EPISODE · Dec 15, 2020 · 3 MIN
Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: The Golden Age of Radio by John Rayburn
from Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment · host Doris Ward
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/508448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: The Golden Age of Radio Author: John Rayburn Narrator: John Rayburn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 15, 2020 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Radio was the number one form of family entertainment for a quarter century. In a dazzling step back in time veteran broadcaster John Rayburn talks about the fantastic era of broadcasting in fascinating interviews with a sterling list of guests, including Durward Kirby (Garry Moore Show), Parley Baer (original “Chester” on radio’s Gunsmoke), Arthur Anderson (Let’s Pretend), Carmel Quinn (Irish singer on Arthur Godfrey), Ezra Stone (Henry Aldrich), Minnie Pearl (Grand Ole Opry), Fred Foy (Announcer on The Lone Ranger), Gale Gordon (I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks), Charles Correll (Andy of Amos ‘n’ Andy), Himan Brown (Inner Sanctum, Grand Central Station), Chet Lauck (Lum of Lum and Abner), Frankie Carle (Big band leader). There are great stories about Red Skelton, Jack Armstrong, Lights Out, Quiz Kids, Little Orphan Annie, Jimmy Durante, Time Marches On, Hindenburg disaster, President Roosevelt’s December 8, 1941 declaration of war against Japan and many, many more.
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