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Hosted by Jeff Bressler, The Make Believe Ballroom, each week, brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.The program has been broadcast almost continuously sinc... more
FAQs about Make Believe Ballroom:How many episodes does Make Believe Ballroom have?The podcast currently has 211 episodes available.
August 29, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 8/29/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a second string band that was anything but second best, a crooner of the 1930s whose life ended much too soon, Lester Young's clarinet, a strange radio remote - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
August 22, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 8/22/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - some Bing Crosby duets, a long-forgotten female vocalist, a battling composer, a couple of first-time-ever-recorded songs - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
August 15, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 8/15/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s -Frank Sinatra turned down for a job, a song that became a gold record 43 years after it was written, World War II tunes, plus many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
August 08, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 8/8/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a one hit wonder, a lightly played Benny Goodman tune, how Marilyn helped Ella, listners emails, Lenny from Down the Block with his Record Pick of the Week and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
August 01, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 8/1/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a historic big band colaberation, a singing sisters nick name for a wildly popular comic and bandleader, listners emails, Lenny from Down the Block with his Record Pick of the Week and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
July 25, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 7/25/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - we spin a couple of lightly played Glenn Miller recordings, two great classic Jam Sessions from the origional Make Believe Ballroom, Lenny from Down the Block with his Record Pick of the Week and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more58minPlay
July 18, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 7/18/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a big band leader who had to change his name, a popular bandleader who had a second career as an MC and DJ, this and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
July 11, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 7/11/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - an email from a 95 year old veteran who played in the Air Force Band, a song written for the legendary disc jockey Al Jarvis, a tip on how Jeff does some of his record research, Lenny from Down the Block's Record Pick of the Week—this and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
July 04, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 7/4/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a look at a listener's somewhat controversial list of the most influential jazz musicians and vocalists of the swinging 1930s—this and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more58minPlay
June 27, 2025Make Believe Ballroom - 6/27/25 EditionThis week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a special tribute to Angelo Carbone and the Raphie from Canarsie, Brooklyn Record Club, also Lenny from Down the Block with his Record Pick of the Week—this and many more great songs and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program....more59minPlay
FAQs about Make Believe Ballroom:How many episodes does Make Believe Ballroom have?The podcast currently has 211 episodes available.