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Somthing to take the chill away (Original Post) ornotna Jan 2022 OP
Frank and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #1
Mine too ornotna Jan 2022 #2
My Dad, too. Huge music fan. Grew up in Brooklyn, NY pre-war. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #3

OAITW r.2.0

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1. Frank and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:21 PM
Jan 2022

Can't tell you how many times this got played in my house in the 60's.....my folks were huge Frank fans.

ornotna

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2. Mine too
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:30 PM
Jan 2022

I grew up with them as well, and many others. My Dad had quite a few LP's, 78's and reel to reels. Wish I had them all today.

OAITW r.2.0

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3. My Dad, too. Huge music fan. Grew up in Brooklyn, NY pre-war.
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:48 PM
Jan 2022

He saw Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller, Louis Prima, Gene Krupa...the list goes on. Then a WW2 Navy vet, came to Maine after the war, married ny mom, and the rest is living history.

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