GENE KRUPA
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SSRH 831
May 9, 2026
GENE KRUPA
1946
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Capitol Transcription Recording Sessions
Hollywood, California
February 20-26, 1946
April 1, 1946
April 2, 1946
April 8, 1946
January 18, 1946
Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood, California
(CBS) (KNX) Sustaining Broadcast
Bill Ewing, announcer
March 31, 1946
Meadowbrook Gardens
Culver City, California
(Mutual-Don Lee) (KHJ) Sustaining Broadcast
Playlist
(1Apr46) (ET945-2 I Hear You Screamin’ (George Williams arrangement) (2Apr46) (ET970-1) Leave Us Leap (Eddie Finckel arrangement) (8Apr46) (ET996-2) Lyonnaise Potatoes and Some Pork Chops (Buddy Stewart, vocal) (George Williams arrangement) (20-26Feb46) (ET729-2) They Didn’t Believe Me (Carolyn Gray, vocal) (George Williams arrangement), (ET728-2) Calling Dr. Gillespie (Eddie Finckel arrangement) (18Jan46) Starburst (opening theme), Begin the Beguine, Autumn Serenade (Buddy Stewart, vocal), Bolero At The Savoy (Anita O’Day, vocal), I Surrender Dear, That Feeling In The Moonlight (Buddy Stewart and Anita O’Day, vocal), Limehouse Blues (trio), Just A Little Fond Affection (Buddy Stewart, vocal), Leave Us Leap, Starburst (closing theme) (31Mar46) Starburst (opening theme); Hop, Skip and Jump (Carolyn Gray, vocal), We’ll Gather Lilacs (Buddy Stewart, vocal), These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Charlie Ventura, tenor sax), Ev’rybody Knew But Me (Buddy Stewart, vocal), The Man I Love (Red Rodney, trumpet), Out Of Nowhere (Charlie Ventura, tenor sax), I Hear You Screamin’, Starburst (brief theme to program close) (20-26Feb46) (ET729-1) Begin The Beguine (Gerry Mulligan arrangement), (ET731-1) My Ideal (Buddy Stewart, vocal) (George Williams arrangement), (8Apr46) (ET9832) Otto, Make That Riff Staccato (Carolyn Gray, vocal), (ET990-2) Wire Brush Stomp (Trio), (ET1002-2) Idaho, (ET980-2) U.S.O. (Eddie Finckel arrangement)
(1Apr46) (ET945-1) Lover (Eddie Finckel arrangement)
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