Podcasts about Sammy Kaye

In Breaking Walls episode 88, we spotlight the 1945-46 season of The Jack Benny Program. This season introduced characters like telephone operators Gertrude and Mabel, press agent Steve Bradley, hot dog vendor Mr. Kitzel, and Ronald and Benita Colman. This season featured guest appearances from Ingrid Bergman, Isaac Stern, Van Johnson, Ray Milland, Peter Lorre, Louella Parsons, Fred Allen, Ed Sullivan and others. It also was the season in which Dennis Day returned from the Navy and one of the most ingenious marketing campaigns in entertainment history took place: The “I Can't Stand Jack Benny” Contest. Highlights: • Jack's slipping ratings • Problems with General Foods • Jack changes sponsors • The War ends and a new season begins • Mabel Flapsaddle & Gertrude Gearshift • Steve Bradley and his big ideas • $10,000 and $646,000 • Jack gets robbed • The Contest • Mail pours in • The Colmans can't stand Jack Benny • Jack's ratings soar • Christmas of 1945 & The Rose Bowl • Fred Allen and the end of the Contest • Isaac Stern • Palm Springs • Van Jackson • Ed Sullivan and the end of the season • King for a Day The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material used in today's episode was: • Sunday Nights at Seven - by Jack and Joan Benny • On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning • Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953 - by Jim Ramsburg • As well as articles from Radio Life on January 27th and February 3rd, 1946 On the interview front: •Jack Benny, Ezra Stone, Kate Smith, Don Wilson, Eliott Lewis, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson and Dennis Day were with Chuck Schaden. Chuck's interviews from an over 39-year career can be listened to for free at SpeakingofRadio.com • Vincent Price and Mel Blanc were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC's The Golden Age of Radio. The full interviews can be heard at GoldenAge-WTIC.org • Dennis Day was also with John Dunning for his 1980s 71KNUS Radio program from Denver. Some of his interviews can be found at OTRRLibrary.org • And Finally Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, Don Wilson and Mel Blanc were also with Jack Carney for his early 1980s Comedy Program. Much of this audio was originally taken from a 1972 PBS Documentary on Great Radio Comedians. Thank you Goodmond Danielson for supplying me with the audio. Selected music featured in today's episode was: • Love in Bloom by Bing Crosby • It's Been a Long, Long, Time by the Harry James Orchestra • Chickery Chick by Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams & Nancy Norman • Manhattan Serenade by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Jo Stafford • It Might as Well Be Spring by Larry Stephens • Danny Boy by Dennis Day • Along the Navajo Trail by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters WallBreakers Links: Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers Social Media - @TheWallBreakers URL - thewallbreakers.com Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

Welcome to Episode 82! In this episode, Sammy Kaye and Kenny talk about the Adepticon meta and run down the matchups that they expect to be heavily prevalent during the tournament.I think you will enjoy our discussion, and it's a great listen as you are traveling to the event.Fill out the Goonhammer prediction document here.GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! We love you all!Join the Slack!

Features vintage music by Geraldo, Vera Lynn and Ted Heath.  We also listen to a fun version of "Johnny Zero" by Sammy Kaye and a Soundie by The King Cole Trio. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat.  Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * The music featured in this podcast is considered Public Domain.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

Welcome to Episode 73! This is a continuation of our LVO prep series and is focused on the Rebel faction. Specifically, we are looking at constructing and piloting Rebels at a competitive tournament. Sammy Kaye and Jesse are experts at rebelling, and they have incredible insights in terms of thinking about running Rebels as one part or all of your premier list. This is an awesome discussion, and we think you will enjoy it.Join the Slack! Good luck to everyone going to LVO this week! Unless you're playing Kenny! In which case may your dice fail miserably!Huge shoutout to Todd and Aubrey at Momentous Struggle for making LVO happen for Shatterpoint, and for all the work they have put in. We love those brothers and they have done an excellent job.

That's right I said it. Merry Christmas everyone!!! We hope that everyone has a safe and warm holiday and more importantly than spending time with their family is able to get a few games of Shatterpoint in! (I kid, I kid.) In this episode, Matt, Sammy Kaye, and Kenny talk about the Ki-Adi-Mundi box and give their thoughts on the patent strengths and weaknesses and talk about where they think it lands. They close with a short wishlist for Christmas from AMG. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!!! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!

This week's show, after a 1964 Beach Boys butcher: brand new Mercury Rev, Chameleons, Kim Deal, American Darlings, Jetstream Pony, Guided By Voices, and David Steinhart, plus Bill Anderson, Small Faces, Sammy Kaye, Richard Stoute, Ivy League, Sugar “Ch...

