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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2017 : Issue 55
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Bob Bailey in the news [ John Abbott <mraastro@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:51:58 -0400
From: John Abbott <mraastro@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Bob Bailey in the news
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An article on the BBC website today commented on a post-war government film
that is going viral after the events in Charlottesville. I just took a quick
look at it, and low and behold, one of the major players is none other than
Bob Bailey!
The film is available on the Internet Archive site [removed], and is called
"Don't be a sucker".
John Abbott
Author of the Who is Johnny Dollar trilogy
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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:49:29 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
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may listen to high-quality broadcasts with John and Larry Gassman's
"Same Time Station," Duane Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John
and Steve's "Glowing Dial" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
*Elaine & I celebrated our 59th Wedding Anniversary this week*
So all shows have a Wedding Anniversary theme.
THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW
Episode 7 11-11-48 "George and Gracie celebrate their 15th wedding
anniversary"
Stars: George Burns And Gracie Allen
Announcer: Bill Goodwin
NBC Maxwell House Coffee Thursdays 8:30 - 9:00pm
FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY
Episode 481 5-28-46 "Will Fibber Remember Their Wedding Anniversary"
Stars: Jim and Marion Jordan Announcer: Harlow Wilcox NBC Johnson's Wax
ON STAGE
Episode 17 4-30-53 "Happy Wedding Anniversary"
Stars: Cathy Lewis And Elliot Lewis
Announcer: George Walsh
Produced And Directed By: Elliot Lewis
Music By: Fred Steiner, Lud Gluskin And Ray Noble
CBS Sustained
THE LIFE OF RILEY
Episode 152 4-12-47 "Real Life Soap Opera, `Marriage Can Be Beautiful'"
Stars: William Bendix
NBC Dreft
=================================SAME TIME, SAME STATION:
This week we begin looking back at the career of Woody Herman. It should
take about 10 monthly visits.
SMILIN ED'S BUSTER BROWN GANG
10/14/1944 (xx) Billy Stanley.
THE CHARLIE MCCARTHY SHOW
05/26/1946 Ep407 Guests-Verna Felton, June Foray.
CAVALCADE OF AMERICA
09/09/1946 (488) Danger - Women at Work.
SUSPENSE
11/09/1958 Two For The Road. William Conrad, Charles Mcgraw, June Foray.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 266
TWO BIG BAND VINCENTS & ONE JIMMIE & ONE TOMMY
This episode of Classics & Curios features two Vincents. Only one is
real: Vincent Lopez. The other one is actually Ted Fio Rito with the
pseudonym Vincent Valsanti. Due to an existing recording contract,
Transco was not allowed to use Fio Rito's name in association with their
pre-recorded "Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors" radio series, so he and some
of his featured vocalists were given pseudonyms. Thus, Fio Rito (born
Theodore Salvatore Fiorito) is referred to as Vincent Valsanti, Muzzy
Marcellino (Fio Rito's guitarist and primary vocalist) sings as Jack
Howard, and Howard Phillips sings under the name of Bill Thomas.
Vincent Lopez, appearing on the Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands on
March 3, 1945, was cited by Ripley as having hand speed on the piano of
2200 notes per minute by playing the melody with his left hand and the
harmony with his right. On this Spotlight Bands program he illustrates
his dexterity on "Tico, Tico," and the band plays tunes like "Till the
End of Time, while Gerry Larsen performs "It's Gotta Be This or That."
Vincent Lopez began his radio programs by announcing "Lopez speaking!"
and his theme song was "Nola," Felix Arndt's novelty ragtime piece of
1915. Noted musicians who played at various times in his band included
Artie Shaw, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Mike Mosiello,
Fred Lowery, and Glenn Miller. He also featured singers Keller Sisters
and Lynch, Betty Hutton, and Marion Hutton.
Lopez's flamboyant style of piano playing influenced such later
musicians as Eddy Duchin and Liberace. He became one of America's most
popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s.
Ted Fio Rito, the other "Vincent," before coming to the Cocoanut Grove
in mid-1933, had spent a number of years touring the East Coast and
Midwest. An early radio enthusiast, Fio Rito's band was frequently heard
on the air from various nightspots - preparing him well for his regular
broadcasts from the Grove.
Musically, the orchestra that Fio Rito brought to the Grove was sweet,
smooth and clever, playing highly danceable music accented with temple
blocks, rapid triplets, and even an occasional solo by Ted on the
Hammond organ .
On this show from the early 1930's, Fio Rito's band performs "Have a
Little Dream on Me" with Bill Thomas (Howard Phillips), the instrumental
"Sweet Lorraine," "Love Is Just Around the Corner" with Jack Howard
(Muzzy Marcelino) , and "You're a Builder Upper." (See Wikipedia online.)
Next Jimmie Lunceford takes the Spotlight with four tunes entertaining
the soldiers in Jefferson Barracks in LeMay, Missouri on November 23,
1945. Jimmie gets things moving with "Deep Rhythm" followed by "What to
Do." While Jimmie's Spotlight dedication to the soldiers is a fine
swinging performance of "For Dancers Only," the program's pinnacle is
his extended show-stopping version of "Blues in the Night," with the
boys in the band providing the lyrics as well as outstanding
instrumental interpretations.
Finally, the great Tommy Dorsey orchestra takes the bandstand in Fort
Dix, New Jersey. Tommy demonstrates his sentimental side with "How Deep
Is the Ocean?" with Phillip Fosser on the vocal and his swingin' side
with "The Minor Goes a Muggin," but Tommy really swings with "That's
It." My personal favorite on this broadcast is Harry Warren's and Johnny
Mercer's "On the Atcheson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" with the
Sentimentalists.
Both of the fifteen-minute "Vincent" programs were broadcast on AFRS, as
were the Jimmie Lunceford and Tommy Dorsey Spotlight Band performances.
All of them are available for purchase in the vast Jerry Haendiges
Productions collection.
As I am about to celebrate my 82nd birthday this thought plays in my
heart and mind: "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know
I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to
me." - Song Lyrics by Country Singer Lee Greenwood
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Steve celebrate Stu's Birthday!
The Shadow - "The Mine Hunters"
originally aired on Sunday, August 7, 1938 on MUTUAL
Starring: Orson Welles, Margot Stevenson.
Ken Roberts announcing.
Sponsor: [removed] Goodrich
The Hallmark Playhouse - "Abe Lincoln: The Prairie Years"
originally aired on Thursday, February 3, 1949 on CBS
Starring: Gregory Peck, James Hilton hosts.
Frank Goss announcing.
Sponsor: Hallmark Cards
Hogan's Daughter - "Television"
originally aired on Tuesday, July 12, 1949 on NBC
Starring: Shirley Booth, Howard Smith, Betty Garde, Everett Sloane.
Ken Roberts announcing.
Sponsor: Phillip Morris
Mail Call - "Tribute To The State Of Maine"
originally aired on Wednesday, August 9, 1944 on AFRS
Starring: Rudy Vallee, Mary Livingstone, Gloria DeHaven, Fred Allen,
Frank Sinatra.
Don Wilson announcing.
Sustained
running time: 2 hours, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
Clicking on a series title will take you a log/episode guide for that
series.
We always try to give as complete info as we have at hand.
If you have any additions or corrections, please e-mail us.
For more Celebrity Birthdays go to Ron Sayles' Blog.
Audio restoration on some shows in this episode was done by Jerry Haendiges.
Click here for information on his Audio Restoration Services.
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