Playlist with the complete New Year’s Radio Dancing Party 1945 to 1946, originally as broadcasted on December 31, 1945 from 11:00 p.m. to ’round 00:01 a.m. on January 1, 1946 🙂
Enjoy the ride, but please don’t forget to hug & kiss your beloved!
BREW WISHES ALL OF YOU A SWINGING & A HAPPY, HEALTHY & PEACEFUL NEW YEAR 2012!!!
Blog owner’s note:
Whilst this is getting published – ’round 8:35 p.m. MET -, I’m in some Kölsch Pub already, with a bunch of sweet chicks, and my … pocket horn 😉
Here are the credits, and a picture with the original LP:
The Armed Forces Radio Service’s New Year’s Radio Dancing Party from 1945 to 1946 (You may click on the pictures to enlarge.):
01 Sad Sack 3:36 Harry James & His Music Makers from Hollywood;
02 One O’Clock Jump 4:35 Count Basie & His Orchestra from New York City;
03 Warsaw Concerto 3:28 Freddy Martin & His Orchestra from the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles;
04 Woodchopper’s Ball 3:44 Woody Herman & His Orchestra from the Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey;
05 Drum Boogie 4:01 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra from the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard;
06 Just You And I 3:32 Henry King & His Orchestra from the Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, featuring Joe Sudy;
07 Accentuate The Positive 4:43 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra from the Club Zanzibar, NYC;
08 I Got Rhythm 4:27 Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra from the Casino Gardens, Ocean Park, California;
09 Twilight Time 2:07 Les Brown & His Band Of Renown from the Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC;
10 Little Jazz 3:23 Artie Shaw & His Orchestra from California, featuring Roy Eldridge;
11 Tampico 3:14 Stan Kenton & His Orchestra from the Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, featuring June Christy;
12 Song Of India 3:20 Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra from San Diego, California, featuring Charlie Shavers;
13 Polonaise 3:18 Carmen Cavallaro, His Piano & Orchestra from Ciro’s, Hollywood, California;
14 Robin Hood 3:33 Louis Prima & His Orchestra from Salt Lake City;
15 Gotta Be This Or That 2:59 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra from Boston, Massachusetts, featuring Red Norvo & Slam Stewart;
16 Let The Zoomer’s Drool 5:11 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra from Evansville, Indiana;
17 For Auld Lang Syne 2:04 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians from the Grill Room, Hotel Roosevelt, NYC;
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