For his 2013 Christmas EP, Re Gift, Cummins wrote a song which tells the story of It’s a Wonderful Life. And it shares the film’s title. The song can also be purchased alone and has a special sleeve designed for those who do. The song’s lyrics contain many references to the Stewart film. Listen closely…
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Rose Marie – Soundtrack CD
In 2016, Vintage Music, a Spanish company, issued 100 film soundtracks on CD. One of those, The Glenn Miller Story, was the subject of an earlier blog. Soundtrack number 081 in the series is for the film Rose Marie, in which Jimmy Stewart was featured. The CD was issued in a cardboard holder, made to…
Louella Parsons – Newly Discovered Show Featuring Jimmy Stewart
It is still amazing to us that after more than 10 years of almost constant research, new radio shows continue to turn up. Recently we came across this listing in the Quad-City Times, Davenport, IA. It was dated February 18, 1951, so we searched other newspapers printed on that date. The Louella Parsons Show was…
Robert Taylor on the Air
The final disc in this 6-CD Robert Taylor set features the Good News of 1938 program broadcast on February 10, 1938 (not 1948 as the CD label states). Taylor was the host of that evening’s show and Jimmy Stewart was a guest. Stewart was there with John Carradine, both of whom were starring in a…
Jimmy Stewart Chosen Among Top-10 Radio Actors
In the 1941 listener poll sponsored by Movie & Radio Guide, Stewart was listed the ninth favorite radio actor. The following story about the poll appeared in the April 21, 1941, edition of Broadcasting magazine. Here’s the list of favorite actors. Most of the names on the list should be familiar to fans of old-time…
AJB4
AJB4 is a Christian rap/hip-hop artist from Chattanooga, TN. In 2011, he issued an album titled It’s a Wonderful Life through the online music site, bandcamp.com. The album jacket has several photos of Jimmy Stewart from the film of the same title. The album begins with the “Intro” version of the song. Besides repeating “It’s…
Hallmark Hall of Fame
NOTE: This program was originally posted on November 21, 2015, but in researching a new post, it couldn’t be found. Somehow it has disappeared from the site. So, if it looks familiar to some of you, it’s because you’ve seen it before. For others, it will be brand new. Stewart appeared on just one program…
Such Marvelous Monsters Demo
As the title implies, this was an album of demos by the group Such Marvelous Monsters and released in 2016. One of those demos was a song called Jimmy Stewart. The group members are: Brent Smith, Shane Smith, Brian “Frankie” Stone and Stephanie Wylie. In one of the song’s verses, the singer wished he could…
The Glenn Miller Story (Soundtrack – Belgium)
It seems like just about every country in the world had its own release of The Glenn Miller Story soundtrack. Not to be left out, here’s a look at the one from Belgium. The cover shows Jimmy with Louis Armstrong…
The Glenn Miller Story (Soundtrack – South Africa)
A 10-inch album of the soundtrack for The Glenn Miller Story was released in South Africa (His Master’s Voice JDLP 1024). It was very similar to the British release but didn’t have the Louis Armstrong songs included…
