Podcasts about Kitty Kallen

National Wine day.  Entertainment from 1967.  SpiderDan climbed Sears Tower, Deadliest aviation disaster in US history, Goofy debuted as Dippy Dawg.  Todays birthdays - Mr. Bogangles, Kitty Kallen, Tom T. Hall, Sir Ian McKellen, Frank Oz, Laus Meine, Connie Sellecca, Mike Myers, Anne Heche, Justin Henry.  CJ Walker died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard    http://defleppard.com/Hey brother pour the wine - Dean MartinGroovin' - The Young RascalsSam's place - Buck OwensBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent    http://50cent.com/Just a crazy song - Mr. Bojangles  Bill RobinsonLittle things mean a lot - Kitty KallenI like beer - Tom T. HallRock you like a hurricane - ScorpionsExit - Its not love - Dokken    http://dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka on Facebook

Your Humble Host is here with a Great Gildersleeve show from October 17, 1951. As Gildy does his best to remind Bronco of the anniversary of his first date with Marjorie. Marjorie has had no trouble remembering and thinks Bronco is sure to remember to. I sense trouble in the home. Well, we can't have that happen here on Sounds Like Radio so we hope to ring a few bells with Bronco when he hears Patsy Cline & Crystal Gayle in a duet, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Jim Reeves, Kitty Kallen (as pictured with this episode), Eddy Arnold, Ronnie Milsap and none other than Billie Holiday all together in today's Volume 149 with Your Humble Host. Can't see Kitty Kallen's picture? Go to our home podcast site and you'll see a different picture that accompanies every single show, it's right here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2MN8ST8m2eI1MwO1cpUVEN

Features music by Kitty Kallen, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James and more.  We also learn a little bit about Rebel Randall, Jukebox USA and listen to another Soundie by Miss Gloria Parker.  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.

The Jazz Session No.315 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in June 2023, featuring a classic album, “Introducing Roland Kirk”, released in 1960, from the multi-sax playing legend Rahsaan Roland Kirk. TRACK LISTING: Same Feeling, Different Song - Average White Band; Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers; Untitled Original 11386 - John Coltrane; Wallering - The Cecil Taylor Quartet; The Call - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Spirit Girl - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Panspermia - Whiskey Moon Face; East StreetToodle-O - Steely Dan; The Girl from Ipanema - Getz/Gilberto; August Day Song - Bebel Gilberto; I'll Buy That Dream - Harry James & His Orchestra, ft. Kitty Kallen; No One But Me - Jimmy Rainey, ft. Bob Brookmeyer; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home - Chris Barber; Someday Sweetheart - The Charleston Chasers; Soul Station - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Jack the Ripper - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Enneagram - Egg; On Day One - Pat Metheny Unity Group; Play a Simple Melody - Bing Crosby; Nobody Know When You're Down and Out - Nina Simone.      

Remember that Denzel Washington/Rami Malek movie from a few years ago? The Little Things? I think Jared Leto was in it? Well, this song isn't about that. It was actually recorded half a century earlier! By a lady named after a cat! This week, Andrew and Dan do their best to talk about that.

National Wine day. Entertainment from 1973. Constituional convention, SpiderDan makes history, worst airline disaster. Todays birthdays - Mr. Bojangles, Kitty Kallen, Tom T. Hall, Ian McKellen, Frank Oz, Connie Selleca, Mike Myers, Justin Henry.

