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TitleArmed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) Benny Goodman Show, programs 45-50, Jubilee Series 261-262, and A Song is Born Voice Tracks (Side 1)
Date Created1947-05-1947-08
GenreJazz
GenreJazz radio programs
Note(s)Connor DR (Donald R.) Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy. Scarecrow Press; 1988, pages 185-188.
Note(s)This project was supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Table of ContentsAFRS Benny Goodman Show; Program #45- Part 2; May 19, 1947, Hollywood
0:11: Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - voc Frances Langford -
Benny Goodman, clt, and “the Mobilgas Orchestra”
2:06: Flying Home - Quintet: BG, Rowles, Hendrickson, Babasin, Romersa
AFRS Benny Goodman Show; Program #46; May 26, 1947, Hollywood; Personnel as of May 5. Guest: Louella Parsons.
Program #46 - Part 1
5:29: I Want To Be Loved - voc Lillian Lane
ET: as preceding, except: Part 2
9:11: Love Is Just Around The Corner - Quinet (Not Transferred: Clarinet A La King - dubbed from Prog. #43
ET: AFRS Benny Goodman Show; Program #47; June 2, 1947, Hollywood
Benny Goodman, clt; John Best, George Seaburg, Frank Beach, Irving Goodman, tpt; Lou McGarity, Tommy Pederson, Hoyt Bohannon, tbn; Heinie Beau, Gus Bivona, as; Herbie Haymer, Stan Getz, ts; Chuck Gentry, bar; Jimmy Rowles, p; Al Hendrickson, g; Harry Babasin, b; Don Lamond, d; Matt Dennis, voc; Ralph Burns (RB), arr.
Quintet: BG, Rowles, Hendrickson, Babasin, Lamond
Guest: Peter Lorre
Program #47 - Part 1
12:35: Skeleton In The Closet - voc Matt Dennis (arr RB) (Not Transferred: ‘S Wonderful - dubbed from Prog. #31)
ET: as preceding, except: Part 2
16:15: Cherokee - Quintet
ET: AFRS Benny Goodman Show; Program #48; June 9, 1947, Hollywood
Orchestra personnel as of June 2. Small group: add Red Norvo, vib.
Sextet: BG, Norvo, Rowles, Handrickson, Babasin, Lamond
Program #48 - Part 1
19:41: Dizzy Fingers
ET: as preceding, except: Part 2 (Not Transferred: The Bannister Slide - dubbed from Prog. #38)
22:44: Just One Of Those Things - Sextet
ET: AFRS Benny Goodman Show; Program #49;June 16, 1947, Hollywood
Personnel as of June 9. Guest: Clifton Webb
25:52: Mahzel (Good Luck)
ET: as preceding, except: Part 2
28:23: I Know That You Know - Sextet (Not Transferred: Canadian Capers - dubbed from Prog. #34)
ET: AFRS Benny Goodman Show Program #50; June 23, 1947, Hollywood
Personnel as of June 9. Guest: Marjorie Main.
ET: AFRS Benny Goodman Show Program #50 - Part 1
(Not Transferred: Canadian Capers - dubbed from Prog. #32)
31:03: Tattletale
ET: as preceding, except:Part 2
34:28: Sweet Georgia Brown - Sextet
37:23: Red Horse Boogie - Sextet (voice over, closing announcement)
40:17: ( (Transcribed here is “Dardanella,” by the Sextet, from the Borge-Goodman program of June 30, 1947, Hollywood. That was the final program in the series, and was not recorded by AFRS.) )
AFRS JUBILEE SERIES H-18, Program No. 261; June 23, 1947, Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.
43:37: Opening announcements
Benny Carter’s All Stars [i.e., Just Jazz All Stars]: Chuck Peterson, tpt; Vic Dickenson, tbn; Benny Carter, as; Charlie Barnet, ts; Dodo Marmarosa, p; Irving Ashby, g: Red Callender, b;
Jackie Mills, d.
44:56: Perdido
54:47: Introducing the Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman Sextet: Benny Goodman, clt: Red Norvo, vib; Jimmy Rowles, p; Al Hendrickson, g; Harry Babasin, b; Don Lamond, d.
55:09: After You’ve Gone
59:47: Announcements and introducing Peggy Lee
CollectionD. Russell Connor Collection of Benny Goodman Audio Recordings
Organization NameRutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
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PlaceLos Angeles, California