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80 years ago, in 1938, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw recorded an arrangement of the Cole Porter tune "Begun the Beguine," and in an instant it rose to the top of the charts - which, as far as Shaw was concerned, was a very mixed blessing. More, in this archival Fishko Files. (Produced in 2010)
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80 years ago, in 1938, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw recorded an arrangement of the Cole Porter tune "Begun the Beguine," and in an instant it rose to the top of the charts - which, as far as Shaw was concerned, was a very mixed blessing. More, in this archival Fishko Files. (Produced in 2010)

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