Greg Van Beek's Nostalgia Radio Time Podcast: Recent Episodes
Greg Van Beek
A mix of some of the finest music from legendary performers and personalities of the greatest generation, along with complete vintage broadcasts from the golden age of radio. Mix it together, and that's NOSTALGIA RADIO TIME, hosted by Greg Van Beek. Including the 'Bing Sings' feature each week! Heard each Sunday at 9 AM (ET) over New York's 920 WON: The Apple and each Thursday at 9 AM (ET) streaming over YUSA red on the Yesterday USA Super Station at http://www.yesterdayusa.net/ Join our Facebook fan group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NostalgiaRadioTime/ Also follow us on Twitter: @NRTwithGVB E-mail me your requests: NostalgiaRadioTime@yahoo.com
With songs by Vaughn Monroe, Tony Bennett & Carrie Underwood, The Dorsey Brothers, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan, Johnny Mercer, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Abbott & Costello Show from 2/10/49!
With songs by Al Jolson & The Mills Brothers, Eddie Cantor, Ted Lewis, Boswell Sisters, Harry Richman, Ina Ray Hutton, Phil Harris, our Bing Sings Feature, + Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 3/7/44
This week on NRT, The Fitch Bandwagon with Gene Krupa from 3/2/41and The Green Hornet from 6/13/39, plus our Bing Sings feature!
This week we remember the legendary Tony Bennett by devoting the entire hour to his music and memories on what would've been his 97th birthday. You won't want to miss this special tribute to a music pioneer and icon!
With songs by Jimmy Dorsey with Helen O’Connell & Bob Eberly, Shep Fields, The Mills Brothers with Count Basie, Woody Herman, The Andrews Sisters, Rudy Vallee, Red Foley, our Bing Sings feature with Gary Crosby, & Old Time Radio Time: The Life of Riley from 5/1/48!
This week, it's the Billboard Singles Chart for the week ending July 17, 1943! With songs by The Song Spinners, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Dick Haymes + Old Time Radio Time: The Kraft Music Hall from 9/16/43!
With songs by Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Louis Armstrong, Pat Boone, Tony Bennett, The Four Aces, Dan Dailey & The Andrews Sisters, our Bing Sings feature, + Old Time Radio Time: Ozzie & Harriet from 3/21/52!
This week songs by Doris Day, Dean Martin, Michael Holliday, Steve Lawrence, Roy Rogers, Ed Ames, George Burns, our Bing Sings feature, + Old Time Radio Time: The Adventures of Sam Spade from 7/4/48!
Episode 600 featuring anniversary songs by Steve & Eydie, The Four Lads, Eddy Howard, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Liza Minnelli, Perry Como + Old Time Radio Time: The Kraft Music Hall Starring Al Jolson with Bing Crosby from 10-16-47!
We're venturing into the rock / disco era with songs by Al Martino, Elvis Presley, Peter Frampton, America, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Neil Sedaka, our Bing Sings feature & Old Time Radio Time: The Martin & Lewis Show from 10/19/51 with Bing Crosby
With songs by Hal Kemp, Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey, Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch, Kay Kyser, The Boswell Sisters, Larry Clinton, Frank Sinatra, our Bing Sings Feature, + Old Time Radio Time: Fred Allen Show from 1/23/49!
This week we have songs by Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, The Mills Brothers, Sammy Davis, JR., Jimmie Lunceford, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Inner Sanctum from 5/1/45!
1930’s & 40’s Christmas music by Benny Goodman, Mae Questel (Betty Boop), Hoosier Hot Shots, Tommy Dorsey, Basil Rathbone, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Putney Dandridge, Sammy Kaye Orch, Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, Dick Robertson, Perry Como, Buddy Clark, Eddie Cantor, Louis Prima, Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
I'm joined by my special guest Laura Ainsworth to talk about her brand-new album "You Asked For It". Plus we ease our way into the Christmas music with songs by Claude Thornhill, Andy Williams, Eydie Gorme, Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians, Guy Lombardo, Nat King Cole, Dolores & Bob Hope, Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee, + the 45th Anniversary of the Bing & Bowie collaboration!
