SNEAKER AWARDS RESULTS, REEBOK, KOBE NIKE, TOP 10 PICKUPS OF 2020.

The Sneak Diss Sneaker Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 183:31

SNEAKER AWARDS RESULTS, REEBOK, KOBE NIKE, TOP 10 PICKUPS OF 2020 Intro Beat: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Kay Kyser and His OrchestraSME, KM Records (on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment); LatinAutor, Kobalt Music Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, AMRA, and 4 Music Rights Societies Thesneakdiss.comIG:@thesneakdissTwitter:@the_sneakdiss All pics are from GOAT, Stadium Goods, NBA Store, Undefeated, Bleacherreport, sports grid, sports logos and sports

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Episode 26: Religion (Part 1)

Music For The New Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 96:26

Episode 26 explores topics related to religion, faith and spirituality through discussion and music, featuring music by Prince, Tori Amos, Tim Minchin, Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, Joan Osborne, XTC, Susan Werner and Carrie Newcomer, with an exclusive interview with Eric Bazilian; plus musical excerpts from The Roches, Kay Kyser, Kitty Wells, "Fiddler on the Roof," George Harrison, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Elton John, R.E.M., Handel, Hildegard von Bingen, Iris DeMent, Jethro Tull, and the Chester Children's Chorus. Playlist: 1. Prince: The Cross 2. Tori Amos: God 3. Tim Minchin: Thank You God (Live) 4. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins: The Big Guns 5. Joan Osborne: One Of Us (by Eric Bazilian) 6. XTC: Dear God 7. Susan Werner: (Why Is Your) Heaven So Small 8. Carrie Newcomer: Room At The Table

Science Fair

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 60:00

1 - I'm For You a Hundred Percent - Lloyd Keating and his Music - 19312 - I'm For You a Hundred Percent - Merle Johnston Orchestra – 19313 - Ten Little Bottles - Bert Williams - 19204 - Ten Toes - Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers – 19475 - It's a Hundred to One (I'm in Love) - Jeanne D'Arcy and The Three Jacks with Johnny Messner and his Music Box Band - 19396 - A Thousand Good Nights - Paul Small and His Orchestra – 19347 - Ten Thousand Years from Now - Henry Burr - 19238 - Ceide Meile Faltue (One Hundred Thousand Welcomes) - Shaun O'Nolan – 19269 - After a Million Dreams - John Boles - 192910 - A Million Dreams Ago - Harry Cool with Dick Jurgens and his Orchestra – 194011 - Tenth Interval Rag - Gene Rodemich's Orchestra - 192412 - One In a Million - Jerry Perkins with Mal Hallett and his Orchestra – 193613 - Two Shadows - Virginia Simms with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra - 193814 - The Four Clefs Woogie - The Four Clefs with Theodore Roosevelt Marshall on piano – 194515 - Straight Eight Boogie - Teddy Powell and his Orchestra - 194116 - Sweet Sixteen Blues - La Rue's Cats – 194617 – London Bridge is Falling Down – James Rushing with Count Basie and his Orchestra – 1938

Webb, Berigan and the Importance of Hat Room

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 30:27

Episode 33 features music by Chick Webb, Vincent Lopez, Kay Kyser, Bunny Berigan and more. Ronnaldo also rambles on about Rambler. ...and remember, if you want to listen to more Big Band and Swing Music check out SwingCityRadio.com to hear Your Big Band Favorites from the 1930's, 40's and Today! * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Just an Expression, You Know

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 60:00

1 - Clean as a Whistle - Frank Barton with Tom Coakley and his Palace Hotel Orchestra – 19332 - You're as Pretty as a Picture - Carmene Calhoun with Henry King And His Orchestra - 19383 - Blue as a Heart Ache - Tex Williams And His Western Caravan - 19484 - Busy as a Bee - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 19395 - Fresh as a Daisy - Marion, Jack and Tex with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra - 19406 - Fresh as a Daisy - Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser and his Orchestra – 19407 - High as a Georgia Pine - Roosevelt Sykes and his Original Honeydrippers - 19478 - I'm as Free as a Breeze - Sam Nichols with his Melody Rangers – 19479 - Pretty as a Queen - Hal "Lone Pine" and his Mountaineers – 195310 - Pretty as a Butterfly - Charles P. Lowe – 191011 - Right as the Rain - Jimmy Saunders with Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra – 194412 - Loose as a Goose - Cecil Gant – 194613 - Soft as Spring - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - 194114 - Sharp as a Tack - Harry James and his Orchestra – 194115 - Snug as a Bug in a Rug - Bon Bon with Jan Savitt And His Tophatters – 193916 - Stubborn as a Mule - Margie Day with The Griffin Brothers – 195117 - Sweet as a Song - Larry Cotton with Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers – 1937

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Make Believe Ball Room - 10/12/20 Edition

Make Believe Ballroom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 58:01

On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM over Public Broadcasting and Community Radio stations across the county we feature Gene Krupa, Anita O’Day and Ray Eldridge along with a little boogie with Will Bradley, Freddie Slack and Ray McKinley, a Nat King Cole legend, Ginny Simms sings with Kay Kyser, a monumental Battle of the Bands, also Bing Crosby, Connie Boswell, Count Basie and much more!

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Publicity Agent (Gildersleeve).mp3

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 32:41

September 30, 1945 - It's daylight savings and Jack Benny is back from his USO tour and ready for a new season. Jack mentions his summer replacment, Wayne King, Phil Harris' song "That's what I Like About The South", radio programs like The Great Gildersleeve, Cass Daley, Kay Kyser, Edger Bergan and Charlie McCarthy, Fred Allen, The Lone Ranger (Al Jennings Lawsuit), John's Other Wife and Porche Faces Life, plus L.A. used car dealers The Smiling Irishman and Madman Muntz.

Podcast 38: Whispering Jack Smith to Effie Atherton.

Forgotten songs from the broom cupboard

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 60:44

All records, apart from one, are from the Booth family collection. That one is Alma Cogan and the jolly but macabre Lizzie Borden. Leslie Holmes sings the cautionary tale of Annie doesn't live here anymore. What a great title- I like pie, I like cake. A lovely Vocalion label from the Geoffrey Goodhart Orchestra (1926.) Goodhart only recorded for one year, so its a bit of a rarity. Next Roger Wolfe Kahn. The son of a wealthy banker family, he was a successful booking agent, musician, arranger, composer, band leader and aviator! The Midnight Minstrels perform Aren't we all. Two version of Deep Purple. Billy Ward and his Dominoes(1957) and Kay Kyser(1939). Compare and contrast. Red Ingle and his Natural Seven from 1948: Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild Wild Women and Serutan Yob. Both side are completely mad and sound strangely modern. Its a record with a chunk out of the start and a crack. Bear with it. Serutan was a laxative! Two from Whispering Jack Smith, billed as the Whispering Baritone. Lovely, subtle , soft delivery. He was very popular in the 20s and 30s but his style was probably out of fashion by the 1940s. Shame, two great song. Two comedy numbers next. Monty's Meanderings from Milton Hayes. He wrote The yellow eye of the green god. Then Fred Gibson with Buying a stamp. Effie Atherton was a relative of the donor of these records and was born in Edinburgh in 1907. She sings- My young man is ever so nice and Dennis the Menace from Venice, mid 1930s. Certainly adopts two different singing styles. Effie was in a couple of films in the 30s and starred on stage and revues. She died in London in 2005. We finish with a Balalaika flourish and Pouree is Ukrainishe Pysen- Ukraine Potpourri. Which was recorded in New Jersey USA in 1925. Variety is spice of life!