2 1/2 hours of Old Time Radio celebrating Valentine's Day!The Aldrich Family. February 11, 1943. NBC net. Sponsored by: Postum. Henry and his sister Mary have both scheduled Valentine's Day parties. In fact, there are lots of parties! The first 27:50 of the program only. Dan Seymour (announcer), Clifford Goldsmith (writer), House Jameson, Norman Tokar, Dickie JonesThe First Nighter Program. February 12, 1948. CBS net. "Love Is Stranger Than Fiction". Sponsored by: Campana cosmetics, DDD Prescription. Comedy/romance about a publisher's secretary who turns out to be a best selling author. Larry Keating (announcer), Irving Teitle (writer), Willard Waterman, Virginia Gregg, Herb Butterfield, Jerry Hausner, Olan Soule, Barbara Luddy, Frank Worth (conductor). The Danny Kaye Show. February 10, 1945. Program #5. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Harry James and Kitty Kallen join Danny in a play about "Cupid." Danny sings "It's Never To Late To Mendelssohn," and "Stanislavsky." Show has a cute custom-recorded AFRS ending by Danny. AFRS program name: "Danny Kaye." See cat. #52410 for a network, sponsored version of this boradcast. Danny Kaye, Ken Niles (announcer), Harry James and His Orchestra, Lionel Stander, Kitty Kallen, Buddy De Vito, Eve Arden, Bob Jellison, Dick Mack (director). The Signal Carnival. February 9, 1941. NBC Pacific net. Sponsored by: Signal Oil. A Valentine's Day show. The first tune is, "So Sweet." Kay's first tune is, "There'll Be Some Changes Made." Vera Vague visits an army camp to see her boyfriend, Waldo. Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra, Johnny Fraser (announcer), Kay St. Germaine, Barbara Jo Allen, Jack Carson, Dave Willock, The Signalaires.  Suspense. March 3, 1949. CBS net. "The Lovebirds". Sponsored by: Auto-Lite. A wife is trying to kill her husband, while everyone is sure that they're just romantic "lovebirds." Anton M. Leader (producer, director), Shirl Hendricks (writer), Harlow Wilcox (commercial spokesman), Harold Swanton (adaptor), Joan Fontaine, Lester Schott, Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), William Johnstone, Paul Frees (announcer). 

The Jazz Session No.252 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in March 2022, featuring the seminal 1976 album “Romantic Warrior”, from jazz-rock supergroup, with utterly brilliant playing from Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Lenny White. TRACK LISTING: Rise - William Parker Quartet; Chemical - Archipelago; Some of These Days - Sidney Bechet His Band, With Humphrey Lyttelton; Hyde Park - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; Sorceress - Return to Forever; The Magician - Return to Forever; Love for Sale - Oscar Peterson; I'm Beginning to See the Light - Harry James & His Orchestra, ft. Kitty Kallen; Diamond Dust - Jeff Beck; The Dain Curse - Terje Rypdal; Tipitina - Dr. John; Whistle Down the Wind - Tom Waits; Your Gold Teeth II - Herbie Hancock; Northern Cross - Steps Ahead; The Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever; Majestic Dance - Return to Forever; Cool Blues - Charlie Parker; After Tea - Tubby Hayes; Stranger Than Fiction - Moses Boyd; Havona - Weather Report.

One hundred fifty years ago, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act establishing Yellowstone National Park into law, making it the first national park in the United States, and a cause for celebration in a country still recovering from the devastating Civil War. Not everyone celebrated, though, including Native Americans who had called the land home for thousands of years before white trappers and explorers first experienced the wild majesty of the landscape.  To learn more about the men who championed the creation of the park and the Indigenous resistance to it, I'm joined by historian Dr. Megan Kate Nelson, author of the new book, Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The between-segment song is “The Fellow in Yellowstone Park,” written by Gilbert Fogarty and performed by Kitty Kallen, assisted by Four Chicks and Chuck, in 1949. The song is available in the public domain through the Internet Archive.  The episode image is: “Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park,” Painted by Thomas Moran in 1873. The painting is in the collect of Smithsonian American Art Museum, a gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III, and is in the public domain. Additional Sources: “How Sitting Bull's Fight for Indigenous Land Rights Shaped the Creation of Yellowstone National Park,” by Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine, March 1, 2022. “The Big Business Politics Behind the Formation of Yellowstone National Park,” by Megan Kate Nelson, Time Magazine, March 1, 2022. “History and Culture,” Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service. “Yellowstone turns 150. Here's a peek into the national park's history,” by Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, March 1, 2022. “Yellowstone National Park celebrates 150 wild years -- and what a history it's been,” by Forrest Brown, CNN, February 28, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Danny Kaye Show, originally broadcast February 10, 1945, 77 years ago, Cupid. Harry James and Kitty Kallen join Danny in a play about "Cupid."

This is The Best of continues this week with a focus on the music of Harry James. Harry had a great tone and an excellent technique that made him one of the leading trumpeters of the swing era. He started his band in 1938 and struggled for a while until he added strings and started playing sentimental favorites that struck a chord with many people during World War 2. He also had an ear for great vocalists and there were many that sang with his band. Some of the great ones were Frank Sinatra, Helen Forrest, Dick Haymes and Kitty Kallen. I hope you enjoy the music of Harry James on our This Is The Best Of series. Thank you all so much for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

