Greg Van Beek's Nostalgia Radio Time Podcast

We shine the spotlight on Johnny Mercer and Mildred Bailey along with Red Norvo. Plus our Bing Sings Feature and Old Time Radio Time: Sherlock Holmes from 5/7/45! 

With songs by Claude Thornhill, plus a Duke Ellington Broadcast from Reading, PA on 5/4/46, couple of songs by Tony Pastor with the Clooney Sisters, plus our Bing Sings feature with Jimmy Dorsey, Frances Langford, & Louis Armstrong!

We spend the hour chatting with our friend Gina Zollman Singer and playing songs from her new album Originals! Plus our Bing Sings feature! 

This week features my lengthy interview with Turner Classic Movies: TCM host Alicia Malone, making a return appearance on the show! She'll be talking about her brand-new book TCM Imports: Timeless Favorites and Hidden Gems of World Cinema as well as sharing some behind the scenes stories of her work at TCM! Along with our Bing Sings Feature and Old Time Radio Time: Movietown Radio Theater with Jim...

 It's our annual Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) Birthday Bash, featuring some high quality complete radio broadcasts from 1950-60 along with a few other gems.

This week we remember Nat King Cole (3/17/19 - 2/15/65) on the 60th anniversary of his passing with an hour of his final recordings made in 1964.

My 23rd Annual Bing Crosby Christmas Special! An hour of rare and beloved Yuletide recordings by the Voice of Christmas, including a tribute to Kathryn Crosby. Merry Bingsmas! 

We remember Bing Crosby on the 47th anniversary of his passing with a special broadcast of Bing as disc jockey, playing his favorite records by such people as Bob Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong & more!

 It's a summer vacation across the USA with songs by Sammy Davis Jr, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer & Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Louis Armstrong, Guy Mitchell, Gene Autry, Andrews Sisters, Doris Day, John Denver, Frank Sinatra!

It's my annual Bing Crosby Birthday Bash, celebrating the May 3rd birthday of one of the most influential performers of the 20th century. It's a solid hour of Bing's music, with many rare and obscure tracks.

My 22nd Annual Bing Crosby Christmas Special! We'll be featuring songs from the new Primary Wave album Bing Crosby's Christmas Gems, along with soundtrack recordings from the 1954 Holiday classic, Irving Berlin's White Christmas! 

 We celebrate the memory of Bing Crosby on the 46th anniversary of his passing with John Salisbury’s Sunday Spectacular featuring a Profile in Sound of Bing as aired on Portland radio station KXL on 12/15/63. Bing himself is interviewed throughout, recorded on the set of Robin & The 7 Hoods, 11/21/63.

 it's our annual Bing Crosby Birthday Bash as we celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential multi-media superstars of the 20th Century. Featuring rare radio airchecks from the 1930's to the 1950's for the entire hour!

I'm joined by seasoned cabaret and jazz singer Gina Zollman. She'll be talking about her brand new debut album "Anywhere With You", which drops March 22. We'll be featuring a number of songs from the album too! Plus our Bing Sings feature. You won't want to miss it! www.ginazollman.com

Featuring a compelling interview with Carol Ford & Linda Groundwater, authors of the acclaimed book Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography.. Best known for his role as Colonel Hogan on the hit TV series Hogan’s Heroes (1965-71), Carol and Linda offer fascinating insights into Bob's life, including his many years as a top Los Angeles area morning show radio host.

I'm joined by Carol Shaw, who served as one of Bob Hope's personal secretaries in 1983-84 and wrote a book about the experience titled  “Bob Hope’s Bungalow: Tales From The Typing Trenches”. We'll be discussing the memories she's thankful for concerning her work for Bob, along with Old Time Radio Time: The Bing Crosby Show from 11/30/54! 

The legendary Carol Burnett (who celebrates her 90th birthday this April!) returns to NRT to remember Jack Benny in honor of his Valentine's Day birthday! She'll be talking about the two times she appeared as a guest on his TV show, and we'll feature some excerpts from the shows, along with an episode of Jack's radio show from 4/6/52! You won't want to miss my interview with a true "living legend"...

I'm joined by my special guest Laura Ainsworth to talk about her brand-new album "You Asked For It". Plus we ease our way into the Christmas music with songs by Claude Thornhill, Andy Williams, Eydie Gorme, Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians, Guy Lombardo, Nat King Cole,  Dolores & Bob Hope,  Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee, + the 45th Anniversary of the Bing & Bowie collaboration! 

We mark the 45th anniversary of the passing of Bing Crosby with a special program chronicling his work during the last 10 months of his life through rare recordings from TV, Concerts, Radio & Records. The thumbnail photo with this podcast was taken on 10/14/77, hours before his death. 

I'm joined by the acclaimed Thisbe Vos - jazz singer ! We'll be chatting about her latest album "Renaissance In Blue" and playing some tracks from it. Along with our Bing Sings feature, and Old Time Radio Time: Terry & The Pirates from 11/20/41

It's musical radio broadcasts from the late 1940's! With an Orrin Tucker Orchestra live remote from 4/12/48, and Songs By Sinatra, a Frank Sinatra radio show from 3/20/46 with his guest Van Johnson that my Grand Aunt Lucy was in the audience for! Plus our Bing Sings feature with the Andrews Sisters.

We celebrate the centennial of the legendary Judy Garland with recordings spanning 1939 to 1960, along with Old Time Radio Time: The Bing Crosby Show from 10/11/50 with Judy Garland & Bob Hope as guests!

This week it's the sounds of summer with songs by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Seals & Crofts, Doris Day, plus Old Time Radio Time: The Life of Riley from 12/3/48! 

It's the Billboard singles chart for the week ending June 16, 1962! With hit songs by David Rose, Connie Francis, Dion, Freddy Cannon, Gene Pitney, Johnny Tillotson, Acker Bilk, RAY CHARLES, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Comedy Caravan with Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore from 11/9/45!

With songs by Frank Sinatra, Rose Marie, Ben Pollack, Dick Powell, Tony Pastor, Frankie Masters and the Swingmasters, Vincent Lopez, our Bing Sings feature with Les Paul, & Old Time Radio Time: The Jack Benny Program from 3/5/50 with Sara Churchill