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Fact #44596

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Future US President Ronald Reagan hosts an NBC tv special in the USA entitled Ford Startime - The Swingin' Years. Artists appearing include Count Basie And His Orchestra performing One O'Clock Jump; Gene Krupa performing Theme [Starburst] and Drum Boogie with vocals by Anita O'Day; Chattanooga Choo-Choo by Tex Beneke And The Modernaires, South Rampart Street Parade and Big Noise From Winnetka by Bob Crosby And The Bobcats, Marie by The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, No Name Jive by Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra and Caldonia by Woody Herman And The Herd.