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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2013 : Issue 54
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: Doo Wah Diddy continued           [ Randy Watts <rew1014@[removed]; ]
  Johnny Dollar                         [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
  [removed]                     [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
  re: Doo Wah Diddy                     [ Mark Higgins <paul_frees_fan@amerit ]
  Doo Wah Diddy - The Rock And Roll Co  [ <tallpaulk@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 19-25 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:53 -0400
From: Randy Watts <rew1014@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Doo Wah Diddy continued

Many fans don't realize that the song was actually written by Andy Razaf,
and not
Phil Harris.

Andy Razaf copyrighted "That's What I Like 'bout the South" in 1934. Phil
Harris recorded it, adopted it as a theme song and eventually began claiming
he'd written it. Razaf protested, so in 1944 Harris copyrighted a slightly
altered lyric and title under his own name as "That's What I Like About the
South."

Which, frankly, doesn't speak well of Phil Harris.

Randy

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:26 -0400
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Johnny Dollar
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I've been listening to a lot of Johnny Dollar lately from the Jack Johnstone
period and in his scripts he seems to have Johnny go out of his way to praise
inter-state truckers a good deal. Anybody have a clue as to why this is?

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 23:04:34 -0400
From: PURKASZ@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  [removed]

Hey  Everybody:

Haven't been here in a  while and I'll tell you why!

I was  contacted late last year by Tom Brown of [removed]
requesting I do  some readings for his company of the great 1930's pulp
fiction
stories from the  likes of TERROR TALES, DR SATAN, CAPTAIN ZERO etc.

I  was leery at first but when I started in I not only couldn't stop I
found myself  doing character voices and having a great time.

I was also delighted at the deliciously lurid and  purple-prose writing
styles of the era and to see and hear that they still  entertain as examples
of
pure escapist and imaginative literature with some of  them even portending
our future love affair with horror movies and  fantastic worlds that could
never be except in the individual's imagination  through the magic of radio
and the spoken word!

Many  shivers in the dark too as I played a few of them  back!!!

So I'm letting all the great folks from the  FOTR years know that I am back
tho not in person but I will be whispering  chilling tales into your ears
should it amuse you.

Go  to [removed] and check the wonderful art work of these CD
packages  and then click on 'audiobooks' for my contribution of nine titles
at last  count.

Enjoy [removed]"Pleasant dreams, hmmmmm.  G'night." (Squeaking door closes).
Back to  [removed]

Michael C. Gwynne -

[ADMINISTRIVIA: I take privilage here since Michael is a good friend to both
me and my daughter, [removed] much so that he has added a touch of class to
our SummersTime program by announcing each week. Anyone who's been to any of
the conventions he frequents and heard him perform will already know how good
these audiobooks [removed] who hasn't been lucky enough to see and hear
him perform in person should go to [removed] click the
AudioBooks link, find any of the many books he's read (I'd suggest checking
out the all new Randy Stone stories in Nightbeat: Night Stories) and listen
to the audio samples provided. There is some seriously good stuff there.

Oh, and just a note; unlike most other stores which charge the same for
physical media or digital downloads, the audiobooks at RadioArchives are
heavily discounted for the download versions (thank you, Tom!), while CDs are
still available for those who wish. Click that link above and check 'em out.
--cfs3]

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:03 -0400
From: Mark Higgins <paul_frees_fan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re:  Doo Wah Diddy

    Regarding the Benny episode, I believe that it ended up being Rochester's
relatives that came from Doo Wah Diddy.  Jack has just come down hard on Phil
because he doesn't believe there is such a place (Is it a town,....is it a bag
of Vigaro?).  Afterwards, Jack is talking to Rochester, and Rochester tells
Jack
about his relatives who come from a little place called Doo Wah Diddy,
including
his uncle wirh the box back coat and button shoes.  Jack feels so bad that he
actually apologises to Phil at the end of the show.

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:31 -0400
From: <tallpaulk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Doo Wah Diddy - The Rock And Roll Connection

In 1958 Checker Records issued a track by rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley
titled Diddy Wah Diddy.  The lyrics talk about a fictional town of that name.

In 1964 the British rock and roll band Manfred Mann had a disc that went to
#1 in the USA titled Do Wah Diddy.  The lyrics have nothing to do with a town.

Paul Kattelman
Sharonville, Ohio

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Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 19:27:43 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 19-25 May

 From Those Were The Days -

5/19

1921 - The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was
broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the
Denver Auditorium.

5/20

1933 - "Charlie Chan" was heard for the final time on the NBC Blue radio
network after only six months on the air. Not to worry. Several revivals
of the Chinese detective were on the air for years later ...

5/22

1955 - Jack Benny signed off his last first run network radio broadcast
after a run of 23 years.  The show continued in repeats for several more
years.

5/23

1922 - The first debate to be heard on radio was broadcast on WJH in
Washington, DC. The two debaters argued about the topic of Daylight
Saving Time with the audience acting as the judge.

Joe

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