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Film Clip of the Week

Spike Jones is the village smilthy in this hilarious 1942 short

THE BLACKSMITH SONG (1942), a Spike Jones novelty tune, deals with World War II-era shortages, as a village blacksmith returns to prosperity, thanks to wartime tire rationing. (Note that the patriotic and ration-conscious "horse" accepts only one lump of sugar instead of two.)

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Song

Artist

Location & Date

Parkey Ad

Hal Perry

'The Great Gildersleeve'
KFI NBC LA
25 Jan 1942

Dawn of a New Day (Official Song of the 1939 New York World Fair)

Horace Heidt & his Musical Knights (voc)

Comm Rec
New York
26 Jan 1938

Every Day of My Life

Joe Reichman
Orchestra (voc) Maureen O'Connor

'One Night Stand'
Biltmore Bowl
Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles
AFRS Re-broadcast
Jul 1944

Who Loves You?

Joe Reichman
Orchestra

'One Night Stand'
Biltmore Bowl
Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles
AFRS Re-broadcast
Jul 1944

In the Mood

Ernst van't Hoff Orchestra

Comm Rec
Berlin
1939

Moonlight Serenade + Sliphorn Jive

Glenn Miller Orchestra

Meadowbrook Ballroom
Cedar Grove NJ
WEAF NBC Red NY
5 Dec 1939

Juke Box Saturday Night

Tex Beneke's Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Tex Benke, Lillian Lane & the Crew Chiefs

Palladium Ballroom
KNX CBS Los Angeles
13 Sep 1946

Theme + American Patrol

Ray McKinley's Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Tex Benke, Lillian Lane & the Crew Chiefs

'Guest Star'
New York
30 Jun 1957

The Oldest Chorus Boy in London

Cyril Richard (voc) with Orchestra

Comm Rec
London
1940

Time Was

Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Tommy Taylor

Panther Room
Hotel Sherman
WMAQ NBC Chicago
10 Aug 1941

Blue Orchids

Paul Whiteman Orchestra

'Chesterfield Show'
WABC CBS New York
25 Oct 1939

Basie English

Count Basie Orchestra

Birdland
WNBC NBC NY
6 Jan 1953

Manhattan Minuet

Raymond Scott Orchestra

Comm Rec
New York
20 Feb 1937

Blue is the Night

Ben Pollack Orchestra (voc) Chester Gaylord

WBS New York
1929

Theme (Stagefright) + Djangology

ATC Orchestra featuring Django Reinhardt

'AFN Bandstand'
AFN Paris
26 Oct 1945

Sing a Song of Sixpence + This can't Be Love

Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

'One Night Stand'
Cafe Rouge
Statler Hotel
New York
AFRS Re-broadcast
7 Apr 1949

Make Yourself Comfotable

Sarah Vaughan (voc) & her Trio with the Count Basie Orch

Concert
Topeka Ka
Feb 1955

As Time Goes By

Frank Sinatra (voc) Mark Warnow Orchestra

'Your Hit Parade'
Rehearsal
NBC
New York
22 May 1943

Kraft Ads + My Heart Tells Me

Bing Crosby & the Charioteers (voc) John Scott Trotter Orchestra

'Kraft Music Hall'
KFI NBC LA
6 Jan 1944

Main Stem

Duke Ellington Orchestra

'Date with the Duke'
ABC/AFRS Re-broadcast
1945

Cuban Nights

Stan Kenton Orchestra

'NBC Concert Encores'
Palladium Ballroom
KFI NBC LA
15 Jan 1953

Northwest Passage

Woody Herman Orchestra

Meadowbrook Ballroom
Cedar Grove NJ
WABC CBS NY
18 Feb 1945


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