Episodes
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Light Up and Listen Club - Pgm 328
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Now the last program I have in the Canadian musical series, “Light Up and Listen”, sponsored by Sweet Caporal cigarettes.
Program 328 in the series features selections by the Jesters. The first song is “Sierra Sue”. Organist John Gart speeds through an upbeat number called “Swamp Fire”.
Our program was transferred from an original RCA Orthacoustic vinyl transcription, matrix number MS 01234.
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Alec Morison, Your Magic Minstrel - Audition
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Following up on a post from last week, here’s another attempt by vocalist Alec Morison at an audition program.
Alec keeps it simple in this audition, accompanying himself on guitar. The first song is “Guadalajara”.
I’ve done quite a bit of Googling and still can’t come up with anything on our featured performer. Perhaps he was one of many nightclub acts that tried to break into radio and was just never able to get there. The show was put together by Advertising Business Associates - I found them in the 1949 edition of the “Broadcasting Yearbook” with an address of 6912 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood.
Our show was transferred from an original one-sided lacquer from Universal Recorders in Hollywood.
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Your Navy Show - Pgm 2
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Now some more swinging big band sounds from “Your Navy Show” featuring Ray Anthony and His Orchestra with announcer Don Wilson.
Ray Anthony starts off the show with “Dancing on the Ceiling”. The program also features vocals from Tommy Mercer and Marcy Miller.
The show was digitized direct from an original 16” vinyl Navy Reserve transcription.
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Manhattan Nocturne - Audition
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
You can’t get much more obscure than this. It’s a fifteen minute audition program for a series called “Your Manhattan Nocturne” featuring vocalist Alec Morrison and harpist Robert Maxwell. Morrison starts off the show with “Maybe You’ll Be There”. Maxwell does a jazzy rendition of “Sweet Sue” after the fake commercial break. The theme is “Autumn in New York”.
I can’t really find anything on Alec Morrison, but Robert Maxwell was much better known as a composer of “Ebb Tide”, “Shangri-La”, and the tune “Solfeggio”, famously used by Ernie Kovacs.
Our show was transferred from an original one-sided Presto 16” lacquer produced by William R. Morison, 7121 Hillside Avenue, Hollywood.
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Your Navy Show - Pgm 1
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Here’s a syndicated public service show that I think is new to the blog. “Your Navy Show” featuring Ray Anthony and His Orchestra with announcer Don Wilson on a break from the “Jack Benny Show”.
There’s some nice hi-fi sound on the show as Ray Anthony kicks off the proceedings with “I Get a Kick Out of You”. The program also features vocals from Tommy Mercer and the Skyliners.
The show was digitized direct from an original 16” vinyl Navy Reserve transcription.
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Jack Smith Show - June 27, 1949
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Now, let’s take a listen to a seldom heard vocalist, “Smilin’ Jack Smith, originally heard June 27, 1949 on the CBS radio network. In this post we have “The Jack Smith Show” as it was distributed to Armed Forces Radio Service stations as program 384 in the series.
The show starts out with Jack singing “Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing”. Also heard on the program are Martha Tilton and Frank De Vol and His Orchestra.
The program was digitized direct from an original 16” vinyl Armed Forces Radio Service transcription; the date is from the disc matrix.
And deepest thanks to blog listener William Harris for his donation of the disc to the collection!
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Supper Club - March 8, 1945
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Perry Como sings for us again on “The Chesterfield Supper Club”, originally heard on NBC on March 8, 1945. This is the Armed Forces Radio Service version of the program where it was number 46 in the series. Perry starts off the show with “I’m So Lucky to Be Me”.
The show was transferred direct from an original 16” vinyl Armed Forces Radio Service transcription.
Again, our thanks to blog listener William Harris for his donation of the disc to the collection!
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Your Navy Show - Pgm 1
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Here’s a syndicated public service show that I think is new to the blog. “Your Navy Show” featuring Ray Anthony and His Orchestra with announcer Don Wilson on a break from the “Jack Benny Show”.
There’s some nice hi-fi sound on the show as Ray Anthony kicks off the proceedings with “I Get a Kick Out of You”. The program also features vocals from Tommy Mercer and the Skyliners.
The show was digitized direct from an original 16” vinyl Navy Reserve transcription.
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Jack Smith Show - June 27, 1949
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Now, let’s take a listen to a seldom heard vocalist, “Smilin’ Jack Smith, originally heard June 27, 1949 on the CBS radio network. In this post we have “The Jack Smith Show” as it was distributed to Armed Forces Radio Service stations as program 384 in the series.
The show starts out with Jack singing “Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing”. Also heard on the program are Martha Tilton and Frank De Vol and His Orchestra.
The program was digitized direct from an original 16” vinyl Armed Forces Radio Service transcription; the date is from the disc matrix.
And deepest thanks to blog listener William Harris for his donation of the disc to the collection!
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Chesterfield Supper Club - March 8, 1945
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Perry Como sings for us again on “The Chesterfield Supper Club”, originally heard on NBC on March 8, 1945. This is the Armed Forces Radio Service version of the program where it was number 46 in the series. Perry starts off the show with “I’m So Lucky to Be Me”.
The show was transferred direct from an original 16” vinyl Armed Forces Radio Service transcription.
Again, our thanks to blog listener William Harris for his donation of the disc to the collection!