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TitleCamel Caravan, Reel 13 of 15, Side 1
Date Created1939-07-15-1939-09-02
GenreJazz
GenreJazz radio programs
GenreSwing (Music)
GenreClarinet with jazz ensemble
Note(s)Connor DR (Donald R.) Benny Goodman Listen to His Legacy. Scarecrow Press; 1988, pages 100-103.
Note(s)This project was supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Type: Finding aid
Name: D. Russell Connor collection of Benny Goodman audio recordings
Reference: https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/6/resources/237
Type: Finding aid
Name: D. Russell Connor collection of Benny Goodman audio recordings
Reference: https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/6/resources/237
Table of ContentsTRACK I :BGR0022-S1, “CAMEL CARAVAN,” NBC Radio Network, 15 July 1939, Golden Gate Exposition Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
Benny Goodman, clt; Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Corky Cornelius, tpt; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Bruce Squires, tbn; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, as; Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, ts; Fletcher Henderson, p; Arnold (Covey) Covarrubias, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d. Louise Tobin, voc.
0:06: Announcement
0:40: Sugar Foot Stomp
3:48: Announcement
4:27: Wishing -voc Louise Tobin
7:20: Commercial
8:49: Night And Day (arr FH)
12:06: Announcement
12:58: Boy Meets Horn (n/c) (incomplete)
NOTE: A 90-second blank tape precedes “Sugar Foot Stomp.” above, to provide for the possible later accession and inclusion of the introductions and opening theme missing from the cassette sent by R. J. Reynolds.
As of June 1985, only the first disc of two for this broadcast has been discovered. If the second half of the program is ever located, it will necessitate a re-recording of the entire program. A 60-second interval precedes the next transfer - reduced for service copies.
NOTE: The next transfer is of the first half of a rehearsal for the “Camel Caravan” broadcast of 22 July 1939. Ambient sound suggests the rehearsal took place sans audience, and possibly in a studio, not the outdoor bandstand of the Golden Gate Exposition, where the band was appealing at that time.
REHEARSAL, 20 July 1939, possibly in an NBC studio in San Francisco, “CAMEL CARAVAN”
Benny Goodman, clt; Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Corky Cornelius, tpt; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Bruce Squires, tbn; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, as; Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, ts; Fletcher Henderson, p; Arnold (Covey) Covarrubias, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d. Louise Tobin, voc.
15:35: Let’s Dance (theme) and announcement
17:10: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
19:30: Announcement
19:43: Rendezvous Time In Paree -voc Louise Tobin
23:05: Commercial
24:00: Announcement
25:11: When My Baby Smiles At Me - feat. Toots Mondello, voc & clt - (NO BG)
27:04: Announcement
28:03: Undecided
31:26: Announcement (INB.)
Note that when the program was broadcast, the opening instrumental was changed from “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby,” to "Minnie The Moocher’s Wedding Day.” A two-minute and 10-second interval precedes the next transfer. - shortened for service copies.
“CAMEL CARAVAN,” NBC Radio Network, 22 July 1939, Golden Gate Exposition Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
Benny Goodman, clt; Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Corky Cornelius, tpt; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Bruce Squires, tbn; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, as; Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, ts; Fletcher Henderson, p; Arnold (Covey) Covarrubias, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d. Louise Tobin, voc.
QUARTET: Benny Goodman, clt; Lionel Hampton, vib; Fletcher Henderson, p; Nick Fatool, d.
33:48: Let’s Dance (theme) and announcement
35:30: Minnie The Moocher’s Wedding Day
38:22: Announcements
39:10: Rendezvous Time In Paree -voc Louise Tobin (arr Eddie Sauter)
42:51: Commercial
44:09: Announcement
44:57: When My Baby Smiles At Me - feat. Toots Mondello, voc and clt - (NO BG)
46:45: Announcements
47:50: Undecided
51:27: Announcement
52:44: Limehouse Blues - QUARTET
55:17: Commercial
55:55: Sunrise Serenade
59:07: Announcement
59:39: King Porter Stomp
1:02:55: Good-Bye (theme), conclusion announcement, and commercial
Benny Goodman, clt; Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Corky Cornelius, tpt; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Bruce Squires, tbn; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, as; Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, ts; Fletcher Henderson, p; Arnold (Covey) Covarrubias, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d. Louise Tobin, voc.
0:06: Announcement
0:40: Sugar Foot Stomp
3:48: Announcement
4:27: Wishing -voc Louise Tobin
7:20: Commercial
8:49: Night And Day (arr FH)
12:06: Announcement
12:58: Boy Meets Horn (n/c) (incomplete)
NOTE: A 90-second blank tape precedes “Sugar Foot Stomp.” above, to provide for the possible later accession and inclusion of the introductions and opening theme missing from the cassette sent by R. J. Reynolds.
As of June 1985, only the first disc of two for this broadcast has been discovered. If the second half of the program is ever located, it will necessitate a re-recording of the entire program. A 60-second interval precedes the next transfer - reduced for service copies.
NOTE: The next transfer is of the first half of a rehearsal for the “Camel Caravan” broadcast of 22 July 1939. Ambient sound suggests the rehearsal took place sans audience, and possibly in a studio, not the outdoor bandstand of the Golden Gate Exposition, where the band was appealing at that time.
REHEARSAL, 20 July 1939, possibly in an NBC studio in San Francisco, “CAMEL CARAVAN”
Benny Goodman, clt; Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Corky Cornelius, tpt; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Bruce Squires, tbn; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, as; Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, ts; Fletcher Henderson, p; Arnold (Covey) Covarrubias, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d. Louise Tobin, voc.
15:35: Let’s Dance (theme) and announcement
17:10: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
19:30: Announcement
19:43: Rendezvous Time In Paree -voc Louise Tobin
23:05: Commercial
24:00: Announcement
25:11: When My Baby Smiles At Me - feat. Toots Mondello, voc & clt - (NO BG)
27:04: Announcement
28:03: Undecided
31:26: Announcement (INB.)
Note that when the program was broadcast, the opening instrumental was changed from “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby,” to "Minnie The Moocher’s Wedding Day.” A two-minute and 10-second interval precedes the next transfer. - shortened for service copies.
“CAMEL CARAVAN,” NBC Radio Network, 22 July 1939, Golden Gate Exposition Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
Benny Goodman, clt; Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Corky Cornelius, tpt; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Bruce Squires, tbn; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, as; Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, ts; Fletcher Henderson, p; Arnold (Covey) Covarrubias, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d. Louise Tobin, voc.
QUARTET: Benny Goodman, clt; Lionel Hampton, vib; Fletcher Henderson, p; Nick Fatool, d.
33:48: Let’s Dance (theme) and announcement
35:30: Minnie The Moocher’s Wedding Day
38:22: Announcements
39:10: Rendezvous Time In Paree -voc Louise Tobin (arr Eddie Sauter)
42:51: Commercial
44:09: Announcement
44:57: When My Baby Smiles At Me - feat. Toots Mondello, voc and clt - (NO BG)
46:45: Announcements
47:50: Undecided
51:27: Announcement
52:44: Limehouse Blues - QUARTET
55:17: Commercial
55:55: Sunrise Serenade
59:07: Announcement
59:39: King Porter Stomp
1:02:55: Good-Bye (theme), conclusion announcement, and commercial
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-vh1w-5g85
CollectionD. Russell Connor Collection of Benny Goodman Audio Recordings
Organization NameRutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
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PlaceSan Francisco, California; Detroit, Michigan