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