Swing – Page 20 – Retro Radio Podcast

Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest Donald O’Connor. 440203

By Keith April 7, 2016Bing Crosby, Music

Playlist: Bing sings, San Fernando Valley. Marilyn Maxwell hears about the benefits of war bonds, then encounters Uki. It's his birthday, but will he get presents, or insults? Will there…

Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest, Dale Evans. 440120

By Keith March 29, 2016Bing Crosby

Playlist: Bing sings, What Do You Do in the Infantry. Ukie does his best to get into some close harmony with Dale Evans. Will Bing and the gang go along…

Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest, George Murphy. 440113

By Keith March 22, 2016Bing Crosby, Music

Playlist: Bing sings, San Fernando Valley. Jane frazie, Hollywood starlet joins the fun, and gets teased by Ukie. Besides the comments on her nice looks, Ukiwe is being thrown out…

Andrews Sisters – Guest – Riders of the Purple Sage. ep26, 450902

By Keith March 19, 2016Music

Audio is very good. Not a lot of drama today, just a lot of singing. Playlist The sisters sing, Everytime I Fall In Love. Kurt sings, There Must Be A…

A Quarter Century Of Swing – pt1 First Song – Peggy Lee – A Very Special Day. ep485, 640911

By Keith March 11, 2016Music

A production of the Armed Forces Radio and TV Service. Featuring some of the biggest names in swing music of the recent 25 years. Hosted by Bill Stewart. Playlist Peggy…

Bing Crosby – Kraft Music Hall – Guest Host, Bob Crosby – Guest, Lum And Abner. 431111

By Keith March 8, 2016Bing Crosby, Music

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

By Keith March 4, 2016Music

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…

Your Hit Parade – First Song – Why Don’t You Fall In Love With Me (#4) (AFRS). 430123

By Keith February 25, 2016Music, Your Hit Parade

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

By Keith February 18, 2016Music

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…

Bing Crosby – Christmas Show. 441214

By Keith December 16, 2015Bing Crosby, Music

Playlist Bing sings, Don't Fence Me In. Bing and his singers sing, Straighten Up and Fly Right. Bing sings, More and More. Eugenie Biard sings, My Heart Sings. Jerry Colonna…