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Moxie Whitney Orchestra, Royal York Hotel

Item number (ISN):

437296

Series title:

Dance Party

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1965-04-10/1965-05-01

Item number (ISN):

437296

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:

1965-04-10/1965-05-01

Production company:

CHFI radio, Toronto

Description:

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Sound recording of four editions of the CHFI radio series Dance Party featuring live performances by Moxie Whitney and his orchestra at the Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Whitney introduces the compositions and musicians. Whitney's composition, Let Me Fill Your Night with Music, is usually performed as the opening and closing theme.~The broadcast of 1 May 1965 features vocals by Clare Kennedy and includes performances of: In the Mood; Dear Heart, Wish You Were Here; Fancy Pants; Summertime in Venice; You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You; La Malanga; Janie Is Her Name; Matilda, Matilda; Charade (composed by Henry Mancini); medley (C'est si bon; Undecided; Mama's Gone, Goodbye).~The broadcast of 17 April 1965 features vocals by Joyce Hahn and includes performances of: Flash, Bang, Wallop, and Half a Sixpence (Whitney mentions that the composer of both songs, David Heneker, is in attendance at the Imperial Room that evening); Birth of the Blues; Do I Hear a Waltz?; Cuando Cuando; I Wish You Love; Cole Porter medley (Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love; Love for Sale; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Rosalie); On Green Dolphin Street; Pass Me By; Cherokee; Easter Parade.~The 24 April 1965 broadcast features vocals by Joyce Hahn and includes performances of: Chim Chim Cher-ee; Do I Hear a Waltz?; Duke Ellington medley (Mood Indigo; Sophisticated Lady; In My Solitude; Satin Doll); David Heneker medley (Flash, Bang, Wallop; Half a Sixpence); Walk Away; medley (You're the Cream in My Coffee; You Ought to Be in Pictures; Cheerful Little Earful); Glenn Miller medley (At Last; Moonlight Cocktails; Moonlight Serenade); Birth of the Blues; medley (I Could Write a Book; Manhattan).~The broadcast of 10 April 1965 features vocalist Joyce Hahn and includes performances of: Richard Whiting medley (Japanese Sandman; Louise; Breezin' Along with the Breeze; Ain't We Got Fun); Walk Away; Wunderbar; Some of These Days; I Enjoy Being a Girl; medley (East of the Sun and West of the Moon; My Silent Love; Just One More Chance); The Happy Trumpeter; I'm Nobody's Baby; medley (including: There's a Small Hotel); Java. <2h 3mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Other extent, physical details information - 1 audio reel : polyester, 2 track mono, 9.5 cm/sec. ; 18 cm in diam.~2. The 10 and 17 April 1965 editions are heads out on one mono track, and the 24 April and 1 May 1965 editions are tails out on the other mono track.~3. Accompanied by a listing of the compositions performed on each date.

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Vault ISN:

570048

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

11336AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

123:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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