Joseph Townsend of WCCA TV interviews Dan Gabel , Bandleader of The Vaughn Monroe Show in Worcester. Mass . on Oct. 15, Somerville on Nov. 10 and Stoughton on Nov. 11, 2017. The Vaughn Monroe Show transports audiences back in time to 1949. Vaughn Wilton Monroe was an American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader and actor most popular in the 1940's and 50's. He lived in Newton, Mass .