You’ll hear: 1) Swinging On A Star [Pkd@#1 in Aug 1944 and was the #1 song for the year 1944] by Bing Crosby (with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and The Williams Brothers Quartet, backing vocals) 2) Rum And Coca-Cola [Pkd@#1 in Feb 1945 and was the #1 song for the year 1945] by The Andrews Sisters 3) I'm Beginning To See The Light [Pkd@#1 in Apr 1945] by Harry James & His Orchestra (with Kitty Kallen, vocal) 4) (Give Me) Five Minutes More [Pkd@#1 in Sep 1946] by Frank Sinatra (with Axel Stordahl Orchestra) 5) My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time [Pkd@#1 in Apr 1945] by Les Brown & His Band Of Renown (with Doris Day, vocal) 6) That Lucky Old Sun [Pkd@#1 in Oct 1949] by Frankie Laine (with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, backing vocals) 7) Cruising Down the River [Pkd@#1 in Mar 1949] by Russ Morgan & His Orchestra (with The Skylarks) 8) You Call Everybody Darlin' [Pkd@#1 in Aug 1948] by Al Trace & His New Orchestra (with Bob Vincent, vocal) 9) Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) [Pkd@#1 in Mar 1948] by Peggy Lee 10) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe [Pkd@#1 in July 1945] by Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers 11) Elmer's Tune [Pkd@#1 in Dec 1941] by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires) 12) To Each His Own [Pkd@#1 in Sep 1946] by The Ink Spots 13) The G.I. Jive [Pkd@#1 in Aug 1944] by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (with Louis Jordan, vocal) 14) Chickery Chick [Pkd@#1 in Nov 1945] by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (with Nancy Norman & Billy Williams, and The Kaye Choir, vocals) 15) Green Eyes [Pkd@#1 in Aug 1941] by Jimmy Dorsey (with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell, vocals) 16) Managua, Nicaragua [Pkd@#1 in Feb 1947] by Freddy Martin & His Orchestra and Chorus (with Stuart Wade, vocal) 17) Make Believe Island [Pkd@#1 in Aug 1940] by Mitchell "Mitch" Ayres & His Fashions In Music (with Mary Ann Mercer, vocal) 18) Blues In The Night [Pkd@#1 in Feb 1942] by Woody Herman Orchestra (with Woody Herman, vocal) 19) The Anniversary Song [Pkd@#1 in Mar 1947] by Dinah Shore (with The Morris Stoloff Orchestra) 20) There! I've Said It Again [Pkd@#1 in May 1945] by Vaughn Monroe (with The Norton Sisters, vocals) 21) Frenesi [Pk@#1 in Dec '40] by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

Episode 50 is Here and everyone is in the mood to sing! On Great Gildersleeve 2/23/49 Gildy wants to sing at the Met Opera, Dean Martin wants to sing like Bing, Bing Crosby wants to sing like a bluebird, Ella Fitzgerald sings her heart, Kitty Kallen has a meaningful little thing, Doris Day does the limbo and Mario Lanza teaches Gildy what a real opera singer can do. There is a theme here and can you guess what it is? Your Humble Host invites you to enjoy some of the most enjoyable music you'll ever hear and while you're at it we'll join GIldy on his singing career. Have fun and enjoy another classic episode as can only be heard on Sounds Like Radio!

Oh yes, today's show is a funny one. Your Humble Host visits Leon Redbone, Annette Hanshaw is the Talk of The Town, Nat King Cole is having crazy dreams, Joanie Sommers tells of a bad girl, Bing Crosby calms the waves with what he knows now & Kitty Kallen reminds us of the meaningful little things. While this is going on Gildy's old spitfire girlfriend, Leila is back in town!! Listen to the 2/16/49 Great Gildersleeve and welcome Leila back to the fold.

Back in the early to mid 20th Century, everybody wore a hat. How did they wear them? When do you keep your hat on and when do you remove it? In this episode, I'll talk about some of the essential rules of hat etiquette for both men and women in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. I'll also give you a few authenticity tips for your period accurate historical impression. Music performed by Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra. Vocal by Kitty Kallen. Recorded in 1939.

Tennessee Ernie with Smokey Mountain Boogie start us off. Thrillingly its a shout out to the daughter and niece of the Kendrick Brothers- Bob Skyles and his Skyrockets- when I play their track, I'm gonna die with a broken heart.  Jean Goldkette Orchestra with My pretty girl stomp and Harry Roy with You and I. Vocals on that are by Jean Farrar. Over the top piano from Carmen Cavallaro, Enlloro. Female vocalists next up. Kitty Kallen, who made a very successful transition from big band singer to a solo career. Kay Starr, who successfully sang Pop, Country and Jazz. Both women had long careers and lives, dying at 94. Les Paul with Mary Ford on multi track vocals and Eartha Kitt singing in Turkish. Jazzy blues from Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats( Tin Roof Blues) Mugsy Spanier (Hestitating Blues) Fats Waller(Shortin' Bread) and Jelly Roll Morton(Oh didn't he ramble) We end with Lonnie Donegan, I'm just a rolling stone. Another great travelling song. Hal McIntyre, who sadly died young, brings episode 42 to a close with the trippy South Bayou Shuffle.  

The Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast this "One Night Stand" program on June 29, 1944. Harry James and His Music Makers along with vocalists Buddy DiVito and Kitty Kallen were the featured artists. Here is the playlist: Harry James Theme Song - Ciribiribin, Loveless Love, Two Heavens (Buddy DiVito), A Fellow On Furlough (Kitty Kallen), St. Louis Blues, This Must Be Love (Buddy DiVito), In A Moment of Madness (Kitty Kallen), Flatbush Flannagan, And So Little Time (Buddy DiVito), Beat Dragon Blues, 920 Special - ends the program. More "One Night Stand" programs in the "Big Band / Jazz" Playlist.

Mel Torme starts us off with Mountain Greenery. Love the rhyme busting lyrics. Lonnie Donegan with Ham and Eggs. Early Country from Leake County Revelers, from 1928. They were Mississippi local. From 1930 Joe and Bud Billings, they were in fact Carson Robinson and Frank Luther and their fame was a little more wide spread. Luther toured Britain in 1927. We also have a B side from Eddie Calvert, Rock and Roll from Jack Scott. The Clevelanders, lead by Harry Reser, first cousin to the Wright Brothers. The 1949 Esquire All American award winners play Indiana Winter. Old favourite Hal McIntyre. Kitty Kallen and Helen Forest sing with Harry James. Anita O'Day stands alone with her band. Della Murphy sings the Irish ballad Three Lovely Lasses. She collected of old Irish songs and had her fascinating story. There's more of course.   

Charles Laughton and Ella Raines make a very unlikely romantic couple! Claudette Colbert is an amnesiac with a gun! And George Sanders is stripped to the waist and ready for duelling!Music comes from Peggy Lee and Kitty Kallen!There’s a brain-teaser for you, a dive into the Question Pot, and even a brand new raft of thank-yous!Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre!To become a Co-Producer of the shows, and to gain access to all the bonus content CLICK HERETo register your username for the Film Festival set up an account HERE

The first Forgotten Songs from the Broom Cupboard to be recorded as a podcast. Its the same format as ever, an eclectic mix of lesser known, forgotten and neglected artists and songs. Some 'B' sides too. All on good old 78rpm. Its a Scottish start -  the Trinidad born pianist Winifred Atwell launches us with Highland Boogie. Listen out for the mad bagpipes. A proper pipe band with The Bowhill Colliery Pipe Band next(pictured). They won the Pipe Band World Championship in 1947. Kay Starr, Kitty Kallen, Lonnie Donegan, Bill Haley - with more Boogie. Richard Tauber on a Parlophone Odeon Label is our oldest record - 1942. Otherwise its 1950s all the way. Teresa Brewer was one of the most prolific singers of the 1950s, covering all genres she is reckoned to have recorded over 600 tracks in the decade. Here she sings Wang, Wang Blues. Is it just me or is it rather naughty? Then we have a new discovery for me: Arthur Godfrey, U.S radio and TV broadcaster and entertainer. A troubled man by all accounts. It's an entertaining record though.            There's more of course.

The Danny Kaye Show, originally broadcast February 10, 1945, 75 years ago. Cupid. Danny plays Cupid in a little play with Harry James and Kitty Kallen.

It's finally here! With the spoiler ban officially lifted by directors Joe and Anthony Russo, it's time for a SPOILER-FILLED review of "Avengers Endgame"! On a special GIANT-SIZED episode, join host Aeric Azana - along with special guests Chris Carter and Jessica Morgan - on a nearly 3-hour discussion and review on the biggest comic book film of all time! If you want to skip to the review, it begins @ 45:28 CONNECT WITH US! IG & Twitter - @GeeksplainedPod Email - Geeksplained@gmail.com Music Sampled: "Sayonara" by SAKEROCK "Portals" by Alan Sylvestri "Doom Patrol Theme" by Clint Mansell and Kevin Kiner "Marvel Studios Fanfare" by Michael Giacchino "It's Been A Long, Long Time" by Harry James Orchestra w/ Kitty Kallen

