One of the radio shows outlined in our book was the Community Chest – A Salute to Volunteers program broadcast on September 26, 1947. At first, all we could find on the program were several newspaper ads and articles like the ones below: Despite all the press for the program, it looked like the show…
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Ten High – 10th Anniversary Radio Salute to Continental Air Command 1948-1958
December 1958 marked the tenth anniversary of ConAC, the Continental Air Command. To commemorate the event, a special 59-minute radio program was prepared and distributed to radio stations. The show was recorded on three of the sides of two 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs and housed in a gatefold jacket. The jacket was rather plain,…
The Glenn Miller Story – Part 2
Besides the actual soundtrack recordings discussed in the first blog, there were also a number of related releases which we will discuss here. First, Decca issued an EP featuring Louis Armstrong’s two songs from the film. The sleeve even carried the now familiar photo of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. Decca ED 2126 (1954) –…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack
Tracing the recording history of The Glenn Miller Story is a very big project, one which will be spread over two blogs. In the first part, presented here, we will take a look at the actual soundtrack materials. Here is another soundtrack on which Stewart doesn’t appear vocally, but his photo does appear on all…
My Favorite Story by America’s Greatest Performers
The album was produced by William Smith, with the sound being handled by Len Engel. The “My Favorite Story” title was courtesy of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, from their song of the same title. All profits from the sale of the album were donated to The Motion Picture Relief Fund. 20th Century-Fox Records…
American Legion 50th Anniversary Radio Spots
These special public service announcements were covered in detail in our book, but photos and audio are being added here to make for a more complete listing. The album was issued to radio stations in 1969 and featured not only Stewart, but also Al Hirt, Tom Harmon, Lawrence Welk, Bing Crosby, Mel Allen, Shirley Temple…
Stewart at the Mervyn LeRoy Friar’s Club Testimonial Dinner
The album was recorded during a testimonial dinner for LeRoy held on Sunday, October 22, 1961. There is no label or label number anywhere on this release. There also are no credits, other than the comment “Special Lyrics by Sammy Cahn,” which appear on both the cover and the discs. It was a special collector’s…
The Best Years of Our Lives 1940
Here we have a relatively new item from England. The CD was released in 2012 and is widely available on the internet. Sounds of Yesteryear DSOY909 The final track on the CD is the one that would be of interest to Stewart Fans. It is a copy of his appearance in The Philadelphia Story as…
Silver Theater – First Love
When the Silver Theater premiered on radio on October 3, 1937, it was with the first of a four part show starring Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell. The sponsor, 1847 Rogers Brothers Silverware, opened the show with much publicity in the newspapers, including ads like the one below from the Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln,…
Jimmy and Gloria Stewart for the American Gas Association
At Christmas time 1959, Jimmy and his wife Gloria appeared in both print and radio ads for the American Gas Association advertising both Gold Star ranges and gas refrigerators. A second print ad featured the entire Stewart family: The print ads also showed dryers, water heaters and dish washers, but no radio spots for these…
