It’s Showtime uf em
Latschariplatz
Um das Programm zu hören sollte Ihr Media-Player
installiert sein!
Bitte auf PERFECT HAMONY klicken!
Make Believe Ballroom in PERFECT HARMONY
To hear the music program, turn on your
media player and
click on PERFECT HARMONYbelow!
Front-
and Back Covers of PERFECT HARMONY
Max
Wirz and RichardGrudens –
Three Village Inn, Stony Brook, October 1998
Liebe Hörerinnen, liebe Hörer
„It’s
Make Believe Ballroom Time “. Ein Titel der von Glenn Miller in 1940 auf Wunsch von
Martin Block aufgenommen wurde. Martin Block war einer der ersten amerikanischen
Disc Jockeys. Er übernahm die Idee ‚ am
Radio Grammophon Musik anzusagen und abzuspielen von Al Jarvis ‚ der bereits in
den 1930er Jahren in Kalifornien Platten auflegte und dazu Kommentare abgab.
Martin Block ging einen Schritt
weiter und versetzte die
Hörerinnen und Hörer in einen imaginären
virtuellen Ball Saal damit sie
die besten Swing- und Tanzorchester in ihren Wohnstuben ‚ in ihrem eigenen
„MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM“ erleben konnten
Dabei waren auch die best-bekannten
Gesangsgruppen‚ die mein Freund Richard
Grudens in seinem Buch „PERFECT HARMONY“ durch Geschichten ‚ Interviews und
Bilder zusammenfasste.
Von den über 80 Gesangsgruppen ‚ habe ich
einige ausgewählt und mit Musik der damaligen Tanz- und Unterhaltungsorchester
vermischt ‚ sodass auch Sie heute einen „MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM“ in „PERFECT
HARMONY“ geniessen können.
Diese Sendung ist Richard Grudens gewidmet in
Anerkennung seiner andauernden Unterstützung seit unserem ersten Treffen im
Oktober 1998 in der ThreeVillage Inn, Stony Brook auf Long Island.
Dankeschön Richard!
Dear
Reader
It
was in October of 1998 when my wife Nelly and I met Richard Grudens at the
Three Village Inn of Stony Brook on Long Island New York. We had enjoyed a meal of PotRoast, Mashed
Potatoes, Vegetables, a glass of Ice Tea and washed it all down with black
coffee before we went into the interview. During the talk Richard told me that,
when writing his book The Song Stars,
he asked Frankie Laine if he could help him with a story about Edith Piaf, since
Frankie had been performing with Edith during the 1950s in Paris. Well Frankie
Laine could not help but suggested to Richard: “Call Max Wirz in Switzerland.
He knows all about those European singers.”
And
so, one evening in 1997 I got a call from Richard and an enduring friendship
and cooperation on many books had its beginning.Normally one would dedicate a
Radio Show to a musician or singer. However, as an exception this program is
dedicated to an author of many exciting books about America’s great singers,
musicians, entertainers as well as the men and women who composed the songs and
wrote the lyrics. Canaries, crooners and beautiful big band sounds, our kind of
music, we still love to hear when we can hear them. In his most recent book
PERFECT HARMONY Richard assembled stories of over 80 groups, some of them we
never heard of over here in Europe.
To
illustrate Richard’s work in music I have selected a few singing groups whose
fame spilled over to Europe and are also part of “our kind of music”.
Thank
you Richard for,yourcontinuous support and your friendship.
Sincerely
yours,
Max
…
and now, everyone sit back, relax and enjoy your
MAKE
BELIEVE BALLROOM in PERFECTT HARMONY …
To find out
more about Richard Grudens’ books go to:
Playlist
1
|
0.30
|
Introduction
|
|
2
|
2.50
|
It’s Make Believe Ballroom Time
|
Glenn Miller an his Modernaires 1940
|
3
|
1.50
|
Max 1
|
|
4
|
3.06
|
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
|
Andrews Sisters 1938
|
5
|
2.46
|
Back Beat Boogie
|
Harry James Orchestra 1939
|
6
|
2.10
|
Glow Worm
|
The Mills Brothers
|
7
|
3.16
|
Bizet Has His Day
|
Les Brown and his Band of Renown
|
8
|
1.30
|
Max 2
|
|
9
|
3.10
|
I’ll Never Smile Again
|
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Pied Pipers and Frank
Sinatra
|
10
|
2.44
|
QuienSabe
|
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
|
11
|
2.36
|
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
|
The King Sisters –
Frank DeVol and his Orchestra
|
12
|
3.23
|
Stompin’ At The Savoy
|
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
|
13
|
2.00
|
Max 3
|
|
14
|
2.50
|
The Naughty Lady
|
The Ames Brothers
1954
|
15
|
2.48
|
Roll’ Em
|
Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
|
16
|
2.28
|
S’Wonderful
|
Ray Conniff and his Singers 1957
|
17
|
1.50
|
Max 4
|
|
18
|
1.48
|
Blue Skies
|
The McGuire Sisters
|
19
|
2.48
|
Because Of You
|
Urbi Green and his Umpteen Trombones
|
20
|
3.12
|
Tuxedo Junction
|
The Manhattan Transfer 1971
|
21
|
1.30
|
Max 5
|
|
22
|
2.58
|
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
|
The Sam Singers with Swiss Army Big Band directed by
Pepe Lienhard
|
23
|
2.54
|
Tribute To Benny
|
Berry’s Big Band
|
24
|
3.27
|
And The Angels Sing
|
Thomas Biasotto Big Band
|
25
|
2.29
|
Begin The Beguine
|
The Pepe Lienhard Big Band
|
Total: 25 –61.53
Technische Unterstützung: Kurt Mettler
Technical assistance: Kurt Mettler
“Happy Music aus dem Dixieland“, “Country Music
and Western Swing”,
“Beautiful Big Band Sounds“ and “Lots of Easy
Listening Music” findenSie unter:
“It’s Showtime” –
“Music Hall” – Country Special
For more “Happy music of Dixieland”,
“Country Music and Western Swing”,
“Beautiful Big Band Sounds” and “Lots
of Easy Listening Music” go to:
Latschariplatz
It's Show-Time Latschariplatz
Music Hall Latschariplatz
Country Special
150309A1104_LShow_E_15_3_Text
