“They raised millions of dollars” Humorist and WBZ radio personality Mel Simons talks about how musical greats Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman all did their part to help the war effort, and play the last hurrah in a musical era that would end within a few years of the troops coming home.
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“It was the greatest music ever”
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