Podcast: Show 205 - All I Desire Is Good Skin Care

Swing City RadioFriday, March 29, 2024Podcasts

The Big Band and Swing Podcast - All I Desire Is Good Skin Care - Show 205 -

Features vintage music by Woody Herman, Raymond Scott and Freddy Martin. Ronnaldo also talks a little bit about an old show called "Call For Music".

* The musical performances and recordings featured in this podcast are in the Public Domain. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Listen to: All I Desire Is Good Skin Care (Show 205)

Listen to more episodes of The Big Band and Swing Podcast at: BigBandPodcast.com

Snader Telescription: "I May Be Wrong"

Swing City RadioMonday, March 25, 2024Artists and Recordings, Newsletter, Soundies

Today's Snader is "I May Be Wrong" featuring the beautiful vocals of Peggy Lee with music by Dave Barbour and His Quartet. This is one of 10 Snader Telescriptions that Peggy Lee recorded in the early 1950's.

This song and clip is simply fantastic. The most impressive part may be Dave Barbour's guitar solo while Peggy sews a button on his collar. They were still married at this point and their chemistry really shines through.

Enjoy!

Watch: "I May Be Wrong" by Peggy Lee and the Dave Barbour Quartet

Podcast: Show 204 - Going Bananas For a Ventriloquist

Swing City RadioFriday, March 22, 2024Podcasts

The Big Band and Swing Podcast - Going Bananas For a Ventriloquist - Show 204 -

Features vintage recordings by Glenn Miller, Charlie Spivak and Jimmie Lunceford. We also learn a little about "The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show" and listen to some musical performances from that series.

* The musical performances and recordings featured in this podcast are in the Public Domain. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Listen to: Going Bananas For a Ventriloquist (Show 204)

Listen to more episodes of The Big Band and Swing Podcast at: BigBandPodcast.com

Podcast: Show 203 - Vitamins and a Cowgirl

Swing City RadioFriday, March 15, 2024Podcasts

The Big Band and Swing Podcast - Vitamins and a Cowgirl - Show 203 -

Features vintage music by Marion Hutton, Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. Ronnaldo answers listener mail and also talks a little bit about Dale Evans.

* The musical performances and recordings featured in this podcast are in the Public Domain. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Listen to: Vitamins and a Cowgirl (Show 203)

Listen to more episodes of The Big Band and Swing Podcast at: BigBandPodcast.com

Watch: Stan Kenton and Anita O'Day from 1944

Swing City RadioSaturday, March 09, 2024Artists and Recordings

Today's film clip features Stan Kenton and His Orchestra along with Anita O'Day performing the songs "I'm Going Mad For A Pad" and "Memphis Lament". This excerpt is from a Film Short put out by Universal Pictures called "Artistry in Rhythm". The whole film is about 16 minutes in length and was released on May 1, 1944.

In my opinion, Anita O'Day steals the spotlight with her performance of "I'm Going Mad For A Pad". Even though I still think June Christy was the best fit, vocals wise, for Kenton's band - Anita O'day did some stellar work during her time with Stan and His Orchestra.

The film and audio quality of this clip is a little jumpy at the beginning but gets better as it goes along.

Enjoy!

Watch: Stan Kenton and Anita O'Day - "I'm Going Mad For A Pad" and "Memphis Lament"

Podcast: Show 202 - Still Getting a Thrill

Swing City RadioFriday, March 08, 2024Podcasts

The Big Band and Swing Podcast - Still Getting a Thrill - Show 202 -

Features vintage recordings by The Crew Chiefs, Freddie Slack and Stan Kenton. We also listen to a Soundie by vocalist Vera Barton and a PSA about Tire Rationing.

* The musical performances and recordings featured in this podcast are in the Public Domain. Artists are credited within the podcast.

Listen to: Still Getting a Thrill (Show 202)

Listen to more episodes of The Big Band and Swing Podcast at: BigBandPodcast.com

Added Some More Shellac to YouTube (Mar 2024)

Swing City RadioTuesday, March 05, 202478's

Pic of The Jumpin' Jive by Van Alexander

Last week I added some more of my 78rpms to the Youtube Channel. Most of these came out sounding pretty good. You should have seen the original condition some of these were in. It's amazing that some of these sound as good as they do.

Included are tracks by Billy Butterfield, Van Alexander, Vaughn Monroe, Mal Hallett and Glenn Miller. I really LOVE the Van Alexender version of "The Jumpin' Jive" which I included with this post. It was released on the Bluebird Label in 1939. There is some surface noise when at the beginning which I couldn't get rid of but overall it's pretty good quality.

You can listen to all of these on YouTube at: Ronnaldo's 78rpm Collection

Enjoy!