Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0121 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: "Make Believe Ballroom" radio program hosted by Martin Block from April 1951. Photo on front of tape box of Louis, Barney Bigard, Arvell Shaw and others is no longer affixed. Photo on back of tape box shows Louis with Cozy Cole. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Martin Block "Make Believe Ballroom" broadcast from April 1, 1951; Block mentions Benny Goodman playing for the Fletcher Henderson fund (announcement ends abruptly); Track 2: "California Here I Come" (Pee Wee Russell); Track 3: Martin Block talks about recording of Benny Goodman in 1938; Block gives description of a wanted man; Track 4: "Sideways" (Johnny Hodges); Track 5: Block reads advertisement WANE event on August 12; Track 6: "Should I" (Geordie Hormel); Track 7: Block speaks; Track 8: "What is This Thing Called Love" (Anita O'Day); Track 9: Block talks for almost ten minutes about Benny Goodman trio records he's going to play for an hour; Track 10: "China Boy" (Benny Goodman); Track 11: "Body and Soul" (Benny Goodman); Track 12: "Running Wild" (Benny Goodman) (incomplete); Track 13: Block talks about Goodman recordings (mentions performances heard on disc 2); advertisement for soap box derby; Track 14: "Apple Honey" (Flip Phillips); Track 15: Block talks about recordings; Track 16: "The Shiek of Araby" (Tony Pastor); Track 17: Block reads the weather; Track 18: "Lover" (Peggy Lee); Track 19: "Easy Does It" (Count Basie) (closing theme); Block closes show; Track 20: commercial for Blondie's Chicken; Track21-26: Transcribed broadcast of "The Ralph Marterie Show"; opening theme; Track 22: announcer; Track 23: "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams"; Track 24: announcer; "Stompin' at the Savoy"; Track 25: announcer: "Medley: Cuddle Up a Little Closer/Dream"; Track 26; announcer reads commercial for bonds; Autumn Leaves" (incomplete); Disc 2, Tracks 1-4: Continuation of Ralph Marterie broadcast: "In a Persian Market"; Track 2: announcer; "Pennies from Heaven"; Track 3: announcer; "Medley: "It Ain't Necessarily So"/"Summertime"; Track 4: announcer "Love and the Weather"; closing theme; Track 5: station ID; advertisements for "Tarzan," "Gunsmoke," "The Gene Autry Show" and "Gangbusters"; Track 6: "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" (Doris Day); Track 7: announcer; Track 8: "Wonder"; Track 9: "Stardust"; Track 10: closing theme;Track 11: announcer closes show; Track 12: opening of "CBS Sports Roundup" (incomplete); Track 13: Broadcast of "Saturday at the Chase" featuring Joe Sherman and His Bourbon Street Six; "Cherokee" (opening themes); Track 14: "Muskrat Ramble" (Joe Sherman); Track 15: announcer talks to the band; Track 16: "It's a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (Lee Charvel [sp?] with Charlie Fisk and His Orchestra); Track 17: "Kumina" (Charlie Fisk (incomplete); "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Benny Goodman); Tracks 18-25: Recording of Benny Goodman live sound recordings as played by Martin Block (see disc 1): "After You've Gone"; Track 19: "Basin Street Blues"; Track 20: Martin Block recaps the previous tracks and previews the next selections; Track 21: "Rose Room"; Track 22: Martin Block "Saturday Night Swing Club" announcement; commercial for Old Gold cigarettes; Track 23: "Honeysuckle Rose"; Track 24: "I Found a New Baby"; Track 25: "One O'Clock Jump"; Track 26: fragment of "Kumina" (Charlie Fisk) (continued from Track 17). |
People |
Bigard, Barney Block, Martin Cole, Cozy Day, Doris Lee, Peggy O'Day, Anita Pastor, Tony Phillips, Flip Shaw, Arvell |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.121 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |