[Dixielandjazz] WWL N.O. Jazz Club Blue Room Broadcast theme songfrom '50s, early '60s?

macjazz macjazz at comcast.net
Tue Mar 16 20:12:29 PDT 2010


Right on the money.

The best part was the New Orleans jazz club and it's theme music. WONDERFUL!

Mart
Martin D. McKay, Designated listener

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hillesheim, Jim" <jwh at ku.edu>
To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:46 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] WWL N.O. Jazz Club Blue Room Broadcast theme 
songfrom '50s, early '60s?


> One of my great discoveries as a young man growing up in Southern 
> California was that our radio could pick up the broadcasts from WWL in New 
> Orleans. I listened to many of these programs during the 1950s into the 
> early 1960s and I can recall the announcer saying something like "Coming 
> to you from the beautiful Blue Room at the Roosevelt Hotel in downtown New 
> Orleans."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 
> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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>
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> During these years I believe the same tune was used as the opening and 
> closing theme. Can anyone enlighten me regarding this theme?
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>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim Hillesheim
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