Kyser, Kirk and Long Distance Calls

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 30:39

Episode 15 features music by Fletcher Henderson, Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, Kay Kyser and Raymond Scott. We listen to a fantastic recording of a Glenn Miller Radio Remote from 1939 and we also learn the importance of calling ahead, long distance. ...and remember, if you want to listen to more Big Band and Swing Music check out SwingCityRadio.com to hear Your Big Band Favorites from the 1930's, 40's and Today! * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Monicas And Mannequins

Attaboy Clarence

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 51:27

In this week’s show…Gorgeous music from Bing Crosby and Kay Kyser!Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy glam it up in a fairytale of New York!Kay Francis and Warren William find a very unorthodox pathway to parenthood…And much more, including an interesting announcement…Radio entertainment comes from the Screen Guild Theatre, and features an array of stars!To become a Co-Producer of the shows CLICK HERE

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Don Wilson Walks Out (Kit Carson)

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 33:39

December 8, 1940 - Jack Benny does his impression of Kit Carson. Plus they mention Kay Kyser's new movie "You'll Find Out" and Jack Bnny's upcoming movie with Fred Allen "Love Thy Neighbor". They also talk about new electric clothes iron vs the old gas iron.

The Music of World War II Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2019 55:50

On Big Band Bash this week we will continue with part 2 of the "Music of World War 2". Some of the artists we'll be hearing from today are Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, Kay Kyser, Nat King Cole, Freddy Martin, Jimmy Dorsey, and Charlie Spivak. These were the songs that our men in the service were listening to as they headed into battle. World War 2 changed the big bands. During this time there were recording bans and out of this the vocalists became very popular. Also, because of gas rationing the bands didn't get to tour as much. I hope you enjoy the selections on the show from the years of 1940 to 1945. Thank you for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

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Two Kays - Kay Kyser and Sammy Kaye

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019 59:27

For the show today I have brought out a show I produced several years ago. I ran out of time this week but will have a new show for next week. This week's show is a little different from the type of show I usually do. I prefer the swing bands but I realize that lots of people enjoy bands other than the ones I like. So today we'll be hearing some music from the Ol' Professor, Kay Kyser. Kay led a very popular band and was featured on the radio and in the movies. Another band that was quite different was Sammy Kaye's outfit. He led a band that was called a sweet band. He had several hits during the swing era and he made a large number of records for Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, Bell Records, and the American Decca record label. He was also a hit on radio. I hope you enjoy this encore presentation of Big Band Bash. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

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Episode 56, “Top Hits of 1946,”

Sam Waldron

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2019 58:21

Show 56, “Top Hits of 1946,” presents every #1 best-selling song from that year, with performances by Kay Kyser, Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, The Ink Spots, Perry Como, Betty Hutton, Betty Barclay, and... Read More The post Episode 56, “Top Hits of 1946,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.

#165 | The Rise Of Organized Violence: The Brutalities Of National Identity w/ Siniša Malešević

Last Born In The Wilderness

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2019 70:50

In this episode, I speak with Siniša Malešević — Full Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University College in Dublin, Ireland. Siniša is the author of numerous books, including ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence’ and the upcoming ‘Grounded Nationalisms.’ We discuss Siniša research into the historical formation of national identity (nationalism) in the modern era, and how the molding of national identities by nation states over the past several centuries has given rise to unprecedented large-scale violence, at a scale previously unseen throughout human history. In this discussion with Siniša, we examine his research into the sociological roots of the nation state in the modern era, as well as the social mechanisms and techniques the nation state uses in order to wed the individual (the citizen) to the ideologies and interests of the nation — through a combination of sophisticated state propaganda, state-mandated education (indoctrination), and warfare. Siniša expounds on the role nationalism (and its corollary: patriotism) has played in the “rise of organized brutality” — a function implicit in the formation and legitimation of the nation state. In Siniša’s work and in this interview, he “demonstrates that violence is determined by organizational capacity, ideological penetration and micro-solidarity, rather than biological tendencies, meaning that despite pre-modern societies being exposed to spectacles of cruelty and torture, such societies had no organizational means to systematically slaughter millions of individuals.”♢ We discuss these subjects and more in this episode. Siniša Malešević is a Full Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University College, Dublin, Ireland. He is an elected member of Royal Irish Academy and Academia Europaea (the European Academy) and an elected Associated Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the author of numerous books, including ‘Grounded Nationalisms,’ ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence,’ ‘Nation-States and Nationalisms: Organisation, Ideology and Solidarity,’ ‘The Sociology of War and Violence,’ ‘Identity as Ideology,’ and ‘The Sociology of Ethnicity.’✦ ♢Source: http://bit.ly/OrganizedViolence ✦Source: http://bit.ly/SMbio Episode Notes: - Learn more about Siniša’s work at his website: https://sinisa2malesevic.wordpress.com - Pre-order Siniša’s new book ‘Grounded Nationalisms’: https://amzn.to/2AyCWSj - Learn more about and purchase Siniša’s book ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence’: https://amzn.to/2TnA0ih - Much of Siniša’s research can be found here: http://ucd.academia.edu/SinisaMalesevic - The song featured in this episode is “Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition” by Kay Kyser from the album Heart & Soul: Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser. - WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com - PATREON: http://bit.ly/LBWPATREON - DONATE: Paypal: http://bit.ly/LBWPAYPAL Ko-Fi: http://bit.ly/LBWKOFI - DROP ME A LINE: (208) 918-2837 - FOLLOW & LISTEN: SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/LBWSOUNDCLOUD iTunes: http://bit.ly/LBWITUNES Google Play: http://bit.ly/LBWGOOGLE Stitcher: http://bit.ly/LBWSTITCHER RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/LBWRADIOPUB YouTube: http://bit.ly/LBWYOUTUBE - NEWSLETTER: http://bit.ly/LBWnewsletter - SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: http://bit.ly/LBWFACEBOOK Twitter: http://bit.ly/LBWTWITTER Instagram: http://bit.ly/LBWINSTA

Forgotten Christmas Songs Part One

A History Of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2018 38:30

Lesser-known Christmas music from the 1930s through the 1950s. Songs include: Christmas Candles, Shake Hands With Santa Claus, Santa Claus' Party, Little Christmas Tree, Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney and Christmas Swing. Performers include: Ella Fitzgerald, Les Baxter, Kay Kyser, the Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole, The Orioles and Django Reinhardt.

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Wynonie Harris and "Good Rockin' Tonight"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 31:39

Welcome to episode seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we're looking at Wynonie Harris and "Good Rockin' Tonight" ----more---- Resources As always, I've created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode. All the music I talk about here is now in the public domain, and there are a lot of good cheap compilations available. This four-CD set of Wynonie Harris is probably the definitive one. This two-CD set of Roy Brown material has all his big hits, as well as the magnificently disturbing "Butcher Pete Parts 1 & 2", my personal favourite of his. Lucky Millinder isn't as well served by compilations, but this one has all the songs I talk about here, plus a couple I talked about in the Sister Rosetta Tharpe episode. There is only one biography of Wynonie Harris that I know of -- Rock Mr Blues by Tony Collins -- and that is out of print, though you can pick up expensive second-hand copies here. Some of the information on Lucky Millinder comes from Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Gayle F Wald, which I also used for the episode on Rosetta Tharpe. There are articles on Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, and Cecil Gant in Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll by Nick Tosches. This book is considered a classic, and will probably be of interest to anyone who finds this episode and the next few interesting, but a word of caution -- it was written in the 70s, and Tosches is clearly of the Lester Bangs/underground/gonzo school of rock journalism, which in modern terms means he's a bit of an edgelord who'll be needlessly offensive to get a laugh. The quotes from Harris I use here are from an article in Tan magazine, which Tosches quotes. Before Elvis, a book I've mentioned many times before, covers all the artists I talk about here. And again, archive.org's collection of digitised 78 records was very useful. Patreon Admin Note I have updated the details on my Patreon to better reflect the fact that it backs this podcast as well as my other work, and to offer podcast-related rewards. I'll be doing ebooks for Patreons based on the scripts for the podcasts (the first of those, Savoy Stompers and Kings of Swing should be up in a week or so), and if the Patreon hits $500 a month I'll start doing monthly bonus episodes for backers only. Those episodes won't be needed to follow the story in the main show, but I think they'd be fun to do. To find out more, check out my Patreon. Transcript There's a comic called Phonogram, and in it there are people called "phonomancers". These are people who aren't musicians, but who can tap into the power of music other people have made, and use it to do magic. I think "phonomancers" is actually a very useful concept for dealing with the real world as well. There are people in the music industry who don't themselves play an instrument or sing or any of the normal musician things, but who manage to get great records made -- records which are their creative work -- by moulding and shaping the work of others. Sometimes they're record producers, sometimes they're managers, sometimes they're DJs or journalists. But there are a lot of people out there who've shaped music enormously without being musicians in the normal sense. Brian Eno, Sam Phillips, Joe Meek, Phil Spector, Malcolm McLaren, Simon Napier-Bell... I'm sure you can add more to the list yourself. People -- almost always men, to be honest -- who have a vision, and a flair for self-publicity, and an idea of how to get musicians to turn that idea into a reality. Men who have the power to take some spotty teenager with a guitar and turn him into a god, at least for the course of a three minute pop song. And there have always been spaces in the music industry for this sort of person. And in the thirties and forties, that place was often in front of the band. Most of the big band leaders we remember now were themselves excellent musicians -- Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, you could put those people up against most others on their instruments. They might not have been the best, but they could hold their own. But plenty of other band leaders were mediocre musicians or couldn't play at all. Glenn Miller was a competent enough trombone player, but no-one listens to the Glenn Miller band and thinks "wow, one of those four trombone players is fantastic!" And other band leaders were much less involved in the music. Kay Kyser -- the most successful bandleader of the period, who had eleven number one records and thirty-five in the top ten -- never played an instrument, didn't write songs, didn't sing. He acted as onstage MC, told jokes, and was the man at the front of the stage. And there were many other bandleaders like that -- people who didn't have any active involvement in the music they were credited with. Bob Crosby, Bing's brother, for example, was a bandleader and would sing on some tracks, but his band performed plenty of instrumentals without him having anything to do with them. Most non-playing bandleaders would sing, like Bob Crosby, but even then they often did so rarely. And yet some of them had an immense influence on the music world. Because a good bandleader's talent wasn't in playing an instrument or writing songs. It was having an idea for a sound, and getting together the right people who could make that sound, and creating a work environment in which they could make that sound well. It was a management role, or an editorial one. But those roles can be important. And one of the most important people to do that job was Lucky Millinder, who we've talked about a couple of times already in passing. Lucky Millinder is a largely forgotten figure now, but he was one of the most important figures in black music in the 1940s. He was a fascinating figure -- one story about how he got his name is that Al Capone was down ten thousand dollars playing dice, Millinder offered to rub the dice for luck, and Capone ended the night fifty thousand dollars up and called him Lucky from then on. (I think it's more likely that Lucky was short for his birth name, Lucius, but I think the story shows the kind of people Millinder was hanging around with). He didn't play an instrument or read music or sing much. What Millinder could definitely do was recognise talent. He'd worked with Bill Doggett, before Doggett went off to join the Ink Spots' backing band, and the trumpet player on his first hit was Dizzy Gillespie, who Millinder had hired after Gillespie had been sacked from Cab Calloway's band after stabbing Calloway in the leg. He had Rosetta Tharpe as his female singer at the beginning of the forties, and Ruth Brown -- who we'll talk about later -- later on. He'd started out as the leader of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, the house band in the Cotton Club, before moving on to lead, as his own band, one of the main bands in residence at the Savoy, along with occasionally touring the chitlin circuit -- the rather derogatory name for the clubs and theatres that were regular tour stops for almost all major black artists at the time. Slowly, during the 1940s, Millinder transitioned his band from the kind of swing music that had been popular in the thirties, to the jump band style that was becoming more popular. And if you want to point to one band that you can call the first rhythm and blues band, you probably want to look at Millinder's band, who more than any other band of the era were able to combine all the boogie, jump, and jive sounds with a strong blues feeling and get people dancing. Listen, for example, to "Savoy" from 1943: [Excerpt: "Savoy" by Lucky Millinder] In 1944, after Rosetta Tharpe had left his band, Millinder needed a new second singer, to take the occasional lead as Tharpe had. And he found one -- one who later became the most successful rhythm and blues artist of the late 1940s. Wynonie Harris. Harris was already known as "Mr. Blues" when Millinder first saw him playing in Chicago and invited him to join the band. He was primarily a blues shouter, inspired by people like Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing, but he could also perform in a subtler style, close to the jive singing of a Cab Calloway or Louis Jordan. Harris joined the Millinder band and started performing with them in their residency at the Savoy. Shortly after this, the band went into the studio to record "Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well?" [excerpt "Who Threw The Whiskey in the Well?"] You'll note that that song has a backbeat. One of the things we talked about right back in episode two was that the combination of the backbeat and the boogie bass is what really makes rock and roll, and we're now getting to the point that that combination was turning up more and more. That was recorded in May 1944, almost straight after the end of the musicians union strike, but it wasn't released straight away. Records, at that time, were released on discs made out of shellac, which is a resin made from insect secretions. Unfortunately, the insects in question were native to Vietnam, which was occupied by Japan, and India, which was going through its own problems at the time, so shellac was strictly rationed. There was a new product, vinylite, being made which seemed promising for making records, but that was also used for lifejackets, which were obviously given a higher priority during a war than making records was. So the record wasn't released until nearly a year after it was recorded. And during that time, Wynonie Harris had become a much more important part of Millinder's band, and was starting to believe that maybe he deserved a bit more credit. Harris, you see, was an absolutely astonishing stage presence. Lots of people who spoke about Elvis Presley in later years said that his performances, hip thrusts and leg shaking and all, were just a watered-down version of what Wynonie Harris had been doing. Harris thought of himself as a big star straight away, This belief was made stronger when "Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well" was finally released. It became a massive hit, and the only money Harris saw from it was a flat $37.50 session fee. Millinder, on the other hand, was getting the royalties. Harris decided that it was his vocal, not anything to do with the rest of the band, that had made the record a success, and that he could make more money on his own. (In case you hadn't realised, yet, Wynonie Harris was never known as the most self-effacing of people, and that confidence gave him a huge amount of success on stage, but didn't win him many friends in his personal life). Harris went solo, and Lucky Millinder replaced him with a trumpet player and singer called Henry Glover. Harris started making records for various small labels. His first record as a solo artist was "Around the Clock Blues", one of the most influential records ever made: [Excerpt "Around the Clock Blues" by Wynonie Harris] If that sounds familiar, maybe it's because you've heard this song by Arthur Crudup that Elvis later covered: [excerpt of "So Glad You're Mine" by Arthur Crudup, showing it's more or less identical] Or maybe you know "Reelin' and Rockin'" by Chuck Berry... [excerpt of "Reelin' and Rockin'" by Chuck Berry, showing it's also more or less identical] And of course there was another song with "Around the Clock" in the title, and we'll get to that pretty soon... The band on "Around the Clock", incidentally, was led by a session drummer called Johnny