Features vintage recordings by Tex Beneke, The King Sisters and Sammy Kaye.  Ronnaldo celebrates Swing City Radio's Fifth Anniversary.  Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat.  Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * The music featured in this podcast is considered Public Domain.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

You're welcome! Some wholesome goodness for Sam's awesome win at the CSWGO Grand Tournament in Ontario, Canada. The Canadians put on an awesome tournament and Sam took a trip across the border to go 6-0 and bring the tournament home. This episode is (almost) all about Spectre, and specifically why Hera is so strong in that list. Sam has the reps and the results and walks through his logic on why she is so consistently strong. Enjoy his regaling of the event! John Cole put me wise to some upcoming tournaments. First, there is a store champ coming up for those in the East Coast region--the Battlegrounds Store Champ in Virginia. Second, the YHP Three-Mier Tournament is happening on October 19--ZiFi Day! But if you're in the VA area and don't want to fly out to Utah, I suppose this is an adequate substitute. Third, check out the Red Mandos Draft tournament. As seems to be the case with the Red Mandos generally, something is cooking here. We love you all! Join the Slack!!!

** UPDATE - If you downloaded this Sunday night or Monday morning redownload it. We were missing 30 seconds of Sam's audio but that has been fixed. ** I drafted a long description for this episode twice. Spotify ate it. Twice. This episode is Sammy Kaye and Kenny discussing the meta like try-hards. Enjoy it.The Shattered Mirrors event is happening Sept. 20–22 in Lansing, MI. Message Paul on the Slack with any questions. It will be an awesome format and an awesome event. There is also a standard premier tournament.Dion's Finest September Tournament is happening on Sept. 28. We sent up some Vader-2/Luke and Obi-1/Dooku alt-arts. You should go. Dion is awesome.The ZiFi Invi. Open with WiFi is happening on October 19. We're at 19 of 24 players. Prize support will be awesome, including a custom range 2 ruler and x1 offense and x1 defense dice from the AMG GT Packet ... and more! Come have fun with us. Message me if you are coming from out of town and need a place to stay.

Features vintage music by Sammy Kaye, Ralph Flannigan and The Modernaires.  This show has a little of everything, even laxatives are discussed.  Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat.  Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * The music featured in this podcast is considered Public Domain.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

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

Como cada comienzo de mes te ofrecemos nuevo capítulo de esta serie dedicada a recordar singles que alcanzaron su puesto más alto en el Billboard Hot 100 hace 60 años. Viajamos a mayo de 1964, el mes en donde, tras tres meses con The Beatles en el top1 de las listas, por fin dos artistas estadounidenses vuelven a alcanzar la cima, Louis Armstrong y Mary Wells. La factoría Motown sigue afianzándose como el gran baluarte de resistencia a los invasores británicos, el soul sigue creciendo como nueva tendencia musical, Chuck Berry reaparece tras su estancia carcelaria y Henry Mancini mantiene en lo alto la música instrumental.Playlist;(sintonía) HENRY MANCINI “The Pink panther theme” (top 31)SAMMY KAYE “Charade” (top 36)LOUIS ARMSTRONG “Hello Dolly!” (top 1)MARY WELLS “My guy” (top 1)THE BEATLES “Love me do” (top 1)THE DAVE CLARK FIVE “Bits and pieces” (top 4)DUSTY SPRINGFIELD “Stay awhile” (top 38)THE REFLECTIONS “(Just like) Romeo and Juliet” (top 6)THE RONETTES “(The best part of) Breakin’ up” (top 39)JAN and DEAN “Dead man’s curve” (top 8)CHUCK BERRY “Nadine (is it you?)” (top 23)THE VIBRATIONS “My girl Sloopy” (top 26)THE KINGSMEN “Money (that’s what I want)” (top 16)THE WAILERS “Tall cool one” (top 38)MARTHA and THE VANDELLAS “In my lonely room” (top 44)IRMA THOMAS “Wish someone would care” (top 17)OTIS REDDING “Come to me” (top 69)THE COASTERS “T’ain’t nothin’ to me” (top 64)KING CURTIS “Soul serenade” (top 51)Escuchar audio

1 – The Simple Things in Life – Ted Wallace with the California Ramblers – 19352 - Sing Something Simple - Fred Rich and his Orchestra - 19313 - Sing Something Simple - Maxine Sullivan – 19394 - Just a Simple Melody - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra – 19375 - Just a Simple Melody - The Andrews Sisters - 19376 - Give Me the Simple Life - Betty Barclay with Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – 19457 - Simple and Sweet - Perry Como with Ted Weems and his Orchestra (Whistling by Elmo Tanner) - 19388 - Simply Grand - Armand Camgros with Tom Coakley and his Orchestra – 19359 - Das ist so einfach und man denkt nicht dran - Otto Reutter – 192510 - Say It Simple (So I Can Understand) - Pearl Bailey with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra – 194711 - It's As Simple As That - Jo Stafford with Lloyd Shaffer's Orchestra – 194612 - Prost In Pushet (Plain and Simple) - The Bagelman Sisters with the Abe Ellstein Orchestra – 194213 - Sweet and Simple - Bob Snyder and his Orchestra – 193414 - The Simple Simon Party - Billy Murray – 192015 - It's Not Your Nationality (It's Simply You) - Dan W. Quinn - 1916