Frank Henry Loesser abandonó la universidad tras un año de estudios y probó fortuna en diferentes trabajos hasta que en 1935 conoció a una cantante a la que acompañaba al piano en sus actuaciones con la que terminó casándose en 1936. Se marchó a Hollywood donde comenzó escribiendo letras para canciones de películas de Universal y Paramount hasta que el estallido de la segunda guerra mundial le hizo alistarse en la armada, si bien siguió escribiendo letras para composiciones musicales de otros músicos. En 1944 escribió las letras del musical “HI YANK”, producido por el ejército para ser interpretado por y para los soldados desplazados fuera del país. La música la escribió nada menos que Alex North, el genial músico que más tarde escribiría las bandas sonoras de películas como "Espartaco", "Cleopatra", "Un tranvía llamado deseo" o la serie televisiva "Hombre rico, hombre pobre". Recibió el encargo de adaptar a musical la obra de Brandon Thomas “La tía de Carlos”, que con el título de “WHERE’S CHARLEY” se convertiría en todo un éxito, aunque Loesser siguió escribiendo letras de canciones para el cine, llegando a ser nominado al Oscar hasta en cinco ocasiones de las que sólo ganó el premio con la famosa “Baby, it’s cold outside”, para la película “La hija de Neptuno” (1949). Su siguiente trabajo fue su mayor éxito, “GUYS AND DOLLS” (1950), el musical que llevaría al cine Joseph L. Mankiewicz, titulado en España “Ellos y ellas”. "THE MOST HAPPY FELLA" (1956) fue su siguiente musical, centrado en la relación de un hombre mayor con una chica más joven que fue calificado por muchos más como una ópera que como un musical. A este le seguiría GREENWILLOW (1966) que dirigió George Roy Hill, con Anthony Perkins de protagonista, que no tuvo el éxito de sus anteriores obras. “HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING” (1961), sería su último gran éxito, del que nos hemos ocupado en el podcast de “Cuentame un musical” de este mes, ya que sus posteriores trabajos PLEASURES AND PALACES (1965) no llegó a estrenarse en Broadway y SEÑOR DISCRECTION HIMSELF (1966) fue un musical que no llegó a terminar ya que murió en 1969. Aquí os dejamos una selección de canciones suyas, en la que mientras no se indique otra cosa, la música y letras son de Frank Loesser. Espero os gusten 00h 00'00" Presentación 00h 02'22" Cabecera 00h 02'58" Luck be a lady (Seal) 00h 07'30" Adelaide (Frank Sinatra) 00h 10'41" Anywhere I wander (Liz Callaway) 00h 16'02" Let's get lost (Van Morrison) - música de Jimmy McHugh 00h 19'40" Adelaide's lament (Barbra Streisand) 00h 22'54" I said no (Judy Khun) - música de jule Styne 00h 25'23" I've neveer beein in love before (Bing Crosby) 00h 28'23" My heart is so full of you (Liz Callaway) 00h 35'51" Once I love with Amy (Barry Manilow) 00h 39'19" A woman in love (Marlon Brando) 00h 41'53" Brotherhood of man (Matthew Broderick) 00h 47'39" A bushel and a peck (Doris Day) 00h 50'25" Can't get out of this mood (Nina Simone) - música de Jimmy McHugh 00h 52'54" Heart and soul (Bea Wain) - música de Hoagy Carmichael 00h 56'48" A secretary is not a toy (Jonathan Freeman) 00h 59'58" Guys and dolls (Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin) 01h 02'44" I wish I didn't love you so (Kd lang) 01h 05'50" Joey, Joey, Joey (Leslie Odom, jr.) 01h 10'00" Marry the man today (Julia McKenzie & Julie Covington) 01h 12'36" Dolores (Frank Sinatra) - música de Louis Alter 01h 15'29" Baby, it's cold outside (Vanessa Williams & Bobby Caldwell) 01h 20'08" How to succeed / I believe in you (Liz Callaway) 01h 23'52" I'll know (Julie Covington & Ian Charleston) 01h 27'03" Never will I marry (Liz Callaway) 01h 31'59" Sit down, you're rockin' the boat (Sammy Davis Jr.) 01h 35'29" Rosemary (Daniel Radcliffe) 01h 39'20" What are you doing New Year's eve? (Diana Krall) 01h 43'26" On a slow boat to China (Liza Minnelli) 01h 46'42" Song of a summer night (Elaine Paige) 01h 49'10" Standing on the corner (Jerry Hadley) 01h 51'41" If I were a bell (Liz Callaway) 01h 55'41" Somebody somewhere (Doris Day) 01h 58'28" More I cannot wish you (Liz Callaway) 02h 01'44" Spring will be a little late this year (Carly Simon & Jimmy Webb) 02h 05'10" The ugly duckling (Mandy Patinkin) 02h 08'52" Sue me (Frank Sinatra & Vivian Blane) 02h 11'38" They're either too young or too old (Kitty Kallen) - música Arthur Schwartz 02h 14'41" Two sleepy people (Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones) - música Hoagy Carmichael 02h 19'05" Take back your mink (Debbie Reynolds) 02h 21'49" Inchworm (Rachelle Ferrell) 02h 24'15" Three-cornered tune (Sarah Brightman) 02h 26'24" Sing a tropical song (Andrews Sisters) - música de Jimmy McHugh

