The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-16
LOUIS -RAMAGE BOUT AROUSES KEEN INTEREST
THROUGH THE
WAVE s

by Juan Del Roy Grant

Plantation Echoes
The cid southern plalniive' mel
odies. mammys religious faith,
trials, heart aches. grief and sor-
row as told in song, the longing
for the southland home OF a
wandered weary soul was the
theme OF Willard Robeson's pro-
gram on wJR AT 7:l5 G. +. Good
Evening" Melodies OF the deep
old south. sweet. haunting, memo
ries that please and religious re-
frains that tell of the enchanting
sweetness of the easy going
southern life. The Southernaires
harmonized on several plaintive
plantation days melodies that real
ly sounded good. II you miss this
program from the NBC. then you
will not be able to enjoy the real
sweetness OF southern melodies un
I'll you have heard willard Robe
son. the Deep River Orchestra and
the Southernaires
GLENN GRAY AND HIS CASA
At 1880 NJ H. mid Evening"
IONA ORCHESTRA j.
il VAS very interesting to COM
pare programs as the. came In.
We like that theme song OF the
Casa Iona Orchestra. SMOKE
RINGS" bur we like II so much |
better when FRANCIS TATE sings /
i in her appealing way she makes
il real torch song. THE CONT
AN | BLUE? JUST
A FAIR WEATHER FRIEND.
THE BLUE ROOM" THE MOON
is LOW. are a few Of the num-
bers offered by this brilliant orch
astra. but that new waltz tune that
was PLAYED entitled WHEN
GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM" Is
dreamy piece of muse which was
vel done up
,AB CLLOWAY ON wJBK ...... /,
a l2:O0 NJ. y. mid Nite) the
King OF HI DE HOLLAND was on
iJBK coming from Harlem's most {
Inclusive Cotton Club. Cab dtshed
ut some hot music. In fact II was
o hot that II II could have got
en- outside II might have melted
ONE OF the snow that was falling ,
o very fast. and you know now 4
asst It was falling at that hP<S
'LAvDE HOPKINS.
Playing from the Roseland Hasl-
room on the orvus wsss<-
New York City. "FIvE PENNIES"
vas the first red hot dance tune
'layed by Claude and His oys.
XIV was the local outlet for
his program of dance music at
2:30 G. NJ. GOOD MORNING.)
somehow Claude did not seem TO
10 as we'll as previous broadcasts.
seemed to be lacking
Or was II that my wine was going
to my head at this time?
WAYNE KING.
For those of you who like the
classics in music such as operate
waltzes and music by the old mas
ters. you will find all you want OF
Il when Wayne King comes over
CKLW OR WJR. but me, perfer
the more modern type OF synco
patton. wonder why 1t is that
when Wayne is on the hookup that
plays such classical numbers
and later on in Chicago when h.
Is not on the hookup he plays
some real sweet music. lovable
dance tunes
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8.
Ben Bernie and Lupe velez Bing
Crosby and Mills Brothers; al
nine o'clock we were between the
devil and the deep blue sea,
because We wanted TO hear two
very good programs at once, so
we decided TO swing bit, Ben
Bernie and all the lads were fair.
and Lupe velez did not come up
to our expectations. The Mills
Brothers and Bing Crosby sort of
fell down bit. their program was
not exactly up TO par. but II was
fairly good. Bing crooned III
Love In Bloom and the Mills
BOYS sang Moaning For You"
Did You Know That Josephine
Baker famous sepia dancer who
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