Otis. That record, in fact, is one of the milestones in the development of rock and roll. And yet it's not the most important record Wynonie Harris made in the late 1940s. Harris recorded for many labels over the next couple of years, including King Records, whose A&R man Ralph Bass we'll also be hearing more about, and Bullet Records, whose founder Jim Bulleit went on to bigger things as well. And just as a brief diversion, we'll take a listen to one of the singles he made around this time, "Dig this Boogie": [excerpt "Dig This Boogie", Wynonie Harris] I played that just because of the pianist on that record -- Herman "Sonny" Blount later became rather better known as Sun Ra, and while he didn't have enough to do with rock music for me to do an episode on him, I had to include him here when I could. Wynonie Harris became a big star within the world of rhythm and blues, and that was in large part because of the extremely sexual performances he put on, and the way he aimed them at women, not at the young girls many other singers would target. As he said himself, the reason he was making fifteen hundred dollars a week when most famous singers were getting fifty or seventy-five dollars a night was "The crooners star on the Great White Way and get swamped with Coca-Cola-drinking bobby-soxers and other 'jail bait'. I star in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, and Missouri and get those who have money to buy stronger stuff and my records to play while they drink it. I like to sing to women with meat on their bones and that long green stuff in their pocketbook". And he certainly made enough of that long green stuff, but he spent it just as fast as he made it. When he got a ten thousand dollar royalty cheque, he bought himself two Cadillacs and hired two chauffeurs, and every night at the end of his show they'd both arrive at the venue and he'd pick which one he was riding home in that night. Now, having talked about Wynonie Harris for a little bit, let's pause for a moment and talk about one of his fans. Roy Brown was a big fan of Harris, and was a blues singer himself, in something like the same style. Brown had originally been hired as "a black singer who sounds white", which is odd because he used a lot of melisma in his vocals, which was normally a characteristic of black singing. But other than that, Brown's main vocal influences when he started were people like Bing Crosby and other crooners, rather than blues music. However, he soon became very fond of jump blues, and started writing songs in the style himself. In particular, one, called "Good Rockin' Tonight", he thought might be popular with other audiences, since it always went down so well in his own shows. Indeed, he thought it might be suitable for Wynonie Harris -- and when Harris came to town, Brown suggested the song to him. And Harris wasn't interested. But after Brown moved back to New Orleans from Galveston, Texas, where he'd been performing -- there was a girl, and a club owner, and these things happen and sometimes you have to move -- Brown took his song to Cecil Gant instead. Gant was another blues singer, and if Harris wasn't up for recording the song, maybe Gant would be. Cecil Gant was riding high off his biggest hit, "I Wonder", which was a ballad, and he might have seemed a strange choice to record "Good Rockin' Tonight", but while Gant's A-sides were ballads, his B-sides were boogie rockers, and very much in the style of Brown's song -- like this one, the B-side to "I Wonder" [excerpt "Cecil Boogie" by Cecil Gant] But Gant wasn't the best person for Brown to ask to record a song. According to Jim Bulleit, who produced Gant's records, everything Gant recorded was improvised in one take, and he could never remember what it was he'd just done, and could never repeat a song. So Gant wasn't really in the market for other people's songs. But he was so impressed by Brown's singing, as well as his song, that he phoned the head of his record company, at 2:30AM, and got Brown to sing down the phone. After hearing the song, the record company head asked to hear it a second time. And then he told Gant "give him fifty dollars and don't let him out of your sight!" And so Roy Brown ended up recording his song, on Deluxe Records, and having a minor hit with it: [excerpt "Good Rocking Tonight" by Roy Brown] When you listen back to that, now, it doesn't sound all that innovative at all. In fact it wears its influences on its sleeve so much that it namechecks Sweet Lorraine, Sioux City Sue, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Caldonia, all of whom were characters who'd appeared in other popular R&B songs around that time -- we talked about Caldonia, in fact, in the episode about "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" and Louis Jordan. It might also sound odd to anyone who's familiar with later cover versions by Elvis Presley, or by Paul McCartney and others who followed the pattern of Elvis' version. Brown only sings the opening line once, before singing "I'm gonna hold my baby as tight as I can". Those other versions restructure the song into a fairly conventional sixteen-bar blues form by adding in a repeat of the first line and a chord change along with it. Roy Brown's original, on the other hand, just holds the first chord, and keeps playing the same riff, for almost the entire verse and chorus -- the chord changes are closer to passing chords than to anything else, and the song ends up having some of the one-chord feel that people like John Lee Hooker had, where the groove is all and harmonic change is thrown out of the window. Even though you'd think, from the melody line, that it was a twelve-bar blues, it's something altogether different. This is something that you need to realise -- the more chords something has, in general, the harder it is to dance to. And there will always, always, be a tension between music that's all about the rhythm, and which is there for you to dance to, and music which is all about the melody line, and which treats harmonic interest as an excuse to write more interesting melodies. You can either be Burt Bacharach or you can be Bo Diddley, and the closer you get to one, the further you get from the other. And on that spectrum, "Good Rockin' Tonight" is absolutely in the Diddley corner. But at the time, this was an absolutely phenomenal record, and it immediately started to take off in the New Orleans market. And then Wynonie Harris realised that maybe he'd made a mistake. Maybe he should have recorded that song after all. And so he did -- cutting his own, almost identical, cover version of Brown's song: [excerpt from "Good Rocking Tonight" by Wynonie Harris] There are a few differences between the two, of course. In particular, Harris introduced those "hoy hoy" vocals we just heard, which weren't part of Roy Brown's original. That's a line which comes from "The Honeydripper", another massively important R&B record. Harris also included a different instrumental introduction -- playing "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" at the start, a song whose melody bears a slight resemblance to Brown's song. Harris also adds that backbeat again, and it's for that reason that Wynonie Harris' version of the song, not Roy Brown's original, is the one that people call "the first rock and roll record". Other than those changes, Harris' version is a carbon copy of Roy Brown's version. Except, of course, that Wynonie Harris was one of the biggest stars in R&B, while Roy Brown was an unknown who'd just released his first single. That makes a lot of difference, and Harris had the big hit with the song. And "Good Rocking Tonight", in Harris' version, became one of those records that was *everywhere*. Roy Brown's version of the song made number thirteen on the R&B charts, and two years later it would re-enter the charts and go to number eleven – but Harris' was a world-changing hit, at least in the R&B market. Harris' version, in fact, started off a whole chain of soundalikes and cash-ins, records that were trying to be their own version of "Good Rockin' Tonight". Harris himself recorded a sequel, "All She Wants to Do is Rock", but for the next two years everyone was recording songs with “rock” in the title. There was Roy Brown's own sequel, "Rockin' at Midnight": [Excerpt "Rockin' at Midnight" by Roy Brown] There was Cecil Gant's "We're Gonna Rock" [Excerpt] There was "Rock the Joint" by Jimmy Preston [Excerpt] From 1948 through about 1951, if you listened to rhythm and blues records at all you couldn't escape this new rock craze. Record after record with "rock" in the title, with a boogie woogie bassline, with a backbeat, and with someone singing about how they were going to rock and roll. This was, in fact, the real start of the rock and roll music fad. We're still six years away from it coming to the notice of the white mainstream audience, but all the pieces are there together, and while we're still three years away even from the canonical "first rock and roll record", Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88", 1948 is when rock and roll first became a cohesive, unified, whole, something that was recognisable and popular, a proper movement in music rather than odd individuals making their own separate music. Of course, it was still missing some of the ingredients that would later be added. First-wave rock and roll is a music that's based on the piano and horn sections rather than guitars, and it wouldn't be until it merged with hillbilly boogie in the early fifties that the electric guitar started to be an important instrument in it. But... we've talked before and will talk again about how there's no real "first rock and roll record", but if you insist on looking for one then "Good Rocking Tonight" is as good a candidate as any. Neither of its creators did especially well from the rock and roll craze they initiated though. Roy Brown got a reputation for being difficult after he went to the musicians' union to try to get some of the money the record company owed him -- in the 1950s, as today, record companies thought it was unreasonable for musicians and singers to actually want them to pay the money that was written in their contract -- and so after a period of success in the late forties and very early fifties he spent a couple of decades unable to get a hit. He eventually started selling encyclopaedias door to door -- with the unique gimmick that when he was in black neighbourhoods he could offer the people whose doors he was knocking on an autographed photo of himself. He sold a lot of encyclopaedias that way, apparently. He continued making the occasional great R&B record, but he made more money from sales. He died in 1981. Wynonie Harris wasn't even that lucky. He basically stopped having hits by 1953, and he more or less gave up performing by the early sixties. The new bands couldn't play his kind of boogie, and in his last few performances, by all accounts, he cut a sad and pitiful figure. He died in 1969 after more or less drinking himself to death. The music business is never friendly towards originals, especially black originals. But we're now finally into the rock era. We'll be looking over the next few weeks at a few more "first rock and roll songs" as well as at some music that still doesn't quite count as rock but was influential on it, but if you've ever listened to a rock and roll record and enjoyed it, a tiny part of the pleasure you got you owe to Roy Brown and Wynonie Harris.

