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Volume 2017 : Issue 59
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:30:16 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with John and Larry Gassman's
"Same Time Station," Duane Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John
and Steve's "Glowing Dial" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
*Featuring Al Jolson*
STAR-SPANGLED THEATER
Episode 37 8-10-41 "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Stars: Al Jolson, Jack Arthur, Elsa May Gordon
Background Music: The Southernaires
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Host: Jack Arthur
Announcer: Gilbert Martin
BLUE NETWORK SUSTAINED Sundays 8:00 - 8:30 pm
THE JIMMY DURANTE SHOW
Episode 17 1-21-48 Guest Host: Al Jolson
With: Victor Moore, Peggy Lee, Candy Candido
ANNOUNCER: Howard Petrie
MUSIC: Ray Bargy's Orchestra
CBS REXALL DRUGS Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:00pm
LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 85 6-15-36 "Burlesque"
Stars: Al Jolson & Ruby Keeler (Mr. & Mrs. Al Jolson). Their first radio
appearance together.
=================================SAME TIME, SAME STATION:
This week, we look back at the career of big band singer and performer
Bea Wain who passed away on August 19. Bea turned 100 years of age in
April of this year.
We'll listen to a Same Time, Same Station program that aired in March of
1989 with both Bea Wain and her husband, Announcer Andre Baruch.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 267
SHOWCASE SERIES PART 1: VAUGHN MONROE/JUNE HIETT
Here, beginning with this episode, is the first of my 3-PART Showcase
Series featuring Vaughn Monroe and June Hiett Bratone. The series is
together for the very first airing in sequence on Classics & Curios. In
following weeks Episode 181 will feature Part 2, and Episode 182 will
feature Part 3. Here, slightly edited, is the original description of
this first Showcase show featuring Vaughn and June: Vaughn Monroe's band
was considered extremely popular because of the singers, especially, of
course, because of Vaughn himself, whose handsome appearance, baritone
voice, and dynamic personality held highly romantic attractions for
women. While Vaughn was considered the best singer among the singing
band leaders, he had, however, earlier become a respectable trumpeter
after lack of funds curtailed his ambitions to become an operatic
performer. Music critic George T. Simon wrote that Vaughn was "the Rudy
Vallee of his generation." (The Big Bands) Concerning Vaughn the person,
"Metronome" writer Barbara Hodgkins wrote that he "was one of the most
polite, pleasant, and peaceful citizens in the music business -- a very
normal person in a very crazy world." Yet Vaughn readily understood the
commercial side of the big bands, along with the importance of upgrading
his group such as hiring trombonist and arranger Ray Conniff, but
ultimately it was because of Vaughn's virile voice that the band first
hit "the big time," which happened to occur in the Boston area.
While several instrumentally oriented bands faded toward the end of the
big band era, singers such as Marylin Duke, the Lee Sisters, the Murphy
Sisters, and saxophonist/comic vocalist Ziggy Talent helped keep the
band's popularity alive. Vaughn wanted to record more jazz
instrumentals, but Victor Recordings needed him to sing to sell records,
and sing he did. In fact, according to band guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli,
he could sight-sing, and "when arrangers would bring their new
arrangements on the job, and ... pass out the music, and we would play
it, he would sing it like he'd been singing it forever." ("There, I've
Said It Again," [removed])
Vaughn became a huge hit on radio, especially by way of his Camel
Cigarettes commercials and especially the "Camel Caravan" which was
broadcast every Saturday night from a different university. And with the
band's one-nighters each week, life, of course, could be stressful, as
this sample booking schedule from 1947 suggests:
June 13, Geo. F. Pavilion, Johnson City, NY
June 14, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
June 15: Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, CT
June 16: Scranton, PA
June 17: Berwick, PA
June 18: Dorney Park, Allentown, PA
June 19-25: Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, MD
June 26: recording session, RCA Victor, New York, NY
June 27-July 17: Strand Theatre, New York, NY
July 18: Worcester, MA
July 19: radio broadcast, New York, NY
In her interview June Hiett Bratone shares some one-nighter memories of
Vaughn, the Moonmaids, and life with a big band. Composed of different
girls between 1946 and 1953, the Moonmaids were at first to be called
"The Moonbeams," but Kay Kyser had already used a group by that name, so
they then were to be "The Moon Racers" but they finally became "The
Moonmaids," a sweet set of young singers who raced with the moon in
harmony along with Vaughn. Young Moonmaid Mary Jo Grogan related that
"He was nice to us ... He protected us. We went to a Victor recording
party ... and he was running around there getting lemonade for us, just
to be sure nobody gave us anything stronger." ([removed])
Vaughn, his band, and his Moonmaids gave me much joy through the years
starting back during my early years in Nebraska. Imagine my surprise a
few years ago to learn that one of the Moonmaids was living just a few
blocks away from my home in Arlington, Texas. And it has been a blessing
and privilege to have come to know her as a very dear friend. One of the
delights of my life was when the Moonmaids were reunited at June's
house, and they invited me over on my birthday to meet them and share
our love of big band music. But an even more joyful turn took place that
day: During our fun time together the amazing Maids surprised me by
singing "Happy Birthday" to me in their wonderful angelic harmony. What
a treat for a fat little kid (now a fat little codger) from a little
town in the cornhusker state!
So it's only fitting that we feature June in an interview on this
episode. June also tells about things like her early performing in Texas
as a teenager and a typical day with the Monroe band. In addition she
talks about the character of Vaughn himself, some of the band's most
requested songs, her time with the Camel Caravan, special guests on the
Caravan show, a typical recording routine, some funny moments while
touring, a burning travel bus, and more. The interview was recorded in
2006 on YesterdayUSA with me and Walden Hughes as interviewers.
Leading up to the interview we'll go "Racing with the Moon" with Vaughn
and his hit recording "There I Go," which spent 4 weeks at the top of
"Your Hit Parade" in 1940-41 and a grand total of 19 weeks in the top
10. So, Vaughn and June, you're on!
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Steve celebrate Stu's Birthday!
The Shadow - "The Mine Hunters"
originally aired on Sunday, August 7, 1938 on MUTUAL
Starring: Orson Welles, Margot Stevenson.
Ken Roberts announcing.
Sponsor: [removed] Goodrich
The Hallmark Playhouse - "Abe Lincoln: The Prairie Years"
originally aired on Thursday, February 3, 1949 on CBS
Starring: Gregory Peck, James Hilton hosts.
Frank Goss announcing.
Sponsor: Hallmark Cards
Hogan's Daughter - "Television"
originally aired on Tuesday, July 12, 1949 on NBC
Starring: Shirley Booth, Howard Smith, Betty Garde, Everett Sloane.
Ken Roberts announcing.
Sponsor: Phillip Morris
Mail Call - "Tribute To The State Of Maine"
originally aired on Wednesday, August 9, 1944 on AFRS
Starring: Rudy Vallee, Mary Livingstone, Gloria DeHaven, Fred Allen,
Frank Sinatra.
Don Wilson announcing.
Sustained
running time: 2 hours, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
Clicking on a series title will take you a log/episode guide for that
series.
We always try to give as complete info as we have at hand.
If you have any additions or corrections, please e-mail us.
For more Celebrity Birthdays go to Ron Sayles' Blog.
Audio restoration on some shows in this episode was done by Jerry Haendiges.
Click here for information on his Audio Restoration Services.
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questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
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