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The Bob Bain Archives
by Bob Bain
Unheard recordings of Bob Bain and friends
Episodes
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A meditation on Bob Bain
January 26, 2024 is the centenary of Bob’s birth, and for our final podcast we’ll take one last walk with him. No playlist could possibly capture the fullness of his career or his life and character, but here in less than an hour we’ll hear both familiar and little-known highlights of his life in...
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One more Christmas card...
Here from 1962 is an early instance of the wonderful Clark Family Christmas Eve parties. Bob and Judi were in attendance and may or may not be audible, but what is audible is the youthful exuberance of the cousins and good cheer of all. Our emcee, Uncle Derf, is by turns funny, kind, and...
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Season 4, Episode 5-Happy Birthday Bob!
Let's celebrate Bob's birthday this year by listening to some beautiful music he made with his dear friend Nelson Riddle. The pair met as young bucks on the stand with Tommy Dorsey, and were lifelong friends through the many ups and downs of their personal and professional lives.
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Season 4, Episode 4-More Voices of Christmas Past
In a box marked "Ann Terry's Xmas Taping" without date, titles or any other identification, we find this holiday greeting for us in 2022: four tunes sung by pros that Bob undoubtedly knew and worked with at very least. Though we may not know all of their names (or who wrote the charts), their…
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Season 4, Episode 3-Ann Clark Terry
Today, April 28, is Ann Clark Terry's birthday! We celebrate our favorite lead singer with just a few examples of how she and Bob combined talents to create exceptional music.
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Season 4, Episode 2-Tommy Todd
Tommy Todd was a brilliant musician who loomed large in Bob's early career, but sadly little record remains of his inventive and unconventional approach to music. Here are some very rare recordings Bob made with him back in the day.
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Season 4, Episode 1-Happy Birthday!
January 26 is Bob's birthday--and he shares it with legendary trombonist Dick Nash. Here's a toast to them both, with music that featured them both by Henry Mancini.
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Season 3, Episode 6-Guitars A La Mod/Happy New Year
Wally Brady, ersatz music executive and perennial publishing also-ran, was active in the 1950's and 1960's in a series of joint ventures and acquisitions. Pooling dollars and pounds from backers, he sponsored a series of singles and LPs, forever in search of that one big hit. Utilizing the time...
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Season 3 Episode 5-Ghosts of Christmas Past
Submitted without voiceover, here is yet another insight into Bob Bain’s life. Today’s podcast is a recording made by Bob at his home in 1965 for one of the epic Clark Family Christmas Eve parties. This cherished memory starts with Bob accompanying the Bain and Henderson kids on his composition...
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Season 3 Episode 4-June Rudell "Sings for the Gourmet"
Found in Bob's personal LP collection, this singular recording reprises the style of the radio show: girl singer with Bob, Jud De Naut on bass, and (in this case) Don Beamsley on piano and tack piano. Though an accomplished and busy club singer, our research found this recording and no others...
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Season 3 Episode 3 "The Art Of Love"
Cy Coleman wrote a great score for this big studio picture, and for the album soundtrack, Bob plays and orchestrates.
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Season 3 Episode 2-The Players "Pearls Of Love"
In 2020, these are troubled times. It has not been a good year (yet). Offered here as a ray of light are some of Bob's recordings with his friends Eddie Carver and Frank Flynn. They're a postcard from a different time, an era when optimism was not foolhardy. These musicians were not naive by any...
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Season 3 Episode 1-A little side gig...
Here we go with Season Three, our chance to hear a whole variety of recordings that Bob was involved in. Here he is as jazz sideman for three tracks recorded in 1978. A whole lotta fun with some old friends...
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Season 2 Episode 22-Bonus-unknown date!
Here's a radio transcription for which we know nothing at all, save what we hear. The disk had lost its label, and with it went the hope of knowing where it fell in the chronology of the show. It's the longer nearly fifteen minute format, and Bob used "Lady Be Good" as both the intro and outro…
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Season 2 Episode 23-Bonus-for history fans only!
Presented here as another bonus episode is one of the very earliest of the transcriptions. Time was not kind to the disk, and indeed it is a scratchy, tough listen (almost so tough we didn't release it). Brace yourself though, and listen past the poor quality to hear "The Bob Bain Trio" (!). It's...
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Season 2 Episode 21-October 31, 1949
This is the last of our regular dated air checks, but we are going out with a bang. Not only did this transcription disk yield the show, but on the other side of the disk was a great surprise! Side One presents our broadcast, starting off with the "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro. Bob, Ray Sherman on...
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Season 2 Episode 20-October 17, 1949
Season Two is winding down for us, but Bob and the band just keep getting better. Ray Sherman really anchors things melodically on piano, Jud De Naut provides the steady bass, and Frank Flynn shows just how many percussive sounds one man can make. Our "Sweet Georgia Brown" theme is followed by a...
