June 24, 2023 • 27 mins
- Camel Caravan
- Genre: Variety, musical
- Audience: General
- Running time: 30 minutes
- Broadcast network: NBC Radio, CBS Radio
- Creators: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Stars: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Georgia Gibbs, Anita O'Day, Vaughn Monroe
- Air dates: December 7, 1933 – March 27, 1954Camel Caravan was a musical variety radio program sponsored by Camel cigarettes. It premiered on December 7, 1933, on CBS Radio as a showcase for Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra. The show featured a mix of popular music, comedy, and drama. In 1935, Benny Goodman took over as the bandleader, and the show became one of the most popular radio programs of the 1930s and 1940s. Other popular performers who appeared on Camel Caravan included Georgia Gibbs, Anita O'Day, and Vaughn Monroe. The show was known for its high-quality production values and its star-studded lineup. It was also one of the first radio programs to feature swing music, which helped to popularize the genre. Camel Caravan was a cultural phenomenon, and it helped to shape the sound of American popular music in the 20th century.
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(00:00):
Let up and light up a camel, the cigarette of costlier tobacco. Here
comes Funny Goodman's Camel Caravan. Tonightyou'll hear from Albert Ammon's and Mead Lux
(00:21):
Lewis, those two great boogie boogiepiano players also on hand and bursting with
new ideas at our regular entertainment committee, plus Johnny Mercer and the fluff Box,
Martha Tilton, the Goodman Trio,and the quaint and capable, carefree
cats in the band. And thefirst item on our agenda is a word
of appreciation to you, you smokerswho make these weekly meetings possible. You
(00:44):
are the final judges of tobacco quality. You've made camel the largest selling cigarette
in the world. So thanks folks, and let up and light up a
camel. Hello, club members,this is your president, Benny good And
as Harry Holcomb has just told you, we've got two old friends in our
hot club guest room again tonight,I mean Albert Emmonds and Mead Lux Lewis,
(01:08):
so you can count on hearing somefirst rate boogie woogie piano before we
adjourned and Johnny Mercer put down atfluff Box. You know, as an
actor John, you're dynamite. Ohdo you think so, Anny? I
think that's wonderful. Well, you'realways blowing up your lines. Oh that's
a club members. The okrolla ollalleyon the favorite will no vocally renditionous because
(01:30):
Listerbucks only overcom and said prepreparare mehas first played and the title when John,
you can't introduce our first number anddouble talk, what's the idea?
The idea is to get out ofmaking a fluff. Last week, I
went through the whole meeting without amistake, and then I tried to say
good night, I made a fluffand it cost me nineteen dollars. That
(01:51):
fluff box really cleaned you out lastweek, didn't it. A happy Little
Monster now has thirty eight dollars andit's gone to its head. All I
want you club members to know isthat this number has been one of your
favorites ever since Benny first formed hisband. It was written by Fats Waller
about eight years ago, and it'scalled Honeysuckle Rose. It didn't it,
(04:24):
Betts didn't se And now here comesMartha Tilting Camels Clubs Squing Sweetheart. Martha
(06:21):
has a song about a very IndusStreet Hut. The song is called He
from My ink Well, and itpoints out an excellent moral lover should count
ten and think well before they indulgein a quarrel. From my ink well
(06:46):
and from my pen can we getto give agains? Gonna pay your run
next time you can put her brokenheart in Riding from my inquel? Are
(07:19):
pleading with you while I watchman raise, go by and review? You'll must
burn within you. Oh, youcan't discontin you. Please tell me that
(07:43):
when you ref and from my inquel, will ride ye from my ink well,
(08:13):
feding with you while I but thengo find review. Love, you
must burn within you. Love,you can't discontinue. Be to me that
(08:35):
when you reply and from my elswill drive anythin can't wait and if they
(09:07):
cast wing. Here's a song fromMexico that we swung some weeks ago.
