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The Big Band Years (MY MUSIC)

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer
Published August 3, 2009 at 11:57 AM PDT
Peter Marshall hosts "The Big Band Years," a celebration of the music that brought the country through World War II and kick-started the baby boom: the big bands of the 1930s and '40s.
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Peter Marshall hosts "The Big Band Years," a celebration of the music that brought the country through World War II and kick-started the baby boom: the big bands of the 1930s and '40s.

Airs Sat., August 8, 2015 at 3 p.m. & Mon., August 10 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Give $252 during our TV membership campaign and receive the "Big Band Years" Combo which includes the DVD plus a 4-CD set. This gift also includes enrollment in the myKPBS Savers Club plus additional online access to more than 130,000 merchant offers and printable coupons, as well as a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). The DVD only is available at $120, and the 4-CD set only is at $150.
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Give $252 during our TV membership campaign and receive the "Big Band Years" Combo which includes the DVD plus a 4-CD set. This gift also includes enrollment in the myKPBS Savers Club plus additional online access to more than 130,000 merchant offers and printable coupons, as well as a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). The DVD only is available at $120, and the 4-CD set only is at $150.

MY MUSIC presents its first "Big Band" music retrospective featuring the biggest songs that got us through World War II and kick-started the baby boom with brassy legends that will take your members on a "Sentimental Journey."

This is a very warm and nostalgic program that compiles the original hit makers and legends that define the GI and generations' memories.

Peter Marshall (of the legendary "Hollywood Squares") hosts this event, which for the first time mixes vintage live, rare, and unreleased footage from the Big Band days.

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Jennifer Robinson
Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. Jen has worked at KPBS since 2000. She is originally from Las Vegas and attended UNLV.
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