Big Band Montage: I'm Getting Sentimental over You – Blue Flame - Let's Dance - Ciribiribin - Moonlight Serenade - Artistry in Rhythm - Nightmare – Leap Frog - Take the "A" Train by Henry Mancini and His Concert Orchestra

First release by Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes (1932)

First recording and first release by Woody Herman and His Orchestra (February 13, 1941 / March 1941)

First recording and first release by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (October 24, 1939 / November 1939)

First release by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (April 26, 1939)

First recording and first release by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (November 19, 1943 / June 1944)

First release by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (October 19, 1938)

First recording and first release by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (November 16, 1941 / 1942)

First release by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (April 11, 1941)