 We bid winter goodbye with music by Sammy Kaye and an episode of Father Knows Best.https://archive.org/download/240323-it-might-as-well-be-spring/240323%20It%20Might%20As%20Well%20Be%20Spring.mp3

Ella Fitzgerald live from Roseland Ballroom in New York City February 16, 1940 NBC Sensations in Swing Sammy Kaye live from the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania June 10, 1940 NBC 

Features vintage recordings by Erskine Butterfield, Benny Goodman and Sammy Kaye.  We also celebrate the Podcast's 200th Weekly Episode. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becoming a Hepcat.  Learn more at SupportSwing.com. * The musical performances and recordings featured in this podcast are in the Public Domain.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

Songs include: A Christmas Festival, Christmas Island, Christmas In Killarney, The Twelve Days of Christmas, All Around the Christmas Tree, I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.  Performers include: Leroy Anderson, Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters, The DeCastro Sisters, Gayla Peevy, Buddy Clark and Sammy Kaye. 

1 - The Bathtub Ran Over Again - Clifford Wetterau with Joe Haymes Orchestra - 19342 - Rub-a-Dub-Dub - Rex Howard and The Texas Playboys - 19533 - La Baignoire (The Bathtub) - Jean Sablon - 19494 - Dorothy Went to Bathe - The Lion with Gerald Clark and his Original Calypsos - 19475 - Shave and a Haircut-Shampoo - Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - 19396 - The Old Wooden Tub - Edgar A. Guest - 19227 - Every Tub - King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators - 19278 - Singin' in the Bathtub - The Four Aces - 19299 - Singin' in the Bathtub - The Radio Imps with Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - 192910 - I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right out-a My Hair - Paul Paine and his Society Orchestra - 194911 - Her Bathing Suit Never got Wet - The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra - 194612 - Soap and Water (recorded in Berlin) - Mr. Billy Williams, The Man in the Velvet Suit - 191113 - Bath Tub Blues - Doye O'Dell14 - Hey Bub! Get Out of the Tub - Glen Moore and The Moore Men - 195015 - We Gonna Rub It - Cow Cow Davenport - 192916 - Wash It Clean - Sharkey and his Sharks of Rhythm - 193617 - Bathing in The Sunshine - Alan Green and his Band - 1931

Features music by Sammy Kaye, Tommy Dorsey, The Andrews Sisters and more.  We also listen to a couple of tunes by The Chico Marx Orchestra. 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.

Features vintage recordings by Sammy Kaye, Lucky Millinder and Guy Lombardo.  We also learn a little bit about water safety from an educational film about the topic released in 1953. 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.

Features Big Band music by Les Brown, Anson Weeks, Sammy Kaye and many more. We also listen to a catchy little "jingle" for Lucky Strike. 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.

In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #349 of the V-Disc Collection.  This V-Disc features vintage recordings by Les Brown and Sammy Kaye. (E008) * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

On this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, a look at one of the greatest female lyricists of all time, an email from a listener with a pretty strange name, some music by a Benny Goodman small group, then some individual music from its members, a question about Sammy Kaye and a whole lot more music and stories from the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s.

Howard Kaye is passionate about helping people. His financial experience and credentials are impeccable. For decades, he has helped individuals and families create and preserve wealth through the innovative use of life insurance and annuities. As president of the Howard Kaye Insurance Agency, LLC. Howard uses extraordinary concepts to leverage and maximize assets in ways that will surprise and please even the most financially savvy individuals. Howard and his team have successfully created and preserved in excess of $1 billion of wealth. Howard's remarkable success in the industry stems from his ability to defy conventional wisdom and employ innovative strategies. He has created a niche market by being at the forefront of advancements in the life insurance and annuity industries. He has proven his leadership through critical thinking, as well as by avoiding outdated biases and misconceptions. Howard comes by his wisdom through years of working with and being mentored by his father, Barry Kaye who is regarded as the father of the wealth creation and preservation industry. Howard served as President of Barry Kaye Associates for many years prior to taking over the reins from his father and building his own agency. Today, Howard is joined by his son Sammy Kaye as a third generation continuing the legacy his grandfather started over 60 years ago In this heartfelt interview, Howard and Sammy share their story of being a dynamite father and son team, in the life insurance business.  They also touch on how Howard's dad was the foundational building block of their business.  Assuming you want to learn how to create wealth by using life insurance, this is an episode you don't want to miss! Go to our website to see more great info on our podcast

Episode 233, “Obscure Mid-1940s Records,” presents 16 recordings that were in the bottom 20 percent of popularity in the years 1944 through 1946. Performers include Sammy Kaye,  Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Merle Travis,... Read More The post Episode 233, “Obscure Mid-1940s Records,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.

Features vintage Big Band recordings by Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Louis Jordan and Harry James.  Ronnaldo also plays music performances by Stan Kenton and Sammy Kaye. 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.

Hubo un tiempo en la década de los años 30, en un fenómeno como la era del swing, las bandas sweet producían la mayoría de la música de baile en Norteamérica. Con José Manuel Corrales.

