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"Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper (1942) - Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper (1942) - Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago
"Thanks for The Memory"
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross
"Thanks for The Memory"
Bing Crosby
Memories of the Big Bands, the Swing Era

Airmen of Note
  
Count Basie
  
Chicago Mayor Jane M. Byrne and Count Basie, Jackson Park Neighborhood Festival, 1982
Airmen of Note
  
Count Basie
  
Mayor Jane M. Byrne - Count Basie
   
Les Brown and The Blues Devils   Les Brown and Doris Day   Les Brown, Doris Day, Bob Hope
Les Brown with dancers on the stage.   Bunny Berigan   Bunny Berigan
Les Brown - Dancers on the Stage   Bunny Berigan   Bunny Berigan
Benny Carter   Tommy Dorsey   Duke Ellington
Benny Carter   Tommy Dorsey   Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington   Ella Fitzgerald   Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
Duke Ellington   Ella Fitzgerald   Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
Helen Forrest   Benny Goodman   Lionel Hampton
Helen Forrest   Benny Goodman   Lionel Hampton
Woody Herman   Billie Holiday   Harry James
Woody Herman   Billie Holiday   Harry James
June Christy and Stan Kenton   Stan Kenton   June Christy
June Christy and Stan Kenton   Stan Kenton   June Christy
Gene Krupa at The Paramount Theater in New York City   Gene Krupa   Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa at The Paramount   Gene Krupa   Gene Krupa
Spike Jones and His City Slickers   Glenn Miller   Marion Hutton
Spike Jones and His City Slickers   Glenn Miller   Marion Hutton
Tex Beneke   Paula Kelly and The Modernaires   Ray Eberle
Tex Beneke   Paula Kelly and The Modernaires   Ray Eberle
Anita O'Day   Artie Shaw   Claude Thornhill
Anita O'Day   Artie Shaw   Claude Thornhill
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