As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, The Big Sound included a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM records which radio stations could use to help promote their programs and specialties. By using this service, a station would have access to top movie and TV actors and sports figures that they normally would not…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Bend of the River – Open-Ended Interview
Bend of the River, starring Stewart, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson and Arthur Kennedy, was released in the United States in February of 1952. As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Universal-International issued a special 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3 RPM record on red vinyl to help promote the film. It was pressed on red vinyl…
Radio Favorites – Volume Two
Radio Favorites – Volume Two was issued as a six-cassette set in 1991 by Radio Spirits. The one Jimmy Stewart show which was included in the set was found on the A-side of cassette 6: Titled Sheriff Ponset, but more commonly known as The New Sheriff, it had been originally broadcast on June 10, 1954…
The Six Shooter – The New Sheriff
The New Sheriff was broadcast on June 10, 1954. This episode is also known as Write-In Candidate, Virtue City Election, The Election and Sheriff Ponset. This very brief preview appeared in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars for this episode were Carleton Young as the hotel clerk, Dal McKennon as Doc Cross, Paul…
Monitor (June 10, 1956)
Evidence for this appearance comes from a listing in the Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, NE: Although this segment is not available, it is known that the Sunday evening hosts for Monitor at this time were Dave Garroway and Don Russell…
Professional Baseball – The First 100 Years
This disc, narrated by James Stewart and Curt Gowdy was first released as an album (Fleetwood Records FCLP 3036) in 1969, in cooperation with Major League Baseball. Stewart begins the album and covers baseball’s first fifty years, from 1869 through the end of the 1920’s. His section takes about 16:25 of the album’s total time…
Bandolero – Radio Spots
When Bandolero was released in 1968, 20th Century-Fox also issued a 7-inch, 45 RPM disc featuring two different radio spots for the film. The four stars of the film – Jimmy Stewart, Dean Martin, George Kennedy and Raquel Welch – are mentioned in both spots; however, none of their voices appear on the recordings. 60-second…
Jimmy Stewart Made You Believe in Angels
Here’s an area of Stewart’s radio and recording career that we have not mentioned until now. Stewart, as a pop culture icon, has been mentioned in the lyrics of several songs. The first one that we’re going to have a look at is titled Jimmy Stewart. It was written by Annie Johnson and recorded by…
Anatomy of a Murder – Radio Spots
When the film, Anatomy of a Murder, was released in July of 1959, a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with 10 radio spots for the film was also issued. With Stewart in the film were Lee Remick, Ben Gazarra, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden and Kathryn Grant. Four of the 10 spots featured vocal clips of…
American Legion – Reach Out, The Future is in Your Hands
This blog entry will update an entry from Jimmy Stewart on the Air by adding photos and audio. Reach Out the Future is in Your Hands was Stewart’s second effort for the American Legion, following the previous years’ 50th Anniversary spots. This 1970 recording (AAVP#27185/AAVP#27186) was issued on a 12-inch 33 1/3 RPM disc: Stewart…
