May 13 ~ 24, 1942: Louis Prima
TORE UP the
Jefferson Beach Park Ballroom in The Motor City’s close suburb of St. Clair Shores, MI…
Ever wonder how we got to be where we are now? This is the stuff our folks were listenin’ to! This blog is dedicated to my very goode friend’s dad, RALPH GOODE...
who was playin’ these same venues back in the 1940’s…
TORE UP the
Jefferson Beach Park Ballroom in The Motor City’s close suburb of St. Clair Shores, MI…
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| Jefferson Beach Dance Hall and Bath House on Lake St. Claire |
Ever wonder how we got to be where we are now? This is the stuff our folks were listenin’ to! This blog is dedicated to my very goode friend’s dad, RALPH GOODE...
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| RALPH GOODE on the bass in Detroit in the 40s |
who was playin’ these same venues back in the 1940’s…
Ya thought that Roth cat did the tune? Well he did, but Louis Prima did it first…
Did these cats swing or what!?!
To be honest, I don’t know if Keely Smith was on this date, but dig Louis & Keely rockin’—Oui’ Oui, WELL ALRIGHT!!!
Rock ‘n Roll?
Our folks were ROCKIN’
at the JEFFERSON BEACH BALLROOM!!!
at the JEFFERSON BEACH BALLROOM!!!
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| WELL, ALMOST... |
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