Sunrise Serenade: Our Love Was Meant To Be

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Our Love Was Meant To Be" by Count Basie and His Orchestra.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Playlist For August 30, 2017

The playlist for the August 30, 2017 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has now been added to the playlist filing cabinet.  

Free Classic Comic Books Archive

A post on Boing Boing alerted me to the existence of Comic Book Plus, a free online archive of thousands of public domain comic books, comic strips, pulp fiction and other similar publications from the Golden and Silver Age, as well as some old time radio, vintage movies and TV.  Although I have not had the opportunity for any significant exploration of the site, the few pages I have seen make me want to see more.

Sunrise Serenade: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Nice Work If You Can Get It" by Billie Holiday.  Enjoy the video from YouTube.

Labor Day Hop!

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lessons and sessions continue at the Rumba Room this Friday night.  Free beginner lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Free admission before 7:00 p.m. and $5 thereafter.   

Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

Sunrise Serenade: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

1940's Hot Rod Footage

According to Vintage Everyday, the above film shows hot rods at a southern California race track in the 1940's.  I'm going to hazard a guess that this footage was from the late 1940's, since fuel, oil and rubber would have been severely rationed during World War II.  I like how several of the cars get into drifts apparently just to avoid the camera vehicle.

Sunrise Serenade: Little Toot

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Little Toot" by the Andrews Sisters from the 1948 Disney film Melody Time.  Enjoy the video from DailyMotion.
Little Toot by dearestfox

Sunrise Serenade: All Over Nothing At All

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "All Over Nothing At All" by Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Sunrise Serenade: Captain Kidd

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Captain Kidd" by Ella Mae Morse.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Playlist For August 23, 2017

The playlist for the August 23, 2017 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has now been added to the playlist filing cabinet.  

Sunrise Serenade: Did You Mean It?

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Did You Mean It?" by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals.  Enjoy the video from YouTube.

Red Hot Lindy Hops Continue

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lessons and sessions continue at the Rumba Room this Friday night.  Free beginner lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Free admission before 7:00 p.m. and $5 thereafter.   

Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

Sunrise Serenade: Body And Soul

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Body And Soul" by the Benny Goodman Trio.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Sunrise Serenade: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" by the Ink Spots.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Playlist For August 16, 2017

The playlist for the August 16, 2017 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has now been added to the playlist filing cabinet.  

Lilve Music At The Lindy Hop

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lessons and sessions continue at the Rumba Room with live music this Friday night by Jeremy Shrader's Hot Memphis Six.  Free beginner lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Admission is $5 before 7:00 p.m. and $7 thereafter.


Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

Sunrise Serenade: No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven)

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven)" by the Golden Gate Quartet.  Enjoy the video from YouTube. 

Sunrise Serenade: Cuckoo In The Clock

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Cuckoo In The Clock" by Johnny Mercer.  Enjoy the video from YouTube.

Sunrise Serenade: Begin The Beguine

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Begin The Beguine" by Artie Shaw.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Rookie Review

This Warner Bros. short was released in 1941, but since cartoons took a long time to produce at that time, the studio could have easily started the process in 1940.  The gags about the poor equipment used to train U.S. troops has a definite origin in truth.  In the mid- to late 1930's, the Army was so underequipped that it did use wooden machine guns and ordinary cars carrying signs that read "tank."  From YouTube, here is Rookie Review. 

Sunrise Serenade: Rosie The Riveter

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Rosie The Riveter" by the Four Vagabonds.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Machine Gun Kelly Captured In Memphis

Memphis magazine recently did an interesting article about George Francis Barnes Jr., the son of a well-to-do Memphis insurance agent, who eventually became Public Enemy Number One:  "Machine Gun" Kelly.  Captured in his home town of Memphis in 1933, it seems his wife, Kathryn Thorne, an attractive brunette with a quick wit and friendly smile, was the key to his reputation.

Sunrise Serenade: Along The Santa Fe Trail

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Along The Santa Fe Trail" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle on vocals.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Back To School Hop

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lessons and sessions continue at the Rumba Room this Friday night.  Free beginner lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Free admission before 7:00 p.m. and $5 thereafter.   

Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

Sunrise Serenade: As Time Goes By

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "As Time Goes By" by Dooley Wilson (a/k/a "Sam" from Casablanca).  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Groucho

This item, posted on Four Color Shadows, is not one of those biographical comics about a celebrity as I have sometimes posted before.  In this story from 1949, a Hollywood columnist with a movie star girlfriend encounters the inimitable Groucho Marx in everything but name, and madcap antics ensue.  I say "in everything but name" because the character could not be anyone other than Groucho, and no name is ever given for the mustached, cigar-smoking, wise-cracking, woman-chasing little guy.

Sunrise Serenade: Music Maestro, Please

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Music Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Susie The Little Blue Coupe

I came across this fun little Disney cartoon on YouTube the other day, and I have enjoyed it several times since.  It shows a story that has repeated itself time and again since the birth of the automobile, but in this case, with the help of what some have called America's "first recyclers" (i.e. hot rodders), this tale has a happy ending.  Enjoy Susie The Little Blue Coupe.

Sunrise Serenade: Shoo Shoo Baby

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Shoo Shoo Baby" by Ella Mae Morse.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

TCM In August

In its monthly preview of Turner Classic Movies programming, the Hollywood Revue reminds us that August is "Summer Under The Stars" month, with a different star featured each day.  From HR:

While there are some traditional crowd-pleasers like Cary Grant, John Wayne,  Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor, there are also quite a few stars who haven’t been featured in a while. I’m particularly looking forward to Gene Kelly, James Cagney, Lon Chaney, Franchot Tone, Angela Lansbury, Rosalind Russell, and Ann Harding days.

Sunrise Serenade: Mean To Me

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Mean To Me" by Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra with Billie Holiday on vocals.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Playlist For August 2, 2017

The playlist for the August 2, 2017 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has now been added to the playlist filing cabinet.  

Sunrise Serenade: Ti-Pi-Tin

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Ti-Pi-Tin" by the Andrews Sisters.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.