Hubo un tiempo en la década de los años 30, en un fenómeno como la era del swing, las bandas sweet producían la mayoría de la música de baile en Norteamérica. Con José Manuel Corrales.

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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Theaterhttps://live365.com/station/Sherlock-Holmes-Classic-Radio--a91441https://live365.com/station/CBS-Radio-Mystery-Theater-a57491----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tonight on Jazz After Dark: jazz from 1931 to 2000.  Benny Goodman and the The Mills Brothers, Sammy Kaye, Bobby Hackett and Jack Teagarden, Charlie Byrd, Boots Randolph, Benny Carter, Joe Morello, Eddie Harris, The Taylor Eigsti Trio, Miles Davis, Shirley Horn, Frank Sinatra & Chrissie Hynde, and the Harold Mabern Trio.

1 - You Got to Get Yourself a Job, Girl - Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris and his All-Stars – 19472 - Going Up, With the Elevator Man - Burkhart and Standard Quartette – 19123 - Elevator Woman - Sonny Boy Williamson - 19464 - Willie, the Chimney Sweeper - Ernest Rogers – 19275 - I Lost My Job Again - Billy Williams with Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – 19456 - Zapateado (The Cobbler) by Sarasate - Sasha Culbertson, violin and Helen Hamilton, piano - 19267 - Papa Niccolini (The Happy Cobbler) - Garry Stevens and the Stardusters with Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra – 19418 - Ice Man Blues - George Kirby with Tom Archia and his All Stars - 19479 - Ice Man! - Billy Mitchell – 195310 - The Happy Blacksmith - Prince's Orchestra - 191511 - The Village Blacksmith Owns the Village Now - The Happiness Boys: Billy Jones and Ernest Hare – 192612 - A Job Like That - Will F. Denny - 189913 - We've Got a Job To Do - Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians – 194214 - A Little White Lighthouse - Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra - 193715 - Det Gamle Fyr (The Old Lighthouse) - Zetterstrom og Kristoffersen med Willy's Kvintett - 1930's16 - Lumberjack's Call - The Georgia Crackers - 194617 - My Very Good Friend - The Milkman - Kay Weber and Bob Eberle with the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra – 193518 - The Body Snatchers - Suspense – 1942 (Radio Drama)19 - A Job for Willie - The Phil Harris /Alice Faye Show – 1948 (Radio Comedy)20 - The Blacksmith and his Anvil - Prince's Orchestra - 1914

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

Scott, Peter Wein, and Sammy Kaye talk to Detroit Tigers Legend Mickey Lolich about the 1968 World Series, his book 'Joy In Tigertown' and Much More!

“Your Hit Parade” was an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1959. It was sponsored by American Tobacco's Lucky Strike cigarettes. During this 24-year run, the show had 19 orchestra leaders and 52 singers or groups.Not surprisingly, listeners were informed that the "Your Hit Parade survey checks the best sellers on sheet music and phonograph records, the songs most heard on the air and most played on the automatic coin machines, an accurate, authentic tabulation of America's taste in popular music." However, the exact procedure of this "authentic tabulation" remained a secret. Here are 21 hits from 1950. Enjoy. ***** Join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008232395712 **** or by email at dannymemorylane@gmail.com **** In this episode you'll hear:1) Hoop-Dee-Doo by Kay Starr (with Frank DeVol Orchestra)2) I'll Always Love You (Day After Day) [Charted for 16 weeks] by Dean Martin3) Rag Mop by The Ames Brothers4) April In Paris by Frank Sinatra5) If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 've Baked A Cake by Georgia Gibbs6) There's No Tomorrow by Tony Martin7) Blue Light Boogie, Parts by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five8) All My Love (Bolero) [First reached #1 on the Disk Jockey chart on 10/29/50 - Lasted 5 weeks] by Patti Page9) Mona Lisa [First reached #1 on the Disc Jockey chart on 7/8/50 - Lasted 8 weeks] by Nat King Cole10) Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom by Perry Como (with The Fontane Sisters)11) Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy [First reached #1 on the Juke Box chart on 2/11/50 - Lasted 8 weeks] by Red Foley12) Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) by The Mills Brothers13) A Bushel And A Peck (from the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls) by Doris Day14) If I Were A Bell by Jan Garber & His Orchestra (with Roy Cordell, vocal)15) Love, Look Away by Tony Bennett16) Nice Work If You Can Get It by Sarah Vaughan17) Count Every Star by Ray Anthony & His Orchestra (with Dick Noel, vocal)18) Sam's Song (The Happy Tune) by Bing Crosby (with Gary Crosby, Bing's son's record debut @ age 17])19) Teardrops From My Eyes by Fran Warren20) Harbor Lights [First reached #1 on the Juke Box chart on 11/18/50 - Lasted 4 weeks] by Sammy Kaye (with Tony Alamo & The Kaydetts, vocals)21) As Time Goes By by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

