Make-Believe Ballroom 2

October 7, 2025 #2250


Ballrooms and nightclubs abounded in the 1930s and '40s, as was apparent from titles of big band songs.


Playlist

Make-believe ballroom
Charlie Barnet
At the Balalaika
Gray Gordon
Bolero at the Savoy
Gene Krupa
Cocoanut Grove
Dean Hudson
Essex hop
Sammy Kaye
A square at the Roundtable
Count Basie
Jumpin’ in the Pump Room
John Kirby
Leapin’ at the Lincoln
Charlie Barnet
Palladium party
Harry James
Riffin’ at the Ritz
Benny Goodman
Scattin’ at the Kit-Kat
George Hall
Shufflin’ at the Hollywood
Lionel Hampton
Swinging at the Waldorf
Count Basie
Zoomin’ at the Zombie
John Kirby
Avalon
Vaughn Monroe
I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen
Charlie Spivak
An empty ballroom
Ella Fitzgerald