This 8-CD set was issued by Radio Revisited (75CD8). Mr. Stewart is misidentified as one of the stars of the February 1st episode of Lux Radio Theatre. It is Gary Cooper who in fact stars with Jean Arthur in this production. Stewart does appear in the November 30th Good News of 1938 as advertised…
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Aimee Mann – Mr. Harris
Mr. Harris is a track from Mann’s 1993 album, Whatever (Imago 72787-21017-2). According to the song’s lyrics, Mr. Harris looked like “Jimmy Stewart in his younger days.” Appearing with Mann on the song are Randy Brion (euphonium), Mike Breaux (oboe), Jon Brion (piano) and The Sid Sharp Strings. The song was arranged and conducted by…
Christmas on the Radio Volume 2
This is an 8-CD set issued by The Nostalgia Merchant in 2005. Only one Jimmy Stewart program is included in the set, that coming as the second show on disc 7 – Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol, originally broadcast on The Six Shooter series on December 20, 1953. Part 1: Part 2:…
Holiday Radio Theater Collection Volume 1
This 5-CD set was issued in 2016 by YourRadioShows.com. One of the shows included in the set was the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life which had first aired on March 10, 1947. Co-starring with Stewart was Donna Reed. Also included on the set was the December 22, 1947, Lux production of…
Old Time Radio Christmas
This is a 12-CD set released by Radiorevisited.com (21CD12). The Screen Directors’ Playhouse version of It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart, is included. Frank Capra, the film’s director, also makes an appearance on the program. The show was originally broadcast on May 8, 1949. …
Old Time Radio Westerns, The Smithsonian Collection
This set from Radio Spirits was issued both in cassette and CD formats. The one Stewart show on the set is found on cassette/CD 3: The back of the cassette insert card has a short preview of each show: Anna Nordquist had originally been broadcast on May 6, 1954. If you haven’t listened to it…
Peter White – I Can’t Wait for Christmas
The album Peter White Christmas with Rick Braun and Mindi Abair (ARTizen Music Group ARZ 710019) was released in 2007. One of the songs on the album, I Can’t Wait for Christmas, mentions Jimmy Stewart in the lyrics. The members of the band included Peter White (acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, lead vocals), Rick Braun…
Umphrey’s McGee
At each of their concerts, Umphrey’s McGee plays an improvisation song or two which they have named Jimmy Stewart. They took the name from a meeting room at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel which was named after the Indiana, PA actor. Many different versions of this improvisation are available. None really has anything, other than its…
Hollywood Guys & Dolls Volume One
The 22-track CD was issued in 1994 (Parrot Records (PARCD005). Track #10, Mississippi Mud, is from Jimmy’s appearance on the Bing Crosby radio show of March 19, 1952. He performs the song with Bing and Fran Warren. There is also about two minutes of dialogue from the show included before the song. There also was…
Listener’s Choice
Listener’s Choice was issued in 2004 on cassette and CD by Radio Spirits (30222). The set features three CDs, each with two half-hour shows. Included are Dragnet, Escape, The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Richard Diamond Private Detective and Suspense. The Suspense show is Mission Completed, which starred Stewart and was originally broadcast on December 1, 1949…
