This 3-CD set was released by Radio Spirits (48212) and features two Lux Radio Theatre productions – It’s a Wonderful Life (March 10, 1947) with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, Miracle on 34th Street (December 22, 1947) starring Maureen O’Hara and Edmund Gwenn and The Campbell Playhouse of A Christmas Carol (December 23, 1938) starring…
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Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show – September 1, 1946
This was the first show of a new season for Bergen and McCarthy and it was heavily promoted in the newspapers. In the Lima News, Lima, OH, it grabbed the headline: It also received a nice write-up in the Decatur Sunday Herald and Review, Decatur, IL: The Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV, also included a story…
Ziegfeld Girl – Soundtrack
At the time the film was released, there was no soundtrack album. There were however several 78 RPM records of songs from the soundtrack issued.Amond the songs issued were: You Stepped Out of a Dream (Nacio Herb Brown/Gus Kahn), I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (Harry Carroll/Joseph McCarthy), Too Beautiful to Last (Marty Symes/Ruth Lowe) and Minnie…
It’s a Wonderful Life
This CD was issued in 1995 by GSC Music (18200). This is the Lux Radio Theatre presentation first broadcast on March 10, 1947…
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…
