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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 120
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      "God Bless America" 75th Anniversary  [ Leah Biel <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 10-16 Nov  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      The Real Lone Ranger Was An African   [ JJiovanazz@[removed] ]
      Unique New Bing Crosby/Rosemary Cloo  [ rmcbride30@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:41:27 -0400
    From: Leah Biel <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "God Bless America" 75th Anniversary Broadcast
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    November 10 will be the 75thanniversary of Kate Smithbs premiere of Irving
    Berlinbs bGod Bless Americab on bThe Kate Smith Hourb.   Long
    thought to be lost, a recording of that portion of the broadcast has only
    recently been uncovered -- in Irving Berlin's personal record collection!  The
    saga of that recording will be told on a special broadcast
    [removed] at 10:30 PM Eastern on Sunday November 10
    (repeatedMonday Nov 11 on the Blue channel at 9:30 AM).

    A newly restored version of this rare recording, plus other even rarer
    recordings will be heard, along with story of the song from the files of
    Irving Berlinbs personal archive.

    What is most startling is that the words of the song were significantly
    different in two places during that initial broadcast, and for several other
    of her broadcasts in the next few months.  One of these changes the common
    understanding of the message and the purpose of the song.  It was not meant as
    a statement of the strength of the United States and its place in the world of
    confronting threats to freedom.   In commemorating the 20th anniversary of the
    Armistice which ended The Great War (as some called it then), Irving
    Berlinbs purpose was to present an ode to peace and non-intervention,
    mirroring the general attitude of isolationism of the country in the 1930s.

    bLet us all be grateful that webre far from thereb b" those are the
    words he wrote and Kate Smith sang as an expression of relief that it is
    bfar across the seab where the bstorm cloudsb of war were gathering.
    It is startling to hear those words in the third line of the verse where we
    expect to hear bLet us all be grateful for a land so fairb. These are the
    words that were published, and are in every known recording that includes the
    verse b" except for Kate Smithbs broadcasts. That was the big surprise when
    the recording was discovered, and it is an even bigger surprise that those
    words continued till at least February 1939, the eve of the songbs
    publication and first recordings.

    Berlin had given Kate Smith and her manager Ted Collins, an exclusive  on the
    song, something that could only happen if he did not publish the song or allow
    any recordings to be made.  By March 1939 the song HAD to be released to the
    public because of the mounting requests to perform it.  Not to be dismissed
    was the FURY of Jack Kapp of Decca Records who HAD to get a recording of it by
    Bing Crosby on the market.  So Kate made her record so that Bing could make
    his, and the song was published with an admonition that it be performed only
    with due reverence.  And so it has for 75 years, including the highly
    controversial use of the song at baseball games.

    Oh yes, what about the OTHER change to two full lines in the final chorus of
    the song?  What city in [removed] territory other than Rome rhymes with foam?  And
    why was the broadcast on November 10 when Armistice Day was November 11?
    Curious?  Tune in to the Red and Blue channels [removed] at 10:30
    PM Eastern on November 10, 2013(repeated on the Blue channelMonday Nov 11 at
    9:30 AM Eastern) and find out.

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    Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:41:38 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 10-16 November

     From Those Were The Days

    11/10

    1950   Monty Woolley starred as The Magnificent Montague, which debuted
    on NBC.

    11/12

    1932   The National Broadcasting Company opened its new studios at Radio
    City in New York City. They celebrated with a gala program at Radio City
    Music Hall.

    1938   Kate Smith sang God Bless America for the very first time. It
    would later become her signature song. Irving Berlin penned the tune in
    1917 but never released it until Miss Smith sang it for the first time
    on her radio broadcast.

    1940   The chant, "invovo legem magicarum," was heard for the first time
    when Mandrake the Magician debuted on WOR in New York City.

    11/14

    1921   KYW radio, Chicago, IL broadcast the first opera by a
    professional company. Listeners heard Samson Et Dalila as it was being
    performed at the Chicago Auditorium.

     From Today in History at the NY Times -

    1922, the British Broadcasting Corp. began its domestic radio service.

    11/15

    1926   Network radio was born. Twenty four stations carried the first
    broadcast from the National Broadcasting Company. The program was a gala
    four and a half hour broadcast from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New
    York City.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:24:48 -0500
    From: JJiovanazz@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Real Lone Ranger Was An African American
     Lawman
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    "In every deliberation, we must  consider the impact on the seventh
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    The Great Binding Law of the Iroquois Native  Americans

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    Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:24:59 -0500
    From: rmcbride30@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Unique New Bing Crosby/Rosemary Clooney Release
     From Radio Shows

    Over the last several years, I have been collecting the Bing Crosby radio
    shows.  They have been a great source of enjoyment for me.  Some of the humor
    is dated, yes, but a lot of it can still make you laugh.  But, of course, the
    real reason I collect them is for the voice of Bing Crosby, and around this
    time of year, we usually hear a lot from him.  I don't think there will ever
    be another like him.  Then, when you put Rosemary Clooney with him, they
    really clicked as a team.  Fortunately, so many of Bing's radio shows were
    saved and in pretty decent condition too.
     A lot of Bing's performances, as they were recorded for radio, have been
    released.  I'm thinking especially of the Mosaic label release of just a few
    years ago.  Most of them are fantastic songs.  Unfortunately, some of them
    were spoiled by Buddy Cole's organ (just my opinion).  I came across a new
    release entitled "Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney - The New Recordings"
    several weeks ago, which I wanted to make everyone aware of.  I was just
    blown away by it.  It's a European release, but apparently is readily
    available in the [removed]  I got my copy very quickly.   They have taken some of
    those radio performances, cleaned them up and put new instrumentation behind
    them.  On others, after I compared the original to the new, it appears they
    have added new instrumentation note for note to the John Scott Trotter
    orchestra.  Some songs are just Bing, some are just Rosey and then there are
    duets.  I was a bit dubious at first, because something similiar had been
    done back in the 70's, after Bing's death.  They were hideous - the music
    drowned Bing out.  That's definitely not the case here.    You can tell I'm
    very enthused about the cd, but you don't have to believe me about how good
    it is.  You can hear samples at:
    <[removed];[removed].  I did see
    the release on Amazon as well, but you can't hear samples there.  I'm hoping
    they sell so many of these, there will be more!   Ron McBride

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