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Wynonie Harris and “Good Rockin’ Tonight”

A History Of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018

Welcome to episode seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we’re looking at Wynonie Harris and “Good Rockin’ Tonight” —-more—- Resources As always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode. All the music I talk about here is now in the public domain, and there are a lot of good cheap compilations available. This four-CD set of Wynonie Harris is probably the definitive one. This two-CD set of Roy Brown material has all his big hits, as well as the magnificently disturbing “Butcher Pete Parts 1 & 2”, my personal favourite of his. Lucky Millinder isn’t as well served by compilations, but this one has all the songs I talk about here, plus a couple I talked about in the Sister Rosetta Tharpe episode. There is only one biography of Wynonie Harris that I know of — Rock Mr Blues by Tony Collins — and that is out of print, though you can pick up expensive second-hand copies here. Some of the information on Lucky Millinder comes from Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Gayle F Wald, which I also used for the episode on Rosetta Tharpe. There are articles on Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, and Cecil Gant in Unsung Heroes of Rock ‘n’ Roll by Nick Tosches. This book is considered a classic, and will probably be of interest to anyone who finds this episode and the next few interesting, but a word of caution — it was written in the 70s, and Tosches is clearly of the Lester Bangs/underground/gonzo school of rock journalism, which in modern terms means he’s a bit of an edgelord who’ll be needlessly offensive to get a laugh. The quotes from Harris I use here are from an article in Tan magazine, which Tosches quotes. Before Elvis, a book I’ve mentioned many times before, covers all the artists I talk about here. And again, archive.org’s collection of digitised 78 records was very useful. Patreon Admin Note I have updated the details on my Patreon to better reflect the fact that it backs this podcast as well as my other work, and to offer podcast-related rewards. I’ll be doing ebooks for Patreons based on the scripts for the podcasts (the first of those, Savoy Stompers and Kings of Swing should be up in a week or so), and if the Patreon hits $500 a month I’ll start doing monthly bonus episodes for backers only. Those episodes won’t be needed to follow the story in the main show, but I think they’d be fun to do. To find out more, check out my Patreon. Transcript There’s a comic called Phonogram, and in it there are people called “phonomancers”. These are people who aren’t musicians, but who can tap into the power of music other people have made, and use it to do magic. I think “phonomancers” is actually a very useful concept for dealing with the real world as well. There are people in the music industry who don’t themselves play an instrument or sing or any of the normal musician things, but who manage to get great records made — records which are their creative work — by moulding and shaping the work of others. Sometimes they’re record producers, sometimes they’re managers, sometimes they’re DJs or journalists. But there are a lot of people out there who’ve shaped music enormously without being musicians in the normal sense. Brian Eno, Sam Phillips, Joe Meek, Phil Spector, Malcolm McLaren, Simon Napier-Bell… I’m sure you can add more to the list yourself. People — almost always men, to be honest — who have a vision, and a flair for self-publicity, and an idea of how to get musicians to turn that idea into a reality. Men who have the power to take some spotty teenager with a guitar and turn him into a god, at least for the course of a three minute pop song. And there have always been spaces in the music industry for this sort of person. And in the thirties and forties, that place was often in front of the band. Most of the big band leaders we remember now were themselves excellent musicians — Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, you could put those people up against most others on their instruments. They might not have been the best, but they could hold their own. But plenty of other band leaders were mediocre musicians or couldn’t play at all. Glenn Miller was a competent enough trombone player, but no-one listens to the Glenn Miller band and thinks “wow, one of those four trombone players is fantastic!” And other band leaders were much less involved in the music. Kay Kyser — the most successful bandleader of the period, who had eleven number one records and thirty-five in the top ten — never played an instrument, didn’t write songs, didn’t sing. He acted as onstage MC, told jokes, and was the man at the front of the stage. And there were many other bandleaders like that — people who didn’t have any active involvement in the music they were credited with. Bob Crosby, Bing’s brother, for example, was a bandleader and would sing on some tracks, but his band performed plenty of instrumentals without him having anything to do with them. Most non-playing bandleaders would sing, like Bob Crosby, but even then they often did so rarely. And yet some of them had an immense influence on the music world. Because a good bandleader’s talent wasn’t in playing an instrument or writing songs. It was having an idea for a sound, and getting together the right people who could make that sound, and creating a work environment in which they could make that sound well. It was a management role, or an editorial one. But those roles can be important. And one of the most important people to do that job was Lucky Millinder, who we’ve talked about a couple of times already in passing. Lucky Millinder is a largely forgotten figure now, but he was one of the most important figures in black music in the 1940s. He was a fascinating figure — one story about how he got his name is that Al Capone was down ten thousand dollars playing dice, Millinder offered to rub the dice for luck, and Capone ended the night fifty thousand dollars up and called him Lucky from then on. (I think it’s more likely that Lucky was short for his birth name, Lucius, but I think the story shows the kind of people Millinder was hanging around with). He didn’t play an instrument or read music or sing much. What Millinder could definitely do was recognise talent. He’d worked with Bill Doggett, before Doggett went off to join the Ink Spots’ backing band, and the trumpet player on his first hit was Dizzy Gillespie, who Millinder had hired after Gillespie had been sacked from Cab Calloway’s band after stabbing Calloway in the leg. He had Rosetta Tharpe as his female singer at the beginning of the forties, and Ruth Brown — who we’ll talk about later — later on. He’d started out as the leader of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, the house band in the Cotton Club, before moving on to lead, as his own band, one of the main bands in residence at the Savoy, along with occasionally touring the chitlin circuit — the rather derogatory name for the clubs and theatres that were regular tour stops for almost all major black artists at the time. Slowly, during the 1940s, Millinder transitioned his band from the kind of swing music that had been popular in the thirties, to the jump band style that was becoming more popular. And if you want to point to one band that you can call the first rhythm and blues band, you probably want to look at Millinder’s band, who more than any other band of the era were able to combine all the boogie, jump, and jive sounds with a strong blues feeling and get people dancing. Listen, for example, to “Savoy” from 1943: [Excerpt: “Savoy” by Lucky Millinder] In 1944, after Rosetta Tharpe had left his band, Millinder needed a new second singer, to take the occasional lead as Tharpe had. And he found one — one who later became the most successful rhythm and blues artist of the late 1940s. Wynonie Harris. Harris was already known as “Mr. Blues” when Millinder first saw him playing in Chicago and invited him to join the band. He was primarily a blues shouter, inspired by people like Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing, but he could also perform in a subtler style, close to the jive singing of a Cab Calloway or Louis Jordan. Harris joined the Millinder band and started performing with them in their residency at the Savoy. Shortly after this, the band went into the studio to record “Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well?” [excerpt “Who Threw The Whiskey in the Well?”] You’ll note that that song has a backbeat. One of the things we talked about right back in episode two was that the combination of the backbeat and the boogie bass is what really makes rock and roll, and we’re now getting to the point that that combination was turning up more and more. That was recorded in May 1944, almost straight after the end of the musicians union strike, but it wasn’t released straight away. Records, at that time, were released on discs made out of shellac, which is a resin made from insect secretions. Unfortunately, the insects in question were native to Vietnam, which was occupied by Japan, and India, which was going through its own problems at the time, so shellac was strictly rationed. There was a new product, vinylite, being made which seemed promising for making records, but that was also used for lifejackets, which were obviously given a higher priority during a war than making records was. So the record wasn’t released until nearly a year after it was recorded. And during that time, Wynonie Harris had become a much more important part of Millinder’s band, and was starting to believe that maybe he deserved a bit more credit. Harris, you see, was an absolutely astonishing stage presence. Lots of people who spoke about Elvis Presley in later years said that his performances, hip thrusts and leg shaking and all, were just a watered-down version of what Wynonie Harris had been doing. Harris thought of himself as a big star straight away, This belief was made stronger when “Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well” was finally released. It became a massive hit, and the only money Harris saw from it was a flat $37.50 session fee. Millinder, on the other hand, was getting the royalties. Harris decided that it was his vocal, not anything to do with the rest of the band, that had made the record a success, and that he could make more money on his own. (In case you hadn’t realised, yet, Wynonie Harris was never known as the most self-effacing of people, and that confidence gave him a huge amount of success on stage, but didn’t win him many friends in his personal life). Harris went solo, and Lucky Millinder replaced him with a trumpet player and singer called Henry Glover. Harris started making records for various small labels. His first record as a solo artist was “Around the Clock Blues”, one of the most influential records ever made: [Excerpt “Around the Clock Blues” by Wynonie Harris] If that sounds familiar, maybe it’s because you’ve heard this song by Arthur Crudup that Elvis later covered: [excerpt of “So Glad You’re Mine” by Arthur Crudup, showing it’s more or less identical] Or maybe you know “Reelin’ and Rockin'” by Chuck Berry… [excerpt of “Reelin’ and Rockin'” by Chuck Berry, showing it’s also more or less identical] And of course there was another song with “Around the Clock” in the title, and we’ll get to that pretty soon… The band on “Around