Last week I started a two part birthday salute to the late Count Basie. This week I am going to continue with more early recordings from 1936 - 1939. In addition, I discovered that singer Jimmy Rushing, who was a member of Count Basie's band from 1935 - 1948, celebrates a birthday on August 26. So for the last half of the show we'll hear some of the recordings he made with the Basie band as well as learn about the career of the man they called Mr. Five by Five. So I hope you enjoy this birthday celebration of one of the greatest of all bandleaders Count Basie. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com