Jackie robinson song buddy johnson8/10/2023 ![]() ![]() “What does television promise for band world fans?” He almost got his own show but the black and white screens still had issues having an African American artist as the main feature on a regular TV show. The forthcoming years will be hard for Cab, Duke, Count, Woody, Benny and many more! Cab quickly understands the power of television and struggles to get a spot on the small screen that is starting to get a room in many homes in the USA. But, starting 1948, Cab will progressively share his time among stage, radio, and TV studios.Īnd that’s the right time for Cab: in April 1948, he disbanded his orchestra, only keeping a small combo with him. ![]() Remember that at the end of 1947, his feature movie “Hi De Ho” is released in movie theaters. I haven’t found yet any other appearance for 1947. From then on, Cab will appear frequently on many TV shows and will participate in numerous telethons on TV until the late 1980’s. The show, probably shot in Chicago, was telecast on the CBS Network. Cab indeed performs on the debuting TV Show “Cavalcade of Bands” for the March of Dimes Telethon, along with bandleaders Jimmy Dorsey and Guy Lombardo. But Cab Calloway’s first known TV appearance is only dated a few weeks before, on Janubetween 11:30 pm and 1 am. “Recognized as a ‘natural’ for television, Cab has made several test performances before the television cameras” states The Macon News dated February 2, 1947. And I’ve heard from history that so was a guy named Abe.An August 1948 photo for the article "Television Films are Hollywood’s Latest Bid" (Chicago Defender) But the man who has spent most of his life in baseball is a hard guy to shave. Rickey told me today that there’s a lot buzzing around his head now. He was a lieutenant in the Army until his release last Summer. At UCLA he stood out as a great halfback and in 1942 he played in both the Chicago and the Honolulu all star games. He was a standout star in all sports at Muir Technical High and Pasadena Junior College, where he played baseball, basketball, and football and was a 25-foot broad jumper. He moved with his family to Pasadena, Cal., when he was a year old. ![]() Robbie – and what a name for a Dodger possibility – was born Jan. He said that it was mostly spontaneous praise… “Only one was bitterly derogatory… I had another calling me ‘a second Lincoln’ and that was from Chicago.” “I have been flooded with telegrams and letters and phone calls,” he said. I asked Rickey too what the reaction has been since the news of Robinson’s signing. “Cleveland’s got Larry Doby and Brooklyn’s got Jackie Robinson!” A beautiful portrait by Nina Leen (1914-1995), pair of contemporaneous songs (Brownie McGhee’s song is dedicated to Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby), and a thoughtful sports page to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Jackie Robinson (1919-1972). Opening today is a great exhibition “ In the Dugout with Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait of a Baseball Legend” at the Museum of the City of New York. In Jersey City, New Jersey, on April 18, 1946, while playing for the Montreal Royals (farm club team of the Brooklyn Dodgers) and against the Jersey City Giants (farm club team of the New York Giants), Jackie Robinson “broke the color barrier in a game between two minor league clubs,” (the Royals won, 14-1). Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947. “Hooray Hooray, The Time Has Really Come!” Jackie Robinson was born 100 years ago today. ![]() Brownie McGhee, Robbie – Doby Boogie, May 1948 ( ) ![]()
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