Popular Radio Music Of 1939 By American Big Band Orchestras @KPAX41

[@johnmartinez6092]

I LOVE THE MUSIC FROM THIS ERA.........BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD....LOVE THE BIG BANDS!

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

I see you found our other channel too John. Thank you for watching this channel too!

[@nataliademiantseva1407]

Wonderful selection of tunes from the Swing era. Meredith Blake's voice is fantastic. It har unforgettable charm and magic. Thank you for sharing.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

this music is my "go to" to wind down from the week on a Friday evening. Much appreciated! I wonder if my grandparents listened to those broadcasts (in 1939 my mother would have been 8 y/o and likely well in bed)

[@Trombonology]

Bob, nice to find you venturing into this chronological territory and -- wow! -- I finally get to hear Bobby Byrne's band! I've heard most of his great work with Jimmy Dorsey's orch., but I'd never heard him on his own -- only the story about him suing to get his vocalist, Dorothy Claire, back from the Miller orch. A child prodigy, Bobby had been brought into the Dorsey Brothers' orch. at sixteen(!), to take Tommy's chair, when the hot-headed younger Dorsey refused to play with the band. When Tommy was finally able to get out of his contract and stomped off on his own, young Mr. Byrne became one of the stars of the Jimmy Dorsey orch. The kid's beautiful, clear upper-register on "Speaking Of Heaven," of course, bears some resemblance to TD's sound -- as well as Will Bradley's, I think. Besides this treat, my other favorites have to be Lennie Hayton's take on the wonderful "As Long As I Live" and Casa Loma's grooving "Sunrise Serenade."

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

I was hoping you would enjoy this selection Elizabeth and thank you so much for the background on Bobby B. I wasn't familiar with his background / history and I am sure others will find this helpful too. I am working on doing a chronological series but not in order.

[@spencersmith2798]

Great selection of tunes from ‘39...although not often heard today, “You Don’t Know How Much You Can Suffer” is a fine tune with a different blue sound, with a wistful, yet swinging style...one barely needs to read between the lines of the melody’s lyrics, however, to realize the suffering abroad at that time was being capsulized in a pop American tune, one notable hit of which was recorded by fellow North Carolinian, Kay Kyser...certainly a good way to start this set! Thanks once more PAX41.

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

Glad you enjoyed the selection Spencer. You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer is a favorite song of mine and I like the Abe Lyman version the best.

[@larryhagemann5548]

Alas, my favorite (the tuba) gave way to the trumpet and associated horn instruments in this time frame. I appreciate this era, but utterly love the previous 20 years. All in all, you give us the entire menu to select from, Bob. Thank you.

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

Glad you enjoyed the selection even without the tuba Larry.

[@kinghenrymiller2629]

Very nice set Bob. It's amazing what a difference 10 years makes in the sound of music. Thank you for posting these songs

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

Yes, kind of like the change in music between the 1950s and 1960s.

[@Ethergirl]

Love "As Long As I Live"!

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

That same song is also on the Pax41 Music Time Machine channel but by a different band. It's by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. The Gibbons version is by far the best version of this song I have heard. Glad you liked it Susan.

[@patrickdcyau]

TRACK TIMING: 00:06 [1] Ruby Newman & his orchestra - You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer - vocal Meredith Blake 02:51 [2] Frankie Masters & his orchestra - The Merry Old Land Of Oz - vocal Frankie Masters & The Masters Voices 05:12 [3] Bobby Byrne & his orchestra - Speaking Of Heaven - vocal Jimmy Di Palma 07:55 [4] Gray Gordon & his Tic Toc Rhythm Orchestra - Blue Italian Waters - vocal Cliff Grass 10:49 [5] Lennie Hayton & his orchestra - As Long As I Live 13:42 [6] Shep Fields & his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Are You Having Any Fun - vocal Hal Derwin 16:42 [7] Glen Gray &The Casa Loma Orchestra - Sunrise Serenade (For further details, please see Henri's information below)

[@jackfrost9867]

Very cool

[@KPAXMusicOfThess]

Glad you liked it and thank you for watching the channel.

[@henridelagardere264]

00:06 [1] Ruby Newman - *You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer* - Decca 2594 . _Dave Franklin (m) & Cliff Friend (w)_ Ruby Newman - dir; Dave Wade, Tony Lipe - tp; Mark Bennett - tb; Sid Perlmutter, Arnold Luber - as; George Gibeau - ts; Jules Rubin - bs; Isadore Zir - vn; Sam Liner - p; Lew Green - g; Sam Shopnick - b; Tom Hatch - dr; Meredith Blake - voc. 02:51 [2] Frankie Masters - *The Merry Old Land of Oz* - Vocalion 5034 . _Harold Arlen (m) & Yip Harburg (w)_ . www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/reference 05:12 [3] Bobby Byrne - *Speaking of Heaven* - Decca 2815 . _Jimmy Van Heusen (m) & Mack Gordon (w)_ Robert Peck, Bobby Guyer, Chuck Foresythe - tp; Bobby Byrne, Ben Long, Dan Matthews - tb; Jack Torchin - as; Jerry Yelverton - cl, as; Bunny Bardarch, Don Byrne - ts; Bill Davies - p; Abe Siegel - b; Wes Dean - dr; Jimmy Palmer (as Jimmy de Palma) - voc. 07:55 [4] Gray Gordon and His Tic-Toc Rhythm - *Blue Italian Waters* - Bluebird B-10132 . _Frank Churchill (m) & Paul Francis Webster (w)_ . www.imdb.com/title/tt0031313/reference 10:49 [5] Lennie Hayton - *As Long As I Live* - Varsity 8134 . _Harold Arlen (m) & Ted Koehler (w)_ Bill Graham, John Dillard, George Jaffe - tp; Walter Mercurio, Wendell de Lory - tb; Slats Long - cl, as; John Sadola, Willard Brady - ts; Lennie Hayton - p, ldr; Dave Barbour - g; Bernie Friedland - b; Bunny Shawker - dr. . greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/a/as_long_as_i_live.html#reading 13:42 [6] Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm - *Are You Having Any Fun* - Bluebird B-10379 . _Sammy Fain (m) & Jack Yellen (w)_ . www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/george-whites-scandals-1939-13188 16:42 [7] Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra - *Sunrise Serenade* - Decca 2321 . _Frankie Carle (m) & Jack Lawrence (w)_ Frankie Carle, at the time member of the Horace Heidt Orchestra, plays the piano here. I'm a particular fan of the Casa Loma Orchestra and Dave Franklin, also of Harold Arlen and Bobby Byrne's sensuous trombone. A very beautiful selection indeed. I'd never have expected a vibrator ad [6:49], though.

[@electric_girl]

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