It's records from 1941-1942! With songs Claude Thornhill, Glen Gray, David Rose, Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly, Glenn Miller, The Merry Macs, Dinah Shore, our Bing Sings feature with Mary Martin, & Old Time Radio Time: Jack Benny Jello Program from 4/6/41!
It's the Billboard singles chart for the week of November 9, 1946! With songs by Tex Beneke & Glenn Miller Orchestra, Paul Weston & Matt Dennis, The Ink Spots, Sammy Kaye Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, Kay Kyser, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Carle plus Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 11/12/46!
We shine the spotlight on the Bob Crosby Orchestra with recordings made for Decca from 1935-39, along with our Bing Sings feature pairing the two siblings, and Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 10/21/41!
It's giddyup time on NRT! We'll be horsing around with songs by the Nat King Cole Trio, Spike Jones, Kirby Stone Four, Sammy Kaye, Sons Of The Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry 1938, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Lone Ranger from 1/20/54!
With the Gulf Screen Guild Players Revue from 2/5/39 with Bing Crosby, Hugh Herbert, Jane Withers, George Murphy, & the Fred Allen Show from 4/23/44 with Oscar Levant!
We mark the 45th anniversary of the passing of Bing Crosby with a special program chronicling his work during the last 10 months of his life through rare recordings from TV, Concerts, Radio & Records. The thumbnail photo with this podcast was taken on 10/14/77, hours before his death.
With songs by Bob Crosby, Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner, Victor Young, Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, Rudy Vallee, Dick Todd, Tommy Dorsey, our Bing Sings feature with Gus Arnheim, & Old Time Radio Time: The Jello Program starring Jack Benny from 4/6/41!
This week it's Old Time Radio Time on Nostalgia Radio Time with Benny Goodman’s Swing School from 6/29/37, Ben Bernie on the Brunswick Brevities from 9/9/29 plus our Bing Sings feature!
This week it's all Judy! Judy Garland in Concert with the Hi Lo’s & Jerry Gray’s orchestra at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium on 7/11/55, along with our Bing Sings feature with Judy!
I'm joined by the acclaimed Thisbe Vos - jazz singer! We'll be chatting about her latest album "Renaissance In Blue" and playing some tracks from it. Along with our Bing Sings feature, and Old Time Radio Time: Terry & The Pirates from 11/20/41
This week it's Pop hits of 1966 by Mike Douglas, SSGT Barry Sandler, Mamas & Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Righteous Brothers, Lovin' Spoonful, Mindbenders, + our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Philco Radio Time from 10/23/46 with Spike Jones!
We call out a few members of the fairer sex by their first name! With "name" songs by Patti Page, Randy Sparks, Tommy Roe, Bobby Vee, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Goldsboro, Del Shannon, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Blondie! From 5/27/45
It's the music of the Gershwins! With songs by Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Nat King Cole Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Ray Charles & Count Basie, Keely Smith, our Bing Sings Feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Music By Gershwin from 2/19/34 NBC!
This week featuring the Crooners in 1962. Songs recorded 60 years ago by Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, our Bing Sings feature, plus Old Time Radio Time: First Nighter from 6/17/48!
Swing Is The Thing! With swing tunes by Paul Whiteman’s Swing Wing, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb with Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell, plus Old Time Radio Time: The Joe Penner Show from 11/10/38!
It's old-time radio time for the entire time! With The Coty Hour featuring Ray Noble with Al Bowlly from 6/26/35 plus The Roy Rogers Show from 8/29/48.
It's musical radio broadcasts from the late 1940's! With an Orrin Tucker Orchestra live remote from 4/12/48, and Songs By Sinatra, a Frank Sinatra radio show from 3/20/46 with his guest Van Johnson that my Grand Aunt Lucy was in the audience for! Plus our Bing Sings feature with the Andrews Sisters.
It's number 1 hits by Kay Starr, Shelley Fabares, Ruby & The Romantics, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Petula Clark, Young Rascals, The Association, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 1/25/37 with Ted Weems & Perry Como!
