We have just added to our collection the sheet music for A Home in the Meadow from the film, How the West was Won. Stewart is prominent in the artwork and the list of stars. The song was sung by Doris Day in the film. She also recorded it for album and single release…
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U.S. Treasury Bond Independence Drive Show
This is a public service program to kick off the annual campaign to sell U.S. Treasury Savings Bonds. The show was carried by most major networks from 10:30-11 p.m. Eastern time. It was produced by William Wilkes and written by Charles Isaacs. Ken Carpenter was the announcer and Robert Armbruster and His Orchestra provided the…
Hollywood Sings
This CD was issued by K-tel Entertainment in the U.K. in 2003 (ECD 3843). Jimmy Stewart is featured on Easy to Love, a duet with Eleanor Powell (actually with Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals) from the film Born to Dance. Another song on the CD has ties to Stewart. Joan Crawford’s It’s All…
Mystery Voice – A Theatre Lobby Record
When the Doris Day, Rex Harrison film, Midnight Lace, was released in 1960, Universal International also issued this 7-inch, side-sided disc to movie theaters. As you can see on the label, the record was meant to be played in theater lobbies as patrons were entering and buying their snacks. In some theaters it may have…
Day After Day – Still Need a Copy?
One of the first blogs we published was about the 10-inch, 78 RPM recording of Day After Day sung by Jimmy Stewart and recorded during his days at Princeton University. This record is extremely rare and difficult to find. However, if you want to add the song to your music library, there are other sources…
Bob Hope and His Friends
The album, Bob Hope and His Friends (King of Comedy Associates KOC-1226), was released in 1979. This was a special 3-record boxed set with a 47-page booklet of photos and information. Many of the celebrities who had appeared with Hope through the years were heard on the album. Stewart, of course, appeared, as well as…
The Man Who Knew Too Much – Soundtrack Music
There was no soundtrack album for this Jimmy Stewart-Doris Day film, but Whatever Will Be, Will be (Que Sera, Sera) (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans). Day’s song from the film became a huge international hit. Her single was issued as both a 78 RPM and a 45 RPM record: The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine on…
The Glenn Miller Era
The Glenn Miller Era was an NBC Special aired on October 17, 1954 – 61 years ago today. As described in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, this 90-minute show is not available. What we know about the show comes from information found in several newspaper previews. The first of these is from the Amarillo Sunday…
