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Bing Crosby (Woodbury Show) First Song – Old Faithful. ep59, 350319

By Keith July 2, 2019Bing Crosby, Music

Ken Carpenter, Bing Crosby, Marian Nancy, Georgie Stoehl Orchestra. Old Faithful (opening line only). Blame It On My Youth (Bing). Japanese Sandman (Georgie Stoehl and his Orchestra). Things Might Have…

Command Performance – Christmas 1943. 431225.

By Keith December 25, 2018Command Performance, Music

A super colossal show filled with stars. Bob Hope is the main host to kick things off. He jokes about Bing, Frank sinatra, Christmas, and military life. Kay Kaiser performs,…

Retro Christmas 2018. (retro647)

By Keith December 14, 2018Music, Retro Original

A random selection of songs pulled mostly from old time radio shows, but some may be from other podcasters. Songs gleaned to use in the podcast that were collected about…

Retro OTRDiary 39 Veterans Day Special, with GI Jive and Command Performance. (retro640)

By Keith November 6, 2018Command Performance, Music, Retro Original

In this installment of the Retro Radio Diary, Keith announces what will follow in the episode, and with a nod to fans of Lum and Abner, we get the show…

Jubilee – Erskine Hawkins, Nat King Cole. ep45, 430920

By Keith September 20, 2018Jubilee, Music

Host Ernie Whitman introduces Erskine Hawkins, who kicks off the show with , the Bicycle Bounce. Leo 'Scatman' Watson sings, or make that scats, a tune, hence his name. I'm…

Jubilee – Ernie Morris, Jimmy Jordan. ep41, 430831

By Keith August 23, 2018Jubilee, Music

Hosted by Ernie Whitman. Playlist: The Lewis Jordan orchestra sings, Five Guys Named Moe. Duke of Irons, calipso singer sings, A Woman Uglier Than You. Ernie reads from the mail…

Sunday Down South – Songs of Tommy Dorsey – Marie. 540425

By Keith August 27, 2017Music

Featuring Buddy Hall. Delores Watson. Anita Kerr Singers. Playlist: Marie. Be Careful It's My Heart (Delores Watson). Crest of the Moon (Anita Kerr Singers). Marie (Instrumental). Cathedral in the Pines…

15 Minutes With Crosby – First Song – Just One More Chance. ep1, 310902

By Keith August 3, 2017Bing Crosby, Music

A delay for everyone's favorite baritone in coming to the radio is due to recovering from laryngitis, but today, Bing takes to the airwaves in his brand new radio showcase.…

Alan Freed’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party – Big Maybelle, Jimmy Cabello and the House Rockers, the Moonglows. ep22, 1956

By Keith August 2, 2017Music

Playlist: Sam the Man Taylor, Push It. Jimmy Cabello and the House Rockers, Rock Everybody. The Groovy Thing. Big Maybelle, Ring Ding Dilly. Candy. (A blues cover of the old…

Retro OTRDiary 30 Top Hits of 1944

By Keith July 29, 2017Music, Retro Original

The Retrobots help out as Keith counts down the hits of 1944. We were able to locate almost all of these except one, so our first song is an honorable…