It's old-time radio time for the entire time on NRT! With a Glenn Miller Remote from the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle on 6/30/39, & The Shadow from 2/11/40, plus our Bing Sings feature!
We celebrate the centennial of the legendary Judy Garland with recordings spanning 1939 to 1960, along with Old Time Radio Time: The Bing Crosby Show from 10/11/50 with Judy Garland & Bob Hope as guests!
This week it's the sounds of summer with songs by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Seals & Crofts, Doris Day, plus Old Time Radio Time: The Life of Riley from 12/3/48!
This week it's Radio's Superheroes! With The Green Hornet from 6/13/39, The Adventures of Superman from 5/17/46, & Hop Harrigan from 11/7/44!
It's the Billboard singles chart for the week ending June 16, 1962! With hit songs by David Rose, Connie Francis, Dion, Freddy Cannon, Gene Pitney, Johnny Tillotson, Acker Bilk, RAY CHARLES, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Comedy Caravan with Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore from 11/9/45!
With songs by Frank Sinatra, Rose Marie, Ben Pollack, Dick Powell, Tony Pastor, Frankie Masters and the Swingmasters, Vincent Lopez, our Bing Sings feature with Les Paul, & Old Time Radio Time: The Jack Benny Program from 3/5/50 with Sara Churchill
I'm joined by legendary game show host and TV / Radio personality Peter Marshall! He'll be talking about his favorite big band / pop vocalist recordings, along with a little reminiscing about his years hosting THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES with the center square Paul Lynde. Plus a rare Bing Sings with Peter and Arte Johnson recreating The Rhythm Boys with Bing!
We're celebrating Bob Hope on Radio in honor of his Birthday
with the Bob Hope Pepsodent Show from 6/3/41 with Humphrey Bogart and a Bob Hope Show rehearsal from 10/6/49!
It's #1’s of the rock era by Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs, Bobby Vee, Ricky Nelson, The Drifters, Connie Francis, Johnny Horton, Tommy Edwards, along with our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show from 1/17/54 with Liberace!
I'm joined by Turner Classic Movies TCM host Alicia Malone! She'll be talking about her brand new book "Girls On Film: Lessons From A Life of Watching Women In Movies". We'll also chat about some of her favorite films (including her favorite Bing Crosby film!) and also some of her movie theater must have's when watching films! Along with Old Time Radio Time: Academy Award Theater: The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart from 7/3/46!
It's my annual Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) Birthday Bash on NRT and I'm joined for the entire hour by the equally legendary CAROL BURNETT! We'll be reminiscing about the TV work she did with Bing and featuring airchecks from the shows. You'll also hear my own Mrs. Wiggins moment with Carol, and how I made HER laugh!
With songs by Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, The Mills Brothers, The Four Lads, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 1/4/44!
I'm joined by a special guest...the legendary Michael Feinstein! We'll be talking about his brand new album #GershwinCountry, and playing some tracks from it featuring the likes of Dolly Parton, Allison Kraus, Lee Ann Womack, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Liza Minnelli, along with recordings by Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney!
We celebrate Easter with songs by Gene Autry, Perry Como, Chick Webb with Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Ray Anthony, Fred Astaire, Our Bing Sings Feature with Rosemary Clooney & Al Jolson, +
Old Time Radio Radio Time: The Doris Day Show from 4/18/52 with Ray Bolger!
With songs by Al Jolson, Ted Lewis, Freddy Martin, Johnny Long, Will Bradley, The Merry Macs, Our Bing Sings Feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Duffy’s Tavern 2/2/45 with Sonny Tufts!
It's Glenn Miller in 1941! With Ray Eberle & Tex Beneke, plus Helen Gallagher from the Pal Joey 1952 revival, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Nick Carter, Master Detective from 7/1/45!
We share some Pop Hits from 60 Years Ago (1962) by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Elvis Presley, Mr. Acker Bilk, Ray Charles, David Rose, Pat Boone, Nat King Cole, Bobby Vinton, & our Bing Sings feature with Bob Hope, + Old Time Radio Time: Suspense from 3/25/62 Memory of A Murder!