the Clock”, incidentally, was led by a session drummer called Johnny Otis. That record, in fact, is one of the milestones in the development of rock and roll. And yet it’s not the most important record Wynonie Harris made in the late 1940s. Harris recorded for many labels over the next couple of years, including King Records, whose A&R man Ralph Bass we’ll also be hearing more about, and Bullet Records, whose founder Jim Bulleit went on to bigger things as well. And just as a brief diversion, we’ll take a listen to one of the singles he made around this time, “Dig this Boogie”: [excerpt “Dig This Boogie”, Wynonie Harris] I played that just because of the pianist on that record — Herman “Sonny” Blount later became rather better known as Sun Ra, and while he didn’t have enough to do with rock music for me to do an episode on him, I had to include him here when I could. Wynonie Harris became a big star within the world of rhythm and blues, and that was in large part because of the extremely sexual performances he put on, and the way he aimed them at women, not at the young girls many other singers would target. As he said himself, the reason he was making fifteen hundred dollars a week when most famous singers were getting fifty or seventy-five dollars a night was “The crooners star on the Great White Way and get swamped with Coca-Cola-drinking bobby-soxers and other ‘jail bait’. I star in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, and Missouri and get those who have money to buy stronger stuff and my records to play while they drink it. I like to sing to women with meat on their bones and that long green stuff in their pocketbook”. And he certainly made enough of that long green stuff, but he spent it just as fast as he made it. When he got a ten thousand dollar royalty cheque, he bought himself two Cadillacs and hired two chauffeurs, and every night at the end of his show they’d both arrive at the venue and he’d pick which one he was riding home in that night. Now, having talked about Wynonie Harris for a little bit, let’s pause for a moment and talk about one of his fans. Roy Brown was a big fan of Harris, and was a blues singer himself, in something like the same style. Brown had originally been hired as “a black singer who sounds white”, which is odd because he used a lot of melisma in his vocals, which was normally a characteristic of black singing. But other than that, Brown’s main vocal influences when he started were people like Bing Crosby and other crooners, rather than blues music. However, he soon became very fond of jump blues, and started writing songs in the style himself. In particular, one, called “Good Rockin’ Tonight”, he thought might be popular with other audiences, since it always went down so well in his own shows. Indeed, he thought it might be suitable for Wynonie Harris — and when Harris came to town, Brown suggested the song to him. And Harris wasn’t interested. But after Brown moved back to New Orleans from Galveston, Texas, where he’d been performing — there was a girl, and a club owner, and these things happen and sometimes you have to move — Brown took his song to Cecil Gant instead. Gant was another blues singer, and if Harris wasn’t up for recording the song, maybe Gant would be. Cecil Gant was riding high off his biggest hit, “I Wonder”, which was a ballad, and he might have seemed a strange choice to record “Good Rockin’ Tonight”, but while Gant’s A-sides were ballads, his B-sides were boogie rockers, and very much in the style of Brown’s song — like this one, the B-side to “I Wonder” [excerpt “Cecil Boogie” by Cecil Gant] But Gant wasn’t the best person for Brown to ask to record a song. According to Jim Bulleit, who produced Gant’s records, everything Gant recorded was improvised in one take, and he could never remember what it was he’d just done, and could never repeat a song. So Gant wasn’t really in the market for other people’s songs. But he was so impressed by Brown’s singing, as well as his song, that he phoned the head of his record company, at 2:30AM, and got Brown to sing down the phone. After hearing the song, the record company head asked to hear it a second time. And then he told Gant “give him fifty dollars and don’t let him out of your sight!” And so Roy Brown ended up recording his song, on Deluxe Records, and having a minor hit with it: [excerpt “Good Rocking Tonight” by Roy Brown] When you listen back to that, now, it doesn’t sound all that innovative at all. In fact it wears its influences on its sleeve so much that it namechecks Sweet Lorraine, Sioux City Sue, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Caldonia, all of whom were characters who’d appeared in other popular R&B songs around that time — we talked about Caldonia, in fact, in the episode about “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” and Louis Jordan. It might also sound odd to anyone who’s familiar with later cover versions by Elvis Presley, or by Paul McCartney and others who followed the pattern of Elvis’ version. Brown only sings the opening line once, before singing “I’m gonna hold my baby as tight as I can”. Those other versions restructure the song into a fairly conventional sixteen-bar blues form by adding in a repeat of the first line and a chord change along with it. Roy Brown’s original, on the other hand, just holds the first chord, and keeps playing the same riff, for almost the entire verse and chorus — the chord changes are closer to passing chords than to anything else, and the song ends up having some of the one-chord feel that people like John Lee Hooker had, where the groove is all and harmonic change is thrown out of the window. Even though you’d think, from the melody line, that it was a twelve-bar blues, it’s something altogether different. This is something that you need to realise — the more chords something has, in general, the harder it is to dance to. And there will always, always, be a tension between music that’s all about the rhythm, and which is there for you to dance to, and music which is all about the melody line, and which treats harmonic interest as an excuse to write more interesting melodies. You can either be Burt Bacharach or you can be Bo Diddley, and the closer you get to one, the further you get from the other. And on that spectrum, “Good Rockin’ Tonight” is absolutely in the Diddley corner. But at the time, this was an absolutely phenomenal record, and it immediately started to take off in the New Orleans market. And then Wynonie Harris realised that maybe he’d made a mistake. Maybe he should have recorded that song after all. And so he did — cutting his own, almost identical, cover version of Brown’s song: [excerpt from “Good Rocking Tonight” by Wynonie Harris] There are a few differences between the two, of course. In particular, Harris introduced those “hoy hoy” vocals we just heard, which weren’t part of Roy Brown’s original. That’s a line which comes from “The Honeydripper”, another massively important R&B record. Harris also included a different instrumental introduction — playing “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In” at the start, a song whose melody bears a slight resemblance to Brown’s song. Harris also adds that backbeat again, and it’s for that reason that Wynonie Harris’ version of the song, not Roy Brown’s original, is the one that people call “the first rock and roll record”. Other than those changes, Harris’ version is a carbon copy of Roy Brown’s version. Except, of course, that Wynonie Harris was one of the biggest stars in R&B, while Roy Brown was an unknown who’d just released his first single. That makes a lot of difference, and Harris had the big hit with the song. And “Good Rocking Tonight”, in Harris’ version, became one of those records that was *everywhere*. Roy Brown’s version of the song made number thirteen on the R&B charts, and two years later it would re-enter the charts and go to number eleven – but Harris’ was a world-changing hit, at least in the R&B market. Harris’ version, in fact, started off a whole chain of soundalikes and cash-ins, records that were trying to be their own version of “Good Rockin’ Tonight”. Harris himself recorded a sequel, “All She Wants to Do is Rock”, but for the next two years everyone was recording songs with “rock” in the title. There was Roy Brown’s own sequel, “Rockin’ at Midnight”: [Excerpt “Rockin’ at Midnight” by Roy Brown] There was Cecil Gant’s “We’re Gonna Rock” [Excerpt] There was “Rock the Joint” by Jimmy Preston [Excerpt] From 1948 through about 1951, if you listened to rhythm and blues records at all you couldn’t escape this new rock craze. Record after record with “rock” in the title, with a boogie woogie bassline, with a backbeat, and with someone singing about how they were going to rock and roll. This was, in fact, the real start of the rock and roll music fad. We’re still six years away from it coming to the notice of the white mainstream audience, but all the pieces are there together, and while we’re still three years away even from the canonical “first rock and roll record”, Jackie Brenston’s “Rocket 88”, 1948 is when rock and roll first became a cohesive, unified, whole, something that was recognisable and popular, a proper movement in music rather than odd individuals making their own separate music. Of course, it was still missing some of the ingredients that would later be added. First-wave rock and roll is a music that’s based on the piano and horn sections rather than guitars, and it wouldn’t be until it merged with hillbilly boogie in the early fifties that the electric guitar started to be an important instrument in it. But… we’ve talked before and will talk again about how there’s no real “first rock and roll record”, but if you insist on looking for one then “Good Rocking Tonight” is as good a candidate as any. Neither of its creators did especially well from the rock and roll craze they initiated though. Roy Brown got a reputation for being difficult after he went to the musicians’ union to try to get some of the money the record company owed him — in the 1950s, as today, record companies thought it was unreasonable for musicians and singers to actually want them to pay the money that was written in their contract — and so after a period of success in the late forties and very early fifties he spent a couple of decades unable to get a hit. He eventually started selling encyclopaedias door to door — with the unique gimmick that when he was in black neighbourhoods he could offer the people whose doors he was knocking on an autographed photo of himself. He sold a lot of encyclopaedias that way, apparently. He continued making the occasional great R&B record, but he made more money from sales. He died in 1981. Wynonie Harris wasn’t even that lucky. He basically stopped having hits by 1953, and he more or less gave up performing by the early sixties. The new bands couldn’t play his kind of boogie, and in his last few performances, by all accounts, he cut a sad and pitiful figure. He died in 1969 after more or less drinking himself to death. The music business is never friendly towards originals, especially black originals. But we’re now finally into the rock era. We’ll be looking over the next few weeks at a few more “first rock and roll songs” as well as at some music that still doesn’t quite count as rock but was influential on it, but if you’ve ever listened to a rock and roll record and enjoyed it, a tiny part of the pleasure you got you owe to Roy Brown and Wynonie Harris.

