The very best Swing Bands at peak of their skill and Creativity playing live for our entertainment.
Innovative use of instruments and musical arrangement that extend the boundaries of musical theory.
Structured arrangements that made room for improvisation.
The very best musicians in America playing the best they ever played.
Featuring:
Paul Whiteman
Louis Armstrong
Tommy Dorsey
Artie Shaw
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
And more!
My personal OTR collection contains thousands of hours of old time radio I use in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen to each episode I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits to create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the scripts. And that’s what you are about to hear, part of that best of reel, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.
The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live November 25 through December 11, 1938.
Starring:
Orson Welles
Agnes Moorehead
Don Wilson
Jack Benny
Phil Harris
Kenny Baker
Mary Livingstone
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Cast of Family Doctor
Featured Songs Include
They Say – Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw Orchestra
My Reverie – Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw Orchestra
Who Blew Out The Flame – Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw Orchestra
Pocketful of Dreams – Phil Harris and His Orchestra
In this episode:
Some Smoking Jazz From Artie Shaw!
Jack Benny has a bad cold!
Flash Benny Football Hero!
The Benny Gang Visits New York!
Jack’s Annual Christmas Shopping Trip!
And More!!
Before TV 