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 Best Big Band Blogs

On this page you will find blogs on the Big Bands and blogs on everything musical from the 1930's and 1940's. If you are a fan of any blog of this nature that you feel should be included on this page, then please email us the link. Our staff will investigate making sure it is appropriate before including it. Info@WYYR.com  

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Richard Grudens' Big Band Blog

One of the the first and original Big Band blogs that keeps you up to date regarding everything Big Band.

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Here's Richard along with a photo of himself with Bob Hope.

Richard Grudens, Author of The Big Band Blog has also authored more books on The Big Bands than anyone else.Richard Grudens worked his way up from a studio page at NBC studios in New York to writing for the news shows of H.V. Kaltenborn, John Cameron Swayze, News of the World, and the "Today" show. Feature writing for Long Island P.M. Magazine led him to his first book "The Best Damn Trumpet Player - Memories of the Big Band Era. For more info about his personal incite on The Big Bands, all of his Big Band books including his Big Band celebrity interviews, more than anyone else, please go to RichardGrudens.com. 

Here is Richard Grudens' Big Band Blog

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Bill Cwiklo's Blogs

Bill Cwiklo

Photo by John Gilhooley

Bill Cwiklo is the author of the blog entries on Russ Columbo and Carole Lombard. Born in Wisconsin and educated at Georgetown University, the University of Dijon, France and at American University, Bill is now a consultant in the area of complex litigation and information management systems. His interest in popular music and film started as a child. His parents gave him a radio and a late night Canadian radio station woke him up to the then under appreciated beauty of pre-rock popular music. His mother, a stalwart Russ Columbo fan, brought the tragedy of this great artist to his attention. His research on Mr. Columbo's life and work as well as his interest in cinema have been avid interests ever since.

Bill Cwiklo's blogs are very detailed as he uses movies and everything else at his disposal to make his points. Enjoy two very entertaining and uniquely fact filled blogs involving two of the biggest stars to ever come out of Hollywood...

Russ Columbo & Carole Lombard

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Tommy Dorsey
 
 
  Benny Goodman  
  
 
 Russ Columbo
    
 
  Bing Crosby 
 
 
  Frank Sinatra
 

  The Mills Brothers

  Ella Fitzgerald

Bob Eberly
 
 
   
Helen Forrest 
     
 
 
Kay Kyser
    
 
 
Ray eberley
   
 
Kitty Kallen
 
 
 
Bunny Berrigan
 
 
 
Gene Krupa
 

Glenn Miller

 Harry James

 The Andrews Sisters 

 Cab Calloway

 Louie Armstrong 

 Les Brown with Doris Day

 Artie Shaw

Vaughn Monroe

 Perry Como

 Frances Langford

 Dick Haymes 

 Frankie Carle 

 Sammy Kaye 

 Bea Wain