On their 2001 album, Last Night in Town (Ferret Music F27), The Buffalo, New York, group, Everytime I Die, featured the song Here’s Lookin’ at You. The song is about the film industry and not only mentions Jimmy Stewart, but also James Dean and Sinatra in its lyrics. Band members included Jordan Buckley (guitar), Keith…
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James Stewart – The Ultimate Collection of His Radio Work (#4)
This is one of four identically titled sets of Mr. Stewart’s radio shows issued by Radiorevisited.com. Fifteen programs are included in the 9-CD set. Here’s the Jack Benny program as a sample from this set. Part 1: Parts 2: …
This is Jimmy Stewart…Please Leave a Message After the Tone
No, Jimmy Stewart did not make a phone answering machine outgoing message! But, Rich Little did and he could sound as much like Stewart as anyone. Little’s cassette tape with ten different messages was issued by Radio Shack (43-419). Actually, Stewart’s impersonation was heard twice on the tape. The first time was at the beginning…
The Six Shooter Rides Again
The Six Shooter Rides Again is a set of two cassettes released in England (Hodder Headline Audio HH541). This was the second set of The Six Shooter which the company had released. All four sides of the cassettes were identical, except for being numbered one through four. As you can see, no titles were listed…
Boy Scouts of America Celebrity Endorsements #2
This is a 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM record (CB557A/CB557B) featuring 14 celebrity announcements for the Boy Scouts. It was produced by The Boy Scouts of America, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Except for one track, it is the same as the disc produced for the North Brunswick, New Jersey scouting area (see blog posted on…
Firecreek – Radio Spots
The film Firecreek starring Stewart and Henry Fonda was released in January of 1968. Warner Brothers-Seven Arts issued a special 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record (WBSA-4890) with five spots to help promote the film on radio. Stewart’s voice is not heard on any of the five tracks. Here are the two 60-second spots: There also…
Super Furry Animals – Shoot Doris Day
On their 2002 album, Rings Around the World (XL Recordings BXL 026CD), the Super Furry Animals had a song titled Shoot Doris Day. The song has this line, presumably inspired by the film The Man Who Knew Too Much, “Sentimentality pause as Jimmy Stewart ignores her question. The song title, by the way, refers to…
The Roosevelt Years: 1939
The is part of a series of shows on President Roosevelt which were produced and narrated by John Salisbury and broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR, in 1973. This particular show features soundbites from many celebrities, including: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, the Andrews Sisters, Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh,…
Bill of Rights Program
A special set of six 12-inch, 78 RPM records of the December 15, 1941, broadcast of We Hold These Truths was prepared for each of the participants in the program. The sets were made by Studio & Artists Recorders of Hollywood, CA. The records were housed in a six sleeve album stamped with the name…
Christmas Seal Campaign 1959
We can now add another Christmas Seal Campaign to the list of those on which Mr. Stewart’s message can be heard – 1959. As with the ones for 1958, 1961-1964, this was issued on a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc pressed by RCA Custom Records (KM8R-0585): Those celebrities appearing on the other side of the…