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#134 King Gillette, el Rey de la Rasuradora.

Mañanas Con Leo

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 8:28

⚙ Hoy les hablo de King Camp Gillette, inventor e innovador en modelos de negocio de la industria de cuidado personal y un soñador con un plan para concentrar toda la población de EEUU en una sola gran ciudad. La música de hoy: Somewhere Beyond The Sea de Bobby Darin, (How Much is) That Doggie in the Window de Patti Page, Praise de Lord and Pass the Ammunition de Kay Kyser y It's Bad for me de Rosemary Clooney, Los artículos de hoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_C._Gillette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Drift https://www.britannica.com/biography/King-Camp-Gillette Nuestro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MananasConLeo/ Nuestro Canal de Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Ux9ChJL5_rF4NI7B6N2jQ

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Episode 25- The Big Bands

Sam Waldron

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 57:51

Show 25, “The Big Bands,” plays 16 Big Band songs and samples another nine songs to show the range and versatility of this musical art form. Performers include Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Glen... Read More The post Episode 25- The Big Bands appeared first on Sam Waldron.

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Covers

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2018 59:44

When a band records a song that was made popular by another band the second band is said to be covering that song by the first band. For example when Benny Goodman recorded Frenesi that is a cover since it was a hit by Artie Shaw. Covers were very common in the big band years and I pulled out several that I found in my collection. There were many more available but I think you'll find it interesting to hear your favorite song done in a different way than the original. We'll be hearing from Kay Kyser, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and many more. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Episode 18- World War Two Love Songs

Sam Waldron

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2018 57:52

Show 18, “World War Two Love Songs” contains 15 recordings of songs about love, loneliness, separation and homesickness. Performers include Dinah Shore, Kay Kyser, Frank Sinatra, Kate Smith, Alice Faye, The Jesters, and The Andrews... Read More The post Episode 18- World War Two Love Songs appeared first on Sam Waldron.

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Chuck Schadens Memory Lane January 2018 Program 19

CHUCK SCHADEN'S MEMORY LANE

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2017 58:04

REMEMBERING TIME and watching the clock with records and recollections of fleeting moments from the past. Taking the tunnel of time to yesterday are Ella Fitzgerald, Kay Kyser, Perry Como, Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Georgia Gibbs, and more!

