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[Compilation of big band broadcasts : Lawrence Welk, Larry Elgart, Vincent Lopez, Moxie Whitney]

Item number (ISN):

435337

Series title:

Saturday Night Bandstand

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1959-03-28

Item number (ISN):

435337

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Accession:

2011-00316-4

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1959-03-28

Production company:

CFRB radio, Toronto

Description:

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Sound recording of radio broadcast performances by the big bands of Lawrence Welk, Larry Elgart, Victor Lopez, and Moxie Whitney. The recording begins with the Welk group performing: When My Sugar Walks Down the Street; 720 in the Books; Will You Still Be Mine; People Will Say We're Love; Darktown Strutters' Ball.~The Larry Elgart, Vincent Lopez, and Moxie Whitney programmes all form part of the 28 March 1959 edition of the CFRB radio series Saturday Night Bandstand. The Elgart band broadcasts from the Grill Room of the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City. Elgart's group performs: No Moon at All; Stompin' at the Savoy; Sunday Drive; Nola; Pennies from Heaven; There's No Fool Like and Old Fool; Quincy Hoppers; unidentified. Following a break for local news, Saturday Night Bandstand continues with the Vincent Lopez Show, broadcast live from the Hotel Taft, New York City. Lopez's group performs: Easter Parade; Love Look Away; Doll Dance; I Enjoy Being a Girl; Rosalia; Popcorn Hop; Stardust; medley (When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose; Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie); Melancholy Baby; Merengue Medley. After another short news break, Saturday Night Bandstand continues with Moxie Whitney and his orchestra, with vocalists Irene Hall and Ralph Richards, broadcasting from the Imperial Dining Room of the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Whitney announces the compositions performed: medley (Deep Purple; Try a Little Tenderness; April in Paris; Under a Blanket of Blue); Charleston Parisienne; I'd Like to Have You to Hold; Here Comes Peter Cottontail; Easter Parade; The Toy Trumpet; Love Look Away; Over the Rainbow Cha Cha Cha; medley (There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes; When You're Smiling; Oh You Beautiful Doll; What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You; You're the Cream in My Coffee). Another news break follows the Whitney programme. Commercial messages are interspersed throughout the broadcast. <1h 33mn>

Language:

English

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1. Other extent, physical details information - 1 audio reel : acetate, 9.5 cm/sec. ; 18 cm in diam.~2. Audio is entirely on one channel, with the other channel vacant.~3. References to the year 1959 and to the Easter weekend confirm the date of the CFRB broadcast. The date and broadcaster of the Welk programme are not known.

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Vault ISN:

569996

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

11312AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

ACETATE

Duration:

93:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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