Frank Henry Loesser abandonó la universidad tras un año de estudios y probó fortuna en diferentes trabajos hasta que en 1935 conoció a una cantante a la que acompañaba al piano en sus actuaciones con la que terminó casándose en 1936. Se marchó a Hollywood donde comenzó escribiendo letras para canciones de películas de Universal y Paramount hasta que el estallido de la segunda guerra mundial le hizo alistarse en la armada, si bien siguió escribiendo letras para composiciones musicales de otros músicos. En 1944 escribió las letras del musical “HI YANK”, producido por el ejército para ser interpretado por y para los soldados desplazados fuera del país. La música la escribió nada menos que Alex North, el genial músico que más tarde escribiría las bandas sonoras de películas como "Espartaco", "Cleopatra", "Un tranvía llamado deseo" o la serie televisiva "Hombre rico, hombre pobre". Recibió el encargo de adaptar a musical la obra de Brandon Thomas “La tía de Carlos”, que con el título de “WHERE’S CHARLEY” se convertiría en todo un éxito, aunque Loesser siguió escribiendo letras de canciones para el cine, llegando a ser nominado al Oscar hasta en cinco ocasiones de las que sólo ganó el premio con la famosa “Baby, it’s cold outside”, para la película “La hija de Neptuno” (1949). Su siguiente trabajo fue su mayor éxito, “GUYS AND DOLLS” (1950), el musical que llevaría al cine Joseph L. Mankiewicz, titulado en España “Ellos y ellas”. "THE MOST HAPPY FELLA" (1956) fue su siguiente musical, centrado en la relación de un hombre mayor con una chica más joven que fue calificado por muchos más como una ópera que como un musical. A este le seguiría GREENWILLOW (1966) que dirigió George Roy Hill, con Anthony Perkins de protagonista, que no tuvo el éxito de sus anteriores obras. “HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING” (1961), sería su último gran éxito, del que nos hemos ocupado en el podcast de “Cuentame un musical” de este mes, ya que sus posteriores trabajos PLEASURES AND PALACES (1965) no llegó a estrenarse en Broadway y SEÑOR DISCRECTION HIMSELF (1966) fue un musical que no llegó a terminar ya que murió en 1969. Aquí os dejamos una selección de canciones suyas, en la que mientras no se indique otra cosa, la música y letras son de Frank Loesser. Espero os gusten 00h 00'00" Presentación 00h 02'22" Cabecera 00h 02'58" Luck be a lady (Seal) 00h 07'30" Adelaide (Frank Sinatra) 00h 10'41" Anywhere I wander (Liz Callaway) 00h 16'02" Let's get lost (Van Morrison) - música de Jimmy McHugh 00h 19'40" Adelaide's lament (Barbra Streisand) 00h 22'54" I said no (Judy Khun) - música de jule Styne 00h 25'23" I've neveer beein in love before (Bing Crosby) 00h 28'23" My heart is so full of you (Liz Callaway) 00h 35'51" Once I love with Amy (Barry Manilow) 00h 39'19" A woman in love (Marlon Brando) 00h 41'53" Brotherhood of man (Matthew Broderick) 00h 47'39" A bushel and a peck (Doris Day) 00h 50'25" Can't get out of this mood (Nina Simone) - música de Jimmy McHugh 00h 52'54" Heart and soul (Bea Wain) - música de Hoagy Carmichael 00h 56'48" A secretary is not a toy (Jonathan Freeman) 00h 59'58" Guys and dolls (Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin) 01h 02'44" I wish I didn't love you so (Kd lang) 01h 05'50" Joey, Joey, Joey (Leslie Odom, jr.) 01h 10'00" Marry the man today (Julia McKenzie & Julie Covington) 01h 12'36" Dolores (Frank Sinatra) - música de Louis Alter 01h 15'29" Baby, it's cold outside (Vanessa Williams & Bobby Caldwell) 01h 20'08" How to succeed / I believe in you (Liz Callaway) 01h 23'52" I'll know (Julie Covington & Ian Charleston) 01h 27'03" Never will I marry (Liz Callaway) 01h 31'59" Sit down, you're rockin' the boat (Sammy Davis Jr.) 01h 35'29" Rosemary (Daniel Radcliffe) 01h 39'20" What are you doing New Year's eve? (Diana Krall) 01h 43'26" On a slow boat to China (Liza Minnelli) 01h 46'42" Song of a summer night (Elaine Paige) 01h 49'10" Standing on the corner (Jerry Hadley) 01h 51'41" If I were a bell (Liz Callaway) 01h 55'41" Somebody somewhere (Doris Day) 01h 58'28" More I cannot wish you (Liz Callaway) 02h 01'44" Spring will be a little late this year (Carly Simon & Jimmy Webb) 02h 05'10" The ugly duckling (Mandy Patinkin) 02h 08'52" Sue me (Frank Sinatra & Vivian Blane) 02h 11'38" They're either too young or too old (Kitty Kallen) - música Arthur Schwartz 02h 14'41" Two sleepy people (Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones) - música Hoagy Carmichael 02h 19'05" Take back your mink (Debbie Reynolds) 02h 21'49" Inchworm (Rachelle Ferrell) 02h 24'15" Three-cornered tune (Sarah Brightman) 02h 26'24" Sing a tropical song (Andrews Sisters) - música de Jimmy McHugh

