[78-L] AM Radio (and the music) is now dead / Make believe ballroom

[don ward]

I remember listening to the original "Make Believe Ballroom" in the 1930s on KFWBam Los Angeles.  My first indoctrination into swing and dance music. 
Later i got a wind up phonograph and ive been accumulating records ever since.
There were some great music programs on radio Sat and Sun night.  Your Hit Parade on Sat.... who remembers "The Manhatten Merry go-round?"  "Touring the alluring, New York town"... sung by the chorus... Don  
Vorheese and the Bell telephone hour.... on and on... 
Where oh where has outstanding radio gone ??   only to be replaced by "How much is that doggie in window".
Its lucky that some of those great music programs can be found on old AFRS trascriptions, some Thesaurus ets as well.
I cant remember where my cell phone is, but i can sure remember good music from 70 years ago  lol 
don ward 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>Sent: May 11, 2009 5:03 PM
>To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>Subject: Re: [78-L] AM Radio (and the music) is now dead
>
>From: "Michael Biel"
>> >You might think that WNEW was noted for Big Bands, but that was
>> > only for a few hours a day.
>From: "RAY KILCOYNE" <kil at roadrunner.com>
>> Hard to believe that I got my very first taste of Country music from Martin 
>> Block. He counted down the Top 5 Country records every week on his Saturday 
>> show. (He followed that with the Top 5 R&B records, but I had already heard 
>> plenty of them).     RayK 
>
>
>DITTO FOR ME!!!!!!  But it was also my first taste of R&B.  I remember
>his program being the first place I heard Maybelline.  The main C&W
>record I remember hearing on Block's show was "He's In The Jailhouse
>Now" because I could only understand half of the words.  By this time he
>was no longer on WNEW but had moved to WABC.  He later went on to WOR. 
>William B. Williams at WNEW was still using the program title Make
>Believe Ballroom as was Block on both the later stations.  
>
>Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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