Afrs Benny Goodman Show, Vol. 5

In the middle of the twentieth century Benny Goodman aka "The King of Swing" made numerous recordings for the Armed Forces Radio Service and this compact disc is the fifth issue in our attempt to bring all of his recording for this series into a collectable discographic sequence, all digitally re-mastered directly from the original transcription discs. Featured guests include Peggy Lee and pianist Nadia Reisenberg. This disc features programs nine and ten and is part of the series that no serious collector should miss. Show # 9. Guest: Peggy Lee Tracks: Introduction: Let's Dance; a String of Pearls; Comedy by Peter Donald ; Mean to Me; Introduction of Peggy Lee by Benny Goodman; Why Don't You Do Right (voc: Peggy Lee); Seven Come Eleven (repeat from Show # 4); Comedy by Peter Donald ; I Don't Know Enough About You (voc: Peggy Lee, Art Lund); Oh Baby (repeat from Show #8); Benny Rides Again; Closer: Good-Bye; Benny Rides Again (reprise incomplete). Show # 10 Guest: Nadia Reisenberg Tracks: Introduction: Let's Dance; Lulu's Back in Town; Comedy by Peter Donald; If You Were the Only Girl in the World (voc: Art Lund); Introduction of Nadia Reisenberg by Benny Goodman; Waltz in a-flat major (Frederic Chopin) (Nadia Reisenberg piano); Shine (Sextet); Comedy by Peter Donald; Variations on a Theme from Mozart's Don Giovanni (Ludwig van Beethoven) (Benny Goodman and Nadia Reisenberg); All the Cats Join in (repeat from Show # 5); Stealin'Apples; Closer: Lulu's Back in Town (reprise incomplete).