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4 records found for Leon Thomas
1967-12-31, WABC, 48 min.
Count Basie and His Orchestra are bringing in the New Year (1968) from the Riverboat room in the Empire State Building. Broadcast in two parts, 11:00 PM-11:30 PM and then from 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM. Orchestrations and vocals heard include: "April in Paris," "Big Brother," " Leon Thomas sings the Blues," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Jumpin' At The Woodside," "All of Me, " Guitarist Freddie Green playing " Corner Pocket," " Cherry Point," "Blues In Hoss' Flat," "Boone Talk," "Vine Street Rumble," "Sunny."
#5439: BIG BAND MUSIC SPECIAL
Order1968-12-25, WNEW, 53 min.
- Skitch Henderson
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie
- Leon Thomas
- Claude Thornhill & Orchestra
- Claude Thornhill
- Al Aarons
- Joel Ikes
- The Snowflakes
Skitch Henderson is host to this "Big Band Music Special" broadcast on WNEW TV Christmas day from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Up first is the Count Basie Orchestra. There are a number of instrumental numbers and also included Leon Thomas singing "Shake Rattle & Roll." We hear Eric Dixon and Al Aarons featured in a number of instrumental including "One O'Clock Jump." Part 2 of the broadcasts, as Skitch Henderson states, is a memoriam to Claude Thornhill and his orchestra. We hear a repeat of an early 1960's Big Band broadcast. Orchestrations and vocals by the Joel Ikes singers include "Little Girl," "There's a Small Hotel," "Never on Sunday," "Samba Melody," "September Song," Night & Day," sung by The Snowflakes, "I Don't Know Why?" "Autumn Upturn," "Piano Roll Blues," "Muscat Ramble," " Polka Dots & Moonbeams," and orchestra leader Claude Thornhill's signature song, "Snowfall."
#4518: SOUNDSTAGE
Order1976-11-03, PBS, 57 min.
1974-1981. A series of 60-minute and 90-minute concerts by popular musical acts, produced at WTTW-TV Chicago.#4530: SOUNDSTAGE
Order1977-04-16, PBS, 57 min.
1974-1981. A series of 60-minute and 90-minute concerts by popular musical acts, produced at WTTW-TV Chicago.