THE FABULOUS DORSEYS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 27th, 1983

JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (10-5-39) Remote broadcast from Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook “on Route 23, the Newark-Pompton Turnpike in Cedar Grove, New Jersey,” Opening night of Jimmy’s return engagement. Vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell. Music includes “Shine On Harvest Moon,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “Comes Love,” “It’s Funny to Everyone But Me,” and “Pagan Love Song.” Sustaining, NBC. (10:55; 10:00; 7:35)

TOMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (2-11-41) Remote broadcast from Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook with vocals by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers. Selections include “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Swanee River,” “Oh, Look at Me Now,” “Let’s Get Away from It All,” and “The Moon Won’t Talk.” Sustaining, CBS. (7:55; 9:20; 12:10)

TOMMY AND JIMMY DORSEY AND THEIR ORCHESTRAS (9-19-46) Remote broadcast featuring the Dorsey Brothers and their bands “from America’s biggest ballroom,” the Casino Gardens, Ocean Park, California, Vocals by Stuart Foster, Charlie Shavers, Dee Parker, Bob Carroll. Tunes include “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “A Ghost of a Chance,” “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning,” “If I’m Lucky” and “Brotherly Jump.” Sustaining, ABC. (10:25; 7:50; 10:40)

HEAR AMERICA SWINGIN’ (1954) Featuring the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra broadcasting from Glen Echo Ballroom, “just outside Wash­ington, D.C.” Vocal honors by Lynn Roberts and Bill Raymond,

DORSEY BROTHERS SHOW 111-25-56) Ex­cerpt of a remote broadcast originating in the Cafe Rouge of the Hotel Statler in New York City. Music includes “Harlem Express,” “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me,” and “Something’s Gotta Give.” This was the final broadcast in the career of Tommy Dorsey who died in his sleep the next night. U.S. Savings Bonds, CBS. (16:55)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be big band buff and historian KARL PEARSON who will dis­cuss the careers of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and bring with him some tapes of other Dorsey radio appearances.