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Make Believe Ballroom

Make Believe Ballroom

Written by: Jeff Bressler
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Hosted by Jeff Bressler, The Make Believe Ballroom, each week, brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s.

The program has been broadcast almost continuously since 1935. Each program mixes beloved 78 rpm records, stories, listener requests, and special guest features, all geared to bring you the music and history of the big band era.
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Episodes
  • Make Believe Ballroom - 5/29/26 Edition

    Make Believe Ballroom - 5/29/26 Edition
    May 29 2026
    On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, a look at a world record-breaking Bing Crosby Hawaiian tune, two Artie Shaw classic radio remotes, two interesting Benny Goodman tunes, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.
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    58 mins
  • Make Believe Ballroom - 5/22/26 Edition

    Make Believe Ballroom - 5/22/26 Edition
    May 21 2026
    On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, a song about a woman in the military, listeners' emails about Louis Jordan and Bill Finnigan, the A and B side of a great Ray Noble 78rpm, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.
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    58 mins
  • Make Believe Ballroom - 5/15/26 Edition

    Make Believe Ballroom - 5/15/26 Edition
    May 15 2026
    On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, Count Basie’s ode to the draft, two first-time-ever-recorded hits for Fats Waller, the mother of boogie woogie, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.
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    58 mins
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