Music

Call for Music

Call for Music is a radio music program built around popular songs and orchestral performance. Its broadcasts bring familiar melodies to the…

All Star Parade of Bands

All Star Parade of Bands is a radio music program centered on big-band performances. This recording is identified with Ray Anthony, the trum…

Coke Time

Coke Time is a radio variety program hosted by singer and entertainer Eddie Fisher. The show centers on Fisher’s songs and easygoing presenc…

Texaco Star Theater

Texaco Star Theater is a variety program built around comedy and musical entertainment. This recording is identified with the beginning of “…

Sons of the Pioneers

Sons of the Pioneers brings the sound of Western harmony singing to the radio. The group is known for its close vocal blend and songs shaped…

Big Band Remote Broadcasts

A big band remote broadcast featuring Harry James at a Central Park War Bond Rally. The recording offers a glimpse of wartime-era popular mu…

The Yiddish Radio Project

The Yiddish Radio Project brings listeners into the world of Yiddish-language radio, a vibrant part of Jewish life and culture. This recordi…

Treasury Song Parade

Treasury Song Parade is a wartime radio music program built around popular songs and performances. This recording is identified with singer …

Andrews Sisters

The Andrews Sisters were a close-harmony vocal trio whose bright, tightly blended sound became a familiar part of American popular entertain…

Billy Jones & Ernie Hare

Billy Jones and Ernie Hare were a popular singing duo known as the Happiness Boys. Their radio performances brought the pair’s close harmoni…

Top Tunes of 48

“Top Tunes of 48” is presented here as part of a New Year’s shows collection. The title suggests a program centered on popular music, offeri…

Jubilee

Jubilee was a radio showcase for Black music and performers, bringing jazz, blues, gospel, and other popular styles to the air. Its performa…

The Beatrice Kay Show

The Beatrice Kay Show features singer and entertainer Beatrice Kay in a radio variety setting. Kay was known for her performances of popular…

The Squibb Show

The Squibb Show is a radio variety program featuring music and comedy. Its title reflects the sponsorship of Squibb, while the program bring…

Command Performance

Command Performance was a wartime radio variety program created to entertain members of the U.S. armed forces. Its broadcasts brought togeth…

New World A'Coming

New World A'Coming brings the lives and experiences of Black Americans to radio through dramatic presentations rooted in contemporary social…

The Pop Chronicles of the 50s and 60s

The Pop Chronicles is a documentary radio series tracing the development of popular music through interviews, archival recordings, and comme…

Railroad Hour

The Railroad Hour brings Broadway musicals and operettas to radio, presenting familiar stage works in a compact musical-theater format. The …

The Judy Canova Show

Judy Canova brings her country-comedy persona to this radio variety program, mixing humor with music and lively performances. Her distinctiv…

The Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney Show

The Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney Show brings together two distinctive voices in a relaxed radio music program. Bing Crosby’s easygoing, conv…