RADIO’S BIG BAND SOUND

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 18, 1998

CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (7­27-40) Remote broadcast from the Outdoor Gardens of Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. The “Hi-De-Ho Man” presents “Limehouse Blues,” “I Can’t Resist you,” “Boog It,” and “Cupid’s Nightmare.” Vocals by Cab and the boys in the band. Bill Abernathy announces. Sustaining, NBC. (29:30)

NBC BANDSTAND (11-1-56) Excerpt starring emcee Bert Parks and featuring Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm. Vocals by Jackie Austin and guest star Johnny Desmond. Se­lections include “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Tip­toe Thru the Tulips,” “September in the Rain,” and a mambo medley. Various sponsors, NBC. (21:05)

CHESTERFIELD MOONLIGHT SERENADE (12­4-40) Glenn Miller and the rochestra with vo­cals by Marian Hutton and Ray Eberle. Tunes include a “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue” medley, plus “Long Time No See, Baby” and “Limehouse Blues.” Chesterfield, CBS. (13:35)

EDDY HOWARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA (12­5-45) Remote broadcast from the “far-famed Aragon Ballroom, Lawrence and Broadway, on the North Side of Chicago.” Vocals by Eddy Howard and Kenny Myers. Selections include “Thou Swell,” “Old Fashioned Love,” “Ragtime Cowboy Joe.” Sustaining, MBS/WGN. (25:00)

NBC BANDSTAND (1 1-13-56) Excerpt starring Bert Parks whose guests are singer Julius LaRosa and Les Brown and his Band of Re­nown. Julius sings “I Got Rhythm,” and the band plays “Ramona,” Canadian Sunset,” Ridin’ High.” Band vocals by JoAnn Greer and Butch Stone. NBC Radio and TV. (20:15)

FITCH BANDWAGON (5-23-42) Excerpt from Hollywood with Bob Crosby and his orchestra as “guest band of the week.” Music includes “Jersey Bounce,” “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” and “Smoky Mary.” Vocals by Bob Crosby. Host is Tobe Reed, announcer is Dresser Dahlstead. Fitch Shampoo, NBC. (16:30)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is big band historian and Nostalgia Digest contributor Karl Pearson who will talk about the bands and the era from whence they came.