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Connee Boswell was one of the first white artists to integrate the jazz and swing experimentations of black New Orleans musicians into popular music. The tempo, rhythm and pitch changes she and her sisters introduced to close harmony arrangements fused together Classical , Jazz, Swing, and Blues as never before. The work she did on the radio and on the screen as well as behind the scenes as writer...

For the Previous 2 episodes, The Year 1939 – Politics and the year 1939 – Culture and Technology, I listened to almost 1000 hours of OTR in chronological order. I got to hear 1939 unfold through broadcasts from the day and learn what the podcasts should be about. As I go, I create a best of collection of clips I might possibly use in the podcast that isn't written yet. This results in a rather lar...

There was no happy ending for 1939. The whole decade was spent clawing our way out of financial disaster, now we got a humanitarian disaster beyond imagining as slaughter continues world wide. But Life doesn't hold still! This episode features the cultural, technological, and social changes that occurred over the noise of the war in 1939! FEATURING Dick Powell The Teddy Powell Orchestra Orson Well...

1939 part 1 is about crisis, murder, cruelty and destruction through the radio broadcasts of the day. Hitler, chaos and some really hot Jazz licks. FEATURING Mary Livingston Jack Benny Fibber McGee and Molly Orson Welles Pearl Buck Anna Mae Wong Franklin Roosevelt Daddy and Snooks Cecil B Demille H.V. Kalternberg Winston Churchill Nelson Eddy The Artie Shaw Orchestra And More!!

We've got both reassuring fantasy and unsettling reality in this episode. On one hand we'll hear old friends Donald Duck and the Seven Dwarfs in a fairy tale setting, and we'll hear our soon to be enemy, Nazi Germany take over the real world Austria. Starring: Orson Welles Don Wilson Jack Benny Mary Livingstone Phil Harris Kenny Baker Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Mickey Mouse Minnie Mouse Goofy Walt...

This Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live December 25 through December 29, 1938.   Starring: Don Wilson Mary Livingstone Jack Benny Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Kenny Baker Andy Devine Phil Harris Joan Bennett Cecil B. DeMille Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Robert Young Bill Stern Frank Morgan   Featured Songs Include: Whistle While...

This Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live December 11 through December 22 , 1938.   Starring: The Cast of Family Doctor Fred Allen Santa Claus Robert Young Lionel Barrymore Reginald Owen Jack Benny Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Don Wilson Mary Livingstone Phil Harris Kenny Baker Andy Devine Hanley Stafford Fanny Brice In this episode: Fred Allen i...

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...

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...

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...

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live November 2 through November 6, 1938.   Starring: Fred Allen Harry Von Zell Portland Hoffa Orson Welles Don Wilson Jack Benny Phil Harris Mary Livingstone Kenny Baker Bill Goodwin Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen Ray Noble Jean Arthur And The Merry Macs   In this episode: Fred Allen's Tribute to November! So...

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...

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live October 16   through October 23, 1938.   Starring: Adolf Hitler Don Wilson Jack Benny Mary Livingstone Phil Harris Kenny Baker Andy Devine Winston Churchill Orson Welles Robert Young Judy Garland Fanny Brice Hanley Stafford and Joan Crawford FEATURED SONGS INCLUDE Zing Went the Strings of my Heart – Judy...

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live September 15 through October 10, 1938.   Starring: Cast of Blair of the Mounties Cast of Columbia Workshop Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom Frank Morgan Fanny Brice Cast of Family Doctor Cecil B. DeMille Ephraim Zimbalist Neville Chamberlain Phil Harris Kenny Baker Mary Livingstone Don Wilson Eddie "Rochester" An...

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live August 28 through September 13, 1938. Starring: Edward Arnold Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen Robert Young Meredith Wilson Fanny Brice Hanley Stafford Alice Faye Frank Morgan Father Flanagan Cast of Family Doctor Orson Welles Judy Garland Cast of Family Doctor Cast of Blair of the Mounties   Featured Songs...

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live August 1 through August 28, 1938.   Starring: Cast of Blair of the Mounties Orson Welles Al Jolson Irving Berlin Cast of The Shadow Seabiscuit Charlie McCarthy Nelson Eddy Edward Arnold Edgar Bergen Ella Logan Rudy Vallee   Featured Songs Include Marie – Tommy Dorsey Orchestra My Bonnie – Ella Logan Heat...

This episode starts out solemn with references to the marauding Japanese and unreasonable bully   Nazis but ends with lots of laughs thanks to Charlie McCarthy and Friends.   It consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live July 3 through July 31, 1938. Starring: Orson Welles Edward Arnold Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen Spencer Tracy And Fay Bainter   In this ep...

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!...

My personal OTR collection contains thousands of hours of old time radio I use 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 and create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the script. And that's what you are about to hear, part of that best of reel, a one hour chunk of really gre...

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live June 4 through June 19, 1938. Starring: The Cast of Colombia Workshop Fred Allen Ray Smith Portland Hoffa Harry Von Zell Peter Van Steeden Don Wilson Jack Benny Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Phil Harris Don Wilson Kenny Baker Mary Livingston Joan Bennett Featured Songs include: Cry Baby Cry – Town Hall Qua...

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live May 26 through June 1 1938.   Starring: Robert Young Fanny Brice Hanley Stafford The Cast of Columbia Workshop Georgie Jessel Mary Livingston Don Wilson Kenny Baker Phil Harris Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Jack Benny Andy Devine Agnes Moorehead Orson Welles Fred Allen The Mighty Allen Art Players   Featur...

This turkey filled audio feast is made up of two broadcasts from the World War two years, the first from 1942 the second from 1944. During the big war, Thanksgiving had an extra emotional impact. So many families had empty chairs where sons and daughters used to sit but now were stationed all over the globe doing their duty to protect those who sat around the thanksgiving table. Some of those chai...

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live May 18 through May 25 1938 .   Featuring: The Cast of Cavalcade of America Robert Young Joan Crawford Frank Morgan The Cast Of The Columbia Workshop Georgie Jessel Mayor Jimmie Walker Josephine Starr Ned Wayburn Norma Talmadge Don Wilson Jack Benny Mary Livingston Phil Harris Kenny Baker The Cast of Bla...

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live May 5 through May 18 1938 . Featuring: Judy Garland Robert Young Frank Morgan Una Merkle Clark Gable The Cast of the Green Hornet Jack Benny Phil Harris Mary Livingston Don Wilson The Cast of the Lone Ranger Fred Allen   Featured Songs Include: Judy Garland – You're in God's Country Judy Garland – How D...

When Radio Ruled #87 – Halloween 2023 Old Time Radio Ghost Stories from 1938. The Devil and Daniel Webster Dracula starring Orson Welles With Guest Appearances from Fibber McGee and the Ghost of Harry Houdini