We celebrate the wearin' of the green with Irish songs by Dennis Day, Judy Garland, Dick Haymes, John McCormack, Johnny Cash and of course Bing Crosby, along with Old Time Radio Time: Duffy’s Tavern from 3/16/45 with Pat O’Brien!
We go back 70 years and examine the Billboard Chart for the week ending March 15, 1952. With songs by The Bell Sisters, Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads, The Four Aces, Ella May Morse, Eddie Fisher, Leroy Anderson, Kay Starr, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Tales of the Texas Rangers from 4/6/52!
Great songs from the 1930's by Eddy Duchin, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol, Bob Crosby, Cab Calloway, Don Bestor 1934, Our Bing Sings Feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Shadow from 9/11/38!
We travel back 54 years & examine some pop songs from the year 1968 by Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Glen Campbell, Dion, Mamas & The Papas, The Mills Brothers, Jimmy Durante & Maurice Chevalier, + our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Whistler from 11/12/45!
We go back 75 years and review some recordings from 1947 by Al Jolson, Francis Craig, The Mills Brothers, Buddy Clark, Count Basie, Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orch, Eddy Howard, Our Bing Sings feature with Fred Waring, & Old Time Radio Time: Mystery In The Air from 8/28/47!
We go back to the 1930's this week with songs by Smith Ballew, Ben Bernie & All The Lads, Gus Arnheim, Kenny Baker, Irving Aaronson & His Commanders, Les Brown, Dorsey Bros. orch with Bob Eberly, Our Bing Sings Feature & Old Time Radio Time: The Jack Benny Program from 11/6/38!
It's Old Time Radio Time with Winnie the Wave with Claude Thornhill’s Orch. from 10/8/46, The Romance of Helen Trent from 9/21/39, Easy Aces from 8/4/37, & a Woody Herman big band remote from the Café Rouge of the Hotel Pennsylvania circa 1940!
It's the #1's from the late 1950's! With songs by Frankie Avalon, Les Baxter, Della Reese, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Frank Sinatra, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Red Skelton Show from 1/14/47!
With songs by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest, Tommy Dorsey with Jo Stafford, Ella Mae Morse, Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orch, Andy Russell, Johnny Mercer with The Pied Pipers, Our Bing Sings Feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Ben Bernie Show from 6/11/35 with Frank Parker!
This week a rebroadcast of my 2015 interview with NBC's The Voice runner up Wendy Moten! Featuring songs from her 2015 album "Timeless: Wendy Moten Sings Richard Whiting", along with Old Time Radio Time: The Crosby Clooney- Show from 11/7/61!
It's sounds of the 60's this week on NRT! Featuring Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, JR., Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, our Bing Sings feature with Count Basie, & Old Time Radio Time: Box 13 from 3/27/49!
It's our annual New Years Big Band Bash on NRT! With the bands of Les Brown, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Ben Bernie, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Horace Heidt, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Sammy Kaye, Woody Herman, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, & Mr. New Years Eve himself, Guy Lombardo!
Merry Christmas! It's my 20th Annual Bing Crosby Christmas Special, heard exclusively NRT! It's an hour of beloved holiday songs as sung by the master of the genre with a voice that transcends time.
Spend the holidays with Mr C... It's a Perry Como Christmas! An hour of classic yuletide recordings by the man who was a staple on TV at Christmastime for nearly 40 years!
More sounds of the season with songs by Louis Armstrong, Michael Buble, Andy Williams, Martina McBride, Perry Como, Lorrie Morgan, Dean Martin, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Jack Benny Christmas Program from 12/19/48!
