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SWING SHIFT Program Guide
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March 6 - The great sounds of the Big Band Era keep coming your
way! Sammy Kaye, Jan Garber, Jan Savitt, and many more!
March 13 - Our regular mix - your favorite Big Band music from
Bob Strong, Lucky Millinder, Benny Goodman, and many more!
March 20 - SPECIAL SHOW! Time for our annual "Goodbye
Winter/Hello Spring" Special! Two hours of swinging
sounds all about Spring, Baseball, St. Patrick's Day, and
Easter! "Spring is Here'"by Maxine Sullivan; Ray
Herbeck and his Orchestra with "Two Spring Tonics"; Benny
Goodman's "Spring Song"; Johnny Mercer singing
"Spring, Spring, Spring"; and lovely Kay Starr reminding
us, "It Happens Every Spring"! PLUS - John Heyrend
will have a special set of songs all about baseball, including
"Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" by Les Brown, and "Did You See
Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" by Count Basie! Bob
Strong and his Orchestra perform "The Irish
Washerwoman", Bunny Berigan's Big Band swings its way through
"The Wearing of the Green", and Jimmie Lunceford and his
Orchestra perform "Easter Parade"!
March 27 - More of our regular mix - big hits and forgotten
surprises from the Swing Era! Glenn Miller, Fletcher
Henderson, Orrin Tucker, and more!
April 3 - SPECIAL SHOW! Time for our annual
"April Fool's Day" program (a couple days late!). Be
sure to tune-in for lots of goofy sounds like Guy Marks'
"Loving You Has Made Me Bananas", Woody Herman's
"Laughing Boy Blues", and, of course, plenty of offerings
from the likes of Louis Jordan and Spike Jones!
April 10 - We keep swingin' on into Spring! Dizzy Gillespie,
Woody Herman, Bob Chester, and so many more wonderful stars of the
Big Band Era!
April 17 - Our regular mix - KOMW's weekly trip back to the glory
days of the Big Bands! Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Count
Basie, and so many more!
April 24 - More of our regular mix - great sounds from the Swing
Era! Frankie Carle, Larry Clinton, Kay Kyser, and more!
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BORN ON THIS DATE
March
10, 1903 - Legendary Jazz, Dixieland & Pioneer Big Band Cornet Player
BIX BEIDERBECKE (with The Wolverines, Jean Goldkette, Paul Whiteman). March
10, 1919 - Big Band Vocalist/Actress MARION HUTTON (Betty Hutton's
sister. With Vincent Lopez, Glenn Miller). March
10, 1927 - Jazz & Big Band Pianist/Arranger DONN TRENNER (with Ted Fio
Rito, Buddy Morrow, Les Brown, Nelson Riddle, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker,
others). March 11, 1898 - Jazz & Pioneer Big Band
Trombonist MIFF MOLE (with Red Nichols, Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman). March
11, 1902 - Jazz & Pioneer Big Band Drummer CHAUNCEY MOREHOUSE (with
Jean Goldkette, Adrian Rollini, Don Voorhees). March 11,
1903 - Dance Band, Pop & Easy Listening Accordion Player/Band
Leader/TV Personality/American Success Story LAWRENCE WELK (hosted the
popular "Lawrence Welk Show" from 1955 to 1982!). March
11, 1919 - Jazz & Big Band Trumpet Player/Composer/Leader MERCER
ELLINGTON (Duke's son). March 12, 1912 - Big Band &
Pop Pianist/Composer/Conductor PAUL WESTON (with Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby,
Ella Fitzgerald. He and wife Jo Stafford formed the comedy duo
"Jonathan & Darlene"). March 12, 1921 -
Broadway & Motion Picture Vocalist/Actor GORDON MacRAE (By the
Light of the Silvery Moon, Oklahoma!, Carousel. Recorded with Jo
Stafford, Doris Day, Shirley Jones). March 13, 1906 -
Jazz & Big Band Clarinetist FRANK TESCHEMACHER (member of the
"Austin High Gang"; with Jan Garber). March 13,
1910 - Big Band/Sweet Band Leader SAMMY KAYE ("Swing and Sway with
Sammy Kaye!"). March 13, 1924 - Jazz
Pianist/Arranger DICK KATZ (with Ben Webster, Kai Winding, others). March
13, 1925 - Jazz Drummer/Band Leader ROY HAYNES (with Charlie Parker, Miles
Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk). March 14, 1912 -
Clarinetist/Big Band Leader LES BROWN (" ... and his Band of
Renown!"). March 14, 1922 - Swing, Exotica &
Easy Listening Composer/Conductor LES BAXTER. March 14,
1925 - Jazz & Big Band Trumpet Player SONNY COHN (with Red Saunders,
Count Basie).
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