Seems Like Old Times

National weekend music program hosted by Craig Orndorff dedicated to the standards, performed by the great artists of yesterday and today.

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We'll make some random picks this weekend. Which includes some leftovers and a request. Mel Torme, Henry Mancini, Les Baxter, Artie Shaw, Buddy Morrow and Melody Gardot ...
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... Spotlight 1948. Sweltering summer. Hiss hearings. Dewey to challenge Truman. Movies--Mr Blandings, Key Largo, Rope, Romance on the High Seas. Mathias shines at London Olympics. Tight pennants. Babe Ruth dies ...

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... On the countdown: Pee Wee Hunt, Margaret Whiting, Doris Day/ Buddy Clark, Pied Pipers, Al Trace, Vaughn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald and more.

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More Comedy this weekend. Funny business from Dean Martin & Victor Borge, Jimmy Durante, Ted Weems/ Perry Como, Danny Kaye, Noel Coward and others ...
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... On the countdown: Patti Page, Hugo Winterhalter, Pat Boone, Doris Day, Vic Damone, Chordettes, Ames Bros, Gogi Grant and more.
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... Spotlight 1956. Ike to face Stevenson again. "In God We Trust". Booming economy. Nasser nationalizes Suez. DuMont TV network signs off. Movies--King and I, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Man Who Knew Too Much. Yanks lead AL, Braves, Dodgers, Reds battle for NL...

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Comedy is this weekend's theme. Laugh w/ Bob Newhart, Stan Freberg, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, and Phil Harris ...
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Countdown 1936. Depression. Brutal heat wave. FDR to face Alf Landon. Spanish Civil War. Schmeling KO'd Louis. Owens shines at Berlin Olympics. Movies--Anthony Adverse, Poor Little Rich Girl, San Francisco. Radio--National Barn Dance, Your Hit Parade...

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... On the countdown: Eddie Duchin, Jimmy Dorsey, Hal Kemp, Fats Waller, Connee Boswell, Henry King and a lot of Benny Goodman.

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... Thunderbird. $64,000 Question is a TV hit. Movies--Marty, Seven Year Itch, Love Me or Leave Me. Dodgers cruising.

On the chart: Pat Boone, Prez Prado, Nat King Cole, Eddie Fisher, McGuire Sisters, Les Baxter, Al Hibbler, Giselle MacKenzie and Frank.
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This weekend a third edition of "Day Songs ". We'll hear from Brothers Four, Sam Donahue, Chris Connor, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Ray Noble/Anita Gordon, Sportsmen/Benny Goodman, and more.

Spotlight 1955. Ike. Prosperity. Disneyland opens. Big Four summit ... 1/2

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... Spotlight 1952. Truman. Ike vs Taft for GOP nomination. B-52, Nautilus debut. Korea. Godfrey won TV season. Gunsmoke debuted on radio. Movies--Clash By Night, With a Song in My Heart, Singin' in the Rain. Boros won US Open; Walcott became heavyweight champ...

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More "Day" songs this weekend. We'll have Andy Williams, Duke Ellington/ Ivie Anderson, Andrews Sisters, Martha Tilton/ Harry Babbitt, Connie Francis, and Jane Morgan ...
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... On the chart: Percy Faith, Doris Day, Tony Martin, Georgia Gibbs, Eddie Fisher, Don Cornell, Leroy Anderson, Kay Starr, Al Martino, Ray Anthony, and others.

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... Radio--Bergen, Fibber, Winchell, Hope, Benny, Suspense, Whistler.

Making hits: Glenn Miller, Harry James, Kate Smith, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Kay Kyser, Andrews Sisters, Alvino Rey, Merry Macs and Jimmy Dorsey w/ Eberly & O'Connell
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It's all 1942 this weekend.

WWII: Aleutians, Midway, Leningrad, Sevastopol; Tokyo bombed; Americans surreneder in Philippines. Sugar rationing/ hoarding. Grand Coulee Dam finished. Toronto rallies to win Stanley Cup. Movies--Mrs. Miniver, Saboteur, Yankee Doodle Dandy...

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... TV--Final Lucy ep; Paar set to host Tonight. Movies--Designing Woman, 12 Angry Men, Face in the Crowd. Dodgers announce move to LA. Celtics win first title.

On the chart--Gale Storm, P Boone, P Page, Mathis, Como, Marty Robbins, Vic Damone, Jim Reeves, Jimmy Dorsey and more

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This weekend we're playing "Day" songs. We celebrate 24 little hours w/ Jane Morgan, Artie Shaw/ Helen Forrest, Fred Astaire, Julie London, Four Aces, Sophie Tucker, Robert Goulet...

Spotlight 1957. Ike. Khrushchev appears on US TV. Bomb testing...

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Next: Destinations II. Traveling again w/ Caterina Valente, Lawrence Welk, Kenny Ball, Dizzy Gillespie, Four Lads, Ray Conniff, and Frankie Laine...

Spotlight 1938. FDR's purge of Dem party. Economy slumping. Germany takes Austria, wants Czechoslovakia...
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... Radio--The Shadow, Mary Marlin, Bergen/McCarthy, Benny, Burns/Allen, Cantor, Maj Bowes. Movies--Vivacious Lady, Jezebel, Robin Hood. Chicago improbable Stanley Cup champs

Top songs by Larry Clinton/ Bea Wain, Kaye, J Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Norvo/Bailey, Goodman, and Bing.