SONNY DUNHAM
Current Episode
SSRH 776
April 12, 2025
SONNY DUNHAM – THE MAN FROM MARS
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
Featuring Sonny Dunham
Decca Recording Sessions
New York, New York
Thursday, February 4, 1937
Wednesday, December 1, 1937
Friday, January 27, 1939
Wednesday, March 15, 1939
Sonny Dunham and his Orchestra
C. P. MacGregor Transcription Sessions
Hollywood, California
December 1941
Langworth Transcription Sessions
New York, New York
Tuesday, December 21, 1943
Tuesday, March 7, 1944
AFRS One Night Stand 366
(SSR 9-25-1/2)
Tuesday, August 1, 1944
11:15-11:45 p.m.
From CBS (KNX) Broadcast
Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood, California
Playlist
(1Dec37) (62827, Decca 1872) Memories of You, (4Feb37) (61578, Decca 1557) Whoa, Babe! (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal), (27Jan39) (64963, Decca 2399) Boneyard Shuffle (15Mar39) (65183, Decca 2399) Georgia On My Mind (Nov41) (LB-2491) Williams Special, A Little Jive Is Good For You (Ray Kellogg, vocal), Echo Hill (Ray Kellogg, vocal), Cooking With Gas (LB-2443) Let Me Off Uptown (Harriet Clark, vocal) (LB-2525) Matinee at the Meadowbrook, With A Sweetheart Like You. Hold Everything, Memories of You (theme) (25Dec43) (YTNY-2508) I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night (Don Darcy, vocal), Star Eyes (Don Darcy, vocal), Sentimental Feeling (Don Darcy, vocal), Half Past Jumping Time (YTNY-2509) I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City (Dorothy Claire, vocal), Easy Does It (YTNY-2510) Whoa Ho (Dorothy Claire, vocal) (1Aug44) Memories of You (Dubbed AFRS Open), Blue Skies, You’re Blasé, Ain’t Misbehavin (Keith McCullough, vocal), Too Much In Love (Dick Dyer, vocal), Begin the Beguine, I’ll Be Seeing You (Dick Dyer, vocal), Disorder at the Border, Poinciana, Annie Laurie (to program close) (7Mar44) (YTNY-2703) G. I. Jive (Pat Cameron, vocal) (YTNY-2704) Tico Tico, 9:20 Special
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