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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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…
Shirley Thomas Hollywood #2
Thomas was a Hollywood reporter for NBC Radio and had her own weekly radio show for many years. In Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we reported that Jimmy made an appearance on this show on February 13, 1954. Further research has shown us that this date was incorrect. The actual date was February 14, 1954…
AMC Movies to Go – The Stratton Story
This single cassette version of the Lux Radio Theatre’s production of The Stratton Story, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, was issued in 1999 (AMC 6030). The show was originally broadcast on February 13, 1950. Besides the entire show, the tape also includes commentary from AMC’s Jeffrey Lyons, who talks about both Stewart and Allyson’s…
Holiday Radio Theater Collection Volume 1
This 5-CD set was issued in 2016 by YourRadioShows.com. One of the shows included in the set was the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life which had first aired on March 10, 1947. Co-starring with Stewart was Donna Reed. Also included on the set was the December 22, 1947, Lux production of…
World’s Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows #287
In 2005, Radio Spirits began issuing a series of CD’s under this blanket title. Jimmy Stewart appeared on several of these discs. Disc #287 was the Lux Radio Theatre version of The Stratton Story, which had first been broadcast on February 13, 1950. Jimmy’s co-star on the show was June Allyson. It is her photo…
June Allyson – The Vintage Radio Shows
This digital only set was issued for downloading and streaming in 2010 by Master Classics Records. The first track in the set was the Lux Radio Theatre version of The Stratton Story which starred Allyson and Stewart. It was originally broadcast on February 13, 1950. The show has been edited for this release and runs…
The Glenn Miller Story – Open-End Interview
The Glenn Miller Story, starring Stewart and June Allyson, went into general release in the U.S. on December 10, 1953. At the same time, Universal-International issued a special interview disc to help promote the film. The record was released in two different formats – a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM red vinyl disc and a 7-inch,…
1960 Cancer Crusade
We listed the 1960 American Cancer Society Cancer Crusade disc in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but could add no further information about it because the disc was not available to us at that time. Since then, we have been able to locate a copy of the original 16-inch transcription disc and add it to…
A Tribute to Glenn Miller
As discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jack Cullen had a show on CKNW, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, called Sunday Special. The show was 90-minutes in length. On one Sunday in 1971, he dedicated the entire program to Glenn Miller. He played lots of Miller music and talked with people who had been involved…
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