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Sam Berman's caricature of bandleader-vocalist Eddy Howard for NBC's 1947 promotional book. Howard was heard in big band remotes from Chicago's Aragon Ballroom.
Sam Berman's caricature of bandleader-vocalist Eddy Howard for NBC's 1947 promotional book. Howard was heard in big band remotes from Chicago's Aragon Ballroom.

A big band remote (aka dance band remote) was a remote broadcast, popular on radio during the 1930s and 1940s, involving a coast-to-coast live transmission of a big band. In Broadcast engineering, a remote broadcast (usually just called a remote or a live remote) is Broadcasting done from a location away from the A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late As early as 1930, Ben Bernie was heard in weekly remotes from Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel. Ben Bernie ( May 30, 1891, Bayonne New Jersey - October 23, 1943) born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American Jazz

Broadcasts were usually transmitted by the major radio networks directly from hotels, ballrooms, restaurants and clubs. A radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously or slightly delayed for the purpose of extending total During World War II, the remote locations included military bases and defense plants. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Band remotes mostly originated in major cities, including Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Chicago. The Chicago broadcasts featured bands headed by Count Basie, Frankie Carle, Duke Ellington, Jan Garber, Jerry Gray, Woody Herman, Earl Hines, Eddy Howard (from the Aragon Ballroom), Dick Jurgens, Kay Kyser (from the Blackhawk Restaurant), Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra (from the Blackhawk), Ted Weems, Shep Fields (from the Palmer House) and Griff Williams. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist Frankie Carle ( March 25 1903 &ndash March 7 2001) was an American Pianist and Bandleader. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Jan Garber ( November 5, 1894, Indianapolis, Indiana - October 5, 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana) was Jerry Gray ( July 3, 1915 &ndash August 10, 1976) was an arranger composer and conductor who is best known for his work with popular Woodrow Charles Herman ( May 16 1913 &ndash October 29 1987) better known as Woody Herman, was an American Jazz Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, ( 28 December, 1903 Duquesne Pennsylvania &ndash 22 April Eddy Howard ( September 12 1914, Woodland California - May 23, 1963, Palm Desert California) was a vocalist and bandleader James Kern (“Kay” Kyser ( June 18, 1905, Rocky Mount North Carolina – July 23, 1985, Chapel Hill North Carolina Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra was the first Kansas City jazz band to achieve national recognition which it acquired through national radio broadcasts Wilfred Theodore (Ted Weems (originally Wemyes ( 26 September, 1901 - 6 May, 1963) was a United States Bandleader and Shep Fields ( September 12, 1910 &ndash February 23, 1981) was the band leader for the critically acclaimed "Shep Fields and His Rippling The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in Downtown Chicago.

The usual procedure involved the network sending a two-man team, announcer and engineer, with remote radio equipment to a designated location. The announcer would open with music behind an introduction:

Coming to you from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook on Route 23, just off the Pompton Turnpike in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, we present the music of Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra. Cedar Grove Township is a Township in north central Essex County, New Jersey, United States. For other persons with this name see Charlie Barnett. Charles Daly Barnet ( October 26, 1913 – September 4 [1]
For your dancing pleasure, Columbia brings you the music of Count Basie and his orchestra, coming to you from the Famous Door on Fifty-Second Street in New York City. [2]

Artie Shaw's many remote broadcasts included the Rose Room of Boston's Ritz Carlton Hotel. Arthur Jacob Arshawsky ( May 23, 1910 &ndash December 30, 2004) better known as Artie Shaw, was an American Jazz The Blue Room of New York's Hotel Lincoln was the location of his only regular radio series as headliner. Sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes, Shaw broadcast on CBS from November 20, 1938 until November 14, 1939. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Before he launched Sun Records, Sam Phillips ran regular big band remotes with the Chuck Foster orchestra and others from the Peabody Hotel Skyway Ballroom in Memphis, Tennessee. Sun Records was a Record label based in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27 1952. Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) better known as Sam Phillips, was an American The Peabody Hotel is a luxury Hotel in Memphis Tennessee. The hotel is well known for the famous "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop but Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. [3] The tradition continued into the 1950s with jazz club remotes on NBC's Monitor by Al Hibbler and others. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States For NBC 's 1983 television news magazine series see Monitor (TV. Al Hibbler ( August 16, 1915 - April 24, 2001) was a vocalist with several pop hits [4]

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Bands heard on 1930s-40s radio remotes

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References

  1. ^ Thompson, E.D. More Nashville Nostalgia. Westview Publishing, 2004.
  2. ^ Orgill, Roxane. Dream Lucky: When FDR Was in the White House, Count Basie Was on the Radio, and Everyone Wore a Hat. Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2008.
  3. ^ Harrison, Jennifer. Elvis As We Knew Him, iUniverse, 2003
  4. ^ Monitor
  5. ^ Music & Big Bands

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