Duke Ellington - Cotton Club broadcast March 18, 1937

MBS half hour remote broadcast on WOR 23:30. Live at Cotton Club 200 W. 48th St., New York City. March 18, 1937. 0:00 East St. Louis Toodle-O (opening theme) 1:11 Harlem Speaks 5:25 Caravan 9:51 One, Two Button Your Shoe 13:20 Pennies From Heaven 17:41 Mexicali Rose 20:42 Sophisticated Lady 24:05 Rockin' In Rhythm 28:49 East St. Louis Toodle-O (closing theme) Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Freddie Jenkins (t); Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb); Barney Bigard (cl,ts); Johnny Hodges (ss,as); Otto Hardwick (cl,as); Harry Carney (cl,as,bar); Duke Ellington (p); Fred Guy (g); Billy Taylor, Hayes Alvis (sb); Sonny Greer (d); Ivie Anderson (v).. Steven Lasker: "This broadcast's original source, two single-sided 16-inch acetate disks, are believed lost: The late Jerry Valburn told me he discovered the disks in the files of the Mills office. He borrowed them, brought them home, taped them and subsequently returned the disks to where he found them. Years later, in 1987, Sidney Mills, one of Irving's sons, told me that the office test pressings had been thrown away years before; while 16-inch acetate disks aren't shellac test pressings, I fear they likely suffered a similar fate – I certainly have no clue to their present whereabouts".