Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Jan-Dec 1945
Publisher:
Kansas City : Donald Dwight Davis
Volume:
Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)
Leaf #:
000649
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.","Cook Paint and Varnish Co -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting",Kansas,"Kansas -- Kansas City","Missouri -- Kansas City
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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PORTS OF CALL IN KANSAS CITY 65 of Turin, Italy, and a daughter of the famous "Grock," the Charley Chaplin of Europe. Open at 11 a. m.; entertainment from } p. m. Hotel Bellerive, Armour Boulevard at Warwick. VA. 7047. With Dancing . . . if CROWN ROOM. A roomy lounse of no definite shape and a small dance floor around the corner in front of Judy Conrad's orchestra. Gorclon Cummings, Marilyn Bliss and Billy Snider, the world's smallest trumpet tooter, are featured. Hotel La Salle, 922 Linwood. LO. 5262. * CUBAN ROOM. Herman Walders swing trio keeps the cats on the prowl 'til closing. There's food available, too, if you can keep from beatin' the place to pieces. 5 West Linwood, just off Main. VA. 4634. i( DRUM ROOM. Jimmy Tucker and his smooth, danceable rhythms are heard nightly on the edge of the tiny dance floor. Food is usually pretty fine. Try the Drum Bar for incidental drinking. Hotel President, 14th and Baltimore. GR. 5440. i( ED-BERN'S at the Colony Restaurant. Music in the air to augment delicious foods. Luncheon, dinner and after theater snacks with music for dancing. 1106 Baltimore. HA. 0020. if EL CASBAH. Sheila Rogers, pert young comedian with a satirical viewpoint on bigwigs of stage, screen and radio, runs the gamut of ridiculosity every night but Sunday. Also featured is Marian Colby, comedian, a singer with her own special getup of songs, and Harl Smith's orchestra. Cover, except at the bar, weekdays, $1.00; Saturday, $1.50; dinner from $1.50. And don't forget the Saturday cocktail dansants, 12:30 to 4:30, when there's no cover, no minimum, plenty of entertainment and free rhumba lessons. Hotel Bellerive, Armour at Warwick. VA. 7047. ★ MILTON'S TAP ROOM. Noisy, amiable place where lots of people dance with other people to Julia Lee's music and the rest sit, sip and listen. 3511 Troost. VA. 9256. if PLANTATION. A cozy supper club with a smalt dance floor and just a pleasant drive from downtown Kansas City. Currently featured is Vic CoHn and his Chicagoans. Highway 40, East. if LACANTINA. A chummy, not-too-expensive cocktail room downstairs in the Hotel Bellerive. Carl Whyte entertains at the piano from 6 p. m. to 1:30. No cover, no minimum, no tax. Hotel Bellerive. VA. 7047. if PENGUIN ROOM. Tommy Flynn, his violin and his orchestra set the dancing pace for the smart set in this spacious but congenial dining room. No cover or minimum. Closed Sunday. Hotel Continental, 11th and Baltimore. HA. 6040. if SK'^-HY ROOF. Saturday night dancing to the music of Warren Durrett and his orchestra. Other nights the Roof is available for private parties. Mixed drinks served at your table. No set-ups. Hotel Continental. 11th and Baltimore. HA. 6040. ★ SOUTHERN MANSION. Suave atmosphere and music, with Dee Peterson and his excellent music. One of the more ultra downtown spots, done up to live up to its name. No bar; mixed drinks at your table. 1425 Baltimore. GR. 5131. if TERRACE GRILL. One milestone up the long trail to stardom that every big time orchestra has observed is an engagement in the pink and white Terrace Grill of Kansas City's famous Hotel Muehlebach. From Jan Garber, way back in 1929, to Guy Lombardo in the middle thirties, and even Woody Herman not so many years ago, the Grill has run the gamut of big names in the orchestra world. Phil Levant and his orchestra came in two weeks ago but have been held over until the latter part of November. Phone Gordon for your reservation. Hotel Muehlebach. GR. 1400. ★ TOOTIE'S MAYFAIR. A fifteen minute ride from downtown out to 79th and Wornall will introduce you to the famous composer of "Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street," Dale Jones, and his Hollywood orchestra. Food, drinks and dancing until four in the morning. 7852 Wornall Road. DE. 1253. if TROCADERO. A cozy and inviting cocktail lounge just off Main with a juke box grinding out the latest platters. No eats, just drinks and fun. 6 West 39th. VA. 9806. A couple of classroom sessions yielded these fuller explanations of two words that could stand it. One came from a strapping youngster whose teacher asked for the meaning of the word "Utopia." Came the answer: "My father has no trouble getting cigarettes, my motlier can get all the steaks she wants, and I — well, I beat up four guys older than me yesterday. And if anyone can do better than that, my definition stinks!" The second came from a professor who had been asked the meaning of "millennium": "It's the fellow who can take five highballs at one sitting, then walk a straight line and get a reservation on a train to Chicago on an hour's notice." — William Ornstein.