his own show on radio and later on television. it was called "would you like to lead a band?" here is a medley of sammy kay favorites including the big hit "harbor lights". so let's swing and sway with sammy kay. >>now ladies and gentlemen, sammy kay plays some of the hits that his band made famous on college campuses all over the nation. so lets hear it for sammy and here are the cheerleaders. >we are going to tee off with one of our bigger records "harbor lights". ♪ i saw the harbor lights they only told me we were parting the same old harbor lights that once brought you to me now i know lonely nights for all the while my heart is whisp'ring some other harbor lights

will steal your love from me ♪ ♪ and to bring us the words of this song, ray michaels. ♪ it isn't fair for you to taunt me, how can you make me care this way? it's isn't fair for you to want

me, if it's just for today - my darling, it isn't fair.... ♪ ♪ hey, hey - i want a diamond ring, bracelets - everything daddy, you outta get the best for me hey daddy, gee, i want a brand new car, champagne, caviar daddy, daddy... you outta get the best for me. ♪ >>i hope you have enjoyed our sentimental journey. unfortunately we didn't have time to include all the great songs and all the great bands

and all the great singers. i'm peter marshall, i thank you for watching. good night. ♪ these are the songs... these are the memories... with the greatest theme of them all. ♪ >remember the days of a big band? remember the sounds of the '30s? remember glenn miller? tonight, reunited for the first time on television, tex beneke and his orchestra, ray everly and the modernaires with

paula kelly in a special salute to the music made famous by glenn miller. ♪

♪ don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me 'til i come marchin' home ♪ ♪ at last, my love has come along

my lonely days are over and life is like a song.... you smile, then the spell was cast and here we are in heaven... for you are mine at last - why are the stars always winking and thinking about what makes a fella start thinking of falling in love? it's not the season, the reason is as plain as the moon its just elmer's tune...

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h i got a gal in kalamazoo i'll make my bid for that freckle-faced kid i'm hurrying to we're goin' to michigan to see the sweetest gal in kalamazoo (zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo) (kalamazoo!!) couple a jiggers of moonlight and add a star... pour in the blue of a june night and one guitar mix in a couple of dreamers and there you are... our first sail, the moonlight cocktail follow the simple directions and they will dream

life of another complexion will you begin you will awake in the morning and start to sing moonlight cocktails are the thing - ♪

[whistles] ♪hi there, tex, what you say? step aside partner, it's my day. bend an ear and listen to my version of - really solid tennessee excursion... pardon me boy, is that the chatanooga choo choo? yes, that's right, track twenty-nine boy, you can gimme a shine

can you afford to board a chattanooga choo choo? i've got my fare and just a trifle to spare you leave the pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four read a magazine and then you're in baltimore dinner in the diner nothing could be finer than to have your ham an' eggs in carolina when you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar then you know that tennessee is not very far shovel all the coal in gotta keep it rollin' woo, woo, chattanooga there you are there's gonna be a certain party at the station satin and lace i used to call "funny face" she's gonna cry until i tell her that i'll never roam so chattanooga choo choo

won't you choo-choo me home? chattanooga chattanooga get aboard chattanooga chattanooga all aboard chattanooga chattanooga chattanooga choo-choo, won't you choo-choo me home? chattanooga choo-choo - carry me home..... ♪ >now is your final opportunity to show your support for this great music on pbs, don't wait, it's the last pledge break of the show. we need your support now more than ever. call the number on your screen now and keep the pbs hit parade coming your way. >that was just wonderful to watch. that's the bell telephone hour. tex beneke and the modernaires with paula kelly. >>you know what i'm worried about? >what are you worried about? >>i'm worried that i'm not hearing enough telephones. i think this is one of our last breaks, maybe

the last one. i hope that we're going to go out with a bang here, with a lot of telephone calls. we hope you're going to get on that telephone. >what was the first hit that sinatra ever had? >>first real hit that he ever had. had to be "i'll never smile again". >no, his first big hit he was singing with the harry james band - >>"all or nothing at all", but it wasn't released until later. >that's right, that's right. >>that one was done-he was shocked when it came out and was a hit because he had forgotten he'd recorded it. >with the harry james band. i'm looking at this cd set; things that i haven't heard. louis-by the way, he did not like the name louie- it was louis armstrong, d ella fitzgerald, "dream a little dream of me. "smoke gets in your eye", freddy martin. that was a sort of-we used to call him business man bounce band. they were great to dance to. it's a potpourri of everything you you've ever wanted to have if you're a big band aficionado. if you like this music - >>and guess who's got it? this is mine. you've got the dvd; i've got the cd.

