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Oct 2008
26m 44s

Halloween Show

BRICE FUQUA
About this episode

Music for Halloween, including: Haunted House Blues, The Skeleton in the Closet, Mr Ghost Goes to Town and Graveyard Blues.

Performers include: Helen Gross, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Davis and Woody Herman.

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