Make Believe Ballroom

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom –Jeff Bressler spends the program catching up on listeners e-mails and requests - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom –Jeff Bressler tries to break his record-record in his attempt to play the most recordings ever on one edition of the Ballroom - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom –a contemporary swing band, two great radio remotes, a look at one of the most historic recordings of all time - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – a look at the history of record speeds, a visit to one of the highest selling LP albums of all time - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – some great nicknames of prominent band musicians and vocalists along with their music, a look at a long forgotten Carnegie Hall concert - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – some great big band music that was used in contemporary movies directed by a film making legend - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member-supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – a few great stories about how songs got their titles, how fate played a hand in a trumpeters success and a special announcement - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – a special show featuring listener requests and random selections from the famous Ralphie from Canarsie Record Club List - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – how a song gave a morale boost to WWII airmen, two musicians with great performing longevity, a long forgotten record label, listener emails and requests - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show!...

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – a program dedicated to enjoying the music of some long forgotten big bands and their leaders  - this and many more great records to enjoy on the show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – the macabre ending for Henry Busse, a Tommy Dorsey work party, some videos to watch on YouTube, a lyricist comedian, Make Believe Ballroom's original theme  - all this and many more great records to enjoy on th...

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – a legendary female singer was also a talented composer,Johnny Guarnieri played an instrument that put him in the recording record books, a British selection and story  - all this and many more great records to...

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – two famous Harlem hotels, a song written in 1941 about a famous wartime cartoon character, big bands on a beloved American variety show  - all this and many more great records to enjoy on this show! 

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom – a listener request for some more A and B side record stories, the first time recording of one of the big band era’s most treasured toons, a Louis Armstrong Broadway flop, Benny Goodman lends a hand to an ill vo...

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom - music you have heard all your life and never paid attention to, a song salute to a new affiliate, what many say was the first ever jazz festival - all this and many, many more great records to enjoy on this sho...

On this week's Make Believe Ballroom broadcast on member supported Jazz 90.1 in Rochester, NY, and on other fine radio affiliates across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom - possibly the big band era radio's most listened to orchestra, an RCA Victor major mess, musicians strike of 1942-44 workarounds - all this and many, many more great records to enjoy on this show!

Join us for this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom -- a little about two unsung talents of the big band era, the first time ever recording of a beloved classic, the revival of the Ralphie from Canarsie Record Club list - plus many, many more of the greatest hits o...

Join us for this week’s MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom -- A little about Bon Bon, not the candy but the vocalist: What was a transcription disc? The story behind Rent Party’s: A tune played in reference to a listener's email - plus many, many more of the greatest hits...

Join us for this week’s MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom  --  some 1900s era hits that were revived during the swing era, a little history about scat singing, when a records B side quickly transferred to the A side - plus many, many more of the greatest hits of the big...

Join us for this week’s MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom  --  A genuine All-Star band, a battle for the box office, two songs that kind of sound alike -- plus many, many more of the greatest hits of the big band era are played for your musical enjoyment during this epi...

Join us for this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom  --  small group bands within a big band, a new use for cardboard in the 1930s, budget record labels, a disturbing story about the Andrews Sisters -- plus many, many more of the greatest hits of the big band era a...

Join us for this weeks MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom  --  a band with a most interesting name, a famous novelty song’s story, some listeners requests, a bandleader with a double life, original versions of a few favorites, -- plus many, many more of the greatest hits...

On this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM’s weekly big band record party broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom  --  A Texas and North Carolina Territory Band from the 1930s, how one singers song ended up being another vocalists gold and a satirical musical radio program -- All this and...

On this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM’s weekly big band record party broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY, and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom – early Glenn Miller, a kind of offbeat public service announcement song, a bandleaders famous first name, the Paradise Ballroom, America’s biggest annual birthday party from t...

On this week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM’s weekly big band record party broadcast over member supported Jazz 90.1 WGMC-FM in Rochester, NY and other fine affiliates across the US as well as in the United Kingdom – some contemporary big bands,  British big band plays a popular tune, how many children were named during the big band era, a ballroom from days gone by -- All this and more of...