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Andrews Sisters - Latin Quarter 1957
Desi Arnaz - w/Diosa Costello 1948
Count Basie - Lincoln 1943
Tony Bennett - Copacabana 1958
Milton Berle - Latin Quarter 1948
Joey Bishop - w/Andy Williams 1959
Ray Bolger - Wizard of Oz Scarecrow, Empire Room 1956
Cab Calloway - Greenwich Inn 1949
Diahann Carroll - Persian Room 1961
Betty Clooney - Waldorf Astoria 1954
Nat King Cole - Copacabana 1958
Perry Como - Versailles 1944
Copacabana - famous night club restaurant is reviewed 1953
Crosby Brothers - Latin Quarter 1961
Xavier Cugat - Waldorf Astoria 1951
Vic Damone - Riviera 1953
Billy Daniels - Copacabana 1952
Sammy Davis Jr. - Copacabana 1959
Phyllis Diller - w/Bobby Short 1958
Nancy Donovan - Copacabana 1952
Jimmy Durante - Copacabana 1951
Billy Eckstine - Copacabana 1951
Duke Ellington - Basin St. East 1961
Eddie Fisher - Empire Room 1959
Judy Garland -Town & Country 1958
Jackie Gleason - La Vie en Rose 1953
Benny Goodman - Empire Room 1956
Dolores Gray - Waldorf Astoria 1954
Buddy Hackett - Copacabana 1956
Connie Haines - Terrace Room 1951
Dick Haymes - Versailles 1956
Horace Heidt - 30th Anniversary 1954
Florence Henderson w/Bill Hayes 1958
Hildegarde - Pierre 1953
Eddy Howard - Roosevelt 1955
Burl Ives w/Wally Cox - Persian Room
Lisa Kirk - Persion Room 1958
Frankie Laine - Latin Quarter 1955
Julius La Rosa - Romanian 1958
Peggy Lee - Copacabana 1958
Jerry Lewis - Town & Country 1957
Joe E. Lewis - Copacabana 1945
Ted Lewis - Latin Quarter 1953
Liberace - Persian Room 1947
Guy Lombardo - Roosevelt 1957
Vincent Lopez - Grill Room 1954
Tony Martin - Riviera 1953
Martin and Lewis - Copacabana 1950
Ray McKinley - Glenn Miller Band 1957
Mills Brothers - Latin Quarter 1956
Vaughn Monroe - Astor 1955
Constance Moore - St. Regis 1958
Johnnie Ray - Copacabana 1953
Della Reese - Copacabana 1961
Sugar Ray Robinson - French Casino
Dorothy Shay - St. Regis 1961
Frank Sinatra - Wedgewood 1943
Danny Thomas - Copacabana 1949
Sophie Tucker - Latin Quarter 1950
Mae West - Latin Quarter 1956
Julie Wilson - Persian Room 1954
 
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Rise & Fall of the big bands
 
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Hal Turner - Performer/Conductor
B Zickafoose - played in WWII Europe
 
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Sammy Kaye - Roosevelt 1957
Dinah Shore - press release and autograph from the 50's
A Letter about a WWII song
Harbers & Dale - Dance Team
 
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Congatulations to Denny Farrell who hosts The Original Big Band Showcase, on the birth of his first grandson, Michael Patrick on St. Patrick's Day... Courting Mae West: Based on true events during the Prohibition Era when Mae West was arrested and jailed will be at the Algonquin Theatre in NYC this coming July.

This is a sad one. Mike Smith, the lead singer of the Dave Clark Five died from pnuemonia, just ten days before the DC5 were scheduled to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Mike had the terrible misfortune of getting his trousers caught while trying to climb over his own fence. He landed square on his head and had been paralyzed ever since. Several years earlier, his only son died in a diving accident. Mike Smith had plenty to be bitter about, but he was always upbeat in his correspondence with his fans around the world. Although he wrote many of the Dave Clark Five's hits, Mike seemed to depend upon contributions from fans and peers (like Peter Noone of the Herman's Hermits) to help defer the cost of needed medical equipment.

The "Swamp Ghost" is (was) a great tourist attraction for the adventurous in the swamps of Northern New Guinea. The American B-17 bomber was forced to swamp ghostland over 60 years ago in treachrous swampland, partially submerged. The entire crew somehow managed to make their way out in several days, often needing to construct platforms from trees and twigs to keep their bodies above water to rest. The Flying Fortress was recently dismantled by an American entrepreneur and lifted by helicopter to the docks where it is was the process of being packed-up for shipment back to the U.S. for restoration, until New Guinea government officials stopped it. Now the plane is in limbo, packed in crates in a warehouse awaiting litigation. The B-17 is especially unique because the gunner on the bottom turret layed down which is unusual for any gunner.

Look what they keep doing to the Munsters' house ... This fellow has some great recent photographs with many stars from the past. I found him because I Googled Marge Champion. She was married to Gower Champion. They were a staple in N.Y.C.'s nightclub circuit in the 50's and a favorite of Mr. Dana's, who wrote the reviews on this site.

Chuck Conner's fans, there was a large "loop" in the rifle's trigger, that's how he could fire so fast. Here's how to get your own Rifleman's rifle with the same reflex.

It looks like the Hotel Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania 65 oh-oh-ho) which Bandleader Glenn Miller made famous in 1940 may not be destroyed after all. A resolution to protect it from demolition is on its way to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. This review features Horace Heidt's 1954 performance there.

What's all the hullabaloo about tabloid sensation Amy Winehouse? She's described by YouTube fans as being "tragic," "brilliant" and "Billie Holidayish." This video shows Amy Winehouse really nailing the vocals on that old standard "Teach Me Tonight."

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