You wanted it repeated, so anyfast swing and it fay cast wait astra
Lee del can be trust me TheLord gets the sea free. Not so
(12:26):
long ago, a sort of musicalcyclone swept in the world of swings.
Like so many other trends in modernmusic, It came from New Orleans by
way of Chicago. Two men werelargely responsible for it. And those two
men are here in our hot clubagain to night. The two of them
were cab drivers in Chicago when theywere first discovering, and now that they
(12:46):
are as recognized as they are,and the leading its fullness of the style
is called boogie woogie, and they'rethe proteges of the great boogie woogie originator
Pinetop Smith. You probably know whomI'm talking about as Albert Hammonds and need
luck slut and the incredible things theydo on a piano. But about of
Johnny, I thought that was asmall fluff in it. I let it
(13:07):
go, all right, Johnny,And now you can give us a little
history about the boogie woogie in Chicagotown. Very long ago, Missus Smith
sat down at the piano and hewrote up to call this fine top scrub.
(13:31):
And it's still a June. Veryfewtube they can't come. Bogie wogie
boogie Woggie was the June at PineTop playing bogie wogie wogie woggie. Canderchine
dounded like a locomotive coming down hergrave. Well, the news went forth
(14:01):
by word of mouth and spread upnorth and spread down south, the cats
came round the hero pines off givesbecause he made that one piano sound like
fire boogie woogin Boogie woge, Goodcitizens and seeing boogie woogie woge swept the
(14:24):
country's side like rams, like afairy fire sweeps across the plains. Slipped
roof pat for his blue routine andbought a high till pat and a limocne
walk the streets pattern leather shoot justbecause this struck was the set of the
(14:52):
blue Boogie Woogie Boogie Woogin. Sothe year just swipped away for Booga Boga
missus Smith who halingre and he lookedaround to find approsion. The story ends
(15:18):
with the pine tops gone, buthe left two friends who carried on to
play the thing only he had knownand could even add a few tricks up
their own. Albert Albahammas flits likethat me. He played it with a
(15:41):
class in a natural habitat. Orit first was played on a baby grand
(16:26):
well. It made the grave wealthbe spanning the same altune time tip used
to play, only differences. It'splayed the good Man way, I crowded
baby and Now. From the NewWorld's Fair edition of the Cotton Club Review.
(17:27):
The man brings you a song that'sboth new and good. Yes,
it looks like a shure thing foryour list of current favorites club members,
it's as Tauchia Diddy as you everwent ruck. Cut into the tune of
which and to make the whole thingcomplete, Martha Tilton is right here to
join in. On the second chorus. The song is called don't worry about
Me, Don't worry about me,get along, forget about me, be
(19:06):
happy my love. Let's say thatour little show is over, and so
the story. Why not call ita day? A sense of wayspoony,
look out for yourself should be theroom. Give your heart and you love
(19:33):
tomever you love. Don't be afood darling. Why should you cling to
some fading thing that you used toif you can't forget, don't worry about
(20:33):
in all club members. In theminutes of each of these weekly meetings of
ours has a page headed Special forthe Hot Clubs of America from their honorary
President, Benny Goodman and Johnny thisweek. That page is practically a chapter
by itself, because our special Nightsin the class of its own, we
first broadcasted back in nineteen thirty sixthe record show it was played about seventeen
(20:56):
thousand times that year. Judging fromthe request we're always getting even that wasn't
often enough. And so for thehot clubs of America, here's that panorama
of swing with the line will happenat the top time, things, things
(22:00):
of power. This is I waswonderful, oh John, And now it's
(26:15):
about time to adjourn, Thank youvery much. Thanks Tuesday, we're holding
club meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.If you're going to be in the neighborhood,
we'd kind of like to see youuntil then. This is Benny Goodman
saying good night for camels and allthe game. And this is little Sir
(26:38):
Johnny Mercer, with a hasty glanceover my shoulder at the fluff box,
looking forward to being with you againat the regular meeting time next Tuesday.
