The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. 
 
On this week's program: A trivia question about a dance enjoyed by young and old alike, a groundbreaking female vocalist, some songs from the 30s that rocked in the 50s - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's broadcast.

The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. 
 
On this week's program: Did Big Bands of the 30s and 40s ever play classical music, the B side of a record we played last week, our yearly tribute to Benny Goodman’s groundbreaking 1938 Carnegie Hall performance, and the song Sing Sing Sing - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's broadcast.

The Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. 
 
On this week's program: Lionel Hampton changes instruments, a unique big band business model, Charlie Christian and his electric audition, a cartoonish big band - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's broadcast.  

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. On this edition - the first bandleader ever to appear on the radio, orchestras that were artistic successes but financial failures, Jeff digs up an old box with some great bandleader quotes inside - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program.

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - a Duke Ellington story, a listener's famous big band relative, an underrated vocal group, a song and dance that was not as it appeared - plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program.

This week's Make Believe Ballroom with Jeff Bressler brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s - one of the forefathers of swing, a song from the 1920s that took decades to get its just due, an Artie Shaw request, Benny Goodman tale and music -  plus many more great records and stories to cherish and enjoy on this week's program.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.