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3D Boogie’n Blue

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Uncle Marty here with you as The 3D RadioActivity reaches adventure 548 as we serve up BOOGIE in Blue, a dozen tasty treats for the ears to get the body twitching with pleasure down to the toes! We have plenty more to go across the virtual turntables on our Summer of BOOGIE, that could revolve around people, places or who knows what! If you think you know, then tell me … [Read more...] about 3D Boogie’n Blue

3D SummerSeconds BoogieWoogie VI

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Uncle Marty with you on our 542nd gathering of The 3D RadioActivity. Summertime Seconds are here, and we intend to raise spirits as we BOOGIE our way thru the collection with a heapin' helping of WOOGIE to go with it for you. BOOGIE WOOGIE was our aim this time, the sixth in this series of focus. There's still plenty more to choose from so we will be taking BOOGIE on … [Read more...] about 3D SummerSeconds BoogieWoogie VI

Song Of The Day – “The Dipsy Doodle” by Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald

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Chick Webb was known as “The King of the Savoy” where he and his orchestra would regularly win battles of music against the other leading big bands of the day. He stood tall amongst big band drummers even though his diminutive frame was only a tad over 4 feet tall. His major discovery was Ella Fitzgerald whose jive vocals light up this gem from 1937. This stuff is hipper … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “The Dipsy Doodle” by Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald

Song Of The Day – “The Nutcracker Suite” by Les Brown & His Band Of Renown

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The story of The Nutcracker was inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 'The Nutcracker and the King Of Mice' and was presented to Russian composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, by Marius Petipa who was maître de ballet of the Imperial Theater from Dumas. Tchaikovsky was unmoved by the prospect of writing a ballet for the story and was practically strong-armed into doing so. At the same … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “The Nutcracker Suite” by Les Brown & His Band Of Renown

3D Radio Riches

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I'm your Uncle Marty, on our 512th edition of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, as we are digging a variety of gold nuggets this time with you, although be careful what RICHes you ask for if that is your wish. We've had bountiful RICHes on our feature, we're going to flip the perspective and tune in something for the less fortunate as next time we'll … [Read more...] about 3D Radio Riches