On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, Artie Shaw as a radio second banana, a post Glenn Miller Army small group in Paris, late 40s Metronome All-Stars, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, Glenn Miller's greatest trombone solo, trombones of Teagarden and Dorsey, train songs, a short-lived Charlie Barnet vocalist, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, a historic reunion between Duke and Satchmo, the history behind some song names, a little Texas Swing 40s-style, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, a salute to a female blues vocalist, little remembered, a rare Artie Shaw record, 15-year-old Judy Garland, how a song got an unusual name, plus many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.    

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, Sarah Vaughn’s start; Count Basie reached the masses from a tiny club; the first band Benny Goodman led; listeners, emails, plus many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, Hawaiian swing, a bandleader with no biography, plus many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, some "royalty" of jazz, the original King of Swing, a forgotten record label, plus many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, a British bandleader comes to the US and makes history, a female vocalist who had two number 1 hits in a span of a month, plus many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.

The Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.  
 
On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, a little-remembered big band singer, the use of the organ in 1930s and '40s jazz, Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman play Klezmer, many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era. 

On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, a bandleader in the Guinness Book of Records, a TV dad who started his career in music, battling brothers, and more records and reminiscences from the golden age of the American songbook.