Good night, and next Monday night. Over these same stations, Eddie Canter's
camel caravan rolls in, so makinga Monday night date. Two. When
you see a man loading up hispipe with Prince Albert smoking tobacco, you're
(27:00):
seeing a man who knows the realjoy of pipe smoking. Prince Albert's choice,
righte tobacco, crimp cut to burnslow and even, and the bike
removed. It's the real thing inpipe tobacco, men, Prince Albert,
the national joys mode. There's noother tobacco like it. Mary Holcomb speaking.
This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Let up and light up a camel, the cigarette of costlier tobacco. Here
comes Funny Goodman's Camel Caravan. Tonightyou'll hear from Albert Ammon's and Mead Lux
(00:21):
Lewis, those two great boogie boogiepiano players also on hand and bursting with
new ideas at our regular entertainment committee, plus Johnny Mercer and the fluff Box,
Martha Tilton, the Goodman Trio,and the quaint and capable, carefree
cats in the band. And thefirst item on our agenda is a word
of appreciation to you, you smokerswho make these weekly meetings possible. You
(00:44):
are the final judges of tobacco quality. You've made camel the largest selling cigarette
in the world. So thanks folks, and let up and light up a
camel. Hello, club members,this is your president, Benny good And
as Harry Holcomb has just told you, we've got two old friends in our
hot club guest room again tonight,I mean Albert Emmonds and Mead Lux Lewis,
(01:08):
so you can count on hearing somefirst rate boogie woogie piano before we
adjourned and Johnny Mercer put down atfluff Box. You know, as an
actor John, you're dynamite. Ohdo you think so, Anny? I
think that's wonderful. Well, you'realways blowing up your lines. Oh that's
a club members. The okrolla ollalleyon the favorite will no vocally renditionous because
(01:30):
Listerbucks only overcom and said prepreparare mehas first played and the title when John,
you can't introduce our first number anddouble talk, what's the idea?
The idea is to get out ofmaking a fluff. Last week, I
went through the whole meeting without amistake, and then I tried to say
good night, I made a fluffand it cost me nineteen dollars. That
(01:51):
fluff box really cleaned you out lastweek, didn't it. A happy Little
Monster now has thirty eight dollars andit's gone to its head. All I
want you club members to know isthat this number has been one of your
favorites ever since Benny first formed hisband. It was written by Fats Waller
about eight years ago, and it'scalled Honeysuckle Rose. It didn't it,
(04:24):
Betts didn't se And now here comesMartha Tilting Camels Clubs Squing Sweetheart. Martha
(06:21):
has a song about a very IndusStreet Hut. The song is called He
from My ink Well, and itpoints out an excellent moral lover should count
ten and think well before they indulgein a quarrel. From my ink well
(06:46):
and from my pen can we getto give agains? Gonna pay your run
next time you can put her brokenheart in Riding from my inquel? Are
(07:19):
pleading with you while I watchman raise, go by and review? You'll must
burn within you. Oh, youcan't discontin you. Please tell me that
(07:43):
when you ref and from my inquel, will ride ye from my ink well,
(08:13):
feding with you while I but thengo find review. Love, you
must burn within you. Love,you can't discontinue. Be to me that
(08:35):
when you reply and from my elswill drive anythin can't wait and if they
(09:07):
cast wing. Here's a song fromMexico that we swung some weeks ago.
You wanted it repeated, so anyfast swing and it fay cast wait astra
Lee del can be trust me TheLord gets the sea free. Not so
(12:26):
long ago, a sort of musicalcyclone swept in the world of swings.
