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NBC Radio "All Star Parade of Bands"

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MikefromDelaware

Anyone remember listening to NBC radio's "All Star Parade of Bands" on New Years Eve back in the 1960's? I used to enjoy listening as they'd do live remotes from all over the country featuring the top Big Bands like Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Les and Larry Elgard, etc. The great big bands were live on the radio New Years Eve where as TV had Guy Lombardo.
 
A 'Great Big' Biography of Tommy Dorsey

Interesting feature on Tommy Dorsey on NPR this past weekend.
Dorsey had the last big band single to go to number one on the Billboard chart.
Dorsey is responsible for the first TV appearance Elvis Presley.
Dorsey is the bandleader to whom The Godfather made an offer he couldn't refuse (to get Sinatra out of his contract).

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5077641
 
No but I recorded WNBC on New Year's Eve 1974. The hosts were Don Imus and Wolfman Jack. A lot of talk, and a few songs played. Done live in Times Square.



> Anyone remember listening to NBC radio's "All Star Parade of
> Bands" on New Years Eve back in the 1960's? I used to enjoy
> listening as they'd do live remotes from all over the
> country featuring the top Big Bands like Count Basie, Benny
> Goodman, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Harry James, Lionel
> Hampton, Les and Larry Elgard, etc. The great big bands
> were live on the radio New Years Eve where as TV had Guy
> Lombardo.
>
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Re: A 'Great Big' Biography of Tommy Dorsey

Thanks for the heads up on that NPR program. It was interesting. I believe Jimmy Dorsey had a big band single to make the top 40 charts in 1956 (not #1), "So Rare". Lawrence Welk had a hit in 1960 "Calcutta" (it wouldn't be considered a big band song as it featured a harpsichord and a chorus and not a big band and the song had that Welk sound and style to it that didn't swing). Si Zentner's big band had an arrangement of the James Bond Theme "From Russia With Love" that got air time, but I don't think it actually made the top 40 list.

That TV show that Tommy Dorsey had on CBS also showcased, one week, Wilmington based " The Acromaniac's". These three guys who did some fantastic acrobatic stuff in their youth and who toured nationally back in the 40's and 50's are today's Three Little Bakers who for years ran a successful bakery and who today have a large, very successful dinner theatre in the Wilmington area. At their dinner theatre they show a kinescope of their appearance on the Tommy Dorsey program, plus have many photos of them appearing with all sorts of famous performers ranging from the Three Stooges to Bob Hope.


> Interesting feature on Tommy Dorsey on NPR this past
> weekend.
> Dorsey had the last big band single to go to number one on
> the Billboard chart.
> Dorsey is responsible for the first TV appearance Elvis
> Presley.
> Dorsey is the bandleader to whom The Godfather made an offer
> he couldn't refuse (to get Sinatra out of his contract).
>
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5077641
>
 
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