Music – Page 23 – Retro Radio Podcast

Silhouettes of five musicians playing musical instruments against a glowing orange and yellow background - possibly a jazz band performing on stage.

Command Performance – Ginger Rogers, Virginia O’Brien, Jimmy Durante. ep132, 440805

By Keith July 15, 2021Command Performance, Music

Announcer: Ken Carpenter. Ginger Rogers introduces the show, and keeps the fun coming. Virginia O'Brien picks up the greetings to the mailbag requests, then sings a swinging version of, Take…

Bing Crosby (Kraft Music Hall) Spike Jones. 441130

By Keith July 14, 2021Bing Crosby, Music

playlist Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby. (Bing Crosby) I Promise You. (Bing Crosby) The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else. (Eugenie Baird) Jeepers Creepers. (Charioteers)…

Jubilee – Ethel Waters, Johnny Mercer. ep88, 440724

By Keith July 3, 2021Jubilee, Music

Hosted by Ernie Whitman. International Sweethearts of Rhythm play, Digging Dice. At the requests of the mailbag, the Four Vees sing, I Cried For You. Ethyl Waters dedicates her song…

Jubilee – Benny Carter. ep87, 440628

By Keith June 28, 2021Jubilee, Music

Air date is possibly 440710. Host is Ernie Whitman. Benny Carter plays a jazzed up arrangement of, Sweet Georgia Brown. Ernie dips into the mailbag for requests for Deluxe Lewis…

Command Performance – Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Skinny Ennis, Phil Harris. ep72, 430626

By Keith June 26, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Fred MacMurray. Jimmy Lundsford performs, Don't Get Around Much Anymore. MSgt Skinny Ennis jokes with Fred, then sings, I Got You Under My Skin. Gene Austin sings, Blue…

Spike Jones – Jack Carson. 450624

By Keith June 24, 2021Music, Spike Jones

Hosted by Francis Langford and Spike Jones. Announcer, Ken Niles. sponsored by Chase and Sandbourne. Broadcast from Birmingham Hospital in San Fernando Valley, CA. Playlist: A Friend of Yours. Francis…

Command Performance – Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford. ep71, 430619

By Keith June 19, 2021Command Performance, Music1 Comment

Hosted by Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore. Dinah sings, I Don't Want Anybody At All. After a dip into the mail bag, Vaughn Monroe chats with the hosts, then sings,…

Jubilee – Jimmie Lunceford, Nat King Cole. ep85, 440613

By Keith June 13, 2021Jubilee, Music

Note: The correct original air date may be 440626. Host is Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman. Special guest is Carmen Miranda. Ernie lays down the jive as he introduces Jimmy Lunceford, who…

Command Performance – Bob Crosby, Jimmy Wakely, Count Basie. ep70, 430612

By Keith June 12, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Bob Crosby. Whith backup by the Charioteers, he sings, Whats the Good Word Mr. Bluebird. Bob dips into the mail bag. Count Basey plays, March of the Gremlins.…

Command Performance – Betty Hutton, Amos And Andy. ep69, 430605

By Keith June 5, 2021Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Betty Hutton. After a dip into the mail bag, she introduces Woody Herman. The band plays, Four or Five Times. In answer to the mail bag, sounds that…