Accrington Stanley – James Stewart

In 1994, the British group Accrington Stanley released an album titled Lovebound (The Beepsounds Recording Company BEEP2C). One of the songs on the album was James Stewart. The chorus, heard several times throughout the song, features the words, “if only James Stewart were with me now he’d know what to do, he always did somehow.”…

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The Six Shooter (.mp3 set)

If you still don’t own a complete collection of Stewart’s The Six Shooter radio series, here’s a source of all the shows on a single disc. The set was issued in 2017 by Creative Commons. All shows are in the .mp3 format, but since just about every player these days will play these discs, that…

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John Steinbeck and Jimmy Stewart…A Collaboration that Might Have Been

The following article appearrd the in May 27, 1942, edition of Variety: According to the article, Steinbeck planned on gathering material about Army Air Corps bomber crews and using that material to write a book and produce film, radio and television materials. Working with him on the planning were Jimmy Stewart, Burgess Meredith and CBS…

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The Glenn Miller Story (Cassette)

The Glenn Miller Story was issued by 18 Hits (40187) as a part of their “Big Band Era” series. Except for the fact that several photos of Stewart and June Allyson, from The Glenn Miller Story film, the cassette has no connection to Stewart. All of the music was performed by the original Glenn Miller…

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This Is War!!!

This wartime series of 13 shows was the creation of Norman Corwin. As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, all programs were aired on the four major networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, MBS) on Saturdays from 7-7:30 pm. Stewart appeared on one show, Your Air Force, which was broadcast on April 4, 1942. This preview…

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Hollywood Sings

This CD was issued by K-tel Entertainment in the U.K. in 2003 (ECD 3843). Jimmy Stewart is featured on Easy to Love, a duet with Eleanor Powell (actually with Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals) from the film Born to Dance. Another song on the CD has ties to Stewart. Joan Crawford’s It’s All…

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That’s Entertainment

That’s Entertainment (MCA 2-11002), a 2-LP set issued in 1974, features one song by Jimmy Stewart and Eleanor Powell (as mentioned in other blogs, although Powell usually receives credit, the voice is actually that of Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals in the film). The song is Easy to Love and on the album…

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