More sounds of the season by Patti Page, Ray Conniff Singers, Guy Lombardo, Kay Kyser, Fats Waller, Louis Jordan, Buddy Clark, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Screen Director’s Playhouse: Miracle on 34th Street from 12/23/49
The Christmas music begins! Featuring new music from Nat King Cole, along with Johnny Mathis, John Legend, Perry Como, Little Big Town, Peggy Lee, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Hallmark Playhouse – A Christmas Carol starring Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge for the last time from 12/20/53
We celebrate Thanksgiving with songs by Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Phil Harris, Bob Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie's Orchestra, Perry Como, & Old Time Radio Time: The Jack Benny Program 11/23/47 Movie of Jack's Life; Thanksgiving Show
With songs by Billy Eckstine, Phil Harris, Frank Sinatra, Connee Boswell, Charlie Spivak, Six Hits & A Miss, Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: It’s Time To Smile – the Eddie Cantor Show with Phil Harris from 1/15/41
Celebrating 95 years of Tony Bennett with tracks from his new album with Lady Gaga! Along with classic Tony Bennett hits, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Red Skelton Show from 1/16/52!
We go back 80 years & examine Your Hit Parade's Top 8 songs for the week ending 10/25/41! With music by Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Dinah Shore, Horace Heidt, along with Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 10/21/41!
It's a big band cavalcade with songs by Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle, Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Harry James with Helen Forrest, Spike Jones, Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly, Artie Shaw with Lena Horne, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Doris Day Show from 5/23/52 with Dennis Day!
Old time radio time for the entire time this week on NRT! With Beat The Band from 3/10/40 with Perry Como, & The Jack Benny Program from 6/3/51!
It's Sing Bing this week on NRT, featuring Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly, Andy Russell, Dinah Shore, Louis Prima & Wingy Manone, & Al Bowlly performing songs introduced and made famous by Bing Crosby! Along with our BING SINGS feature, and Old Time Radio Time: Bob Hope Show from 5/29/45 with Bing Crosby cameo!
With songs by Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Matt Monro, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Vicki Carr, Bobby Darin, Our Bing Sings Feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Fred Waring Show from 12/27/34!
This week on NRT enjoy a visit with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on The Chase & Sanborn Hour with Nelson Eddy, Dorothy Lamour, and special guest Rudy Vallee from 10/3/37 as broadcast over NBC!
Old time radio time this week on NRT! With a Bunny Berigan Remote Broadcast from 5/3/38, a Red Nichols & His 5 Pennies Broadcast from 3/31/39 & a Louis Prima Remote Broadcast from 12/2/44, + our Bing Sings feature with Ella Fitzgerald!
We shine the spotlight on Rudy Vallee with recordings spanning 1929-1980! Along with our Bing Sings feature with Rudy & Walter O’Keefe, & Old Time Radio Time: Rudy Vallee Live Remote Broadcast from 6/5/37!
With songs by Vaughn Monroe, Glenn Miller and the Modernaires, Jimmy Dorsey with Helen O’Connell, Jan Savitt Orch. with Bon Bon, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Kraft Music Hall from 1/13/49 with Al Jolson & Groucho Marx
With 3 great programs in the spotlight; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century from 4/10/39, Fitch Bandwagon with Gene Krupa from 3/2/41, Gus Arnheim Cocoanut Grove Orchestra 1931 syndicated remote!
With songs by Connee Boswell, The Mills Brothers, Don Cherry, Dick Haymes, The Satisfiers, Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Eddy Howard, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Adventures of Nero Wolfe from 4/20/51!
First Recordings of Hit Songs! With Tommy Tucker orch, Artie Shaw with Hot Lips Page, Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour, Harlan Leonard orch, Dick Haymes, Majestic Dance Orch., Rudy Vallee, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: Mister District Attorney from 3/9/49!
This week on NRT: Sinatra in the 1940's. With Dorsey, The Columbia Years, V-Discs, it's all here, including Old Time Radio Time: Fame & Fortune with Tommy Dorsey featuring Frank Sinatra from 3/6/41!
A milestone episode of NRT... our 500th consecutive weekly episode since we began in January 2012! To help me celebrate is Holly Foster-Wells, granddaughter of the legendary Miss Peggy Lee! We shine the spotlight on Peg for the entire hour, and Holly provided our playlist of some of her favorites ala Lee! You won't want to miss it, and are sure to learn some new things about this iconic performer!
