One Night Stand
Bob Crosby at Hollywood Palladium
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One Night Stand presents a remote broadcast of Bob Crosby and his orchestra performing at the Hollywood Palladium. The program offers a chance to hear the band in a live dance-hall setting, with the music and atmosphere of a popular Los Angeles ballroom at its center.
Rather than a narrated story, this is a musical radio performance: the orchestra plays for listeners at home as well as the dancers and audience gathered at the Palladium. Bob Crosby leads the ensemble, bringing the sound of a big band to the broadcast.
The appeal lies in the immediacy of the remote setting and the period dance-band sound. It is a snapshot of live popular music on the radio, with the Palladium providing the backdrop for an evening with Crosby and his musicians.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.