Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sinatra, Freddie Slack

[BERIGAN]

Reveille with Beverly. Stars Ann Miller. Saw this a few months back on Turner, just filmed numbers tossed in between the "Story"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036306/fullcredits#cast

Bob Crosby Orchestra ... Bob Crosby Band (as Bob Crosby and His Orchestra)

Freddie Slack ... Himself (as Freddie Slack and His Orchestra)

Freddie Slack's Orchestra ... Freddie Slack Orchestra (as Freddie Slack and His Orchestra)

Ella Mae Morse ... Ella Mae Morse, Vocalist with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

Duke Ellington ... Himself (as Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)

Duke Ellington Orchestra ... Themselves (as Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)

Count Basie ... Himself (as Count Basie and His Orchestra)

Count Basie Orchestra ... Count Basie's Orchestra (as Count Basie and His Orchestra)

Frank Sinatra ... Frank Sinatra, Vocalist

The Mills Brothers ... Mills Brothers Quartet

Edited August 23, 2007 by BERIGAN

[medjuck]

Shit I missed it again. Beverly married Freddie Slack and (I think) ended ehr days here in Santa Barbara. Great version of A Train which has been on youTube.

If anyone knows this is on again please give some warning.

[ghost of miles]

Yep--posted that version of "A Train" to the Night Lights When Betty Met the Duke page. How's the Basie number?

[Pete B]

I managed to get this on dvd-r. Previously I only had a rather poor videocassette of it from a collector friend.

The Ellington and Basie segments are very nice. I particularly liked watching Ray Nance do his "showtime" routine.

[medjuck]

About a week after my last post on this topic I visited a friend in NY who handed me a DVD-R he'd made from the broadcast! Didn 't know anything about this thread or this board, just thought I might be interested.

It's better to be lucky than smart. (And having some good friends is even better)

Edited September 13, 2007 by medjuck