1 - Doughnuts - Leonard Ware Trio - 19472 - When You Dunk a Doughnut - The Six Jumping Jacks – 19263 - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It - Dave Denney – 19494 - Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee - The Three Kadets with Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – 19425 - You Look Pretty in an Evening Gown - The Prairie Ramblers - 19356 - Hurricane - Red and Miff's Stompers – 19267 - Great Big Needle - Tex Williams and his Western Caravan - 19508 - A Needle in a Haystack - Lew Conrad with Leo Reisman and his Orchestra – 19349 - The Turntable Song ('Round, An' 'Round, An' 'Round) - Four Chicks and Chuck with Jack Miller and his Orchestra - 194710 - The Turntable Song ('Round, An' 'Round, 'An 'Round) - The Modernaires with Mitchell Ayres – 194711 - I'm Nuts About Screwy Music - Willie Smith with Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra - 193512 - That's the Last Straw - Spade Cooley (King of Western Swing) and his Band – 194813 - Wiggle Worm - Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra - 194714 - Square Wheeled Wagon - Bob Van Antwerp with Rusty's Riders – 1950s15 - Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses - Fred Rich Orchestra - 192616 – Vereda Tropical (bolero) – Juan Arvizu – 194117 - My Window of Dreams - Bob Haring Orchestra – 1928

AIRED: March 28, 1940 on the Don Lee Mutual Network. "From out of the west to you," California Melodies features British-American music director and composer David Rose and singer Maxine Gray. David Rose is best known for his exotica, space age and cocktail hour recordings. His 1944 hit composition, Holiday of Strings, went on to become the theme song for Red Skelton shows. California Melodies proved to be a fantastic venue to showcase many of Rose's great compositions. Broadcast from Hollywood, this large orchestral program is easy on the ears and lifting to the heart. Also on this episode singer Betty Jane Rhodes with Starlit Hour. Other selections include Swing Etude, I get a Kick Out Of You, All The Things You Are and All In Fun (with Maxine Gray). For more music shows that are sure to please your ear, go to otrcat.com to hear and obtain broadcasts by Sammy Kaye on Sunday Serenade, Enchanted Hour, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Choose a Song Partner, Judy Garland or Lonesome Gal.

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.

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

Season 7 starts off with a great burst of sweet flavor! An educational reading from the YMCA about the proper etiquette of petting! We learn about the best songwriter you've never heard of- Marty Cooper! A scarcity from little Ronnie Dante! Rare bubblegum from Giorgio! A solid hour of bubblegum fun with music from The Magid Triplets, John Fred and his Playboy Band, The Archies, The Ohio Express, Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., Giorgio Moroder, Johnny Whitaker, The Inconceivables, The Brady Kids, Brian Hyland, Marty Cooper, The Strange Brothers Show, Ronnie Dante, The Peppermint Rainbow, The Osmonds and Junction!

Episode 43 features tracks from Earl "Fatha" Hines, Sammy Kaye, Bea Wain, Billy Eckstine and many more.  If you've been cold this winter, I've got an old ad just for you. ...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.

An hour of Christmas music from the Big Bands of yesterday and today, with no interruptions. We also feature great singers you know and love. It’s my present to you, Merry Christmas. These are the songs featured in this episode: 1) Feliz Navidad by Tom Scott 2) Santa Claus Came in the Spring by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra 3) Here Comes Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Comin To Town by Linda Eder 4) Jingle Bells by The Glenn Miller Orchestra (Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres & The Modernaires, vocals) 5) Cool Yule by Louis Armstrong & The Commanders 6) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Ella Fitzgerald 7) Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by Larry Clinton & His Orchestra 8) Winter Wonderland by The Andrews Sisters 9) Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow by Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra 10) Jingle All The Way by Lena Horne 11) Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (Cliff Weston & Edyth Wright, vocals) 12) Boogie Woogie Santa Claus by The Brian Setzer Orchestra 13) Christmas Eve by Billy Eckstine 14) I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Bette Midler 15) White Christmas by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (w/ Johnny Ryan & The Kaye Choir) 16) (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays by Barry Manilow 17) Five Pound Box Of Money by Pearl Bailey 18) Winter Wonderland by Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra 19) The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) by Carmen McRae 20) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Hilton Ruiz

1 - Two Cigarettes in the Dark - Kenneth Sargent with Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - 19342 - While a Cigarette Was Burning - Charles Wilson and Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – 19383 - Let's Have Another Cigarette - Jerry Perkins with Mal Hallett and his Orchestra - 19374 - One Cigarette for Two - Jimmy Di Palma with Bobby Byrne and his Orchestra – 19395 - Der er Udsigt til Lange Cigarer (Denmark) - Ole Monty with Sid Merrimans Danseorkester - 19466 - Little Man with a Candy Cigar - Howard Du Lany with Gene Krupa and his Orchestra – 19417 - While I'm Rollin' My Last Cigarette - Howard Du Lany with Gene Krupa and his Orchestra – 19418 - The Man from the South with a Big Cigar in His Mouth - Red Ingle with Ted Weems and his Orchestra - 19479 - Cigarets And Whiskey (Netherlands) - Toby Rix met de Hollandsche Cowboys - Late 1930s10 - Coffee, Cigarettes, and Tears - Eddie Marshall and his Trail Dusters – 195111 - Big Rock Candy Mountain - Burl Ives – 194512 - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette - Johnny Bond and his Red River Valley Boys – 194713 - A Home in the Clouds - Helen O'Connell with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra - 193914 - With Men Who Know Tobacco Best, It's Women Two to One - Tex Williams - 194915 - A Vucchella (PaoloTosti - Neapolitan) - Enrico Caruso – 191316 - Love Is Like a Cigarette - Ivy Anderson with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - 193617 - Pitchin' up a Boogie - Nat King Cole and his Trio – 1945

