For its 1957 Cancer Crusade, the American Cancer Society issued a 16-inch disc (101845A/191845B) featuring messages from many celebrities, including two from Mr. Stewart. On the A-side, Stewart’s message ran about 57-seconds. It is introduced by an unnamed announcer, who also closes the message. The B-side messages are much shorter and feature four celebrities each…
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Jimmy Stewart for the United Jewish Appeal
Jimmy Stewart recorded a 60-seond spot for the 1960 United Jewish Appeal. His, and messages by Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Robert Ryan and Cornel Wilde, were issued to radio stations on a 7-inch, 45 RPM record. While a copy of the original record has thus far eluded us, we do have a copy…
Day After Day – Still Need a Copy?
One of the first blogs we published was about the 10-inch, 78 RPM recording of Day After Day sung by Jimmy Stewart and recorded during his days at Princeton University. This record is extremely rare and difficult to find. However, if you want to add the song to your music library, there are other sources…
Did You Know These Stars Also Sang?
This 2-CD set was issued in the U.K. in 2007 (Jasmine JASCD 147). Jimmy Stewart appears three times on this release. On the first CD, he’s heard singing When Johnny Toots His Horn, from the film Pot O’ Gold. Immediately before his track, Paulette Goddard is heard singing Pete the Piper, from the same film…
