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Happy New Year to everyone as we welcome in the New Year. On the show today is a repeat of program I produced in 2016 called New Year's Radio Dance Party 1945-1946. The Armed Forces Radio Service gave a real treat to American troops still stationed around the world in the aftermath of World War II---live performances, by remote hookups from their respective New Year's Eve hotel and/or ballroom performances. We'll get to hear some of the titans of the time in American jazz and popular music. Including but not limited to Harry James, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw (with guest Roy Eldridge), Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and---of course!---Guy Lombardo. It was a gift to our troops then and it's a perfect gift for our troops---and New Year's Eve shut-ins---today. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Merry Christmas everyone. I am sorry that I am a little late in getting this weeks show posted. This is a repeat of a show I produced in 2011. There are a couple of segments on Christmas Eve of 1941. Also, I have the only radio remote from that date that I could locate which featured Glenn Miller's band. In addition I have some assorted big bands with holiday favorites. I hope everyone had a nice holiday and I hope you enjoy this rebroadcast of Christmas 1941 from ten years ago. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

For the next few weeks, I am repeating a couple of shows that I produced almost ten years ago. This first one was called A 1940's Christmas. I tried to pick out as many songs from the Big Bands that were recorded during the 1940s as I could find. Today, there are lots of songs about Christmas but back in the forties there were not that many. I tried to put all of the forties Holiday songs in this show that I could find. I hope you enjoy this encore presentation of A 1940s Christmas. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Hello everyone. This episode of Big Band Bash is a repeat of a show I produced in 2011 where we paid tribute to the men and women who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Also, I pay tribute to Major Glenn Miller who dissappeared in the plane he was flying in across the English Channel on December 15, 1944. I always like to remember those events as they were very significant in American History. A lot of things changed in the music industry because of these events so I hope you like the music as we pay tribute to those patriotic Americans. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

This week we continue our look at the radio program Your Hit Parade with part four featuring music from the years of 1946 and 1947. This is from a 10 cd set and I have combined two cds for each program. I hope you hear some of your favorite songs as I explore the great music presented on Your Hit Parade. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

This week we continue our look at the radio program Your Hit Parade with part three featuring music from the years of 1944 and 1945. This is from a 10 cd set and I have combined two cds for each program. I hope you hear some of your favorite songs as I explore the great music presented on Your Hit Parade. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

This week we continue our look at the radio program Your Hit Parade with part two featuring music from the years of 1942 and 1943. This is from a 10 cd set and I have combined two cds for each program. I hope you hear some of your favorite songs as I explore the great music presented on Your Hit Parade. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

On our program today we start part one of a five-part series on the radio program Your Hit Parade. Each Saturday evening the biggest song hits of the week were presented on Your Hit Parade. This is from a 10 cd set and I have combined two cds for each program. I hope you hear some of your favorite songs as I explore the great music presented on Your Hit Parade. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

We continue this week with part two of a Reader's Digest records production called These Were Our Songs, The Late 1940's. This was a seven vinyl album set and rereleased as a four cd set. Featuring music from the years of 1946 - 1949. This is part two and I hope you enjoy the selections I have chosen. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Well I apologize but I ran into some family problems and was not able to finish part two of the Reader's Digest set I promised for this week. So to substitute I have chose a show I previously produced on the Late Gene Krupa. Gene passed away on October 16, 1974. I wanted to note his passing and to rediscover some of the great music he produced. I will try to be back with part two of The Late 1940's from reader's Digest next week. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

This is another set I managed to get a copy of. It was produced by Reader's Digest records and called These Were Our Songs, The Late 1940's. This was a seven vinyl album set and rereleased as a four cd set. Featuring music from the years of 1946 - 1949. This is part one and I hope you enjoy the selections I have chosen. Next Week is Part Two. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

From the patriotic show, The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands, I am playing three radio remotes. The bands we will be listening to are Les Brown, Gene Krupa, and Charlie Spivak. The Les Brown show is from April 25, 1945. I hope you enjoy these shows broadcast during World War Two. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

We continue this week with Part Two of a Reader's Digest collection called These Were Our Songs, The Late 1930's. This featues music from the years of 1936 -1939. This set was originally released as a seven vinyl lp set which was rereleased as a four CD set. I hope you enjoy the music from this Reader's Digest set. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

I managed to get a copy of this set from Reader's Digest Records. It is called These Were Our Songs, The Late 1930's. This was a seven vinyl album set and rereleased as a four cd set. Featuring music from the years of 1936 - 1939. This is part one and I hope you enjoy the selections I have chosen. Next Week is Part Two. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

September 21st is right around the beginning of Autumn. I thought I would do something different this week and celebrate the Autun time of the year with songs about September and Autumn. There were several songs with September in the title so I hope you enjoy this show as we begin the Autumn time of the year. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com