Jack Benny’s boisterous bandleader and the former queen of the Fox musicals gave radio a sharp kick in its collective clichés with a comedy that took all the conventions of the family sitcom and turned them sideways, getting longer and louder laughs than just about any other contemporaneous program. Phil Harris a curly-haired, pearly-toothed darling of the …
Celebrate Christmas along with radio’s greatest performers, characters and programs. These timeless holiday classics include moving and mirthful comedies, wholesome dramas, and adventurous missions of mercy. Laugh along with comedians like Jack Benny and Red Skelton (in a rare previously uncirculated performance), and with funny families on Fibber McGee & Molly, The Phil Harris – Alice Faye …
The track list to this cd release is as follows : *1. [Program Announcer…Program Introduction] *2. Happy Holiday [Peggy Lee] *3. [Program Announcer…Program Note] *4. Burns & Allen Part 1 [George Burns & Gracie Allen] *5. [Program Announcer…Program Note] *6. Jingle Bells [Johnny Mercer] *7. [Program Announcer…Program Note] *8. Burns & Allen Part 2 [George Burns & Gracie …
2009 five CD set. Every generation looks to the power of music to help them deal with the stress and strife of a world in turmoil. This was never more evident than in the days of World War II. This boxset contains 101 songs that inspired everyone from average citizens to soldiers on the frontline. Featuring artists …
Red Skelton’s impressive gallery of comic characterizations didn’t need to be seen to be hilarious! Through sound alone, he brought to life a fellow from the country, an inept outlaw, a down-for-the-count boxer, a shady politician, a Brooklynese braggart…and a holy terror known as Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid. To commemorate Skelton’s centennial birthday, Radio Spirits presents …
The Big Broadcast – Jazz And Popular Music Of The 1920s And 1930s Volume 6
The sixth in Rivermont’s popular Big Broadcast series, this CD features a variety of excellent jazz, dance band, and vocal recordings of the 1920s and 1930s selected by Rich Conaty, host of the long-running vintage music radio program The Big Broadcast heard Sunday evenings on WFUV-FM in New York City. Many of these selections are making their first …
“Had my body been the vehicle of an alien consciousness from palaeogean gulfs of time?” Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Out of Time brings legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft’s tale to life as it might have been adapted for radio in the 1930s. In the style of The War of the Worlds, The Shadow and our own …