In all the time I have been producing Big Band Bash, I have never produced one on the band of Ralph Flanagan. Ralph Flanagan led a very popular band in the early to mid 1950's. He led the Glenn Miller revival starting in the early 50's. Ralph started out as a pianist and then became an accomplished arranger with Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron and Charlie Barnet. I hope you enjoy this look at the music of one of the most popular bands of the 1950's, Mr. Ralph Flanagan. As always, thank you so much for listening. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Episode 142, “1940s Weather,” includes 17 songs and stories about storms, sunshine, rain, wind, and snow. Performers include Perry Como, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Jimmy Dorsey, Sammy Kaye, Johnny Cash, and The Four Aces with Al... Read More The post Episode 142, “1940s Weather,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.

June 4, 1944 - The last episode sponsored by Grape Nuts Flakes. Dennis Day is gone to Naval training and Phil Harris sings "G.I. Jive". Plus songs "A Slip of the Lip Can Sink a Ship", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", and Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye. They mention a number of radio comedies and the soap opera John's Other Wife. And the actor C. Aubrey Smith.

1 - Shave and a Haircut-Shampoo - Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – 19392 - Hey! Barber - "Butch" Stone and Jane Dover with Van Alexander and his Orchestra – 19393 - Flat-Top - Your Ol'e Hillbilly Buddy Dave Farley – 19514 - Poco Pelo - Tony Molina with Jose Curbelo and his Orchestra - 19565 - El Barbero (The Barber) - Hermanas Malagon con Ricardo Rico y su Orquesta - 1950's6 - The Barber ('O Barbiere) - Ralph Pedi7 - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair - Jo Stafford with the Starlighters and Paul Weston's Orchestra – 19498 - Close Shave - John Kirby and Orchestra -9 - Who Clipped Samson's Hair - Deuce Spriggens with Tex Williams' Orchestra – 195010 - Black Beauty - Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters – 193911 - Hooheno Keia No Beauty (The Beauty Hula) - Johnny Kaonohi Pineapple and his Native Islanders - 194412 - There's Beauty Everywhere - Herman Chittison Trio – 194513 - Alberta Let Yo' Hair Hang Low - Conrad Thibault - 194614 - Tchoobchik (Tuft of Hair) - The Gypsy Wanderers15 - With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair - Dick Todd - 194016 - The Daughter of Jeanie (With the Light Brown Hair) - Tommy Taylor with Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions-In-Music - 194117 - Galway Rambler, Red Haired Lass - Paddy Cronin and Frank Neylon18 - When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver - Joe Morgan Orchestra - 193119 - Memories of That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - Gene Autry and Jimmy Long – 193420 - Red hair and Freckles - Ted Bartell Orchestra - 192921 - Red Hair and Freckles - The Charleston Chasers – 192922 - The Lady with Red Hair - Chet Bruce with Gray Gordon and his Tic-Toc Rhythm - 194023 - Nobody Knows What A Red Head Mama Can Do - Ray Miller and His Orchestra – 192424 - The Girl with the Light Blue Hair - Raymond Scott Quintet - 193925 - Bald Head Woman - Billy Mitchell with Joe Morris' Blues Cavalcade – 195126 - Hairy Joe Jump - Harlan Leonard and his Rockets – 194027 - Little Curly Hair in a High Chair - Helen O'Connell with Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra - 194028 - Little Curly Hair in a High Chair - Fats Waller and his Rhythm – 194029 - Lille Krøltop (Little curly-Hair) - Victor Cornelius -30 - The Girl with the Pigtails in Her Hair - Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra – 194031 – The Big Moustache – Dragnet - 1954

