When we were researching the book, we came across many Stewart appearances on radio promo discs called The Big Sound. These 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs were purchase by radio stations on a subscription basis. Stations received a basic library of discs and then received additional discs monthly. Many of these discs featured movie and…
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Academy Award Winners on the Air
In Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we had a listing for a 12-inch 78 RPM record titled Presenting James Stewart & Jane Wyman in “Blow-Ups” from Magic Town (HD7-MC-238). At the end of that listing, we mentioned that the recording had also been issued on the 1979 album, Academy Award Winners on the Air and…
Public Service Announcement – 1962 Christmas Seals
At the time our book was published, we knew of four Christmas Seal campaign records on which Mr. Stewart appeared – 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1964. Now, we can add 1962 to that list. The message delivered by Stewart is the same one which appeared on the 1961 disc and would subsequently also be used…
Jimmy Stewart Speaks on Behalf of Lake Arrowhead Boy Scout Camps
Let’s begin with a little background on this recording. C. P. MacGregor owned and operated a recording company in Los Angeles. The company recorded, transcribed and syndicated a variety of radio programs from the 1920’s into the 1970’s. In addition, they also recorded hundreds of radio commercials and public service announcements. Several years ago many…
Jimmy Stewart: Special Guest
Here’s another entry from the book that we are updating to include the audio. This is a 12-inch record, playing at 33 1/3 RPM. There is a different show from the syndicated series The Stars Review the Hits on each side of the disc. In this case, it is Charlton Heston who reviews several new…
American Cancer Society – New Discovery
At the time Jimmy Stewart on the Air was published, we knew of the existence of three Cancer Society discs on which Stewart appeared – 1957, 1959 and 1960. Since then, we have obtained a new disc. Like the others, this is a 16-inch transcription disc (G8-MM-0392). It was issued for the 1956 Cancer Crusade…
Stewart and Ferrer – Musical Sensations
Jimmy Stewart was not the only soon to be famous actor at Princeton University in the early 1930’s. Jose Ferrer was one year behind him in his college studies. At the time, Ferrer was a budding songwriter and, as vocalist, fronted his own small band, the Pied Pipers. Ferrer and band mate Sid Wyse had…
Day After Day – A Trip to the Recording Studio
As most Stewart fans know, he was a member of the Triangle Club, a theatrical troupe, at Princeton University. Each school year, the club produced an original student written musical and took it on a national tour. For the 1931-1932 school year, that musical was Spanish Blades. In the play, Stewart played the role of…
Rolling Stone – Stewart and Fonda at Their Best?
The film Cheyenne Social Club, starring Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda and Shirley Jones, was released in the summer of 1970. If you were told there was going to be a song released from the film, you would probably guess that it would be sung by Shirley Jones, but you’d be dead wrong. Instead, the single…
Take Her She’s Mine
Take her She’s Mine was a film starring Stewart, Sanda Dee and Audrey Meadows which was released in the U.S. on November 13, 1963. To help advertise the film on radio, 20th Century-Fox issued a 10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record featuring six specially prepared spots. Stewart’s voice is heard on all but two of them…
