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…

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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)…

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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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Diane Schuur/Stephen Bishop – Red Cab to Manhattan

Diane Schuur’s CD, Friends for Schuur, was released in 2000(Concord Jazz CCD-4898-2). Nine of the eleven tracks featured one of Schuur’s friends either singing or playing an instrument. On Red Cab to Manhattan, Stephen Bishop adds the vocals. The lyrics to the song mention both Jimmy Stewart and It’s a Wonderful Life…

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My Rifle, My Pony and Me

This is a CD released in 1993 (Bear Family Records BCD 15625 AH) which featured one Jimmy Stewart song. Although this is not a U.S. release, it is being mentioned here because Bear Family Records, a German company, has released some of the finest compilation CD’s ever produced. The research done to produce the booklets…

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The Six Shooter: Gray Steel

Radio Spirits had issued 20 episodes of The Six Shooter in 2004 on the 10-CD set, Six Shooter – Special Edition. Finally, in 2015, they issued the remaining episodes of the show on this set (46032). The shows included were: 1) Audition Show, July 15, 1953 2) Jenny, September 20, 1953 3) The Coward, September…

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Lux Radio Theatre

This Radio Revisited 10-CD set features more than 540 programs in .mp3 format. Among the Stewart shows included are: Madame X (June 14, 1937) Made for Each Other (February 19, 1940) The Moon’s Our Home (February 10, 1941) The Philadelphia Story (July 20, 1942) Destry Rides Again (November 5, 1945) It’s a Wonderful Life (March…

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