Music – Page 18 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Fred Allen, Ginny Simms, Benny Goodman. ep98, 431220

By Keith July 7, 2023Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Fred Allen. He teases with the announcer about Jack Benny. He introduces Genny Sims who sends out greetings to the troops overseas before she sings, No Love. Fred…

Jubilee (AFRS) Jimmie Lunceford. ep138, 450702

By Keith July 2, 2023Jubilee, Music

Playlist: Ernie Whitman calls on Jimmy Lunceford to get the jazzy fun started with a song, Little John Tina Dixon sings, I Feel So Good Today. Jimmy and the band…

Al Jolson (Kraft Music Hall) Thanksgiving with Dorothy Lamour. 471127

By Keith June 27, 2023Al Jolson, Music

Telling about his Thanksgiving wishes, Al gets into his first song. Playlist California Here I Come. (Al Jolson) Oscar LaVant talks politics, and his wife wanting to run for office.…

Andrews Sisters – Guest – Hoagy Carmichael. ep47, 460130

By Keith June 20, 2023Andrews Sisters, Music

Audio skips just a tiny bit, but is OK. Featuring: Harlowe Wilcox. Playlist: Tropical Heatwave. (Andrews Sisters, Kirt Massey) Come to Baby Do. (Andrews Sisters) Day by Day. (Kirt Massey)…

Bing Crosby – Guest: Donald O’Connor. ep105, 520430

By Keith June 7, 2023Bing Crosby, Music

Sponsored by: Chesterfield. Also features: John Scot Trotter, and the Rythmaires. Playlist: Jokes about the Kentucky Derby, and Bing's racehorses start the show. Bing sings, Am I in Love. Bing…

Command Performance – Judy Garland, Dinah Shore. ep91, 431030

By Keith May 30, 2023Command Performance, Music

Its and all girl cast made of Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Shirley Ross, and Genny Sims. Will Ken Carpenter have to play referee in the cat fight that is bound…

Bing Crosby – Guest: Judy Garland. ep108, 520521

By Keith May 21, 2023Bing Crosby, Music

Playlist: Flowers, and Springtime plus recent awards that Bing received are topics for jokes. What was Bing's early radio career like? Bing sings, Am I in Love. Judy Garland jokes…

Songs By Sinatra – First Song – Stars In Your Eyes. ep1, 450912

By Keith May 19, 2023Frank Sinatra, Music2 Comments

Playlist: Stars In Your Eyes (Frank). I See Beyond the Blue (Martha Tilton). Arthur Q Brian, as Picalo Pete helps with the commercial. Gotta Be This or That (Pied Pipers).…

GI Jive – Tommy Dorsey, Mandy Make Up Your Mind. ep271, 1943

By Keith May 9, 2023GI Jive, Music

The jukebox of the air by and for enlisted men. Playlist: Tommy Dorsey plays, Mandy Make Up Your Mind. News item, In Allaskan waters a downed bomber is kept afloat…

German Wehrmacht Hour – Glenn Miller AEF Band – First song: Here We Go Again. ep7, 441100

By Keith May 5, 2023Glenn Miller, Music

Fighting for the melting pot of racial peace, Glenn Miller and his orchestra swing into action, blanketing the airwaves of wartime Germany with a taste of American freedom.