CHICAGO REMOTE BROADCASTS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 9, 1983

KAY KYSER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (8-13-37) Remote broadcast from “the world’s most beautiful ballroom,” the Trianon Ballroom, 62nd and Cottage Grove, in Chicago. Vocals by Sully Mason, Harry Babbitt, Nancy Nelson, Bill Stoker. Music includes “Hey, Hey Your Cares Away,” “Bugle Call Rag,” “Someday I’ll Find You,” “I Can’t Lose that Longing For You.” Sustaining, MBS. (13:45; 14:00)

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA (8-13-52) Remote broadcast from Chicago’s Blue Note, Madison near Dearborn. Vocals by Ray Nance, Jimmy Grissom and Betty Roche. Tunes include “Tulip or Turnip,” “Sophisticated Lady,” “Rockin’ in Rhythm,” and “Take the a Train”. Sustaining, NBC.

EARL “FATHA” HINES AND HIS ORCHESTRA (8-3-38) “Thirty minutes of super jive” from the Grand Terrace Cafe on Chicago’s South Olds (35th and State). “Limehouse Blues,” “HI Yo Silver,” “Beside a Moonlit Stream,” “A-TIsket, A-Tasket,” “St. Louis Blues.” Vocals provided by Leroy Harris, Katherine Perry. Sustaining, NBC. (8:00; 9:40; 11:40)

DICK JURGENS AND HIS ORCHESTRA (August 1950) Remote broadcast from “the glamorous air-conditioned Aragon Ballroom, Lawrence near Broadway in Chicago.” Music Includes “I Love The Girl,” “Roses,” “Under a Polka-Dot Sky,” “Mississippi Mud,” “Mona Lisa,” “Bewitched” and “Sentimental Journey.” Vocal honors to Al Galante and Ray McIntosh. Sustaining, WBBM. (9:15; 10:15; 10:00)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be Nostalgia Newsletter columnist KARL PEARSON who will bring with him a stack of taped excerpts from his extensive collection of band remote broadcasts.