Like so many other trends in modernmusic, It came from New Orleans by
way of Chicago. Two men werelargely responsible for it. And those two
men are here in our hot clubagain to night. The two of them
were cab drivers in Chicago when theywere first discovering, and now that they
(12:46):
are as recognized as they are,and the leading its fullness of the style
is called boogie woogie, and they'rethe proteges of the great boogie woogie originator
Pinetop Smith. You probably know whomI'm talking about as Albert Hammonds and need
luck slut and the incredible things theydo on a piano. But about of
Johnny, I thought that was asmall fluff in it. I let it
(13:07):
go, all right, Johnny,And now you can give us a little
history about the boogie woogie in Chicagotown. Very long ago, Missus Smith
sat down at the piano and hewrote up to call this fine top scrub.
(13:31):
And it's still a June. Veryfewtube they can't come. Bogie wogie
boogie Woggie was the June at PineTop playing bogie wogie wogie woggie. Canderchine
dounded like a locomotive coming down hergrave. Well, the news went forth
(14:01):
by word of mouth and spread upnorth and spread down south, the cats
came round the hero pines off givesbecause he made that one piano sound like
fire boogie woogin Boogie woge, Goodcitizens and seeing boogie woogie woge swept the
(14:24):
country's side like rams, like afairy fire sweeps across the plains. Slipped
roof pat for his blue routine andbought a high till pat and a limocne
walk the streets pattern leather shoot justbecause this struck was the set of the
(14:52):
blue Boogie Woogie Boogie Woogin. Sothe year just swipped away for Booga Boga
missus Smith who halingre and he lookedaround to find approsion. The story ends
(15:18):
with the pine tops gone, buthe left two friends who carried on to
play the thing only he had knownand could even add a few tricks up
their own. Albert Albahammas flits likethat me. He played it with a
(15:41):
class in a natural habitat. Orit first was played on a baby grand
(16:26):
well. It made the grave wealthbe spanning the same altune time tip used
to play, only differences. It'splayed the good Man way, I crowded
baby and Now. From the NewWorld's Fair edition of the Cotton Club Review.
(17:27):
The man brings you a song that'sboth new and good. Yes,
it looks like a shure thing foryour list of current favorites club members,
it's as Tauchia Diddy as you everwent ruck. Cut into the tune of
which and to make the whole thingcomplete, Martha Tilton is right here to
join in. On the second chorus. The song is called don't worry about
Me, Don't worry about me,get along, forget about me, be
(19:06):
happy my love. Let's say thatour little show is over, and so
the story. Why not call ita day? A sense of wayspoony,
look out for yourself should be theroom. Give your heart and you love
(19:33):
tomever you love. Don't be afood darling. Why should you cling to
some fading thing that you used toif you can't forget, don't worry about
(20:33):
in all club members. In theminutes of each of these weekly meetings of
ours has a page headed Special forthe Hot Clubs of America from their honorary
President, Benny Goodman and Johnny thisweek. That page is practically a chapter
by itself, because our special Nightsin the class of its own, we
first broadcasted back in nineteen thirty sixthe record show it was played about seventeen
(20:56):
thousand times that year. Judging fromthe request we're always getting even that wasn't
often enough. And so for thehot clubs of America, here's that panorama
of swing with the line will happenat the top time, things, things
(22:00):
of power. This is I waswonderful, oh John, And now it's
(26:15):
about time to adjourn, Thank youvery much. Thanks Tuesday, we're holding
club meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.If you're going to be in the neighborhood,
we'd kind of like to see youuntil then. This is Benny Goodman
saying good night for camels and allthe game. And this is little Sir
(26:38):
Johnny Mercer, with a hasty glanceover my shoulder at the fluff box,
looking forward to being with you againat the regular meeting time next Tuesday.
Good night, and next Monday night. Over these same stations, Eddie Canter's
camel caravan rolls in, so makinga Monday night date. Two. When
you see a man loading up hispipe with Prince Albert smoking tobacco, you're
(27:00):
seeing a man who knows the realjoy of pipe smoking. Prince Albert's choice,
righte tobacco, crimp cut to burnslow and even, and the bike
removed. It's the real thing inpipe tobacco, men, Prince Albert,
the national joys mode. There's noother tobacco like it. Mary Holcomb speaking.
This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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