Today's Sunrise Serenade was "It's A Quiet Town" by the Andrews Sisters with Danny Kaye. Enjoy the video below from YouTube.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Playlist For September 7, 2016
The playlist for the September 7, 2016 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has now been added to the playlist filing cabinet. James Jones: Author & Summer Avenue Resident
James Jones, the author of the award winning novel From Here To Eternity, which served as the basis for the Academy Award winning film of the same name, wrote the work in the late 1940's while living the old Leahy's Tourist Court on Summer Avenue in Memphis. Ask Vance posted this article relating the story.
Growing up as I did in the Berclair neighborhood of Memphis, Summer Avenue was the nearest main street, and Leahy's always struck me as a bit of a time capsule, even into the 1980's. Leahy's was an old fashioned tourist court, that included cabins and parking spaces for trailers/mobile homes. By the 1980's, essentially all of Summer Avenue was commercial/industrial, with Leahy's - a quiet, residential community unto itself - quietly sitting in the middle.
Leahy's continued until 2014, when the owner of the property could no longer afford the utilities and upkeep of the old property. There was a fear that the residents would have their utilities disconnected. That fate was avoided, but some residents moved out while things were uncertain. An investor bought the property, began making repairs, and it remains as a trailer park in the middle of Memphis, although some of the quaint charm of Leahy's has been lost.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Gypsy Swing At The Lindy Hop This Friday
The Red Hot Lindy Hop lesson and session continues at the Rumba Room this Friday night with live music from Le Tumulte Noir. Free beginner lesson at 7:00 p.m. Admission $7. Lesson by Phil and Josey with music by DJ Josey during band breaks.
303 South Main
Memphis, TN 38103
Sunrise Serenade: I'm Walkin' This Town
Today's Sunrise Serenade was "I'm Walkin' This Town" by the Spirits of Rhythm. Enjoy the video from YouTube.
Friday, September 2, 2016
Quack-A-Doodle-Doo
This encore from 2012 is a 1949 Paramount short featuring a good natured, but oversized, duckling that is ostracized from the rest of the duck community until he saves them from the fox. From the Internet Archive, here is Baby Huey in Quack-A-Doodle-Doo.
Sunrise Serenade: Coquette (Chicken Croquette)
This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Coquette (Chicken Croquette)" by the Spirits of Rhythm. Enjoy the video from YouTube.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The Future Of Trains
Here is another World War II ad, posted on Vintage Ads, for a service that was not widely available at the time, but would in the future. All forms of travel were heavily focused on the war effort, so individual travel, especially for pleasure, was publicly discouraged. Remember this line from the old Warner Bros. cartoons: "Is this trip really necessary?" The purpose of that slogan was to encourage people to only travel when absolutely necessary, so travel related to the war effort could take priority.
Sunrise Serenade: Oh, Lady Be Good
Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Oh, Lady Be Good" by Ella Fitzgerald. Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.
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