"The Swing Shift"!
NOW CELEBRATING 12 GREAT YEARS ON THE AIR!
Two Hours of Classic
Big Band Memories Every Saturday!
05/07/08
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Record collectors Steve Laughery (left) and John Heyrend (right) bring you two hours of classic Big Band Jazz on KOMW's Swing Shift every Saturday morning from nine to eleven. Hear ALL your favorites (Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Woody Herman, etc), plus a few lesser-known surprises (remember Ernie Fields, Blue Barron, Jean Goldkette, or The Mona Motor Oil Twins?)! Be sure to tune-in for lots of fun, swingin' music from the 1920's, 30's, 40's, and early 50's! SWING FANS
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SWING SHIFT Program Guide
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FAMOUS & IMPORTANT BIG BAND ERA TITLES RECORDED OR RELEASED ON THIS DATE.
May 7 - "The Charleston" Paul Whiteman 1925. "Got The South In My Soul" Isham Jones 1932. May 8 - "Let Me Off Uptown" Gene Krupa/Anita O'Day/Roy Eldridge 1941. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Glenn Miller/Tex Beneke/The Modernaires 1941. "Long Ago And Far Away" Helen Forrest/Dick Haymes 1944. "I'll Get By" Harry James/Dick Haymes 1944. May 9 - "There Ought To Be A Moonlight Savings Time" Annette Hanshaw 1931. "Green Eyes" Jimmy Dorsey/Helen O'Connell 1941. May 10 - "Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day" Isham Jones 1934. "Bell Bottom Trousers" Tony Pastor 1945. May 11 - "I'll Get By" Teddy Wilson/Billie Holiday 1937. "Mean To Me" Teddy Wilson/Billie Holiday 1937. "Long Ago And Far Away" Perry Como 1944. May 12 - "Music, Maestro, Please" Tommy Dorsey 1938.
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