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Step back to 1944 with hit parade redux.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 07-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Step back to 1944 with hit parade redux.(Neighbor)

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Byline: P. S. Colbert Daily Herald Correspondent

Long before the din of partisan politicians, shock jocks and non-stop commercial blocks, live radio filled the air with music and magic.

That golden era returns Monday evening to Town Square Park in Schaumburg, when Steve Cooper's Orchestra strikes up the big band sounds of October 1944, recreating a broadcast of the popular "Your Hit Parade" program, literally, note for note.

"We're playing every number from that show in running order and sticking to the original arrangements," said Cooper, who spent five months transcribing the arrangements from an audio file and...

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