Title |
Date |
Running Time |
Description |
File Name |
Reel |
Al Overend |
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12:04 |
Band Remote from the Skyline Club in Billings, Montana.
This Skyline Club was located 1 mile west of the airport on the rimrocks above the city of Billings. It was a popular dance venue in the 40s and early 50s and then became a Italian restaurant for a few years. After being reopened in the 60s as a rock and roll club it burned to the ground.
Click here for an ad for the club from the Billings Gazette.
Click here for an ad for the club from the Billings Gazette featuring a picture of singer Paul Gary.
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AlOverand-01.mp3 |
k025 |
Al Overend |
|
14:22 |
Band Remote from the Skyline Club in Billings, Montana |
AlOverand-02.mp3 |
k030 |
Al Trace and the Silly Symphonists |
|
15:14 |
Band remote from the Blackhawk Restuarant in Chicago. WGN |
AlTrace-01.mp3 |
k015 |
Art Kassel and his Castles in the Air |
|
27:39 |
Band remote from the Blackhawk Restuarant in Chicago. WGN |
ArtKassel-01.mp3 |
k011 |
Art Kassel |
|
26:27 |
Band remote from the Blackhawk Restuarant in Chicago. WGN |
ArtKassel-02.mp3 |
k024 |
Art Kassel |
|
20:41 |
Band remote from the Blackhawk Restuarant in Chicago. WGN |
ArtKassel-03.mp3 |
k025 |
Bernie Cummins |
|
12:37 |
Band remote from the Walnut Room of the Bismark Hotel in Chicago. WGN |
BernieCummins-01.mp3 |
k017 |
Billy Bishop |
|
18:04 |
Band remote from the Walnut Room of the Bismark Hotel in Chicago. Vocalists: Billy Bishop and Alice Mann (Bishop's wife). WGN |
BillyBishop-01.mp3 |
k046 |
Carlton Hayes |
|
7:45 |
Band Remote clip followed by KOOK local show |
CarltonHayes-01.mp3 |
k052 |
Del Courtney |
|
11:22 |
Band remote from the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago. Sound quality is a bit low in this recording. Mutual/WGN |
DelCourtney-01.mp3 |
k027 |
Dick Jurgens |
|
29:33 |
Band remote from the Cafe Rouge in the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Announcer: Don McDonald. Vocalists: Jimmy Castle, Jack Eaton, and Al Galante. Recorded from KFAB in Omaha. |
DickJurgens-01.mp3 |
k033 |
Dick Jurgens |
|
22:29 |
Band remote from the Trocadero Room in Denver. Announcer: Loren Clark. Vocalists: Ray MacIntosh and Al Galante. |
DickJurgens-02.mp3 |
k034 |
Eddie Fitzpatrick |
|
9:12 |
Band remote from the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. Vocalist: Pete Eastman. NBC |
EddieFitzpatrick-01.mp3 |
K039 |
Eddie Howard |
|
23:37 |
Band remote from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. |
EddieHoward-01.mp3 |
k014 |
Eddie Howard |
|
18:13 |
Band remote from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. |
EddieHoward-02.mp3 |
k013 |
Eddie Howard |
|
14:32 |
Band remote from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Sound quality is a bit low in this recording. Mutual/WGN |
EddieHoward-03.mp3 |
k027 |
Eddie Howard |
|
13:48 |
Band remote from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Mutual/WGN |
EddieHoward-04.mp3 |
k046 |
Jimmy Featherstone |
|
31:56 |
Band remote from the Walnet Room of the Bismark Hotel in Chicago. Vocalist: Peggy Murdock. This is followed by 3 minutes of Skitch Henderson. WGN |
Featherstone-01.mp3 |
k016 |
Frankie Carle |
|
11:07 |
Band remote from the Cafe Rouge in the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Vocalist: Greg Lawrence. Recorded from KFAB (CBS) in Omaha. |
FrankieCarle-01.mp3 |
k035 |
Freddie Martin and his Singing Saxophone |
|
23:26 |
Band remote from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Announcer: Joe Gillespie. Vocalist: Merv Griffin. NBC |
FreddieMartin-01.mp3 |
k001 |
Freddie Martin |
|
15:30 |
Band remote from the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Vocalist: Merv Griffin. NBC |
FreddieMartin-02.mp3 |
k002 |
Fred Waring |
|
28:49 |
