June 20, 2008
Manhattan Merry Go Round - AFRS Pgm 47
“Manhattan Merry-Go-Round” was a program similar to “Your Hit Parade”, highlighting popular music based on record and sheet music sales. The format of the show was unusual, taking the listener to different popular New York night spots and Broadway shows to see what songs were being performed there. The show was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, best known for their daytime dramas such as “Ma Perkins”, “Just Plain Bill” and “Backstage Wife”.
This episode, originally broadcast in 1947 and number 47 in the series when it was distributed on AFRS, features “I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean” from “Brigadoon”, “Bless You for Being an Angel”, “Zip a Dee Doo Dah” and many other popular songs of the day.
Apologies for the scratchy sound of the transfer. Unfortunately, many AFRS pressings, particularly during the war period, weren’t the best in the world and suffer from a shower of pops and ticks like this.
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