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New! Dance Classes Dubuque to Davenport
News of the Zahina Sisters, Old Records of Clarence Zahina & His Barnstormers
CD's of CLARENCE ZAHINA AND HIS BARNSTORMERS, "Barnstormin' Polkas" and "Daddy," Volumes I & II
CLARENCE ZAHINA and His Barnstormers * Dubuque
CD of Glen Law Orchestra * Savanna
DANCEBAND*VAUDEVILLE*DRAMA*VISUAL ARTS- (Organizing) THE WAYNE KING ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK
NEW! Historical Photos to Identify
Dancehalls*Opera Houses*Theatres*Live Entertainment
Big Band Era Radio Shows Dubuque to Davenport
Lodging*Restaurants*Chambers*Business links Dubuque to Davenport
Area Bands*Musicians
Project Events
Project Articles/Advertisements
PRAIRIE ADVOCATE NEWS*Savanna-Sabula Mississippi River History
Vocalist NANCY EVANS with WAYNE KING and His Orchestra
Vocalist Ed Bolton with WAYNE KING and His Orchestra
WAYNE KING History & News from the SAVANNA TIMES JOURNAL and other newspapers
The King family in Savanna in 2004
WAYNE KING and His Orchestra
The WAYNE KING Show on NBC radio in 1945*Directed by Fred Essex
The WAYNE KING TV Show on NBC sponsored by the Standard Oil Company
Wayne King, Nancy Evans, Franklyn MacCormack, WGN
WAYNE KING Memorabilia
The movie WALTZ KING: You Think of LOVE
DELL & JENS BODEWALT LAMPE*Chicago
JACK JENNEY * Dubuque
EDDY HOWARD ORCHESTRA*East Dubuque, IL
GUS FUHRMAN*Dubuque*East Dubuque
BUS CANFIELD*Dubuque
PAUL HEMMER SWING BAND*DUBUQUE
HUNTER FUERSTE * Dubuque
New! RICK TITTLE BAND * Dubuque, Iowa
Pianist-Composer Chuck Bregman*Dubuque
Oklahoma Cowboys * Maquoqeta
Moeller's Accordion Band*Waterloo
TOM OWENS COWBOYS * Cedar Rapids
Weber Orchestra * Galena
Eddie Uhl and the Ranch Hands Orchestra
Floyd Curley and The Rythem Four * Hanover-Savanna
Ridge Runners Orchestra * Savanna
Reverend Bremicker * Savanna
Harry B. Grissinger/Merrymakers* Savanna
May's Paddock Room*Savanna
RALPH SLADE * Savanna
New! Charlie Vaccaro and His Orchestra * Savanna-Davenport
Ralph Bailey and His Midnight Riders *Savanna
Bud Riddle, Super Six Synchopators, Savanna
Wade Law and His Smokey Valley Boys Orchestra* Savanna
JACK COLE Orchestra * Savanna
Marv Schreiner, Temptating Rhythms, Savanna
Pianist Lyle Ham's Diary 1935-1947
Charlie Bertsch's Square Dance Orchestra*Savanna
Johnny and Anita Peschang Hanson, Savanna-Hanover
Rockabilly/Punk Rocker BILLY ZOOM is Savanna's Ty Kindell
New! Road Runners * rock-n-roll * Savanna, Illinois
ALAN ST. GEORGE, Facemakers, Inc. * Savanna
EMIL FLINDT * Clinton
Don Karol *Main Avenue Jazz*Slap Happy Polka Band*Don Karol Orchestra (16-piece)*Clinton, Iowa
Lute Geisinger * Thomson, IL
Roy Harstick Orchestra*Hanover
JACK MORGAN and THE RUSS MORGAN ORCHESTRA* Rapids City, IL
BIX BEIDERBECKE, Davenport
ARNIE & KEN PAULSEN Orchestras*Davenport
HAL WIESE, Jack Manthey, Carroll Baker, Jimmy O'Dette, Ray Winegar, Wibby Fisher* Davenport
Steve Little 16-18 piece big band*Davenport
JOHNNIE KAYE & HIS ORCHESTRA*Peru, IL
Lyle Beaver & Brass Notes*Iowa City
Little Vito and the Torpedoes*'50's & 60's rock-n-roll
Glenn Miller Orchestra at Savanna
Count Basie Orchestra at Savanna
Chicago Land Bands
Big Bands
Popular Songs
Record Labels
Music Stores
Savanna Historical Society Building Renovation Photos

In acquiring the Allied Furniture Building on Main Street in Savanna, a music room will be dedicated to display the Steve Stevens Orchestra Project's Wayne King collection and band history from Dubuque to Davenport... so much more than can be displayed on line.

Beginning construction April 12, 2007; last updated Nov. 9, 2007.
 
Savanna Times Journal articles courtesy of Publisher Bob Watson and Editor Mike Nester.
 
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SAVANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Extensive Civil War exhibit on display in Savanna, Clinton Herald, Staff Writer Susan Jessen

Clinton Herald article, Sept. 22, 2006 "Extensive Civil War Exhibit on Display," beginning of the Savanna Historical Society

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