Sharing the mp3 sound of the classic big bands
Their version of 1939's most popular song,
"Deep Purple"
The Big Band Era
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Sharing the mp3 sound of the classic big bands
Their version of 1939's most popular song, "Deep Purple"
The Big Band Era |
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Welcome to this site which reprises and introduces the sound of the classic big bands. This month we salute the music of the year 1939. The site is intended for the enjoyment of that diminishing audience which remembers when the big bands were king. But more so it is intended to interpret the big bands to a younger audience unfamiliar with the full scope of the medium. To sample the big band sound, click the site title or scroll down to music boxes below for each month of the past year containing links to big band music. New pages are issued monthly, so, if you like what you hear, come back and share our enthusiasm. In particular, we hope this music becomes available to every retirement home or community resident who wants to hear "our kind of music." Over one hundred and twenty different bands have appeared here since May 2002. Let me know which you prefer and of any others you would like to hear.
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Andrews Sisters - Begin The Beguine - Dec. Artie Shaw - I Poured My Heart Into A Song - Nov. Bob Crosby - Day In - Day Out - July Boswell Sisters - Alexander's Ragtime Band - Dec. Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jime - July Charlie Spivak - Elegy - Apr. Charlie Spivak - Brother Bill - Apr. Charlie Spivak - Let's Go Home - Apr. Charlie Spivak - Mean To Me - Apr. Charlie Spivak - This Is No Laughing Matter - Apr. Count Basie - Jumpin' At The Woodside - Aug. Count Basie - Kid From Red Bank - Aug. Count Basie - Lester Leaps In - Aug. Count Basie - Sent For You Yesterday - Aug. Count Basie - Thursday - Aug. Duke Ellington -Rose Of The Rio Grande - Jun. Fats Waller - You're Laughing At Me - Nov. Freddy Martin - Tonight We Love - May Gene Krupa - After You've Gone - Jan. Gene Krupa - Body And Soul - Jan. Gene Krupa - Drumboogie - Jan. Gene Krupa - I Walked In - Jan. Gene Krupa - It All comes Back To Me Now - Jan. George Shearing - April In The Rain - June Glen Gray - Georgia On My Mind - Feb. Glen Gray - My Heart Tells Me - June Glenn Miller - Blueberry Hill - Mar. Glenn Miller - The Five O'Clock Whistle - Mar. |
Glenn Miller - I'll Never Smile Again - Mar. Glenn Miller - Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee - Nov. Glenn Miller - Lamp Is Low - May Glenn Miller - Nearness Of You - Feb. Glenn Miller - When You Wish Upon A Star - Mar. Glenn Miller - Woodpecker song - Mar. Hal Kemp - Don't Worry 'Bout Me - July Hal Kemp - Night Is Filled With Music - Nov. Harry James - I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Oct. Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care - Dec. Jack Teagarden - Shiek Of Araby - July Jimmy Dorsey - Any Bonds Today? - Oct. Kay Kyser - Johnny Doughboy - Oct. Kay Kyser - Ole Buttermilk Sky - Feb. King Sisters - Music Makers - Dec. Larry Clinton - My Reverie - May Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers - June Louis Jordan - G. I. Jive - Oct. Mills Brothers - Paper Doll - Dec. Paul Weston - On The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe - June Perry Botkin - Two Sleepy People - Feb. Tommy Dorsey - Be Careful It's My Heart - Nov. Tommy Dorsey - Indian Summer - July Tommy Dorsey - Last Call For Love - Oct. Tommy Dorsey - Song Of India - May Tommy Dorsey - Star Dust - Feb. Vaughn Monroe - At The Crossroads - May |
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