Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest Host, Bob Crosby – Guest, Lum And Abner. 431111
Playlist: Substituting for brother Bing, Bob Crosby sings a wartime tune, I Yearn to Return to the One I Love on the Ground. Ukie wants to be Bobs companio n…
A & P Gypsies – First Song – It’s Just A Memory. 1933
Stand by for some rare moments in the early days of radio, with just over a half hour of the sweet, big band sound, as Harry Horlick, and his A&P…
Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest, Lucille Ball. 431007
Playlist: Bing gets patriotic in supporting the war effort by kicking off with the song, Get On The Road to Victory. Bing pitches the glories of the WAC (Women's Army…
Your Hit Parade – First Song – Why Don’t You Fall In Love With Me (#4) (AFRS). 430123
Audio is good, but could be better. Playlist Frank Sinatra sings, I Heard You Cried Last Night. ranked 4. The Hit Paraders sin, In My Arms. ranked5. Bea Wayne sings,…
German Wehrmacht Hour – Glenn Miller AAF Band. ep1, 441100
Hosted by Ilsa Weinberg, and broadcast from studios in the UK. Spoken mostly in German, Glenn Miller plays bootleg swing music that Hitler had banned to be played by German…
Andrews Sisters – Guest – Marjorie Main. ep11, 450311
Audio is on the tinny side. Amid songs that run the range from patriotic war march, to country, to jazz, or wistful Irish ballad, the Andrews sisters get ready to…
Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest, Victor Borge. 430204
Playlist: Bing sings, Me and my Gal. Trudy Irwin, girl singer, is played up to be Bing's niece in a brief comic bio. Uncle Harry Lillis (Bing) is the one…
Jubilee – CP Johnson, Johnny Mercer. 440110.
Host is Ernie Whitman. With much jubilant jive, Ernie calls on CP Johnson to play, Sherman Shuffle. The Delta Rhythm Boys respond to some mailbag requests before they sing Johnny…
Birds Eye Open House – First Song: I’ll Be Home For Christmas. 431021
Guest star is Phil Silvers. First, Dinah Shore opens with, I'll Be Home for Christmas. She anticipates the world famous, bearded actor, Monte Wooley. Instead, the studio sends Phil Silvers…
Retro OTRDiary – Voices Of Christmas Past (retro509)
Keith gets tired of the worn out Christmas carols, and goes on a search for what people listened to before animated snowmen, flying reindeer with red noses, and dreams of…