Band remote from Radio City in New York City. Christmas Show - Maybe Dec 21, 1947 |
FredWaring-01.mp3 |
k045 |
Fred Waring |
|
26:33 |
"The Christmas Story" |
FredWaring-02.mp3 |
k048 |
Gay Claridge |
|
11:02 |
Band remote from the Marinique in Chicago. WGN |
GayClaridge-01.mp3 |
k015 |
Guy Lombardo |
|
25:13 |
Band remote from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City. |
GuyLombardo-01.mp3 |
k003 |
Guy Lombardo |
|
22:30 |
Guy acts as DJ and plays his own recordings. This recording is from acetate tape. |
GuyLombardo-02.mp3 |
k004 |
Guy Lombardo |
|
27:37 |
Band remote from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City. From 1949 or later featuring their latest recording, "The Chicken Song." |
GuyLombardo-03.mp3 |
k009 |
Guy Lombardo |
|
25:35 |
Band remote from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City. Announcer: Frank Walldecker. Vocalist: Kenny Gardner. Mutual |
GuyLombardo-04.mp3 |
k010 |
Guy Lombardo |
|
10:51 |
Billings DJ spins Guy's records |
GuyLombardo-05.mp3 |
k038 |
Harry Owens |
|
2:57 |
Excerpt from the end of the show |
Harry_Owens-06.mp3 |
k108 |
Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians |
|
7:07 |
Band remote clip from the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. |
HarryOwens-01.mp3 |
k031 |
Harry Owens |
|
21:56 |
Band remote from the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Vocalist: Hilo Hattie. NBC |
HarryOwens-02.mp3 |
k040 |
Harry Owens |
|
23:38 |
Band remote from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Vocalists: Alex Gould and Hilo Hattie. NBC |
HarryOwens-03.mp3 |
k041 |
Harry Owens |
|
23:29 |
Band remote from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Vocalists: Gene Conklin, Eddie Bush, Prince Kawowhi, and Hilo Hattie. NBC |
HarryOwens-04.mp3 |
k042 |
Harry Owens |
March 1948 |
23:53 |
Band remote from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Announcer: Eddie King. Vocalists: Prince Kawowhi and Hilo Hattie. NBC |
HarryOwens-05.mp3 |
k043 |
Henry Russell |
|
17:40 |
Easy Listening band remote featuring Henry Russel and his Hollywood Radio City Orchestra and songs bt Ken Carson. |
HenryRussell-01.mp3 |
k043 |
Horace Heidt |
|
23:54 |
Not strictly a big band remote, Heidt's show was a traveling show featuring local talent who competed for a chance to become a traveling member of the orchestra. This recording is from Des Moines. |
hheidt001-xxxxxx.mp3 |
k018 |
Horace Heidt |
|
28:12 |
Horace Heidt from Ft. Worth. |
hheidt002-xxxxxx.mp3 |
k019 |
Horace Heidt |
x/x/51 |
24:33 |
Horace Heidt's final competition for 1951. Judges: Gordon MacRea and Bob Mathias. Tenor, Fred Smith, from Long Beach, California wins. Heidt also introduces his 5 year old son, Horace Heidt, Jr. |
hheidt003-finals-xxxx51.mp3 |
k020 |
Horace Heidt |
9/24/53 |
28:56 |
Horace Heidt broadcasts from Billings, Montana over KOOK (CBS) radio. Announcer: John Macilvain. The show was held at the Shrine Auditorium. Features contestants from Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Illinois and Charlie Crisp, president of KOOK radio. Sponsored by Lucky Strike and includes a commercial with Ogden Nash pitching the product. |
hheidt004-092453.mp3 |
k021 |
Horace Heidt |
|
24:52 |
Horace Heidt's quarter finals from New York. |
hheidt005-xxxxxx.mp3 |
k022 |
Horace Heidt |
x/x/53 |
22:07 |
Horace Heidt rebroadcast with Mark Durbin of Billings, followed by interview with family members. Mark Durbin was a neighbor of the gentleman who made this recording. Click here to see a picture of Mark from the 1953 Billings Senior High yearbook where he was in the Junior class. (Update: I understand that Mark passed away in 2010 or 2011.) |
hheidt006-xxxx53.mp3 |
k023 |
Jan Garber |
|
14:16 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Vocalist: Tim Reardon. NBC |
JanGarber-01.mp3 |
k005 |
Jan Garber |
|
