In this Podcast Extra of "The Big Band and Swing Podcast" we celebrate the birthday of a very talented vocalist,  The Queen of Swing herself - Mildred Bailey.  Bailey was born on February 27th, 1907 i

Features vintage music from the Archives of Old Time Radio by Jerry Grey, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller and more.  Ronnaldo also plays the audio from a great Soundie by Louis Jordan. Consider supporti

In this Podcast Extra of "The Big Band and Swing Podcast" we celebrate the birthday of a lesser known name from the Big Band Era. Drummer, vocalist and bandleader, Cee Pee Johnson. Johnson was born on

Features vintage recordings by Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman and others.  The Panoram 2000 makes it's first appearance of the year. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast by becomin

In this Podcast Extra of "The Big Band and Swing Podcast" we celebrate the birthday of vocalist, saxophonist and bandleader - Tex Beneke.  Beneke was born on February 12, 1914 in Fort Worth, Texas. *

Includes vintage Big Band recordings by Duke Ellington, Kay Starr, Bea Wain and The Dorsey Brothers.  We also learn Ronnaldo still needs a lot of work with his German and we are introduced to the Robo

Features vintage Big Band music by Jerry Gray, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter and others.  We also learn about some of the changes at Swing City Radio. Consider supporting The Big Band and Swing Podcast

In this Podcast Extra of "The Big Band and Swing Podcast" we celebrate the birthday of vocalist Dolly Dawn.  Dolly was born on February 3, 1916 in Newark, New Jersey. * All music in this podcast are C

Includes Big Band recordings by Vaughn Monroe, Raymond Scott and Les Brown.  We also listen to a track by yet another one of those great Belgian bandleaders, Gus Deloof. Consider supporting The Big Ba

Features vintage Big Band music by Ozzie Nelson, Bob Crosby, Duke Ellington and more.  Ronnaldo plays clips from a 1946 educational film titled "Johnny Learns His Manners" and also answers listener ma