On February 12, 1967, the “Cole Porter Library Celebration Dinner” was held at the University of Southern California. The main guests, speakers and performers at the testimonial were Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. Garson Kanin was the discussion moderator and Roger Edens played the piano for the performers. In…
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Lux Radio Theatre Presents Western Drama
This 8-CD set was issued by Radiorevisited.com (74CD8). Destry Rides Again, starring Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, was included in the set. The show had originally been broadcast on November 5, 1945…
Radio’s Greatest Westerns
Radio’s Greatest Westerns was a 5-CD set issued in1992 by Prime Time Nostalgia (PTN-728). It featured shows from five radio programs – Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, Hopalong Cassidy starring William Boyd, The Cisco Kid Starring Jack Mather and The Six Shooter starring Jimmy Stewart. All five of the leading men…
The Tim Sample Collection Volume Two, Live on Stage 1992-1999
This 3-CD set was issued in 2009 by The Maine Humor Company. As the jacket states, Sample is a humorist and the three CD’s are filled with his comedy routines. But, every now and again, he breaks into song. One of those is called The Jimmy Stewart Song and according to the jacket notes, it…
Old-Time Radio Famous Westerns
This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (4473) in 2001. A photo of Stewart appears on the cover. The set included just one Six Shooter program, Red Lawson’s Revenge, along with many other shows including The Cisco Kid, Frontier Gentleman, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, Red Ryder and Tales…
Old Time Radio Shows with Famous Guest Stars
This 20-CD boxed set was issued in 2005 by Nostalgia Ventures (2016). Stewart appears on disc 3 of the set in Call Northside 777. The show was first broadcast on The Camel Screen Guild Theater on October 4, 1948…
American Icons
The American Icons set was issued by Radio Spirits (43622). Although neither his photo nor his name made the front cover, Stewart did star in one of the eleven radio shows included on this 6-CD set. That show was the Radio Reader’s Digest version of One Way to Broadway, which was broadcast on March 18,…
Hollywood’s Best: The Thirties
This is a single CD issued by TCM Turner Classic Movies Music/Rhino Movie Music (R2 72907) in 1997. Stewart is involved only on track 12, Easy to Love (Alternate Version). In the film, Born to Dance, he appears to be singing the song with Eleanor Powell when, in fact, her vocals were dubbed by Marjorie…
Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (CD/Cassette)
In 2000, Radio Spirits issued the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life starring Stewart and Donna Reed in both cassette and CD formats. The CD release number was 7012: The CD version seems to be a little easier to find than the cassette. Although marketed these days as a Christmas story, it…
The Six Shooter Volume 1
This 10-CD set was issued by The Nostalgia Merchant in 2003. Two shows are included on each disc for a total of 20, including: The Audition Show (July 15, 1953) Jenny (September 20, 1953) The Coward (September 27, 1953) The Stampede (October 4, 1953) Silver Annie ((October 11, 1953) Rink Larkin (October 18, 1953) Red…