This week, the 499th consecutive week of NRT, a special rebroadcast of my July 2014 interview with Deana Martin, daughter of the legendary Dean Martin! She shares many great stories about her famous Dad, and performs songs from her successful albums too! And along the way there are duets with Jerry Lewis, Deana & Dean, Dean & Bing, and much more
It's number one’s from the late 1950’s into the early 1960’s! With songs by Johnny Maddox, Sonny James, Perez Prado, The Browns, Percy Faith, Pat Boone, Nat King Cole, Steve Lawrence, our Bing Sings feature, & Old Time Radio Time: The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show from 5/26/53 with Debbie Reynolds!
This week on NRT, two great music programs: Your Saturday Dance Date with Claude Thornhill from 7/2/49 & Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands featuring Louis Armstrong from 8/17/43, plus our Bing Sings feature.
It's Alice Faye at 20th Century Fox this week on NRT! With movie soundtrack recordings spanning1934-39 along with Old Time Radio Time: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show from 1/30/49!
It's the Crooners....in 1962...this week on NRT! With songs by Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Perry Como, Nat King Cole & George Shearing, Johnny Mathis, plus Bing Sings in 1962, & Old Time Radio Time: First Nighter from 6/17/48
It's Old Time Radio Time for the hour....Town Hall Tonight starring Fred Allen from 6/8/38 over NBC!
We shine the spotlight on the Will Bradley and Charlie Barnet Orchestras! Along with our Bing Sings feature and Old Time Radio Time: Suspense from 1/18/54 with Jack Benny!
We shine the spotlight on Betty Grable the 20th Century Fox Years 1940-44 this week on NRT! Plus our Bing Sings feature and Old Time Radio Time: Roy Rogers Show from 8/29/48!
We celebrate the May birthday's of Rosemary Clooney and Bob Hope...with a little Bing too... this week on NRT! Along with Old Time Radio Time: Information Please from 1/24/41
With songs by Will Bradley, Vincent Lopez, Sam Lanin with Smith Ballew, Kenny Baker, Les Brown, Gordon MacRae, Louis Armstrong, our Bing Sings feature with Red Nichols, & Old Time Radio Time: Fibber McGee & Molly from 10/21/41
It's the music of George Gershwin! With songs by Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Nat King Cole Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Ray Charles & Count Basie, Keely Smith, our Bing Sings feature, plus Old Time Radio Time: Music By Gershwin from 2/19/34 on NBC!
It's our annual Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) Birthday Bash on . NRT! Featuring an hour of lesser known recordings that I'm sure will surprise and delight
A special remembrance of the legendary Regis Philbin with a rebroadcast of my November 2013 interview with him. It was the kick off to our Christmas music so you may find a few premature carols therein but overlooking that, you'll get a glimpse of the real Regis, and how generous he was with his time for NRT.
Featuring Radio Hall of Fame member and legendary Chicago area broadcaster Chuck Schaden for the entire hour! Pick up a copy of Chuck's new book "Chuck Schaden's Radio Days: Adding Decades to the Golden Age of Radio" at SpeakingofRadio.com
We spend the hour remembering Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) on the 40th anniversary of his passing. We will take a look back at his activities and recordings during the final 10 months of his life, featuring some rare songs and interview excerpts that haven't been heard in 40 years!
It's the 300th consecutive weekly episode of NRT, and you're invited to the party as we look back at some of the best moments of our many interviews since 2012. Including Peggy King, Thisbe Vos, John Mills, Barbara Rosene, Tony Bambino, Regis Philbin, Brigitte Zarie, Suzy Bogguss, Deana Martin, and Pat Boone!
Devoting the entire hour in tribute to the memory of New York radio legend Rich Conaty, host for over 40 years of The Big Broadcast. Rich passed away in December, too soon, at age 62. This week's show is patterned after Rich's, featuring an hour of classic dance band and personality records exclusively from the 1920's in true BB format.
The 200th weekly episode of NRT with special guest for the entire hour, the legendary Pat Boone ! Pat was the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, and sold over 45 million albums, with 38 Top 40 hits. We'll be talking about many of those hits, and featuring cuts from his new Duets album & so much more!