>it's our show plus 40 minutes of great stuff. >>th's great stuff, and this is 80 songs. this is on the cd. this is $150. that's $120. if you take the two of them together, then what you have is $250, you have it all. and this is going to be one of your last chances to get on that telephone and pledge. you know how much pbs needs your help. you know how much you need this great music. stay with us. >support your pbs station at the $120 level, and you'll receive the dvd of the show, featuring peter marshall's lost big band show. ♪ >>from the world famous hollywood palladium, located at sunset and vine in the very heart of the film capital. peter marshall salutes the big band sounds from the summer of '42. starring the originals, tex beneke and his orchestra;

lovely helen o'connell; bob eberly; and the modernaires with paula kelly jr. in an evening of music made famous by glenn miller and jimmy dorsey. >pledge at the $150 level, and you'll receive the pbs amazing 4-cd set of big band hits. ♪ ♪ a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h- i got a gal in kalamazoo. ♪ ♪ gonna take a sentimental journey. ♪ ♪ mopping up soda pop rickey, to our heart's delight. dancin' to swingeroo quickies, jukebox saturday

night. ♪ >>at the $250 level, we'll send you the dvd of the show, plus the four cd set of big band hits. ♪ put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon. all i want is having you and music, music, music. ♪ ♪ you must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. the fundamental things apply as time goes by. ♪ >don't wait. call the number on your screen now. >>these are the songs. wasn't that incredible? you see that medley and it just gives you goose bumps. i'm kind of reminded a little bit of that last shot of titanic, where they're flashing back to the way it

was the first time the guys opened the doors and they go through the staircase. same sort of effect you get when you see this. and the modernaires are right there, and mr. eberly is right there. and it's incredible, because tex is doing his thing, and it's like he was young all over again, and the music has kept us all ageless. what a magic moment that we've preserved for history. magic, magic moment, made possible by you, the supporters, the members of public television. pick up the phone right now and join us as a member. we have got the collection for you. it's available. talking about four cds of the greatest big band hits anywhere-we compiled all this. including one disk of all original recordings, first time versions like "chattanooga choo choo" and "in the mood" and "king porter stomp", "bewitched", "i only have eyes for you", "i've got the world on a string", "all or nothing at all", "heart and soul", "ebb tide", "kaye's melody".

amazing to have all these songs together in one package. and now you have a chance to have these songs, not from the 78s, not from the 45s, not from the records or the 8-tracks, but just as you would want to experience being there with them. that is the compact disc experience, and we've got them on cd for you. so please, pick up the phone right now and join us so we can do more of this great music for you. >pledge at the $150 level, and you'll receive the pbs amazing 4-cd set of big band hits. ♪

♪ i'll be with you in apple blossom time ♪ a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces. an airline ticket to romantic places. a fairground's painted swings. these foolish things remind me of you. ♪ ♪ i've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow. got the string around

my finger. ♪ ♪ it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. ♪ ♪ i stand at your gate, and the song that i sing is of moonlight. i stand and i wait, for the touch of your hand in the june light. the roses are sighing a moonlight serenade. ♪ >at the $250 level, we'll send you a dvd of the show, plus the 4-cd set of big band hits. don't wait. call the number on your screen now.

>>i'm checking my watch, peter. it seems to me we're running out of time, aren't we? >yes, we are. if you want to be a part of the pbs family, you'd better get to it, right? >>this is it. i think there are just a few more moments now. and i have no idea if we've been effective in reminding people how important this station has been, and is now and will be in the future to you. if we want to leave you with anything, it is we would like you to remember how important this station is, how important it has been for your whole family, for your whole lifetime. >i know my family would be lost without pbs, really. not only my immediate family, but my children and my grandchildren- they love pbs. >>you know, we were talking about that before, that perhaps there is a little bit of a disconnect now with the younger generation, wonderful generation and great kids, but they don't have perhaps as much of a reach back as we did. a memory, a memory that goes back 30 years, 40 years. this is the gift that a program like this

and a television station like this can give to those young people, that generation. give you a reach back to understand: where we all came from, what was the background? why did your mom sing that song? why did your grandma talk about woody herman or harry james? what did that mean? how deeply was that engrained in the viscera of an entire generation? and you need to know that about your grandparents and your parents going forward, or else you're diminished; you're a little less than you might otherwise be. and part of that is obviously continuing to support this station with your cash. look, this is a pitch. we're after your money; we're trying to get in your wallet. i'm not going to pretend we're not. we are. >but it's very important, it really is. i mean, i don't know what it would be without pbs. so anything you can do to help, we certainly would appreciate it. >>let's never find out what we'd be like without pbs.

♪ > support your pbs station at the $120 level and you'll receive a dvd of the show. ♪ these are the songs. these are the memories. ♪ ♪ ♪ don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me. anyone else but me. anyone else but me. no, no, no, don't sit under the apple tree. ♪ ♪ he's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b. he was a boogie woogie bugle boy of company b. ♪ ♪ heart and soul, i fell in

love with you. heart and soul, the way a fool would do madly, because you held me tight. ♪ ♪ hidee hidee hidee hi hidee hidee hidee hi hodee hodee hodee ho hodee hodee hodee ho heedey hee-dee hee-dee hee heedey hee-dee hee-dee hee oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ♪ ♪dream when you're feeling blue ♪ to smile again.

until i smile at you. ♪ >and now friends, its about time to say - ♪ good night ladies fair well gentlemen - sweet dreams everyone, we are going to leave you now. hope you had a happy time, happy time, happy time hope you had a happy time, i had a good time too. good night ladies good night gentlemen so long everyone, it's time to leave you now - good night! ♪

>this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>we are pbs.