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On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM a great Helen O’Connell quote, jazz, swing and hillbilly all rolled into one, Tiny, Shorty and Big, th...
- Added: Nov 16, 2020
- Length: 57:58
On this week’s show – Name a big band era hit that became a famous celebrity’s theme song, Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol, well-known bandleaders w...
- Added: Nov 09, 2020
- Length: 58:00
On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM Jeff Bressler features two regal names, a great depression musical sales item, Frank Sinatra has the kids scre...
- Added: Nov 02, 2020
- Length: 58:01
On this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM Louis Armstrong and his small band the Hot Five, Larry Clinton and his Orchestra, in addition to Cab Calloway w...
- Added: Oct 05, 2020
- Length: 58:00
On this weeks edition of the Make Believe Ballroom - The story of a song title, a look at big band era fate, the salaries of black band musicians, ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 58:10
On this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, some wonderful small group swing, a hot Charlie Barnet tale, “V-Discs, the great arranger Vic Shoen plus more...
- Added: Sep 14, 2020
- Length: 58:01
On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM. Is it Eberle or Eberly? Billie Holiday’s tenuous relationship with Artie Shaw. Along the way wonderfu...
- Added: Aug 24, 2020
- Length: 57:43
This week, American Rhythm explores songs that reference that all-important communication technology: the telephone.
- Added: Aug 06, 2020
- Length: 01:57:56
This week, a collection of songs that have some connection to the idea of devils and angels.
- Added: Aug 06, 2020
- Length: 01:57:57
This week, we focus our iris on that beautiful body in the sky. All of the songs this week are about the moon.
- Added: Aug 06, 2020
- Length: 01:57:57
This week, Craig heads back into his robust archive for a second helping of songs all about the birds.
- Added: Aug 06, 2020
- Length: 01:57:57
This week, a little bit of this 'n' that - including a number of songs that were originally recorded as instrumentals before lyrics were added.
- Added: Aug 06, 2020
- Length: 01:57:57
From the Crystal Studio of the Make Believe Ballroom some great reminiscences, history and stories wrapped around the classic music of Glenn Miller...
- Added: Aug 03, 2020
- Length: 58:05
On this weeks edition of MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM songs and stories featuring the De Marco Sisters and a nickname given to a star, how the song Linda ...
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 58:00
This week featuring great stories, reminiscences, and music featuring, the King Sisters, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Kate Smith, Frank Sinatra, Pea...
- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 58:00
In this special episode, OHR heads west. The Western United States encompasses a plethora of great musical traditions. We’ve saddled up a superb ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2020
- Length: 58:59
This week, it's a bit of a miscellaneous collection of tunes, with an emphasis on the British Invasion reprising of old American standards in hour ...
- Added: Jun 04, 2020
- Length: 01:57:57
We are indeed in strange and unusual times. But not, as if often stated, unprecedented. There have been numerous occasions in the past when isolat...
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 01:57:55
This week's show continues the familiar theme found throughout a collections of songs stretching all the way back to 1895. The theme unveils itself...
- Added: Mar 25, 2020
- Length: 01:57:56
This week's show focuses on a familiar theme found throughout a collections of songs stretching all the way back to 1895. The theme unveils itself ...
- Added: Mar 18, 2020
- Length: 01:57:58
Texas based 2017 Ameripolitan 'Western Swing Group of the Year’ The Western Flyers recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2020
- Length: 58:59
This week, all of the songs have not one, but two things in common. The connection is revealed across the episode. All of the tunes were not only ...
- Added: Feb 25, 2020
- Length: 01:57:58
For this week's show, Craig takes an in-depth look at the classic tune "You'll Be Dead, You Rascal You." Throughout the years, the song has taken o...
- Added: Feb 04, 2020
- Length: 01:57:56
This week, Craig puts the final touches on the bounty of songs inspired by the concept of the dream state.
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 01:58:01
This week contains an eclectic bunch of tunes all related in some way or another to the concept of dreaming.
- Added: Jan 13, 2020
- Length: 01:57:58
