For the final program of the 1953-1954 radio season, broadcast on June 20, 1954, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and their special guest Nelson Eddy, provided listeners with a “clip show.” Recorded sections from many past programs were used to piece together the show. This preview from the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, NE, outlines…
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Great Comedy Radio Hits
The History of Radio – Great Comedy Radio Hits, is an eight cassette boxed set issued in 2001 by Topics Entertainment (CA-046). Only one Stewart show was included in the set that being the final show of the 16th season of The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, broadcast on June 20, 1954. This was…
Born to Dance – Other Contemporary Artists
Although no soundtrack album was issued at the time of the film’s release, there were many 10-inch, 78 rpm, singles issued. Five of the film’s songs were released, including Easy to Love, Hey Babe Hey, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Rap Tap on Wood and Swingin’ the Jinx Away.Most of the music included here…
Born to Dance – The Soundtrack
Although no soundtrack album was issued at the time of the movie (1936), several 78 RPM singles were issued by the stars who sang the songs in the film. The most successful of the three singles released was Frances Langford’s Easy to Love/Swinin’ the Jinx Away (Decca 940). Both sides were recorded with the Jimmy…
The Six Shooter – When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit
As the second act begins, John Wald announces that the show’s title is When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit. The show is also sometimes listed under the names Shades of Cinderella or Western Cinderella. A short preview of the show was printed in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the day of the broadcast. Also…
Bing Crosby and Friends
HRB Music Co. Inc. 8CP 1001 This 4-record boxed set is of dubious legality. It appears to be a pirate copy of the Murray Hill set, The Murray Hill Radio Theatre Presents Bing Crosby and Friends. The plain white box has the title on the front. The back is blank. There are no liner notes…
Dinah Shore Show – An Update
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart appeared on the Dinah Shore Show on June 15, 1953. At that point in time, this was a 15-minute daily show heard at 7 p.m. on the west coast. Unfortunately, no copy of the show seems to have survived. However, here are a few items not…
Madame X – Lux Radio Theatre
Lux Radio Theatre had already been a top CBS radio program for two years when Jimmy Stewart made the first of his thirteen appearances on June 14, 1937. What follows is an update of that first appearance in the play, Madame X. Jimmy’s co-stars were Ann Harding and Conrad Tearle. During this time period, Cecil…
The Big Sound – Baseball Coverage Promo
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, The Big Sound included a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM records which radio stations could use to help promote their programs and specialties. By using this service, a station would have access to top movie and TV actors and sports figures that they normally would not…
Bend of the River – Open-Ended Interview
Bend of the River, starring Stewart, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson and Arthur Kennedy, was released in the United States in February of 1952. As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Universal-International issued a special 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3 RPM record on red vinyl to help promote the film. It was pressed on red vinyl…
