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When Radio Ruled #140 – SoundScape 1939 part 16

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Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.

August 27 – September 5, 1939

History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.

In today’s SoundScape:

Picking up Girls with Alan Mowbray!

The Most Fateful Broadcast in History!

On the Boat with Edgar and Charlie!

Nutrition with Vera Vague!

The Invasion of Poland!

And More!!

Featuring:

Dorothy Lamour

Don Ameche

Donald Dixon

Alan Mowbray

Robert Young

Meredith Wilson

Alice Faye

Louis B. Mayer

Fanny Brice

Hanley Stafford

John Steele

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Vera Vague

President Franklin Roosevelt

Fibber McGee and Molly And More!

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When Radio Ruled #94 – Old Time Radio Christmas 2023

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Peace on Earth Good Will Towards Men

A Celebration of Christmas through Old Time Radio!

Featuring Two Great Radio Christmas Time Broadcasts

Casey Crime Photographer – Christmas Shopping from  12/19/46

The Lone Ranger – 3 Wise Men from 12/24/54

With Songs and Excerpts from War Time Radio Christmas Broadcasts!

Starring

Franklin Roosevelt

Fibber McGee

Lionel Barrymore

Bryce Beamer

Bob Hope

And More!

Songs Include

Little Town of Bethlehem – Dick Haymes

Merry American Christmas – Dinah Shore

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Bing Crosby

Oh Come All Ye Faithful – Bing Crosby

Merry Christmas, may you feel Peace, may you share Goodwill

Click Here to Enjoy the Holiday Sounds of Old Time Radio Christmas 2023

When Radio Ruled #52 – Soundscape 1937 part 19

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Clark Gable on the Radio!

This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast October 11 to October 18, 1937.

Starring Fibber McGee & Molly, President Franklin Roosevelt, Eddie Cantor, Pinky Tomlin, Benny Goodman, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Clark Gable, Dorothy LaMour, Nelson Eddy, The Stroud Twins, Cecil B. DeMille, Jimmy Starr, Madge Evans, Fred MacMurry, and more.

Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor “Laugh Your Way Through Life” and “Keep it Over There”, Benny Goodman “The Old Apple Tree”.

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1937 Part 2 – Popular Culture

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Jack Benny and Fred Allen Feud, Charlie McCarthy scandalizes Mae West, Mutual Goes National and More!

A look at 1937 as told by Old Time Radio

Guest Starring, all the way from 1937 Are:

Janet Gaynor

George Burns and Gracie Allen

President Franklin Roosevelt

Fibber McGee and Molly

Eddie Cantor

Jimmy Wallington

Cecil B DeMille

Fay Gillis

Rudy Vallee

Sully and Block

Benny Goodman

Irving Berlin

Helen Wills Moody

Ronald Coleman

Douglas Fairbanks

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

The Cast of Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”

Glenda Ferrell

Bette Davis

Don Ameche

Mae West

Fred Allen

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Mary Livingston

Phil Harris

Kenny Baker

Portland Hoffa

Duke Ellington

Featured Songs from 1937 Included:

Gracie Allen “I Love You from Coast to Coast” performed live December 23, 1937

“Swing, Benny, Swing” Sully and Block Live August 10, 1937

“I’m on a Sit Down Strike” Eddie Cantor  March 28, 1937

“Let’s Go Slumming” Eddie Cantor Live October 13, 1937

“The Trouble with Me is You” Eddie Cantor Live January 1, 1937

“Down with Love” Rudy Vallee Live December 23, 1937

“Getting Some Fun Out of Life” Eddie Cantor live November 10 1937

“The Lady Who Couldn’t be Kissed” Pinky Tomlin Live November 24, 1937.

Listen to The Podcast Here!