1 - Baby, Don't You Tell Me No Lie - June Richmond with Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy – 19432 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Fats Waller and his Rhythm - 19383 - Don't Lie to Me - Eddie Wells with The Spotlite Orchestra - 19494 - Don't Live a Lie - Gene Autry – 19455 - Don't You Lie to Me - Tampa Red - 19406 - Fue Mentira - Ramon Armengod con La Orquesta de Jose Moran – 19397 - How Could Washington Be A Married Man - Dan W. Quinn - 19178 - It's a Lie! - Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – 19469 - It's a Lie! - Nancy Reed and Frankie Lester with Hal McIntyre And His Orchestra – 194710 - Mentira, Mentira - Los Tres Diamantes - late 40's11 - Somebody'S Lyin' - The Five Red Caps – 194412 - Taint So, Honey, 'Taint So - Willard Robinson - 192813 - That Was A Big Fat Lie - Jack Carson with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra – 194914 - That's No Lie - Three Sharps and a Flat – 193915 - Who Told You That Lie - Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Maids - 194616 - Who Told You That Lie - Connee Boswell and The Paulette Sisters with the Bob Haggart Orchestra - 194617 - Who Told You that Lie - Phil Brito with Walter Gross and his Orchestra – 194618 - Why Did You Lie to me - Light Crust Doughboys - 194119 - You Told Me a Lie - Jimmie Davis – 194120 - Be Honest With Me - The Prairie Ramblers - 194021 - Be Honest With Me - Clyde Rogers with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra – 194122 - You Can't Pull the Wool over My Eyes - Helen Ward with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 193623 - You Can't Pull the Wool over My Eyes - Perry Como with Ted Weems and his Orchestra - 193624 - You Can't Pull the Wool over My Eyes - Linda Lee with Music in the Russ Morgan Manner – 193625 - It Must Be True - Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra - 193026 - Honest and Truly - Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra – 192427 - Ain't It the Truth - Count Basie and his Orchestra – 194128 - Tell the Truth - The "5" Royales - 195929 - The Big Lie - Dragnet - 1952

Episode 3 features some Swingin' music by Woody Herman, Glen Gray, Sammy Kaye and many more.  We will also hear from the "Drummer Boy" himself, Gene Krupa. We will be listening to some selected songs from a great performance by Gene from February of 1940. Ronnaldo discusses the challenges of recording the podcast in the presence of five cats that are eager to join the show. ...and remember, if you want to listen to more Big Band and Swing Music check out Swing City Radio.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.

This week, Andrew and Dan venture back into the Billboard annals further than they've ever ventured before. Unfortunately, they return with a truly embarrassing pop song from America's Swing Band Era (or should we say Sweet Band Era). These frat boys love yelling at us about girls that call them "daddy" and we are NOT here for it.

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

Alfred, Stank, and Dirsley G comin atcha live! The world’s debut Big (Boy) Band are back to talk Formula One black box recordings, Brexit, and Wembley innit.   Playlist: Charlie Barnet - Skyliner Lady Leshurr - HORRID Doris Day - Sentimental Journey Wiley - On a Level Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Daddy

In Breaking Walls episode 88, we spotlight the 1945-46 season of The Jack Benny Program. This season introduced characters like telephone operators Gertrude and Mabel, press agent Steve Bradley, hot dog vendor Mr. Kitzel, and Ronald and Benita Colman. This season featured guest appearances from Ingrid Bergman, Isaac Stern, Van Johnson, Ray Milland, Peter Lorre, Louella Parsons, Fred Allen, Ed Sullivan and others. It also was the season in which Dennis Day returned from the Navy and one of the most ingenious marketing campaigns in entertainment history took place: The “I Can’t Stand Jack Benny” Contest. Highlights: • Jack’s slipping ratings • Problems with General Foods • Jack changes sponsors • The War ends and a new season begins • Mabel Flapsaddle & Gertrude Gearshift • Steve Bradley and his big ideas • $10,000 and $646,000 • Jack gets robbed • The Contest • Mail pours in • The Colmans can’t stand Jack Benny • Jack’s ratings soar • Christmas of 1945 & The Rose Bowl • Fred Allen and the end of the Contest • Isaac Stern • Palm Springs • Van Jackson • Ed Sullivan and the end of the season • King for a Day The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material used in today’s episode was: • Sunday Nights at Seven - by Jack and Joan Benny • On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning • Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953 - by Jim Ramsburg • As well as articles from Radio Life on January 27th and February 3rd, 1946 On the interview front: •Jack Benny, Ezra Stone, Kate Smith, Don Wilson, Eliott Lewis, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson and Dennis Day were with Chuck Schaden. Chuck’s interviews from an over 39-year career can be listened to for free at SpeakingofRadio.com • Vincent Price and Mel Blanc were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. The full interviews can be heard at GoldenAge-WTIC.org • Dennis Day was also with John Dunning for his 1980s 71KNUS Radio program from Denver. Some of his interviews can be found at OTRRLibrary.org • And Finally Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, Don Wilson and Mel Blanc were also with Jack Carney for his early 1980s Comedy Program. Much of this audio was originally taken from a 1972 PBS Documentary on Great Radio Comedians. Thank you Goodmond Danielson for supplying me with the audio. Special thanks to our Sponsors: • Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com • The Fireside Mystery Theatre https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com • The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society https://www.ghoulishdelights.com/series/themorls/ Selected music featured in today’s episode was: • Love in Bloom by Bing Crosby • It’s Been a Long, Long, Time by the Harry James Orchestra • Chickery Chick by Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams & Nancy Norman • Manhattan Serenade by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Jo Stafford • It Might as Well Be Spring by Larry Stephens • Danny Boy by Dennis Day • Along the Navajo Trail by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network. A Special Thank you to: Ron Baron Ryan Kramer Christian Neuhaus Aimee Pavy WallBreakers Links: Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers Social Media - @TheWallBreakers URL - thewallbreakers.com Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

