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Hosted by Jeff Bressler, The Make Believe Ballroom brings you Classic Big Band jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, and dixieland hits from the 30s and 40s each week.The program has been br... more
FAQs about Make Believe Ballroom:How many episodes does Make Believe Ballroom have?The podcast currently has 259 episodes available.
December 11, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 12/12/22 EditionJoin us for this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM. Lenny and his wife are away on vacation so that gives Jeff Bressler the opportunity to play a few songs from the 50s and 20s. A few great listener's emails and a whole lot more music and stories from the big band era....more59minPlay
December 05, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 12/5/22 EditionJoin us for this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, where we reminisce about stories that appeared in 1930s and 1940s copies of both Billboard and Down Beat magazines. Great music and tales from the Big Band Era....more59minPlay
November 27, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 11/28/22 EditionA look at a famous Copywrite dispute, a stroll past a historic music building, a talented female lyricist plus a bunch of great music from the big band era....more59minPlay
November 20, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 11/21/22 EditionJoin us for another great episode of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM. On today's show a look at songs with female names in the title, a Lenny from Down the Block on Broadway story, a look at an email that asks for a request that has nothing to do with music plus a plethora of additional music, and stories from the big band era....more59minPlay
November 13, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 11/14/22 EditionOn today's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, a numerical email from a listener, songs about food and beverage, Jeff Bressler's tale of visiting the dairy case, and a whole lot more music and history of the big band era....more59minPlay
November 07, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 11/7/22 EditionOn this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, a look at one of the greatest female lyricists of all time, an email from a listener with a pretty strange name, some music by a Benny Goodman small group, then some individual music from its members, a question about Sammy Kaye and a whole lot more music and stories from the big band era of the 1930s and 1940s....more59minPlay
October 30, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 10/31/22 EditionJoin us for this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM as we continue to delve into the Ralphie from Canarsie, Brooklyn record club list, Bing Crosby duets, a bizarre Artie Shaw magazine piece, and spin a few novelty songs....more59minPlay
October 24, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 10/24/22 EditionOn this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM via a raffle drum, some random music selections from our famous Ralphie for Canarsie Brooklyn's list of his and his neighbor's record clubs close to 800 ranked songs from the big band era....more59minPlay
October 16, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 10/17/22 EditionOn this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom a long look at a long-a-go ballroom in the keystone state that is still in operation today!...more59minPlay
October 10, 2022Make Believe Ballroom - 10/10/22 EditionJoin us for this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM as we take a look at some tunes that were featured in movie musicals during the 1940s. Over 100 films in the 30s and 40s featured big band music....more59minPlay
FAQs about Make Believe Ballroom:How many episodes does Make Believe Ballroom have?The podcast currently has 259 episodes available.