RADIO’S BIG BAND ERA

Originally broadcast on WLTD
(Call letters changed from WNMP)
Sunday, November 8, 1970

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1940s) Remote broadcast from the Café Rouge of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, with Ray Eberly, Marian Hutton and Tex Beneke. Selections include “I Want to Be Happy” and “Tiger Rag.”

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is band leader FREDDY MARTIN who talks about his orchestra and his musical career. Recorded 10-21-70 at Willowbrook Ballroom in suburban Chicago.

GOING PLACES PARTY (1930s) featuring Freddy Martin and his orchestra at a college sorority dance. Music includes “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” and “You Have to Be a Football Hero.”

BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (10-21-43) Excerpt of a remote broadcast from the New Yorker Hotel in New York City.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is big band leader DICK JURGENS who describes his long and successful career in music. Recorded 11-4-70 at Willowbrook Ballroom in suburban Chicago.

HERE’S TO VETERANS (1949) Dick Jurgens and his band in a “remote” from the Café Rouge of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Selections include “So In Love” and “Begin the Beguine.”

TOMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1940-44) A collection of excerpts from Dorsey remote broadcasts including Frank Sinatra’s last song for Tommy and the introduction of his replacement, Dick Haymes.