Fact #59096
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The Armed Forces Radio Service's New Year's Radio Dancing Party is broadcast throughout the USA from 11.00pm for the next two hours. The show's all-star line-up - recorded live in venues from coast to coast - includes Count Basie And His Orchestra from New York City; Les Brown And His Band Of Renown from the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City; Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra from the Club Zanzibar, New York City; Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians [performing Auld Lang Syne] from the Grill Room, Hotel Roosevelt, NYC; Freddy Martin And His Orchestra from The Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles; Harry James And His Music Makers from Hollywood; Carmen Cavallaro, His Piano And Orchestra from Ciro's, Hollywood, California; Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra from San Diego, California, featuring Charlie Shavers; Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra from the Casino Gardens, Ocean Park, California; Artie Shaw And His Orchestra from California, featuring Roy Eldridge; Woody Herman And His Orchestra from the Meadowbrook Ballroom, Cedar Grove, New Jersey; Henry King And His Orchestra from The Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, featuring Joe Sudy; Stan Kenton And His Orchestra from the Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, featuring June Christy; Louis Prima And His Orchestra from Salt Lake City; Benny Goodman And His Orchestra from Boston, Massachusetts, featuring Red Norvo and Slam Stewart; Duke Ellington And His Orchestra from Evansville, Indiana.
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