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Season 2 Episode 19 September 19, 1949
It's lost to time what transpired between May and September of 1949 for Bob-but we can surmise he wasn't just camped out in the NBC parking lot. Record and movie dates were coming with greater frequency, and Bob's keen ears and deft touch made him very much in demand in Hollywood. When the third...
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Season 2 Episode 18-May 9, 1949
The last of the existent consecutive radio shows for our perusal brings our familiar quartet (albeit in an also familiar truncated ten minute version): Bob, Jud De Naut on bass, Ray Sherman on piano and organ, and Ralph Collier on drums and percussion. Our "Sweet Georgia Brown" theme is followed...
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Season 2 Episode 17-May 2, 1949
"We're on the air!" says an anonymous voice right at the top, and so we are, once again. Bob took a couple of weeks off-recording in Les Paul's living room for one thing (more on that later!)-but he's back on his regular broadcast for at least a couple of weeks. We get a new announcer (John…
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Season 2 Episode 16-April 18, 1949
Well, Bob had a busy weekend (see the previous two episodes), but now, Monday night is here again and we're back to the shorter, ten minute segment on air. The guys from Saturday's gig are back (Ray Sherman on piano, Ralph Collier on drums, and Judy De Naut on bass), but tonight we get yet…
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Season 2 Episode 15-April 16, 1949
The second of our two back-to-back expanded nights brings a new announcer, and our regular bass player: the voice introduces himself as “Archibald Cresby”. This may or may not be for real, but Bob Bain on guitar, Ray Sherman on piano, Ralph Collier playing drums, and Jud De Naut (once again…
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Season 2 Episode 14-April 15, 1949
Imagine the call from the brass at NBC: “Bobby, you’ve been bouncing around on Monday and Tuesday Night, but we need you for next Friday and Saturday night-and we’ll give you a half hour”. Well, that may not have been the way it went down, but indeed for reasons unknown, Bob’s show did indeed get...
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Season 2 Episode 13-April 5, 1949
“Music in a style just a little bit different”: that’s a nice summarization of today’s episode, which starts with Bob playing his paraphrased “Lady Be Good” as intro. Ray Sherman eschews his standard piano to play primarily organ for the date. Ralph Collier and Jud De Naut hold forth on drums and...
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Season 2 Episode 12-March 28, 1949
Here we have another slightly abridged show, clocking in at ten minutes instead of fifteen, but Bob manages to cast a wide musical net nevertheless. After the "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro, the quartet (Bob, Ray Sherman on piano, Jud De Naut on bass, and Ralph Collier on drums and percussion) romps...
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Season 2 Episode 11-March 21, 1949
Lost to time is the reason why Bob's show went on hiatus for a month, and why it had been cut down to ten minutes instead of fifteen. But here for all time is yet one more example of young Bob and his quartet making great music, live, for broadcast. Despite the vagaries of the industry, Bob, Ray...
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Season 2 Episode 10-February 21, 1949
Ah yes, there must've been something special happening on the network on this Monday the 21st, because the show was reduced from the usual fifteen minutes down to ten. Nevertheless, our trusty quartet (Bob, Ray Sherman on piano, Jud De Naut on bass, and Ralph Collier on drums and percussion)...
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Season 2 Episode 9-February 14, 1949
Valentine's Day of 1949 brings us yet another confection, as Bob, Ray Sherman (piano), Jud De Naut (bass), and Ralph Collier (drums) perform both old standards and contemporary hits. After the "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro (and a Frank Barton lecture), the quartet launches into a song Tex Beneke...
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Season 2 Episode 8-February 7, 1949
February of 1949 gets underway with our regular cast of characters: Bob on guitar, Ray Sherman at the piano, Jud De Naut on bass, and Ralph Collier on drums and percussion. "Sweet Georgia Brown" gets the Frank Barton voice over, and leads us into "Cumana". Bob summons a genie from a lamp (at what…
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Season 2 Episode 7-January 31, 1949
It's already the end of January, 1949. Frank Barton is back with some more shtick, and our steady foursome too: Bob, Ralph Collier on drums, Jud De Naut on bass, and Ray Sherman at the piano. The guys feel particularly in sync on tonight's show, right from the start of "Sweet Georgia Brown". Back...
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Season 2 Episode 6-January 24, 1949
Harry Truman's second term inauguration took place on January 20, and was the first televised presidential inauguration. Bob and the guys (Ralph Collier, Ray Sherman, and Jud De Naut) missed out on the gala this time around, but here they are with Margo Powers once again in tow. After the "Sweet...
