This CD was issued in 1995 by GSC Music (18200). This is the Lux Radio Theatre presentation first broadcast on March 10, 1947…
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Chris Isaak – Christmas on TV
In 2004, Chris Isaak released the album, Christmas (Mailboat Records MBD 2010), in the United States. Backing him on the album were Kenney Dale Johnson (drums, vocals), Rowland Salley (bass, vocals) and Hershel Yatovitz (guitar, vocals). Track number nine was titled Christmas on TV and Jimmy Stewart was mentioned in the lyrics. After saying that…
Day After Day – Round Three
Day After Day may be very hard to find as a 78 RPM recording, but it has been released many times on various compilation albums and CD’s. There have already been two posts detailing some of these sources…here’s the third. The three CD sets to be discussed here were issued in various European countries and…
Chesterfield Supper Club
Chesterfield Supper Club was a popular 15-minute daily program on NBC that was hosted most of the year by Perry Como. However, for thirteen weeks during the summer of 1947 it was hosted alternately by Tex Beneke and Frankie Carle. On September 3, 1947, Tex Beneke was the host. The show received little more than…
Steve Wariner – This Christmas Prayer
This Christmas Prayer was issued on the album Steal Another Day (Selec Tone Records 826411-11955-2) in 2003. Wariner and Allen Shamblin wrote the song. The lyrics mention Stewart in the line, Well, Jimmy Stewart’s on my screen again, man I miss those simple black and white days.” Joining Wariner on this track were Harry Stinson…
Skyway to the Stars
Skyway to the Stars was a half-hour CBS musical-variety show hosted by Tex McCrary. The shows regulars included Kay Armen and the Raymond Paige Orchestra. The program was on the air for just one season – September 12, 1948 through May 22, 1949. It was broadcast Sunday afternoons at 4:40 p.m. eastern time. Stewart appeared…
Peter Rabbit, Goldilocks & Other Great Tales for Boys and Girls/The Little Engine that Could, 4 Winnie the Pooh Stories
Just when we thought that Jimmy Stewart’s Winnie the Pooh stories could not have been packaged in any other way, along comes this RCA Music Service 8-track tape (S 223707). This is the 8-track version of the 2-album set of the same title (RCA R223707-2). Both were issued in 1976. See the blog for October…
James Stewart – The Ultimate Collection of His Radio Work (#3)
This is one of four identically titled sets of Mr. Stewart’s radio shows issued by Radiorevisited.com. The nine disc set features a total of 11 different programs. …
Harvey Danger – Carlotta Valdez
If you’ve seen the Jimmy Stewart film, Vertigo, you may remember Carlotta as the fictional dead person mentioned in the movie. The band Harvey Danger included the song Carlotta Valdez on their 1997 album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? (Arena Rock AR-006). The entire song is about the film and besides Stewart, Kim (Novak)…
The Western Radio Collection Vol. 1
This 6-CD set was issued in 2016 by YourRadioShows.com. It features six western programs presented on the Lux Radio Theatre. The Stewart show included is Destry Rides Again, which first aired on November 5, 1945. Others on the set are: My Darling Clementine (April 28, 1947), starring Henry Fonda; Rawhide (March 22, 1955), starring Donna…
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