On Our Merry Way, starring Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, Victor Moore and Burgess Meredith, was released in June of 1948. No soundtrack album was issued, but there were several recordings of songs from the film issued. The first single, Queen of the Hollywood Islands (Frank Loesser) by Dorothy Lamour, was…
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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…
Good News of 1938 (Cassette)
This single cassette was issued by Radio Spirits (#2218) in 1998. The broadcast of December 23, 1937, is the only show on the tape…
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…
Christmas is Interesting
This song first appeared on the 2012 CD, One Christmas at a Time, privately issued by the artists, Jonathan Coulter and John Roderick. The song’s lyrics mention Jimmy Stewart, It’s a Wonderful Life and several facts from the film…
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…
Good News of 1938 (December 16, 1937)
Stewart made his third appearance as the emcee of Good News of 1938, on December 16, 1937. According to his contract, Jimmy was to be paid a bonus of $1500 by M-G-M for his contribution to the show. In its December 15th edition, Film Daily mentioned the upcoming show: This preview is from the Amarillo…