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Season 2 Episode 5-January 17, 1949
The new year is already a few weeks old, and the guys are into a good groove: Bob, Ralph Collier on drums, Jud De Naut playing bass and Ray Sherman on piano. After our "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro, we hear all four guy's voices at one point or another, Bob's scripted reminiscence about Margo…
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Season 2 Episode 4-January 10, 1949
"Just a little bit different." A different announcer, with a different introduction to the show... but our regular four plus one are on hand: Bob, Ray Sherman on piano, Jud De Naut on bass and Ralph Collier on drums. Our "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro leads into a really hot version of "'S…
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Season 2 Episode 3-January 3, 1949
Happy New Year! Truman hasn't even been inaugurated for his full term yet, but here to make the new year a success are Bob, Ralph Collier, Ray Sherman, and Jud De Naut. After our traditional "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro, the guys ring in the new with a very tight version of "Jack Jack Jack". We…
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Season 2 Bonus-Original Series Pilot??? "Easy Does It"
Here is another possible pilot episode of the Bob Bain Quartet radio show-this one without the K-F sponsorship, and a different drummer (Nick Fatool) from the other bonus. Intriguingly, there are overlaps in song selection-this too has "Brazil" as the quartet opener, and both close with "Hooray…
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Season 2 Bonus-Original Series Pilot??? Kaiser-Frazer "Easy Does It"
Presented here without much validation is a possible template/pilot episode: this is the Bob Bain quartet (with Roy Harte on the drums, Jud De Naut playing bass and Ray Sherman on piano) with our song star Margo Powers. But, there's no date on the label and though the format is familiar, the...
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Episode 22 December 20, 1948
The final broadcast for 1948, just a few days before Christmas, brings the quartet back in top form. Bob, Jud De Naut, Ralph Collier, and Ray Sherman breeze through the Sweet Georgia Brown intro, and then play one of Bob's favorites, "Crazy Rhythm". Song star Margo Powers comes in to schmooze…
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Episode 21 December 13, 1948
Ray Sherman returns for good, with Ralph Collier covering drums and percussion, and Jud De Naut the steady man on the bass. After our "Sweet Georgia Brown" intro, the guys salsa their way through "Brazil", then song star Margo Powers gives us our first holiday tune, the classic "The Christmas…
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Episode 20 December 6, 1948
From the opening bars of the “Sweet Georgia Brown” intro, we can hear there’s a new kid in town on piano: twenty-three year old Hal Schaefer logs his one and only appearance on The Bob Bain Show, holding his own alongside Bob, Jud DeNaut on bass and Ralph Collier playing drums. Schaefer would…
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Episode 19-November 29, 1948
Our last episode for November of 1948 is also the last of four broadcasts with the estimable Tommy Todd (joined by Jud De Naut on bass and Ralph Collier on drums). Whether Tommy and Bob knew this was Tommy’s last date is a detail lost to history, but the session heard here clearly shows why Bob...
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Episode 18-November 22, 1948
November 22, 1948 brings another session with Bob, Tommy Todd on piano, Jud De Naut on bass, and Ralph Collier on drums. After the “Sweet Georgia Brown” intro, the quartet revisits “Cuanto Le Gusta” (heard in Episode 15), this time at a slightly brighter tempo. Margo Powers takes a pass at “Ah…
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Episode 17-November 15, 1948
Halfway through November we find Bob teamed up again with Tommy Todd on piano, Ralph Collier on drums, and Jud DeNaut anchoring on bass. Tommy’s singular, adroit approach is evident throughout, right from the beginning “Sweet Georgia Brown” and on into “Brazil”, where Ralph plays both drums and...
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Bonus: Music For Sleepwalkers Only!
This bonus episode showcases highlights from one of Bob’s most treasured recordings: Murray McEachern’s Music For Sleepwalkers Only. The complete album is available at CDBaby.com as either a digital download or compact disc. No Bob Bain collection is complete without it, and remember, it makes a...
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Episode 15-November 1, 1948
We skip along to November 1, 1948-the day before Dewey defeated Truman, and the day that Bob, Jud De Naut (bass), Ralph Collier (drums), and Tommy Todd (piano) first got together on the air. We can hear Todd’s unique approach right away on the Sweet Georgia Brown intro. It may be that Tommy could...
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Episode 14-October 18, 1948
The October 18, 1948 broadcast features the familiar lineup of Bob, Ray Sherman on piano, Jud De Naut on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums. They kick things off with a tight version of “Brazil”, then song star Margo Powers comes in for “The Man I Love”, enlivened by Bob’s solo. The quartet swings...
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Episode 13-October 11, 1948
Our new announcer, Eddie, cues up the quartet (Bob, Nick Fatool, Ray Sherman, and Jud De Naut) who play a brighter tempo version of “Lady Be Good” as intro. “Blue Room” was written by Rodgers & Hart back in the 1920’s, and many versions (the Dorsey Brothers and Benny Goodman, as well as in The…
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Episode 12 October 4, 1948
The show switches to Mondays, and the announcer changes the format slightly as well: "You like music? Then stick around, we have some for you" will be the new line to kick off the show. Bob leads Ray Sherman on piano, Jud De Naut on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums and they start off with "Hair Of...
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Episode 11-September 25, 1948
The quartet closes out the month of September with Nick Fatool on the drum set, Jud De Naut playing bass and Ray Sherman at the piano again. The show had originally aired Saturday nights, but this would be the last weekend broadcast and the next show NBC decided to move to Monday. After our Lady…
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