When Radio Ruled #115 - Dorothy Lamour Sings 1939 Smokey and Sultry
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I had thought Dorothy Lamour to be just another pretty face who had a technically good voice but was somewhat interchangeable with the other bright, young, pretty songstresses of old time variety radio in that Dorothy’s songs were good enough but stylistically the same you heard on other popular shows. Then I discovered this musical treasure trove and was forced to completely re-think my opinion. There are things Dorothy does with these classic songs that make them personal and unique. Songs: Ain’t Misbehaving It Had To Be You Comes Love Nothing Can Be Done If I Didn’t Care I Got a Right...
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When Radio Ruled #114 - SoundScape 1939 part 3
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1939 was a year where everything changed. An uneasy peace became all out war. Society and culture and government were questioned as never before. The evil inside the human race made itself known that year, as ferocious as in the past but applied with an improved efficiency. Radio was there to witness it. And I got to Live 1939 second hand through these radio voices from the past. In my OTR collection I have hundreds of hours of 1939 broadcasts. I listened to them in Chronological order to research the documentaries, the year 1939 as seen through comedy, drama, music, and of...
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When Radio Ruled #113 - Bergen, McCarthy, and Snerd 1939
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Charlie McCarthy was created by Edgar Bergen based on a wise cracking newsboy named Charlie from the neighborhood. High Schooler Edgar Bergen sketched the design for Charlie. More than a little obsessed, Bergen decided to bring his Charlie to life. Bergen built Charlie’s movable body but paid woodworker Theodore Mack $35 to carve Charlie’s head. Edgar named his completed dummy Charlie McCarthy after newsboy and woodworker. None of this carpentry could be seen by the radio audiences. Didn’t matter. On the Radio Charlie was just as real as any other voice. The little boy...
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When Radio Ruled #112 - SoundScape 1939 part 2
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1939 was the year the country woke up to the horrific scale of the death to come on land, sea, and in the air Seems obvious now, but at the time lots of people thought the first great war had been so terrible it could never happen again. I wish they had been right. The Soundscapes for 1939 series is the story of optimism to pessimism, of hope to resignation, compromise to confrontation through a tapestry of OTR clips. Here is part 2, Curated clips broadcast chronologically January 12 to January 23, 1939. The early, hopeful days in 1939. Highlights include Do...
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When Radio Ruled #111 - Connee Boswell Sings 1939
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Connee Boswell was one of the first white artists to integrate the jazz and swing experimentations of black New Orleans musicians into popular music. The tempo, rhythm and pitch changes she and her sisters introduced to close harmony arrangements fused together Classical, Jazz, Swing, and Blues as never before. The work she did on the radio and on the screen as well as behind the scenes as writer and arranger changed the sound of popular music and influenced directly or indirectly every vocalist since. SONG LIST: Jumpin' Jive Scatterbrain Any Umbrellas? Shuffle Off to Buffalo (with the Boswell...
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When Radio Ruled #110 - SoundScape 1939 part 1
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For the Previous 2 episodes, The Year 1939 – Politics and the year 1939 – Culture and Technology, I listened to almost 1000 hours of OTR in chronological order. I got to hear 1939 unfold through broadcasts from the day and learn what the podcasts should be about. As I go, I create a best of collection of clips I might possibly use in the podcast that isn’t written yet. This results in a rather large number of clips, 36 hours for the year 1939, history from those living it. 1939 was the year the country woke up to the horrific scale of the war we all saw coming. The Soundscapes for 1939...
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When Radio Ruled #109 - 1939 part 2 Culture, Technology, Arts and Music
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There was no happy ending for 1939. The whole decade was spent clawing our way out of financial disaster, now we got a humanitarian disaster beyond imagining as slaughter continues world wide. But Life doesn’t hold still! This episode features the cultural, technological, and social changes that occurred over the noise of the war in 1939! FEATURING Dick Powell The Teddy Powell Orchestra Orson Welles Fibber McGee and Molly Cecil B. DeMille Mrs. Sara Roosevelt Jack Benny Eddie “Rochester” Anderson Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen Tony Galento Mary Livingston Lou Gehrig Fred...
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When Radio Ruled #108 1939 part 1 - The War Begins
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1939 part 1 is about crisis, murder, cruelty and destruction through the radio broadcasts of the day. Hitler, chaos and some really hot Jazz licks. FEATURING Mary Livingston Jack Benny Fibber McGee and Molly Orson Welles Pearl Buck Anna Mae Wong Franklin Roosevelt Daddy and Snooks Cecil B Demille H.V. Kalternberg Winston Churchill Nelson Eddy The Artie Shaw Orchestra And More!!
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When Radio Ruled #107 SoundScape 1938 part 33
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We’ve got both reassuring fantasy and unsettling reality in this episode. On one hand we’ll hear old friends Donald Duck and the Seven Dwarfs in a fairy tale setting, and we’ll hear our soon to be enemy, Nazi Germany take over the real world Austria. Starring: Orson Welles Don Wilson Jack Benny Mary Livingstone Phil Harris Kenny Baker Eddie “Rochester” Anderson Mickey Mouse Minnie Mouse Goofy Walt Disney Snow White The Wicked Queen Donald Duck The Seven Dwarfs In this episode: Orson Welles is Ebenezer Scrooge! Jack Benny, Movie Star! Jack is Building a...
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When Radio Ruled #106 - SoundScape 1938 part 32
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This Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live December 25 through December 29, 1938. Starring: Don Wilson Mary Livingstone Jack Benny Eddie “Rochester” Anderson Kenny Baker Andy Devine Phil Harris Joan Bennett Cecil B. DeMille Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Robert Young Bill Stern Frank Morgan Featured Songs Include: Whistle While You Work –Snow White The Digging Song – The Seven Dwarfs In this episode: Jack Benny throws a Christmas Party! Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! Walt...
info_outlineThis Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live December 25 through December 29, 1938.
Starring:
Don Wilson
Mary Livingstone
Jack Benny
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Kenny Baker
Andy Devine
Phil Harris
Joan Bennett
Cecil B. DeMille
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney
Robert Young
Bill Stern
Frank Morgan
Featured Songs Include:
Whistle While You Work –Snow White
The Digging Song – The Seven Dwarfs
In this episode:
Jack Benny throws a Christmas Party!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!
Walt Disney talks with Cecil B. DeMille!
Bill Stern talks about announcing Football Games!
And More!!