MMM Theme

["Russell B.Butler" <oldradio@gte.net>]

The WNEW *Milkman's Matinee" theme was recorded by Les Brown Orch with 
The Modernaires.  Ending lyrics by Modernaires identifies them both on
the record...probably released on Coral as a 45rpm.  

BTW, I'd like to have a tape copy of the full MMM theme and can swap
other 
audio in my collection. Would also like tape of WNEW "eleven three oh" 
jingles, the different versions used thru the years.  Thanx. 

MBB was commercialy released by a couple of big bands in the 30's and
40's 
as "Make-Believe Ballroom Time".  Martin Block, I remember, did have a
custom-made 
version of lyrics for the WNEW show..."come on chillin', let's dance..."

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				Dan Strassberg wrote:
> 
  Some of the things that made the old WNEW (AM) in its heyday sound so
good were the
> "bouncing-beep" news signature, the "Double-yew--enny double-yew...eelevun
> three oh in Noo Yawk" theme (with and without lyrics), and the program
> themes for the Make-Believe Ballroom and Milkman's Matinee. The themes were
> recorded by name artists. Can't recall who did the MMM theme, but the MBB
> theme (I believe the second of two that the program had over its years of
> existence) was recorded by Glenn Miller and the Modernaires. In those
> years, you couldn't find bigger-name talent than that. The record is now a
> collectors' item. I think that one of the artists who recorded the
> signature was Julius LaRosa, who for many years did an air shift at
> WNEW--maybe even hosted MBB.
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