Singer Gary Williams celebrates the Legends of Las Vegas with two hours of great music and chat. Originally broadcast on The Wireless for Age UK for anyone who remembers the great David Jacobs and Desmond Carrington from BBC Radio 2 and enjoys today's Clare Teal, Don Black and Leo Green. If you're into easy listening, bossa nova, swing, big band and the crooners like Dean Martin, Nat 'King' Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Perry Como you'll love this show. This week's featured artiste is Kitty Kallen.

Welcome to Shuffle and Repeat for the week ending December 9, 2016. This week, Ari looks back at the extraordinary musicians we’ve lost over the past 12 months, and celebrates them through their own musical legacy. Featuring the music of Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Kitty Kallen, Bobby Vee, Greg Lake (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer), Keith Emerson (EL&P), Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire), Billy Paul, Bernie Worrell (Parliament Funkadelic, Talking Heads), Viola Beach, Surfer Blood, Christina Grimmie, Guy Clark, Jean Shepard, Merle Haggard, Glenn Frey (Eagles), Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell, Mentor Williams, George Martin, Prince, Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest) and David Bowie. Come back each Friday for new episodes and reach out to Ari on Twitter @arihalbkram. Merch is now available to anyone who wants to support the show and a great charitable cause at shop.shuffleandrepeat.com

I do a lot of these podcasts sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in the middle of the night. The middle of the night is a time for strange thoughts. I think it was in the middle of the night that Louie Pasteur said "Ok everybody...boil the milk. When everybody woke up they said, "Boiled milk...Louieeee?" I don't remember who discovered atoms or if it was in the middle of the night. Big Louie says "You can't trust atoms, because they make up everything." How about this for weird. Everything you see is made up of atoms, but atoms are way too small to see. Catherine Zeta Jones is a bunch of atoms. I can't see her atoms, but I am delighted to be able to see her. I don't understand that, but I do appreciate her. Better be careful of getting too chummy with your nearby atoms. Remember what happens if you drop an atom. You get a mushroom shaped cloud. Atoms are so small that a lump of sugar contains as many atoms as there are stars in the universe. Not just the milky way, the whole universe...one lump of sugar. Atoms are wild little things. And little things mean a lot. That's the title of a fine old song from the 1950s. Kitty Kallen sang it. They called her Pretty Kitty. She got up close and personal with the mic, and she sang. "Blow me a kiss from across the room, say I look nice when I'm not. Touch my hair as you pass my chair, little things mean a lot." Sounds like the advice Big Louie gives to the guys in his Louie Louie Generation."

