On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM Jeff Bressler features two regal names, a great depression musical sales item, Frank Sinatra has the kids screaming and swaying, Glenn Miller’s first female singer, a popular bandleader who has to wait 12 years for his first record hit, an organist grinds it out, a Bunny Berigan classic solo, some early R&B and a whole lot more music and stories.

A wonderful MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM this week on public and community radio stations across the US and UK as we look at a marvelous big band era French jazz and swing quintet, a singer who liked being off the radar, a Broadway flop that still produced a musical gem, artists who produced popular 1st-time recordings, a little known big band star, an orchestra leader who was actually a laugh, some Kansas City jazz and swing alumni and a popular regional band.

On this weeks edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM heard on public and community radio stations around the country: a Benny Goodman Band members universal achievement, the musical history of a famous telephone number, a mid-big band show – no show, what happened when you turn a band upside down and some roadhouse productivity along with the music of the Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw and so much more!

On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM over Public Broadcasting and Community Radio stations across the county we feature Gene Krupa, Anita O’Day and Ray Eldridge along with a little boogie with Will Bradley, Freddie Slack and Ray McKinley, a Nat King Cole legend, Ginny Simms sings with Kay Kyser, a monumental Battle of the Bands, also Bing Crosby, Connie Boswell, Count Basie and much more!

On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM Louis Armstrong and his small band the Hot Five, Larry Clinton and his Orchestra, in addition to Cab Calloway we can’t forget his famous sibling, the Chairman of the Board with a novelty tune, Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard, the priceless International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the Mills Brothers and England’s own Sid Phillips.

A wonderful MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM this week as we visit Harry James and his lucky number, Les Brown and His Band of Renown seven decades of music, a Tommy Dorsey “larceny”, the Hit of the Week record label, little remembered Ray Perry, great sideman Dave Tough, and a Glen Island Casino remembrance. Also, music by Glenn Miller, Lionel Hampton and much more!

On this weeks edition of the Make Believe Ballroom - The story of a song title, a look at big band era fate, the salaries of black band musicians, the great trumpet sideman Johnny Best, the history of Soundies along with the wonderful music of the Delta Rhythm Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Will Bradley and his Orchestra, Bob Crosby and so much more!

On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, some wonderful small group swing, a hot Charlie Barnet tale, “V-Discs, the great arranger Vic Shoen plus more music with Phil Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrews Sisters, and a whole lot more!

On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, we look at Big Band era stars whose careers extended into the 50s and beyond, interviews and music of Tex Beneke and Margret Whiting and a historic recording by "Illinois" Jacquet plus a whole lot more swing and jazz!

Join us in the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM. On this week’s show
Jess Stacy’s Monumental Solo.
The Andrews Sisters 13 Weeks with Glenn Miller.
Red Norvo, the only xylophonist to lead a big band!
Reminiscences and music with Harry James, Benny Goodman and Bea Wain.
Additional music by The Rhythm Boy’s, Mildred Bailey, Larry Clinton Orchestra, Paul Whiteman, Ted Heath, Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra.