MORE BIG BANDS DURING THE 20TH CENTURY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 28th, 1999

JUBILEE #98 (9-25-44) Program for military audiences hosted by Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman and featuring Count Basie and his orchestra, actress Butterfly McQueen, vocalists Thelma Carpenter and Jimmy (Mr. Five By Five) Rush­ing, drummer Buddy Rich, and bandleader Artie Shaw. AFRS. (30 min)

NBC BANDSTAND (11-8-561 Excerpt from the two-hour daily program hosted by Bert Parks and featuring Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians with the Trio, Kenny Gardner and guest vocalist Dick Haymes.NBC . (21 min)

FITCH SUMMER BANDWAGON 16-4-391 Broadcast from Chicago with “talent scout” Garry Morfit (later known as Garry Moore) pre­senting the popular new bands of tomorrow. Featured in this show are Jack Teagarden and the orchestra with vocalist Linda Keene. Fitch Shampoo, NBC. (30 min)

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (8-15-39) Remote broadcast from the Glen Island Casino “overlooking the waters of Long Island Sound” in New Rochells, New York. Vocals by Marion Hutton, Ray Eberle and Tex Beneke. Sustaining, NBC. (15 min)

HENRY BUSSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (19351 Syndicated studio broadcast featuring Henry Busse “and his Monmarte Orchestra” with vocals by Marion Holmes, Steve Bowers and Carl Grayson. Syndicated. (15 min)

VICTORY PARADE OF SPOTLIGHT BANDS (1­10-45) Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music playing for the war workers of Conti­nental Motors Corporation in Muskegon, Michi­gan. Vocals by Jane Walton and Bobby Beers. Coca Cola, BLUE NETWORK. (24 min)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is Big Band Historian and frequent Nostalgia Digest contributor Karl Pearson who will talk about the important part that the big bands played on radio in the 20th Century.