Phil Spitalny’s All-Girl Orchestra and the Hour of Charm

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 06, 2018
Category: Music | Television | 1940s | Women

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I prefer the all-girl orchestra in the movie Cabaret. (Remember, they were all virgins.)

Posted by Virtual on 06/06/18 at 09:13 AM

What was Phil doing there?

Posted by crc on 06/06/18 at 11:45 AM

I think Phil was actually the voice of that alto vocalist.

Posted by KDP on 06/06/18 at 02:24 PM

Bullwinkle joke that took me several decades to get: Boris Badenov is fielding an all girl football team--actually, an all male ex-convict gang in drag: "I'm the Phil Spitalny of the gridiron!"

Posted by Bill the Splut on 06/06/18 at 10:58 PM

Wikipedia lists his genre as jazz, which this most certainly isn't.

Posted by ges on 06/07/18 at 08:20 AM

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