BIG BANDS FROM CHICAGO

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, June 24, 1978

BOB CROSBY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (4-29-40) from the Blackhawk Restaurant. Vocals by Bob Crosby and Marion Mann. Tunes include “Fools Rush In,” “Cecilia,” “The Starlite Hour” and “Sugar Foot Stomp.” Mutual via WGN. (6:55; 11:20; 10:50)

TED WEEMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA (2-10-37) from the Trianon Ballroom. Vocals by Perry Como. Music includes “When My Dream-boat Comes Home,” “Goodnight, My Love” and “The Doll Dance” featuring whistler Elmo Tanner. MUTUAL (14:05)

BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET (8-20-52) from the Blue Note. Listen for “After You’ve gone,” “Bye Bye Blue,” “Poor Butterfly” and “Avalon.” Greg Donovan is announcer. NBC. 8:10; 7:35; 8:35)

WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHES­TRA (3-2745) from the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman. Vocal by Frances Wayne and Woody Herman. “Happiness is a Thing Called Joe,” “I Wonder” and “Apple Honey.” CBS. (14:45)

WILL OSBORNE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (10448) from the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Music featured includes “The Dipsy Doodle,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “The One I Love,” “Caramba! It’s the Sambal,” “Ramblin’ Rose” and “Wabash Blue.” NBC. (10:05; 14:15)

STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA 124-42) from the Panther Room of the Hotel Sherman. Vocals by Dolly Mitchell and Red Dorris. “A Touch of Texas,” “Manhattan Serenade,” “When the Lights Go On Again” and “Eager Beaver’: BLUE NETWORK. (13:05)

GLENN MILLER CHESTERFIELD SHOW (6-1340) from the stage of the Chicago Civic Theatre. `”Solitude,” “The Rumba Jumps,” “Everybody Loves My Baby.” Chesterfield Cig­arettes. CBS. (14:35)

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