Harvey Danger – Carlotta Valdez

If you’ve seen the Jimmy Stewart film, Vertigo, you may remember Carlotta as the fictional dead person mentioned in the movie. The band Harvey Danger included the song Carlotta Valdez on their 1997 album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? (Arena Rock AR-006). The entire song is about the film and besides Stewart, Kim (Novak)…

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The Western Radio Collection Vol. 1

This 6-CD set was issued in 2016 by YourRadioShows.com. It features six western programs presented on the Lux Radio Theatre. The Stewart show included is Destry Rides Again, which first aired on November 5, 1945. Others on the set are: My Darling Clementine (April 28, 1947), starring Henry Fonda; Rawhide (March 22, 1955), starring Donna…

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Tommy Dorsey Show

In its September 13, 1947, edition, Billboard magazine ran the following article about the Tommy Dorsey disc jockey show. According to the article, New York City radio station WMCA kicks off the first broadcast on September 8, 1947, with a great many guests. One of those guests was Jimmy Stewart. Stewart was in New York…

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Diane Schuur/Stephen Bishop – Red Cab to Manhattan

Diane Schuur’s CD, Friends for Schuur, was released in 2000(Concord Jazz CCD-4898-2). Nine of the eleven tracks featured one of Schuur’s friends either singing or playing an instrument. On Red Cab to Manhattan, Stephen Bishop adds the vocals. The lyrics to the song mention both Jimmy Stewart and It’s a Wonderful Life…

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Here’s Lookin’ at You

On their 2001 album, Last Night in Town (Ferret Music F27), The Buffalo, New York, group, Everytime I Die, featured the song Here’s Lookin’ at You. The song is about the film industry and not only mentions Jimmy Stewart, but also James Dean and Sinatra in its lyrics. Band members included Jordan Buckley (guitar), Keith…

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This is Jimmy Stewart…Please Leave a Message After the Tone

No, Jimmy Stewart did not make a phone answering machine outgoing message! But, Rich Little did and he could sound as much like Stewart as anyone. Little’s cassette tape with ten different messages was issued by Radio Shack (43-419). Actually, Stewart’s impersonation was heard twice on the tape. The first time was at the beginning…

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The Six Shooter Rides Again

The Six Shooter Rides Again is a set of two cassettes released in England (Hodder Headline Audio HH541). This was the second set of The Six Shooter which the company had released. All four sides of the cassettes were identical, except for being numbered one through four. As you can see, no titles were listed…

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