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Ellington's date at the Roseland broke all records for the place, with nearly 2000 people. The sax section was in very poor shape owing to the absence of Otto Hardwicke. From this engagement and the RKO Boston show, it is certain that Harold Baker and Betty Roche will be sensations just as soon as Duke can start making records again...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 3/17/1943 | See Source »

This Friday evening at the Roseland-State Ballroom you'll be able to hear Duke Ellington in more suitable surroundings than at the RKO Boston last week. He can make his own choices there and not worry about theatre managers. The Roseland is near Loew's State in Back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTERTAINMENT | 3/12/1943 | See Source »

This Friday evening at the Roseland-State Ballroom, you'll be able to hear Duke in more suitable surroundings. He can make his own choices there. The Roseland is near Loew's State in Back...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

Should your tastes run to larger bands, the Tic Toc, opposite the Met, has been featuring some excellent ones, though Johnny McGee is not a very appetizing prospect this week. The local ballrooms, the Raymond and the Roseland, frequently have top-notch orchestras. For complete details, see the Boston Post every Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

...night last week Broadway and half Manhattan blacked out -from Greenwich Village to Harlem. The greatest concentration of light in all the world blinked out. Suddenly dark were the marquees and façades of Roseland, Lindy's, the Paramount, the Astor; dark were the skyhigh signs. Out went the New York Times's electric bulletins -as though time itself had quit on Broadway. The only light a plane could see came from a pale "bomber's" moon, touching the skyscraper towers and silvering the rivers. Crowds in Times Square watched the phenomenon, dumbstruck. Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Great White Way | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

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