Ted West and His Range Riders - September 2, 1946
Recently, I’ve been buying some old time radio transcriptions from another collector. Once in a while, he throws in odd discs for free - parts of shows with missing discs or acetates with test materi
I would really like to see some classical music OTR here. Bell Telephone Hour, Hour of Charm etc. I would be delighted to trade from my collection of about 60 shows and broadcasts. You can contact me @violinland@gmail.com.
Happy hunting
Cheniston
For over 75 years, the Grand Ole Opry has been entertaining America with a kind of spontaneous, unpretentious, unabashed presentation that is unique in broadcasting. Founded by George D. Hay, a radio editor for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, on Nove
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This is a great show from an English-language radio station in Spain.
They do a general nostalgia show Those Dancing Years plus an organ programme Hot Pipes.
http://www.musicnostalgia.com/index.html
Lots of free downloads of recent programmes.
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A 15 minute Music show sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day.
Stars of the show are Curt Massey, Martha Tilton, Country Washburn and His Orchestra, Fort Pearson (announcer).
Posted in Old Time Radio - Before 1962 Discussions group
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The Colonial Club Orchestra was actually a recording pseudonym that almost always masked the Bob Haring Orchestra. Although Bob Haring primarily recorded for Brunswick under various names, he also recorded for many dime store labels such as Cameo, Ro
The Chesterfield Supper Club was an NBC musical variety radio program (1944-50) which was also telecast by NBC from 1948 to 1950. The Chesterfield Supper Club began on December 11, 1944 as a 15-minute radio program, airing at 7pm weeknights on the N
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The Bell Telephone Hour, aka The Telephone Hour, was a long-run concert series which began April 29, 1940 on NBC radio and was heard on NBC until June 30, 1958. Sponsored by Bell Telephone, it showcased the best in classical and Broadway music, reach
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuate
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Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman,[1] (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".
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Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904–presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician and band leader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands". Miller's
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I only have a few comparatively of the 295 shows. There is only a fraction of those 295 that are known to exist. The show started in 1939, but there are no shows available before 1943. I have copied the list only from 1943 on. The starred selections
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01. Duke Ellington - Take The 'A' Train
02. Artie Shaw - Stardust
03. Jimmy Lunceford - T'ain't What You Do
04. Jay McShann - Sepian Bounce
05. Tommy Dorsey -