Big Band Chronology - Nov 2-8 Nov 2 Trumpeter and bandleader, Bunny Berigan was born in Hilbert Wisconsin, 1908.In the early 1930s, he played with Fred Rich, Freddy Martin , Ben Selvin, Paul Whiteman, Abe Lyman, the Dorsey Brothers, and Glenn Millers earliest recording dae. In 1935, Berigan joined Benny Goodmans orchestra, and was with Goodman at the Palomar Ballroom gig which is considered the start of the swing era. Berigan left Goodman to spend some time with Tommy Dorseys orchestra; his solo on the Dorsey hit Marie became considered one of his signature performances. Then, in 1937, Berigan assembled a band to record under his name, picking the then-little known Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke composition, I Cant Get Started. Berigans business troubles drove him to declare bankruptcy in 1940 and re-join Tommy Dorsey for a brief period before leaving to form a new small group to play mostly one-night stands. Arranger and composer, Johnny Richards was born Juan Ricardo Cascales,in Querétaro, Mexico, 1911.He arranged for Stan Kenton in the 1950s. Richards composed the music for Young at Heart (1953) made famous by Frank Sinatra. National Best Selling Retail Chart For the Week Ending Nov 2, 1944 (Reported in Billboard Nov 11, 1944) 1. I Walk Alone - Dinah Shore 2. You Always Hurt The On e You Love - Mills Brothers 3. The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers 4. Is You Is Or Is You Aint - Bing Crosby & Andrew Sisters 5. Together - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest 6. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton 7. Ill Walk Alone - Mary Martin 8. Ill Walk Alone - Martha Tilton 9. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra Loo-Ral - Bing Crosby 10. Dance with a Dolly - Russ Morgan Harlem Hit Parade 1. Gee, Baby, Aint I Good To You - Nat King Cole 2. Into To Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald 3. Cherry Red Blues - Cootie Williams 4. Hamps Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton 5. Im Lost - Benny Carter 6. Im Lost - King Cole Trio 7. I Wonder - Cecil Grant 8. You Always Hurt The One You Love - Mills Brothers 9. Im Making Believe - Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald 10. I Realize Now - King Cole Trio Nov 3 Glenn Miller records String of Pearls, 1941. Other charts recorded in that session include Humpty Dumpty Heart (v Eberle), Evrything I Love (v Eberle), Day Dreaming (v Eberle and the Modernaires), Long Tall Mama and Baby Mine (v Eberle) Band Roster: Trumpets: Billy May, Alec Fila, Dale McMickle, Johnny Best Trombones: Glenn Miller, Jimmy, Priddy, Paul Tanner, Frank, DAnnolfo Reeds: Tex Beneke (lead as), Ernie Caceres (as, cl, bar), Wilbur Schwartz (cl, as), Irving Babe Russin (ts), Al Klinck (ts) Rhythm: Chummy MacGregor (p), Bobby Hacket (g, cornet), Doc Goldberg (b), Maurice Purtill (d) Woody Herman debuts as a band leader at the Roseland in Brooklyn, 1936. Nov 4 Pianist Ralph Sutton was born in Hamburg, Missouri 1922. Played with jack Teagarden. National Best Selling Retail Chart For the Week Ending Nov 4, 1943 (Reported in Billboard Nov 13, 1943) 1. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers 2. Pistol Packin Mama - Al Dexter 3. Sunday Monday or Always - Bing Crosby 4. People will Say We are In Love - Bing Crosby 5. Pistol Packin Mama - Bing Crosby, Andrew Sisters 6. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey - Dick Haymes 7. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning - Bing Crosby 8. People Will Say Were in Love - Frank Sinatra 9. I Heard You Cried Last Night - Harry James 10. Sunday, Monday or Always - Frank Sinatra The Harlem Hit Parade 1. Dont Cry Baby - Erskine Hawkins 2. Sentimental Lady - Duke Ellington 3. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers 4. Pistol Packin Mama - Bing Crosby, Andrew Sisters 5. All For You - King Cole Trio 6. From Twilight Till Dawn - Ceele Burke 7. Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordon 8. Pistol Packin Mama - Al Dexter 9. Sunday Monday or Always - Bing Crosby 10. A Slip of the Lip - Duke Ellington Nov 5 Frank Sinatra cuts Ive Got a Crush on You with Bobby Hacket, 1947 Guy Lombardo, 75, dies 1977 ending 50 years of the sweetest music this side if heaven. Glenn Miller has his first coast-to-coast radio broadcast (WJZ network line via WBZ over NBC) 1937. Glenn Miller records Indian Summer (v Eberle), 1939. Other charts recorded include It Was Written in the Stars (v Eberle) and Johnson Rag. Band Roster Trumpets: Clyde Hurley, Legh Knowles, Dale McMickle, Johnny Best Trombones: Glenn Miller Al Mastren, Paul Tanner, Tommy Mack Reeds: Hal McIntyre (as), Jimmy Abato (as, bar), Wilbur Schwartz (cl, as), Tex Beneke (ts), al Klink (ts) Rhythm: Chummy MacGregor (p), Richard Fisher (g), Rowland Bunbock (b), Maurice Purtill (d) National Best Selling Retail Chart For the Week Ending Nov 5, 1942 (Reported in Billboard Nov 14, 1942) 1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby 2. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Kay Kyser 3. Der Fuehrers Face - Spike Jones 4. Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller 5. Serenade in Blue - Glenn Miller 6. Strip Polka - Andrew Sisters 7. My Devotion - Charlie Spivak 8. When the Lights Go On Again - Vaughn Monroe 9. There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey 10. Praqise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition -Merry Macs The Harlem Hit Parade 1. Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines 2. Mr. Five By Five - Freddy Slack 3. When the Lights go On Again - Lucky Millinder 4. Whats the Use of Getting Sober - Louis Jordan 5. Travelin Light - Paul Whiteman, Billie Holiday 6. Every Night About This Time - Ink Spots 7. White Christmas - Bing Crosby 8. Take It and Git - Andy Kirk 9. See See Rider Blues - Bea Booze 10. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Royal Harmony Quartet George M. Cohan 64, dies of cancer, 1942. Nov 6 Woody Herman records first records with his new band Nov 6/10 1936. Charts recorded include Wintertime Dreams, The Goose Hangs High, Someone to Care for Me, I Cant Pretend, Now that Summer is Gone and Old Fashion Swing. Band Roster Trumpets: Clarence Willard, Kermit Simmons, Joe Bishop (Fluegelhorn) Trombones: Neal Reid Reeds: Woody Herman (cl, vocal), Jack ferrier, Deane Kinkaide, saxie Manfield, Bruce Wilkins Strings: Nick Hupfer (v) Ryhthm: Tommy Linehan (p), Oliver Mathewson (g), Walt Yoder (b), Frank Carlson (d) Nov 7 Trumpet and flugelhorn player, Milton Shorty Rogers, 70, dies in LA, 1994. Rogers played with Will Bradley, Red Norvo, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton. He was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. Trumpeter Al Hirt was born in New Orleans. After the World War II, Hirt played for Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Ina Ray Hutton, and Horace Heidt. Tommy Dorsey and the Orchestra record Alone (c - Cliff Weston), Two Hearts Carved on a Lonesome Pine (v - CW), A Little Church Affair (v - CW), Dont Give Up the Ship (v - CW), and Pagan Star, 1935. Band Roster Trumpets: Andy Ferretti, Sterling Bose, Bill Graham, Cliff Weston Trombones: Tommy Dorsey, Ben Pickering, Joe Ortolano Reeds: Sid Stoneburn, Noni Bernadi, Clyde Rounds, Johnny Van Eps Rhythm: Paul Mitchell, Mac Cheikes (g), Gene Traxler (b), Sam Weiss (d), Vocals: Edythe Wright Nov 8 Singer Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer In Kansas City, 1927. She sang with Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, and jerry Wald. Trombonist Keg Johnson, 58, died in Chicago 1967.Played with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, and Cab Calloway. Glenn Miller records Fresh as a Daisey (v - Hutton, Lothrop, Beneke), Isnt That Just Like Love (v - Lathrop), Along the Santa Fe Trail (v - Eberle), and Do You Know Why (v - Eberle) 1940. Band Roster Trumpets: Billy May, Ray Anthony, Johnny Best, Dale McMickle Trombones: Glenn Miller, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner, Frank DAnnolfo Reeds: Hal MIntyre (as), Ernie Caceres (as,bar,cl), Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as), Tex Beneke (ts), Al Klink (ts) Rhythm: Chummy MacGregor (p), Jack Lathrop (g), Herman Trigger Albert (b), Maurice Purtill (d) Glenn Millers Army Aircorp Orchestra broadcast the 1st of 6 half hour propaganda shows beamed at the German Soldier, 1944.The series was called Music for the Wermacht. Harry James with Frink Sinatra record All or Nothing at All, chiribiribin (v - Frank Sinatra), Avalon, Every Day of My Life (v - FS), Concerto for Trumpet, Im in the Market for You, Night Special, Back Bay Boogie, and Flash, 1939. Trumpets: Harry James, Jack Palmer, Claude Bowen, Jack Schaeffer Trombones: Truett Jones, Dalton Rizzotto, Bruce Squires Reeds: Dave Matthews, Drew Page, Claude Lakey, Bill Luther Rhythm: Red Kent(p), Thurman Teague (b), Michael Scrima (d) National Best Selling Retail Chart For the Week Ending Nov 8, 1945 (Reported in Billboard Nov 17, 1945) 1. Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye 1. Till The End Of Time - Perry Como 2. Its Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James 3. Its Been a Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby 4. Its Been a Long, Long Time - Charlie Spivak 5. Ill Buy That Dream - Dick Haymes / Helen Forrest 6. Its Been a Long, Long Time - Stan Kenton 7. Ill Buy That Dream - Harry James 7. Thats For Me - Dick Haymes 8. It Might as Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes 9. Thats For Me - Jo Stafford 10. Till The End of Time - Dick Haymes
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