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Make Believe Ballroom

Jeff Bressler

Hosted by Jeff Bressler, The Make Believe Ballroom brings you Classic Big Band jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, and dixieland hits from the 30s and 40s each week.

The program has been broadcast almost continuously since 1935. The Ballroom is America's third-longest-running music radio program.

Each program mixes beloved 78 rpm records, stories, listener requests, and special guest features, all geared to bring you the music and history of the big band era.
 
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  • 22 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 58 min
  • English
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  • May 29 · 58 min

    Make Believe Ballroom - 5/29/26 Edition

    On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, a look at a world record-breaking Bing Crosby Hawaiian tune, two Artie Shaw classic radio remotes, two interesting Benny Goodman tunes, and more records and reminiscences...

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  • May 21 · 58 min

    Make Believe Ballroom - 5/22/26 Edition

    On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, a song about a woman in the military, listeners' emails about Louis Jordan and Bill Finnigan, the A and B side of a great Ray Noble 78rpm, and more records and reminiscences...

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