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The Greatest Memories – March 2017

Greatest Memories

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2017 59:54

An interview with Peter Noone from Herman’s Hermits…Solutions for Seniors explains the Older Americans Act…Ben Greenway talks about his 22 year career in the U.S. Marines… Show Tunes Spotlight shines on “Mary Poppins”…and great musical memories from Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Kay Kyser, Dean Martin and a special lady who celebrates her 100th birthday this […]

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SPECIAL-StageDoorCanteen

Danny Lane's Music Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2015 64:59

A special tribute and salute to the Greatest Generation and the music of their era. In addition to the featured music, the story of the Stage Door Canteens is woven between the songs. Much of the music was used as the soundtracks of the Stage Door Canteen (1943) and The Hollywood Canteen (1944) movies. The songs included in this special episode are: (1) Bugle Call Rag by Benny Goodman & His Band (2) Keep' Em Flying by Gene Krupa & His Orchestra (w/ Johhny Desmond, vocal) (3) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters (w/ Vic Shoen & His Orchestra) (4) Daddy by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra [vocals by The Kaye Choir] (5) Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (6) Kiss the Boys Goodbye by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (w/ Connie Haines, vocal) (7) I've Heard That Song Before by Harry James & His Orchestra (Helen Forrest, vocal) (8) Three Little Sisters by The Andrews Sisters (9) Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking) by Russ Morgan & His Orchestra (w/ Al Jennings, vocal) (10) Deep In The Heart Of Texas by Bing Crosby (w/ Woody Herman's Band) (11) Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (w/ Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly & The Modernaires) (12) My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Count Basie (w/ Ethel Waters, vocal) (13) Rum And Coca-Cola by The Andrews Sisters (w/ Vic Shoen & His Orchestra) (14) We'll Meet Again by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (w/ Peggy Lee) (15) Oh! What It Seemed To Be by Frankie Carle & His Orchestra (w/ Marjorie Hughes, vocal) (16) When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (17) Hollywood Canteen by The Andrews Sisters (18) Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart by Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra (w/ Sally Sweetland, vocal) (19) It's Been A Long, Long Time by Harry James & His Orchestra (Kitty Kallen, vocal) (20) I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (Don Cornell, vocal) (21) V-Hop (V for Victory Hop) by Jerry Gray Orchestra

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Shellac Stack No. 59

The Shellac Stack

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015 47:49

Shellac Stack No. 59 pays homage to a favorite producer of films for children (and adults) with records by Freddie Rich, Charlie Spivak, Dinah Shore, Johnny Mercer, Kay Kyser, Ernie Rudy, and more.

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Christmas 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2013 42:46

Songs include: Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Got Stuck In the Chimney, Let It Snow, Don't Wait Until Christmas Night and Canon in D. Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Arthur Fiedler, Ella Fitzgerald and Kay Kyser.

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STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE

The Jack Benny Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2012 29:46

10-22-1939 Cast: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Ed Belion, Verna Felton, and Kay Kyser audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook oldtimeradionetwork.com oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

Iraq War

Caustic Soda

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2010

Pack up your MREs, grab your weapon and kiss your best girl or boy goodbye -- Caustic Soda is heading to war! Special guest Jordan Pratt joins us from the Speedway Squad podcast and The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets to add some knowledge and to handsome up Caustic Soda a few notches. Music: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" - Kay Kyser & his orchestra Images Links Internet Movie Firearm Database Pride of Baghdad Videos MOVIE REVIEWS JARHEAD Jordan: 9/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 5/10 THE BIG LEBOWSKI Jordan: 10/10 Toren: 10/10 Joe: 10/10 Kevin: 10/10 HURT LOCKER Jordan: 9/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004) Jordan: 6/10 Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 THREE KINGS Jordan: 4/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 8/10 COURAGE UNDER FIRE Jordan: 6/10 Kevin: 5/10

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Leftovers #9

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2010 33:10

Records left off of previous podcasts,including: Tom Cat Blues, Mazurka #7, Tumbling Tumbleweeds and Strip Polka. Artists include:Michael Colman, Gene Autry, Jelly Roll Morton, Beverly Kenney and Kay Kyser.

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Amos & Andy - Sunday Monday Or Always (02-25-44)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2009 27:15

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. THIS EPISODE: February 25, 1944. NBC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Replacing "The Great Gildersleeve." Andy is convinced that he's written the hit tune, "Sunday, Monday, Or Always." He and The Kingfish go into the song writing business! Guests are Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt. Also Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen (the real composers of the tune). Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt, Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (music fill), Georgia Carroll (vocal). 29:42.

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November 16, 2007

The Terry Bonadonna Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2007 173:27

Bob Hope, Burns and Allen, Nick Carter, Kay Kyser, Jack Benny

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Big Band Serenade 103 Kay Kyser & His Music 1929-1948

Big Band Serenade

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2007 32:53

Big Band Serenade presents Kay Kyser and His Music 1929-1948. The music in this program is listed in order of play;1) "Three Little Fiishies" 19392) "Jingle Jangle Jingle" 19423) "Two Sleepy People" 19384) "Music Maestro Please" 1938 5) "Shine On Harvest Moon" 6) "Indian Summer" 19397) "Collegiate Fanny" 19298) "Did You Mean It" 19369) "Just A Haven" 192910) "Takin' Miss Mary To The Ball" 1948

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Big Band Serenade 102 Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

Big Band Serenade

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2007 30:10

Big Band Serenade presents Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 2/6/37 Remote from Trianon Ballroom Chicago

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Radio Journeys 68

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2006 72:44

This week, the second episode of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1932, as we continue our special look at this seminal radio program. We feature the origins of "Baby Snooks," who first appeared on the radio through the Ziegfeld Follies. Plus, the last installment of Kay Kyser's orchestra, and another episode of the Family Doctor.

Radio Journeys 67

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2006 70:03

Radio Journeys returns after a two-week break for a much-needed studio upgrade. And this week, we pay tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld, the master promoter who only tasted radio fame in the last few months of his life. In the first of two podcasts focusing on Ziegfeld, we take a long look at his career, and the enormous legacy he left to American entertainment in general, and to radio in particular. Then, after installments of Kay Kyser and the Family Doctor, we hear the very first episode of Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, which sadly had only a very brief run in 1932.

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Radio Journeys 66

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2006 70:24

This week, we hear the earliest surviving episode of Ed Wynn's Texaco Fire Chief, from July 26, 1932. Not only is it the earliest surviving Wynn show, but it's one of the earliest 10 surviving recordings of network radio. We take a look at the moving story of Wynn's short career in radio, and his legacy in American comedy. Then, it's another happy set from Kay Kyser's orchestra, and episode 21 of the Family Doctor.

Radio Journeys 65

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2006 64:05

Just in time for Halloween... We bring you... The Witch's Tale... from July 25, 1932. We meet Old Nancy the Witch for a tale of revenge, ghosts with severed heads, and pranks gone very wrong... It's "Rockabye Baby." Halloween... as it was heard in 1932. But before that, we feature the final circulated episode of Anne of the Airlanes, plus another cheerful quarter-hour with Kay Kyser's band.

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Radio Journeys 64

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2006 64:31

Each week, Radio Journeys presents an hour of original radio as it was broadcast in the early 1930s, featuring serials broadcast in their entirety and in their original order. This week, four more serials: Redbook Dramas for July 21, 1932; Kay Kyser and "His Southern Gentlemen;" episode 20 of The Family Doctor; and episode 29 of Anne of the Airlanes. Plus... a "new" tune, on Radio Journeys.

Radio Journeys 63

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2006 63:19

Radio Journeys is the only OTR program anywhere that is dedicated entirely to the earliest days of radio--the 1920s and early 1930s. Each week, we reconstruct a full hour of programming from that time pieced together from surviving recordings, and in chronological order. We follow the early 30's serials in order and in their entirety. This week, the second of eight episodes of Kay Kyser and his orchestra from 1932 or 1934. And, another Redbook Magazine Drama, The Family Doctor, and Ann of the Airlanes. The early 30's just keep rollin' along, on Radio Journeys.

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