SSRH 455 February 23, 2019 JIMMY DORSEY Happy 28 3/4 birthday February 29, 1904 JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA 67642-A Decca 3198 CONTRASTS (Jimmy Dorsey’s theme) April 30, 1940 New York DLA 341-A Decca 808 I WANT TO SING-A Don Matteson, vocal April 3, 1936 Hollywood DLA 423-A Decca 941 PARADE OF THE MILK BOTTLE CAPS July 7, 1936 Hollywood DLA 442-A Decca 871 I’M AN OLD COWHAND (FROM THE RIO GRANDE) Bing Crosby, vocal July 17, 1936 Hollywood DLA 543-A Decca 906 SWING THAT MUSIC Louis Armstrong, trumpet and vocal August 7, 1936 Hollywood 63689-A Decca 1860 JOHN SILVER Ray McKinley, drums and shout April 29, 1938 New York 63691-A Decca 1939 DARKTOWN STRUTTER’S BALL June Richmond and the band, vocal April 29, 1938 New York 64353-A Decca 1961 KILLY-KA-LEE Ray McKinley and the band, vocal July 27, 1938 New York CONTRASTS (opening theme) IS IT POSSIBLE? Helen O’Connell, vocal STAIRWAY TO THE STARS Bob Eberly, vocal HOLLYWOOD PASTIME (to close) Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove, New Jersey NBC sustaining broadcast Bill Abernathy, announcer July 7, 1939 65708-A Decca 3152 SIX LESSONS FROM MADAME LA ZONGA Helen O’Connell, vocal April 9, 1940 New York 67584-A Decca 3150 THE BREEZE AND I Bob Eberly, vocal April 18, 1940 New York 67711-A Decca 3198 PERFIDIA May 10, 1940 New York 68653-A Decca 3657 YOURS (Quiereme Mucho) Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal February 3, 1941 New York 68654-A Decca 3647 TURN RIGHT February 3, 1941 New York 68840-A Decca 3698 GREEN EYES (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal March 19, 1941 New York TURN LEFT AMAPOLA Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal BLUE CHAMPAGNE Bob Eberly, vocal FINGERBUSTIN’ JIMMY DORSEY DIALOGUE Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania New York NBC sustaining broadcast Bill Abernathy, announcer April 17, 1941 69212-A Decca 3859 TIME WAS (Duerme) Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal May 19, 1941 New York 68690-1 Decca 4034 IT HAPPENED IN HAWAII Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal September 2, 1941 New York 70026-A Decca 4122 ARTHUR MURRAY TAUGHT ME DANCING N A HURRY From the Paramount film “The Fleet’s In” Helen O’Connell, vocal December 10, 1941 New York 70027-A Decca 4132 IF YOU BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP From the Paramount film “The Fleet’s In” Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal December 10, 1941 New York 70028-A Decca 4123 TANGERINE From the Paramount film “The Fleet’s In” Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal December 10, 1941 New York 70706-A Decca 18376 THIS IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR Bob Eberly, vocal May 1, 1942 New York 71055-A BRAZIL (Aquarela Do Brasil) Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal July 14, 1942 New York ONE O’CLOCK JUMP From the MGM film “I Dood It” November 16, 1942 MGM Studios Culver City, California THE LORD AND LADY GATE MGM film “I Dood It” Outtake Helen O’Connell, vocal November 16, 1942 MGM Studios Culver City, California STAR EYES From the MGM film “I Dood It” Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, vocal November 24, 1942 MGM Studios Culver City, California SHORTER THAN ME MGM film “I Dood It” Outtake Ford L. Buck and John Bubbles, vocal December 14, 1942 MGM Studios Culver City, California L 3214-A Decca 18574 BESAME MUCHO (Kiss Me Much) Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen, vocal October 7, 1943 Hollywood L 3217-A Decca 18571 THEY’RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD (From the Warner Brothers film “Thank Your Lucky Stars” Kitty Kallen, vocal October 7, 1943 Hollywood OVER THERE, OPENING TITLES CBS HOLLYWOOD SCENE THE CHAMP From the 20th Century-Fox film “Four Jills in a Jeep” Original working title “Command Performance” October-December 1943 Fox Studios Los Angeles MOONLIGHT ON THE GANGES SSD Downbeat Program No. 8 Recorded May 1943 Copied from a CBS sustaining remote broadcast JIMMY DORSEY REMARKS SUNSET STRIP (to close) AFRS One Night Stand No. 416 Copied from CBS remote broadcast Hollywood Palladium July 18, 1944 Incorrectly identified as Frolics Club, Miami, Florida See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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