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Date: 3/6/2013 3:46 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 26
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Danny Kaye on the Nostalgia Digest P  [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
      OTR book up for the Rondo             [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      Sad anniversary                       [ Larry Jordan <midtod@[removed] ]
      Elaine Hyman                          [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
      There but for Fortune                 [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:42:39 -0500
    From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Danny Kaye on the Nostalgia Digest Podcast

    I thought the group might like to know that the Nostalgia Digest Podcast for
    March features a conversation with David Koenig, author of "Danny Kaye: King
    of
    Jesters," an entertaining book that includes an extensive chapter about Kaye's
    radio work. The Podcast also includes an episode of the Danny Kaye Show from
    1945. You can download the Nostalgia Digest Podcast at iTunes or by going to
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    Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:42:50 -0500
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR book up for the Rondo

    Hiya, folks! Good news! Our book on Christmas Carol on radio has been
    nominated for the Rondo Award here:
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    Please vote. It would nice to win one for a change! We've got 5 books up this
    year for it - the most ever. :)

    -- STANDING IN THE SPIRIT AT YOUR ELBOW: A History of Dickens' Christmas
    Carol as Radio/Audio Drama, by Craig Wichman
          (BearManor Media, softcover, 238 pages, $[removed]). Tracing the aural
    tradition from 1905 to today.

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    product_id=549

    Ben Ohmart
    New books on old movies
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    Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:43:00 -0500
    From: Larry Jordan <midtod@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sad anniversary

    March 5th marks the 50th anniversary of the death of four Grand Ole
    Opry stars in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn.: Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw
    Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Randy Hughes.

    Though at the time, "Hawk" and "Cope" were actually the bigger stars,
    it is Cline who has assumed iconic proportions, ever since the movie
    "Sweet Dreams" with Jessica Lange. Patsy has had a [removed] postage stamp
    minted in her honor, was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of
    Fame, has had theatrical productions mounted which immortalize her
    life, and is the standard of comparison for female singers across a
    broad spectrum of music lovers.

    I thought maybe readers of the OTR Digest, of which I have been a
    subscriber for many years, might be interested in a new CD called
    "The Divine Ms. Cline." It includes 6 previously unreleased
    performances she did for some military transcription shows, including
    a series called "Take 5." While such recruiting shows as "Country
    Style USA" and "Navy Hoedown" seem to be better known, for some
    reason "Take 5" has been largely overlooked. The quality of this
    material is outstanding. Included on the CD is Patsy's radio
    performance of "Tennessee Waltz"- a song she never recorded for
    Decca. A bad copy of this has garnered over [removed] million views on
    YouTube in the past five years, but our version is a far superior
    audio restoration, coupled with strings, and even a five-piece
    trombone section!

    As some of you know, I formed an indie label in 2002 called
    VoiceMasters, when I began putting out CDs featuring segments from
    Jim's long-lost ABN show, which he did daily coast-to-coast, for six
    months starting in the fall of 1957. Over the years, my releases have
    evolved to include studio tracks, demos and radio performances, which
    I have overdubbed, using top musicians, singers and orchestrators.
    Fans love these new sounds, and one of these tracks on Jim made it to
    #7 on radio playlists all across Europe, where it remained for seven
    weeks in 2009!

    I've taken the same approach with the new Patsy CD. Her voice is
    timeless but the original arrangements were not. They sound very
    dated. Also, the accompaniment and background singers sometimes
    covered her up! So we have gotten rid of all that and started fresh.
    The sound quality is stunning. I've even used musicians from the
    CURRENT Grand Ole Opry band whom -- as you know -- play on one of the
    oldest continuously broadcast radio programs (dating back to 1925).

    There have been other overdubs on some of Patsy Cline's music in the
    past, but they have generally been dreadful. On this new CD, you can
    hear her better than ever before. The radio material is priceless,
    and you can hear just how great she was "in concert." You can listen
    to audio samples at: [removed]

    Larry Jordan

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    Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:44:13 -0500
    From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elaine Hyman

    03-04-13

            In V2013 #25, Trent Clifton asked for info about Elaine Hyman,
    who -- he said -- was a child actor on "The Lone Ranger", "The Green
    Hornet", and "Sergeant Preston".  Just a quick Google brings up a lot of
    websites containing info about people named "Elaine Hyman", one of whom
    is an attorney.  There are numerous references to an actress by that
    name, though, and I'm assuming that they are all the same persona.

    Try the following websites:

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    Best regards,

    Jim Arva

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    Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:44:20 -0500
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  There but for Fortune
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    According to various OTR reference books, the theme music to Frank Sinatra's
    short-lived quasi-detective show "Rocky Fortune" is an instrumental called
    "Puffing Willy." Might this title be a reference to Kool Cigarettes (The
    "puffing" part)  and the product's cartoon penguin mascot named "Willie"?

    Youth wants to know,

    Derek Tague

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