THE BIG BANDSTAND

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, May 26, 2001

BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (10-23-37) Remote broadcast from the Madhattan Room of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Selections include “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree” and “Am I Blue.” Vocalist Martha Tilton sings “You’re My Desire” and “Yours and Mine.” The Goodman Trio offers “Where or When” and the Goodman Quartet presents a wild version of “Nagasaki.” Melvin Allen announces. Sustaining, CBS. (30 min)

BENNY MEROFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA (9-4¬37) Remote broadcast from the Summer Terrace of the Hotel New Yorker in New York City. Bert Parks announces. Vocals by “Miss Sonia” and Clyde Rogers. This little-known but solid middle-of-the-road orchestra presents “They All Laughed,” “Lady Be Good,” Sweet Leilani,” ‘Peanut Vendor,” and “He Ain’t Got Rhythm.” Sustaining, CBS. (30 min)

RUSS MORGAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (7-8¬51) Remote broadcast from the Marine Dining Room of the Edgewater Beach Hotel “along the shores of Lake Michigan” in Chicago. “Music in the Morgan Manner” selections include “How High the Moon,” “Bye Bye Blues,” “Stars Fell on Alabama,” and “You Belong to My Heart.” Bill Griskey announces. Sustaining, NBC. (25 min)

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (8-4-39) Remote broadcast from the Glen Island Casino on Long Island Sound in New Rochelle, New York. Tunes include “Slip Horn Jive,” My Isle of Golden Dreams,” and “King Porter Stomp.” Ray Eberle sings “The Lamp is Low.” Sustaining, NBC BLUE. (14 min)

AMERICA’S POPULAR MUSIC (1958) Chapter One of “The Glenn Miller Story,” an 18-part series hosted by Andy Mansfield. This series features interviews with music personalities who played a role in the history of the Miller Band, plus clips from broadcasts and recordings. Ben Pollack, who hired Glenn Miller for his band in the 1920s, is interviewed in this first program of the series. AFRTS. (30 min) Subsequent episodes will be presented throughout the summer on TWTD.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is big band historian KARL PEARSON who will talk about the music and the musicians of the Big Band Era.