I do a lot of these podcasts sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in the middle of the night. The middle of the night is a time for strange thoughts. I think it was in the middle of the night that Louie Pasteur said "Ok everybody...boil the milk. When everybody woke up they said, "Boiled milk...Louieeee?" I don't remember who discovered atoms or if it was in the middle of the night. Big Louie says "You can't trust atoms, because they make up everything." How about this for weird. Everything you see is made up of atoms, but atoms are way too small to see. Catherine Zeta Jones is a bunch of atoms. I can't see her atoms, but I am delighted to be able to see her. I don't understand that, but I do appreciate her. Better be careful of getting too chummy with your nearby atoms. Remember what happens if you drop an atom. You get a mushroom shaped cloud. Atoms are so small that a lump of sugar contains as many atoms as there are stars in the universe. Not just the milky way, the whole universe...one lump of sugar. Atoms are wild little things. And little things mean a lot. That's the title of a fine old song from the 1950s. Kitty Kallen sang it. They called her Pretty Kitty. She got up close and personal with the mic, and she sang. "Blow me a kiss from across the room, say I look nice when I'm not. Touch my hair as you pass my chair, little things mean a lot." Sounds like the advice Big Louie gives to the guys in his Louie Louie Generation."

This week we continue our birthday celebarations with a salute to the great Kitty kallen. She was born on May 25, 1921 and her career spanned from the 1930's to the 1960's. She performed with some of the most popular bands of the 1940's. She was voted the most popular female singer of 1954 by Bilboard and Variety magazines. I hope you enjoy this look at the career of the fantastic vocalist, Kitty Kallen. Please visit this podcast at http://www.fgmiller.com/bbb/

This week starts a three week birthday celebration of three great Big Band female vocalists Helen O'Connell, Kitty Kallen, and Rosemary Clooney. They all have their birthdays around the same time so I thought it would be interesting to learn about these three great vocalists as well as listen to their fantastic recordings some of which are the best from the big band era. We'll start off this week with a look at the career of Helen O'Connell who spent most of her time with the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra. Please visit this podcast at http://www.fgmiller.com/bbb/

Shellac Stack No. 63 spans nearly 50 years, from Bert Williams in 1906 to George Girard in 1953. We salute the late Kitty Kallen and look forward to Valentine's Day. Today's stack includes discs by blues pianist Mike Jackson, bandleaders Bennie Moten, Paul Whiteman, Eddy Duchin, and others. With Iowa on the nation's mind this past … Continue reading »

Female big band singers form the 1930s and 1940s, including: Edyth Wright, Ella Fitzgerald, Kitty Kallen, Blanche Calloway, June Christy, Jo Stafford and Ivy Anderson. Songs include: It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing, It's Been a Long, Long, Time, Skylark, The Music Goes Round and Round, The Dipsy Doodle and Lonely Woman.

The artist Jack Vettriano chooses the tracks that mean something to him: he inherits Kitty Kallen's Little Things Mean A Lot and passes on My Father by Judy Collins

Singers include: Vaughn DeLeath, Kitty Kallen, Jo Stafford, Helen Ward, Evelyn Dall and Annette Handshaw.  Songs include: Are You Lonesome Tonight, Ain't He Sweet, Paper Moon, Skylark, It's Been A Long Long Time and Some Enchanted Evening.

Big Band Serenade Present Kitty Kallen Her Life and Music She was one of the top female vocalists during the Big Band era. She appeared with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, among others, and is featured on many of the biggest hits of the era. In addition, during the Fifties she had several solo hits including "My Coloring Book," "In the Chapel in the Moonlight," and the-over-a-million seller (at a time when selling a million records was really an accomplishment) "Little Things Mean a Lot."

Big Band Serenade presents The Swing Years 1940s-1950s The music in this program is listed in order of play;1) "Ridin' On The L&N"  Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra2) "Early" Erroll Garner3) "That Old Black Magix" Mel Torme4) "The Last Time I Saw Paris" Bub Powell 5) "Baby,What You Do To Me"  Kitty Kallen w/Harry James & His Orchestra6) "Memories Of You Mostly" Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra7) "Whistle Stop" Louis Prima & His Orchestra8) "Kansas City Caboose"Sonny Greer & His Orchestra9) "The Freedom Train" Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers10)"Eager Beaver" Stan Kenton & His Orchestra11)"Nice 'N Easy" Frank Sinatra12)"Five O'clock Whistle" Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra13)"You Always Hurt The One You Love" Kay Starr w/Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra14)"The Chase" Sy Zenther & His Orchestra15)"I'm Beginning To See The Light" Bobby Darin16)"Night Train" The Four Blazes17)"The Queen" T.J. Fowler18)"My Old Gal"Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra vocal/Sid McKinney19)"Thunderbird" Ray Anthony & His Orchestra20)"Manhattan" Ella Fitzgerald21)"It's All Right With Me" Bobby Hackett22)"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" Helen Merrill23)"Sunset Blue" Andre Previn *******Please Take Our Survey******