The Big Band and Swing Podcast
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The Big Band and Swing Podcast is a weekly podcast that focuses on the music, artists and history of the Big Band Era of the 1930's and 1940's. You will hear both classic and forgotten Big Band recordings and performances rescued from Old Time Radio Broadcasts (OTR), Soundies, V-Discs and other AFRS archives.
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Features Big Band music by Bob Crosby, The Pied Piper, The Modernaires and many more. We learn about the great music featured on the old radio show "Club Fifteen".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features music by some of the great Service Bands of World War II to honor Memorial Day. These bands can REALLY swing!
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #10 of the V-Disc Collection. This V-Disc features two classic recordings by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. (E016)
* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage recordings by Glenn Miller, Cootie Williams and Gus Arnheim. We also learn a little bit about a popular book written by Cab Calloway.
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features Big Band music by Les Brown, Anson Weeks, Sammy Kaye and many more. We also listen to a catchy little "jingle" for Lucky Strike.
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #8 of the V-Disc Collection. This V-Disc features vintage music by The Vaughn Monroe Orchestra, The Four Lee Sisters and The Four V's. (E015)
* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage recordings by The Dorsey Brothers, Martha Tilton and Harry James. Ronnaldo dusts off the Panoram 2000 to play a Soundie called "The Skunk Song".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features music by Dick Jurgens, Dean Hudson, Bea Wain and more. Ronnaldo also plays select audio clips from an educational film called "Keeping Clean and Neat".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage recordings by Larry Clinton, Jan Savitt and Jimmy Dorsey. We also learn what product makes your "whites so bright, you'll need sunglasses".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #7 of the V-Disc Collection. This V-Disc features a classic recording of Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. (E014)
* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features Big Band music by Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Jimmie Lunceford and many more. Ronnaldo plays tracks from an old radio show called "Sound Off".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage recordings by Bunny Berigan, George Paxton and Will Bradley. We also listen to select clips from a fire prevention awareness film called "Crimes of Carelessness".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #4 of the V-Disc Collection. This V-Disc features vintage music by Eddie Cantor, Marion Hutton and Dinah Shore. (E013)
* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features music by Kay Kyser, Raymond Scott and Charlie Spivak. We also listen to select tracks from an old radio show starring The Andrews Sisters and some PSA's about the U.S. Savings Bond Payroll Plan.
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage recordings by Stan Kenton, Peggy Lee and Guy Lombardo. We also listen to an interesting Dean Hudson track that I'm sure you will enjoy.
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #188 of the V-Disc Collection. This V-Disc features vintage recordings by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra. (E012)
* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features Big Band music by Art Mooney, Artie Shaw, Les Brown and Bobby Sherwood. We also learn about life "BD" and "AD" according to DUZ.
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage recordings by Count Basie, Lucky Millinder and Jimmie Grier. We also listen to a Soundie by Florence Pepper and a couple of Ellington tracks from "A Date With The Duke".
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
In this episode we examine and listen to Disc #104 of the V-Disc Collection. This V-Disc features vintage recordings by Don Redman and His Orchestra. We also learn about the raw material that went into making V-Discs. (E011)
* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
Features vintage Big Band music by Duke Ellington, The Pied Pipers, Buddy Clark and The Starlighters. We also listen to an old radio spot for Postum.
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* All music in this podcast are Creative Commons. Artists are credited within the podcast.
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