Here’s another song about Jimmy Stewart. Gorman’s Jimmy Stewart’s Gone is from the album Contempt which was issued in 2002 by Hugeness Records. In the lyrics, Gorman compares the death of Jimmy Stewart to his girlfriend’s leaving him…
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Cheyenne Autumn – Radio Spots
When the John Ford directed film, Cheyenne Autumn, was released in 1964, a 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3/ RPM disc of radio spots was also issued by Warner Brothers (WB-678). A total of ten spots of varying lengths were included on the disc. Mr. Stewart’s voice is not heard on any of the spots, but he…
Stars in the Air
When Screen Guild Theater left the air at the end of May, 1951, there was no other program to take up its cause of supporting the Motion Picture Relief Fund. This was soon remedied. On December 13, 1951, Stars in the Air premiered on CBS and the relief fund had a new champion. The premiere…
Sloh knows Jimmy Stewart is a Swell Guy – Do You?
Sloh’s music is best categorized as electronic. Over an instrument base, Sloh has layered some of Stewart’s dialogue from the films, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Shop Around the Corner and The Philadelphia Story into the song, Jimmy Stewart is a Swell Guy. …
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…
Vivacious Lady – Soundtrack
When the Jimmy Stewart-Ginger Rogers film, Vivacious Lady, was released in 1938. This full page ad for the film appeared in the Motion Picture Daily on May 2nd of that year. There were no official soundtrack recordings released. In the film, Ginger Rogers had sung the song You’ll Be Reminded of Me (George Jessel/Jack Meskill/Ted…
Hi Jinx (April 6, 1948)
We have thus far been unable to confirmed Stewart’s appearance on this day’s program. In his book, James Stewart A Bio-Bibliography, Gerard Molyneaux says that Jimmy was a guest this day and talked with Jinx Falkenburg about the role of reservists in our national defense. He also states that this was a special Army Day…
Six Shooter – Special Edition
In 2004, Radio Spirits issued a set of twenty The Six Shooter programs on both cassettes (48074) and CDs (48072). Included on the set were: 1) Rink Larkin, October 18, 1953 2) Ben Scofield, November 1, 1953 3) The Capture of Stacy Gault, November 8, 1953 4) Helen Bricker, January 24, 1954 5) Trail to…
Amos ‘n’ Andy Music Hall – September 26, 1958
This was Stewart’s second appearance on the program, the first coming four years before on September 20, 1954. This show was based on the Amos ‘n’ Andy characters, but was not much like the original show, as described in this article from the Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, IL: Like Jimmy’s first appearance, this show is also…
The Larry King Show
Jimmy Stewart made an appearance on The Larry King Show on Mutual Radio on the overnight of December 5-6, 1989. The program aired from 11 p.m. on the 5th until 4 a.m. on the 6th. Exactly when Stewart appeared during that time frame is not known. This listing is from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette dated December…