When Bandolero was released in 1968, 20th Century-Fox also issued a 7-inch, 45 RPM disc featuring two different radio spots for the film. The four stars of the film – Jimmy Stewart, Dean Martin, George Kennedy and Raquel Welch – are mentioned in both spots; however, none of their voices appear on the recordings. 60-second…
Jimmy Stewart Made You Believe in Angels
Here’s an area of Stewart’s radio and recording career that we have not mentioned until now. Stewart, as a pop culture icon, has been mentioned in the lyrics of several songs. The first one that we’re going to have a look at is titled Jimmy Stewart. It was written by Annie Johnson and recorded by…
Anatomy of a Murder – Radio Spots
When the film, Anatomy of a Murder, was released in July of 1959, a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with 10 radio spots for the film was also issued. With Stewart in the film were Lee Remick, Ben Gazarra, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden and Kathryn Grant. Four of the 10 spots featured vocal clips of…
American Legion – Reach Out, The Future is in Your Hands
This blog entry will update an entry from Jimmy Stewart on the Air by adding photos and audio. Reach Out the Future is in Your Hands was Stewart’s second effort for the American Legion, following the previous years’ 50th Anniversary spots. This 1970 recording (AAVP#27185/AAVP#27186) was issued on a 12-inch 33 1/3 RPM disc: Stewart…
American Cancer Society – 1957 Cancer Crusade
For its 1957 Cancer Crusade, the American Cancer Society issued a 16-inch disc (101845A/191845B) featuring messages from many celebrities, including two from Mr. Stewart. On the A-side, Stewart’s message ran about 57-seconds. It is introduced by an unnamed announcer, who also closes the message. The B-side messages are much shorter and feature four celebrities each…
The Six Shooter – Silver Threads
Broadcast on June 3, 1954, the title of this show is also sometimes given as Silver Threads Among the Gold or Song and Supper. As you know if you’ve been listening to the previous episodes, The Six Shooter was also being broadcast by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) to our troops overseas. So, for…
Jimmy Stewart for 4-H Clubs
When we began documenting and collecting Jimmy Stewart radio shows, we knew that there was going to be information missed and shows that were not going to be available. We learned to live with that and occasionally found some of these missing gems to add to the collection. What is harder to take are those…
Voice of the Army – The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman was part of the Voice of the Army series and was broadcast in 1949. Only one newspaper reference to the show has been uncovered. It appeared in the Times-Herald, Olean, NY, on June 1, 1949. The 15-minute program, #448 in the series, was issued to radio stations on a 16-inch transcription disc…
Tony Weitzel Interview
Jimmy Stewart was interviewed by Tony Weitzel on radio station WBBM-AM, Racine, WI, on June 1, 1960. The interview is not available and the broadcast is known from a single listing in the Racine Journal-Times on the day of the broadcast…
Lux Radio Theatre Presents Western Drama
This 8-CD set was issued by Radiorevisited.com (74CD8). Destry Rides Again, starring Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, was included in the set. The show had originally been broadcast on November 5, 1945…
