REMEMBERadio podcast

Episodes

1. 8

   FRANKIE LAINE (1913-2007)

   Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007), was one of the most successful American singers of the twentieth century.

   Feb 9, 2007

   9m
2. 7

   Brace Beemer, actor (The Lone Ranger)

   'Brace Beemer' (December 9, 1903 - March 1, 1965) was an American radio actor and announcer at radio station WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan. He served as the announcer for The Lone Ranger from its first broadcast in 1933. Beemer took over as the voice of The Lone Ranger (alias John Reid), from 1941 to…

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   Aug 29, 2006

   30m
3. 6

   Legend of The Lone Ranger, (edit)

   A wounded Texas Ranger is nursed back to health by a childhood friend, and becomes the famous masked rider of the Old West in The Legend of The Lone Ranger. TLR was the creation of writer Fran Striker and radio exec. James Jewell, program manager of WXYZ, Detroit. However in 1935 Radio producer…

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   Aug 29, 2006

   7m
4. 5

   Smilin' Jack Smith (1913-2006)

   "Smilin" Jack Smith (16 November 1913 in Seattle, Washington - July 3, 2006) was a crooner in the 1940s and also acted on TV and movies including On Moonlight Bay with Doris Day. He hosted the television program,"You Asked For It", in 1958 and 1971-72 with sporadic production continuing until…

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   Aug 26, 2006

   16m
5. 4

   Mike Douglas with Kay Kyser's Orchestra 1945

   Born Michael Delaney Dowd in Chicago on Aug. 11, 1925, Death Aug 11, 2006 Douglas began his career as a teenage singer and entertainer for supper clubs and radio programs. He was the staff singer at radio station WKY in Oklahoma City before joining the Navy during World War II and serving on a...

   Aug 26, 2006

   3m
6. 3

   Bill Lawrence and Kay Starr

   A singer whose early recordings tended to be forgotten after her ascendancy into the commercial sphere during the mid-'50s, Kay Starr was among the first pop singer to capitalize on the "rock fad" with her 1955 novelty "Rock and Roll Waltz." Her biggest hit came with the era-defining "Wheel of...

   Aug 25, 2006

   15m
7. 2

   Rosemary Clooney with Russ Morgan

   Radio Program Rosemary Clooney with The Russ Morgan Orchestra. Born May 23, 1928, in Maysville, Kentucky. The distinctively unpretentious, deep, rich, and smooth voice of Rosemary Clooney earned her recognition as one of America's premiere pop and jazz singers. According to Clooney's record…

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   Aug 25, 2006

   15m
8. 1

   Serenade In Blue

   A 1963 program of US Air Force's "Serenade in Blue" ( The series ran syndicated on radio1954-76 ).....“Men who wear the Air Force blue bring you A Serenade in Blue". ... Serenade in Blue was written, produced, performed by men in blue. Radio Recording unit Bolling AFB, Anacostia, Washington, DC....

   Aug 24, 2006

   16m