Robert Sotak of Upper Arlington is a 91-year-old U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Sotak was raised in St. Ann’s Infants Home and St. Vincent Orphanage, both in Columbus, after his father died of cancer and his mother of tuberculosis. He graduated from East High School in 1945 and enlisted in the Navy at age 17 that June. His two brothers already were in the Navy, and a sister’s husband died during a B-29 bomber mission over Japan. He first went to a naval training center in New York, where  he served in the regimental headquarters. He next was shipped to a Staten Island berthing facility in New York City. He recalled that a ride on the Staten Island Ferry and New York subways cost a nickel each, and he was able to visit such spots as the Statue of Liberty and Times Square. Once in New York, he said, “I had a buddy from Cleveland I ran around with, and I only had $2.50 in my pocket and wouldn’t receive reimbursement for travel for two weeks. “I might add that I had the same job later and reimbursed personnel in two days,” he said. “I tried to be careful with the short funds. However, there was a gentleman who said he was a veteran and asked for a dime to get a cup of coffee. I gave him a dime, and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of coins and placed the dime with them. “On another occasion, two women came up to us, and each asked for a quarter. We obliged. We just couldn’t resist in either case.” In June 1946, Sotak put his name in for re-enlistment and was about to be promoted to storekeeper second class when he learned he instead would be discharged in July. A month from his 19th birthday, he left active duty and entered the Navy Reserve. “While in New York, my buddy was a dancer, and I was a roller skater. We alternated dancing and skating,” he said. “When we went to the ballroom, I sat out while my buddy danced. We both roller-skated. “When I returned home, I got a job at $23 per week,” he said. “A few weeks later, I was informed that the government was looking for veterans. I went to the personnel office and was hired the same day at $75 every two weeks.” Swing and big band still were popular, and back in Columbus, Sotak began taking dance lessons at the Jimmy Rawlins Dance Studio, which operated for decades, mostly in Clintonville. “After finishing the advanced class, Jimmy offered me a teaching job, which I accepted,” Sotak said. “Eventually, we did weekly exhibitions in front of big-named bands, such as Kay Keyser, Sammy Kaye, Harry James, etc., at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel at Broad and High. I kept my government job while teaching, but I made more money teaching.” After the outbreak of the Korean War in July 1950, Sotak was called to active duty in September. After two weeks of disbursement training at Bayonne, New Jersey, he was stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Lake County, Illinois. He was assigned to a disbursing office, and his work environment changed as an indirect result of a party held at Waukegan’s Veterans of Foreign War post. “The next morning, the disbursing office burned down,” he said. “One of the party members fell asleep on a cot in the ladies restroom while smoking. ... A temporary office was set up in the gymnasium. We worked seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until about March 1951.” From there, he said, he was assigned to the special pay counter at the disbursing office’s new location in a gym. “This was my job until I was discharged in July 1952,” he said. “Gym life wasn’t very comfortable for us. We began standing guard duty, and for liberty, we were divided into (two groups) and alternated Sunday afternoons for liberty while working in the gym. “At Great Lakes, my responsibility was the special pay counter. One day a person came in all dressed in civilian clothes and asked for money. After getting his name, I went to the officer’s file but couldn’t find his pay account. I went to my commanding officer, and he looked up and said, ‘That’s the commander of the base.’ His file was kept in the very front by itself.” Sotak was allowed to return home to Columbus, but only married men were granted leave on Christmas. He had thought of staying in the Navy, and had sent all of his civilian clothes to his sister, who had a young friend who didn’t own many clothes. But he changed his mind about the Navy after learning that his rank would have been reduced from DK2 (disbursing clerk) to DK3 if he had stayed in. As a result, he had to spend all of his muster-out pay to buy new civilian clothes. When asked for his advice to veterans adjusting to a return to civilian life, Sotak said he had no problem adjusting because of being young when he served in both wars. “I learned you will have to leave your friends and meet new ones,” the Good Conduct Medal recipient said. “That’s what service was all about.” Sotak and his wife, Jane, have two children and four grandchildren. He retired from the Department of Defense in 1986 and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Society of St Vincent de Paul. This podcast was hosted and produced by Scott Hummel, ThisWeek Community News assistant managing editor, digital. This profile was written by Paul Comstock.

Show 04, “The not-so-boring 1940s,” has a wide variety of music including a vaudeville routine, jazz, vocal groups, a patriotic protest song and of course the Big Bands. Performers include Sammy Kaye, The Three Suns,... Read More The post Episode 04, “The not-so-boring 1940s” appeared first on Sam Waldron.

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

Mack Gordon's movie songs from the 1940s, including: I Had the Craziest Dream, Chattanooga Choo Choo, You'll Never Know, Down Argentine Way, At Last and You Make Me Feel So Young. Performers include: Glenn Miller, Harry James, Sammy Kaye, Frank Sinatra and Dick Haymes.

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