GLEN GRAY AND THE CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA
Current Episode
SSRH 820
February 21, 2026
CASA LOMA
1937-40
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
Decca Recording Sessions
Thursday, February 4, 1937
Thursday, February 16, 1937
Friday, July 23, 1937
Monday, February 20, 1939
Saturday, February 25, 1939
Monday, March 18, 1940
World Transcription Recording Sessions
September 1939
March 1940
Tuesday, March 12, 1940
Midnight – 12:30 a.m. (March 13)
Meadowbrook Ballroom
Cedar Grove, New Jersey
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ) Sustaining Broadcast
Bill Abernathy, announcer
Tuesday, March 19, 1940
Midnight – 12:30 a.m. (March 20)
Meadowbrook Ballroom
Cedar Grove, New Jersey
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ) Sustaining Broadcast
Bill Abernathy, announcer
Playlist
(16Feb37) (61953-A, Decca 1312) Zig Zag (4Feb37) (61577-A, Decca 1159) A Study In Brown (61578-D, Decca 1159) Whoa, Babe (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal) (23Jul37) (DLA-834-A, Decca 1473) Smoke Rings (25Feb39) (65063-A, Decca 2394) Washboard Blues (Hoagy Carmichael, vocal) (65064-A, Decca 2394) Little Old Lady (Hoagy Carmichael, vocal) (20Feb39) (65045-A, Decca 2395) Rockin’ Chair (Louis Armstrong and Pee Wee Hunt, vocal) (65046-A, Decca 2395) Lazy Bones (Louis Armstrong and Pee Wee Hunt, vocal) (Sept39) Rachmaninoff’s Prelude In C-Sharp Minor, Under A Blanket of Blue (Kenny Sergent, vocal), Clementine From New Orleans (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal) (Mar40) Git Away Day (12Mar40) Smoke Rings (opening theme), By The River Sainte Marie, Indian Summer (Kenny Sergent, vocal), You’re Lucky Guy (Pee Wee Huint, vocal), Honeysuckle Rose, Rachmaninoff’s Prelude In C-Sharp Minor, On The Isle of May (Kenny Sergent, vocal), Save Your Sorrows For Tomorrow (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal), Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Git Away Day (to program close) (19Mar39) Smoke Rings (opening theme), Tuxedo Junction, How High The Moon (Kenny Sergent, vocal), Wham! Re-Bop-Boom-Bam (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal), It’s A Blue World, What Is This Thing Called Love, Yours Is My Heart Alone (Kenny Sergent, vocal), Stop! It’s Wonderful (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal), No Name Jive (to program close) (18Mar40) (67344-A/67345-A, Decca 3089) No Name Jive
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