13:46 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Vocalists: Bill Cleeve and Ernie Mathias. |
JanGarber-02.mp3 |
k030 |
Jan Garber |
|
12:06 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Vocalists: Tim Reardon and Ernie Mathias. NBC |
JanGarber-03.mp3 |
k031 |
Jan Garber |
|
13:49 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Vocalist: Tim Reardon. NBC |
JanGarber-04.mp3 |
k031 |
Jimmy Featherstone clip |
|
5:41 |
end of Gay Claridge and the first bit of Featherstone |
JimmyFeatherstone-clip.mp3 |
k128 |
Lawrence Welk clip |
|
8:01 |
Lawrence Welk remote clip |
k018-lwelk001.mp3 |
k018 |
Lawrence Welk |
|
18:14 |
Band remote from the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago. |
LawrenceWelk-01.mp3 |
k047 |
Layton Noble |
|
13:14 |
Band remote from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Vocalists: Layton Noble, Eddie Metcalf, and Elaine Carvel. Mutual |
LaytonNoble-01.mp3 |
k047 |
Lenny Herman Quintet |
|
14:53 |
Band remote clip from Philadelphia |
Lenny_Herman_Quintet-01.mp3 |
k106 |
Lenny Herman |
|
3:10 |
Band remote clip from WSYR in Syracuse, NY. NBC |
LennyHerman-01.mp3 |
k044 |
Paul Neighbors |
|
13:04 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Announcer: Eddie King. Vocalists: Paul Neighbors and Ralph Anthony. NBC |
PaulNeighbors-01.mp3 |
k029 |
Paul Neighbors |
|
13:52 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Announcer: Eddie King. Vocalists: Paul Neighbors and Ralph Anthony. NBC |
PaulNeighbors-02.mp3 |
k029 |
Paul Neighbors |
|
9:50 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Announcer: Eddie King. Vocalists: Paul Neighbors and Ralph Anthony. NBC |
PaulNeighbors-03.mp3 |
k034 |
Paul Neighbors |
|
22:45 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Announcer: Eddie King. Vocalists: Paul Neighbors and Ralph Anthony. NBC |
PaulNeighbors-04.mp3 |
K039 |
Paul Neighbors |
|
7:04 |
Band Remote clip |
PaulNeighbors-05.mp3 |
k051 |
Russ Morgan |
|
19:25 |
Band remote from the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. Vocalists: Russ Morgan, Pat Laird, and Al Jennings. CBS |
RussMorgan-01.mp3 |
k035 |
Sherman Hayes |
|
18:52 |
Band remote from the Blackhawk Restuarant in Chicago. There is a fair amount of static at times in this recording. |
ShermanHayes-01.mp3 |
k017 |
Sherman Hayes |
|
28:13 |
Band remote from the Martinique Restuarant. Announcer: Norman Kraft. Vocalists: Sherman Hayes and Harry Hill. |
ShermanHayes-02.mp3 |
k032 |
Ted Lewis |
|
24:23 |
Band remote from San Francisco. Announcer: Joe Gillespie. Vocalists: Ted Lewis. NBC |
TedLewis-01.mp3 |
k006 |
Ted Lewis |
|
23:42 |
Band remote from San Francisco. Announcer: Joe Gillespie. Vocalists: Ted Lewis and Geraldine DuBois. NBC |
TedLewis-02.mp3 |
k007 |
Ted Lewis |
|
22:51 |
Band remote from San Francisco. Announcer: Eddie King. Vocalists: Ted Lewis and Geraldine DuBois. NBC |
TedLewis-03.mp3 |
k008 |
Three Suns |
|
13:43 |
Band remote from the Hotel Astor in New York City. Announcer: Arthur Gary. |
ThreeSuns-01.mp3 |
k044 |
Tommy Carlyn |
|
13:43 |
Band remote the Trianon Ballroom on Chicago's southside at Cottage Grove and 62nd Street. Vocalist: Happy Houston. From Mutual. Recorded from KBMY in Billings. |
TommyCarlyn-01.mp3 |
k013 |
Tommy Carlyn |
|
15:37 |
Band remote from Dulldreams Casino in Pittsburgh. Vocalists: Del Sanders and Bob Wetzel. NBC |
TommyCarlyn-02.mp3 |
k044 |
Wayne King |
|
28:01 |
Band remote from 1947. Vocalists: Nancy Evans and Larry Douglas. |
WayneKing-01.mp3 |
k012 |
Wayne King |
|
23:25 |
These are from records. |
WayneKing-02.mp3 |
k036 |
Wayne King |
|
19:12 |
Band Remote-Christmas Show |
WayneKing-03.mp3 |
k037 |
Wayne King |
|
12:26 |
Band remote. Vocalists: Nancy Evans and Larry Douglas. |
WayneKing-04.mp3 |
k038 |
Xavier Cugat |
|
21:56 |
Band remote from the Waldolf Astoria in New York City. Mutual |
XavierCugat-01.mp3 |
k028 |