With a big band orchestra, singers and swing dancers, IN THE MOOD, is the retro 1940's musical that brings to the stage the music that moved a nation's spirit and helped win a war. More than a concert ...
If memory serves, Woody Herman was once quoted as saying "it's tough to be a canary," or words to that effect. "Canary" of course, was just one of the many euphemisms used for female big band singers ...
Hop aboard the "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and you'll soon be "In The Mood" to hear some great musicians "Sing, Sing, Sing." Much more than just a concert, In The Mood is a fully staged tribute to Glenn ...
Billboard named her the most popular female band vocalist of 1939, and she was the first to record the classic "Over the Rainbow." By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Bea Wain, a hit-making pop vocalist in ...
Hop aboard the "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and you'll soon be "In the Mood" to hear some great musicians "Sing, Sing, Sing." Much more than just a concert, In the Mood is a fully staged tribute to Glenn ...
Ernie Andrews has been around since the late 1940s, an era when big band singers were still in vogue. He pays homage to influences like Billy Eckstine, Al Hibbler and Earl Coleman in this collection ...
MARION — The Marion Big Band is back for their 26th season playing classic music from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Concerts are Thursday evenings, July 8, 15 and 22, in Marion’s Uptown City Park ...
Big Band singer "Liltin"' Martha Tilton, perhaps best-known for "And the Angels Sing" with Benny Goodman and the World War II ballad "I'll Walk Alone," has died. She was 91. By The Associated Press ...