A Tribute to Glenn Miller (CD)

This 2-CD set was issued by Redmond Nostalgia ((CD-1259). Although it is a set, the CD’s could be purchased separately. The CD’s feature a one-and-a-half-hour show called Sunday Special. The show was hosted by Jack Cullen and broadcast over CKNW, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This particular program was first broadcast in 1971. Both Jimmy Stewart…

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Untitled NBC Program

The following article appeared in the November 13, 1954, edition of Billboard magazine: No direct mention of either the Glenn Miller or the Bing Crosby shows has yet been found in radio listings. The only two-hour block of time on NBC on Sunday afternoon is for a show called Weekend. The following block listing for…

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Ziegfeld Girl – Soundtrack

At the time the film was released, there was no soundtrack album. There were however several 78 RPM records of songs from the soundtrack issued.Amond the songs issued were: You Stepped Out of a Dream (Nacio Herb Brown/Gus Kahn), I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (Harry Carroll/Joseph McCarthy), Too Beautiful to Last (Marty Symes/Ruth Lowe) and Minnie…

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