The CD, The Christmas Collection, was released in 1988 (Déjà Vu 5080-2). It was also issued as a cassette (Deja Vu 5080-4): It features a very short (40-second) rendition of Baby, It’s Cold Outside sung by Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart. While probably not a song you would think of as a Christmas melody, it…
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Toys for Tots – #4
The 1972 “Toys for Tots” disc was issued with two different labels. Besides Jimmy Stewart, this 1972 disc features Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. introducing the U.S. Marine Corps Band who play the Toys for Tots March, Karen Valentine, Chad Everett, Gary Owens, Glen Campbell, Florence Henderson, Clarence Williams III, Charlton Heston, Danny Thomas, Phyllis Diller, John…
Bing Crosby Show – December 14, 1949
This was Stewart’s first appearance on Bing’s show since the sponsorship was taken over by Chesterfield cigarettes. Not much had changed on the show when the new sponsor took over. It was still produced by Bill Morrow and Murdo MacKenzie. Ken Carpenter was still the announcer and John Scott Trotter was still the orchestra leader…
Old Time Radio Christmas Collection
Released in the early 1990’s by Metacam, this was a very interesting set. Not so much for the radio shows it included, but for its packaging. There were four cassettes included in this set and they were issued in a special wooden case made to look like an antique shop decorated for the holidays. The…
Christmas Seals Update
Christmas Seals are distributed each year by the Lung Association, formerly known as the National Tuberculosis Association. Most years, celebrities recorded public service announcements which were distributed to radio stations for airplay. As described in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart appeared on several such discs. The 1958 disc has continued to elude our collection…
The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection
Released on CD in 1998, The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection (Déjà vu 5079-2) looks like a good source for a rare Jimmy Stewart song. Unfortunately, in this case, looks can be and are very deceiving. Not only isn’t the Stewart track included on the CD, but there are only eleven tracks, not the fourteen listed…
The Bing Crosby Christmas Collection
This CD was released in 1992 (Déjà vu 5-126-2). The CD actually has three different titles, depending on what portion of the packaging you look at. The front says “Gift Collection,” the CD itself says “Gold Collection” and the spine says “Christmas Collection.” It was also issued on cassette (Deja Vu 5-126-4): One of the…
Toys for Tots – #3
This Toys for Tots record was issued as a 7-inch, 45 RPM record by Warner Brothers (PRO 381). Appearing with Stewart are Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the U.S. Marine Corps Band, Edward Mulhare, Natalie Wood, Colonel Frank Borman, Leonard Nimoy, Clarence Williams, Charlton Heston, Danny Thomas, Phyllis Diller, John Wayne, Bing Crosby, Jack Webb and Jimmy…
Jimmy Stewart and “Der Bingle”
Stewart appeared on The Bing Crosby Show a total of ten times from 1948 through 1954. All of the shows are easily available and all were detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. In this blog entry we’re going to take a look at one of the programs from near the middle of that time…
Bing Crosby Helps Jimmy Buy a Christmas Present for Gloria
One of Stewart’s appearances on the Crosby show came on November 14, 1951. Bing’s show was well established, so the radio section of the newspapers didn’t have much to say about the appearance. Most were like this one from the Mt. Vernon Register, Mt. Vernon, IL: The Stewart’s twins, Judy and Kelly, had just been…
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