The Fish Fry with Neal Murray

Series produced by WHRV

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Two hours of Big Band music hosted by Neal Murray.

The "big bands" have always been with us, but during the 1930s and 1940s they virtually owned popular music. The Swing Era, in particular defined American popular music from about 1935 to 1945. This program presents highlights throughout this era, but ranges further afield to include singers, bands and musicians as they evolve from their swing roots into some of the most popular music stars in the world. PLEASE NOTE: This program is out of production. We hope you and your audiences enjoy the archive editions of Fish Fry.


269 Pieces

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This week, more samples of Ethel Waters' early recordings; also, music from Freddie Slack, Lucky Millinder, Charlie Barnet, Anita O'Day, Margaret ...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:36
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, a couple of song comparisons; also, music from Don Redman, Duke Ellington, Dick Haymes, Erskine Hawkins, as well as more early recordin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WEZU, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:18
  • Purchases: 3
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This week, more from Ethel Waters' early recordings; also, music from Basie, Goodman, Kenton, Krupa, Miller and more...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:46
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, music from Billy Kyle, Louie Bellson, Will Bradley, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Jimmy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and more...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:46
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, early Ethel Waters recordings, Ernie Wilkins in Denmark, Dick Cary, Buddy Bregman, Margaret Whiting, Artie Shaw, Mezz Mezzrow and other...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:28
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jul 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:50
  • Purchases: 3
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This week, it's Independence Day, and we'll let Stan Freberg remind us of some of the history involved; also, music from Claude Bolling, Jimmy Dor...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:34
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, some ragtime, some Cuban pre-war music, some boogie piano, big bands from various decades, music from Ray Anthony, Oscar Peterson, Ozzie...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:20
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, music from Glen Gray's Casa Loma band, Randy Brooks, Ted Heath, Vido Musso, Nat Shilkret from the 1920s, Billy May, Ernie Wilkins, and ...

Bought by WEZU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:44
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, spanning decades from the 20s to the 60s, including music from Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway, Glenn Miller, Claude Thorn...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:16
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, an assortment of artists and styles, from Art Landry in the 20s to Kit McClure some 80 years later; also, music from Tommy Dorsey, Ed...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:24
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, multiple versions of one song; also, music from Stan Kenton, Lindley Armstrong Jones, Erskine Hawkins, Humphrey Lyttelton, Sonny Dunham...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:42
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, a wide assortment of bands and singers, including Woody Herman, Jimmie Lunceford, Will Bradley, Artie Shaw, Vincent Lopez, Joe 'King' O...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:51
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we're all over the place, from Western Swing to 'hep harmony' and many stops in between-with Tommy Dorsey, Red Nichols, Glenn Miller, Fl...

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  • Added: May 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:47
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, Glen Gray, Bobby Sherwood, Mary Ann McCall, Tito Puente, Benny Carter, and beginning with a 'compare and contrast' exercise...

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  • Added: May 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, a couple of contemporary big bands, early Ella Fitzgerald recordings, Lester Young teaming up with Nat Cole, and Duke Ellington twenty y...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Some Goodman alumni with their own groups, as well as music from Charlie Barnet, Cab Calloway, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman and others...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:52
  • Purchases: 1
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No particular theme this week--an assortment of bands from the 20s to the new millennium...

Bought by WEZU and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:49
  • Purchases: 2
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The big bands of Artie Shaw, Sammy Nestico, Sauter-Finegan, Lew Stone; also, vocals from Nat Cole, Helen Forrest, Tiny Winters, the Boswells; an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:41
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, some sidemen who seldom get their due--Johnny Guarnieri, Jimmy ****************************************** Blanton and Charlie Christian;...

Bought by KKRN, WEZU, WPCA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:22
  • Purchases: 4