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The Sunday Night Live Big Band Interview Live Sundays @ 7PM EST Listener questions are always welcomed Live question line is (917) 889-7819
Below you will find our upcoming interviews with people who are keeping the Big Band spirit alive. PLUS... Included are all of the original 78's of the music we love to listen to from 1935 to 1945 which are presented throughout the interview. You will find interviews with:
Every interview includes... The music of the artist or artists represented throughout the program making it an enjoyable listening experience. Plus... Our best and most requested interviews featured on WYYR.com are permanantly archived on The Best of Page so anyone worldwide can listen to them at anytime. And... A direct and permanant link to either Amazon for a particular work or a website that enhances a production will always be available. ----------------------------------- Make sure to always check back for upcoming events. ----------------------------------- Up Next Coming up 1/17/10 @ 7PM EST Lots of Music from The History of Swing
Book Title - Encyclopedia of the History of the Swing Era: Biographies of Big Swing Band Arrangers and Sidemen Genre - Biographies & History, 806 pages Author - Harvey Sheldon ---------------------------------------- Coming up 1/24/10 @ 7PM EST Two Time Grammy Winner - Arranger and Conductor - Marion Evans
Be sure not to miss a special evening of amazing backstage stories from Two Time Grammy Winner Marion Evans. Aside from all of the countless number of broadway shows he's worked on with stars like Judy Garland, Ethel Merman & Sammy Davis, Jr., here is a partial list of a who's who in show biz he's worked with: Some of the Bands & Orchestras, Glenn Miller under Tex Beneke, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Vaughn Monroe, Percy Faith, The Boston Pops, The Atlanta Pops. Some of the TV Productions, The Red Buttons Show, Broadway Open House, The Perry Como Show, The Helen O'Connell Show, The Johnny Carson Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Arthur Godfrey Show, Your Hit Parade, The Jack Parr Show, The Patti Page Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, ....and many more! Plus all of the great Big Bands we love to hear! --------------------------------------- Coming up 1/31/10 @ 7PM EST The Music of the great Johnny Mercer
Forum to dicuss the career and play the records of Mercer are: Neice of Johnny Mercer Nancy Gerard • Historian and past president of the Savannah, GA based Friends of Johnny Mercer group David Oppenheim • Archivist of the Georgia State University popular music collection and Mercer Collection Kevin Fleming & Steve Taksler of JohnnyMercer.com. Plus the Mercer records of the great era we all love. Don't miss it! Best Johnny Mercer sites: The Official Friends of Johnny Mercer Website The Johnny Mercer Educational Archives -------------------------------------------------- Coming up 2/07/10 @ 7PM EST The Music of the great Bing Crosby Due to inclement weather that caused our router to crash, this interview that was originally scheduled and partially aired on 1/10 was rescheduled for this date. For your enjoyment here is the initial interview before its interruption:
Book Title - Bing Crosby - Crooner of the Century Genre - Biography Author - Richard Grudens
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