Music

Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour is a concert program devoted to classical music and other forms of serious performance. Its broadcasts bring celebra…

Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show features comedian, pianist, and songwriter Steve Allen in a lively variety format. Allen’s quick wit and musical abilit…

The Story Behind the Song

The Story Behind the Song explores the stories and background associated with familiar songs. This installment focuses on “The Rosary,” comp…

Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert

Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert brings together jazz musicians for a radio performance centered on traditional jazz. The title identifies this r…

The Lucky Strike Hour

The Lucky Strike Hour is a variety program built around music and comedy. Its broadcasts bring together popular entertainment in a lively ra…

Duke Ellington

Hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra in a broadcast identified as part of the ABC Treasury. Ellington’s music brings together the distincti…

Gene Autry's Melody Ranch

Gene Autry's Melody Ranch brings the singing cowboy to radio in a Western variety program centered on Autry and his music. The show combines…

Sons of the Pioneers

The Sons of the Pioneers bring close-harmony singing and Western songs to this radio transcription. Their sound is rooted in the American We…

Piano Playhouse

Piano Playhouse is a radio program centered on piano music and performance. This recording features pianists Cy Walter and Walter Gross, wit…

Refreshment Time with Singing Sam

Refreshment Time with Singing Sam is a radio program centered on Singing Sam, a musical performer whose songs give the show its identity. Th…

Great Moments in Music

Great Moments in Music presents a musical program centered on “America's Marching Again,” featuring Jean Tennyson. The title suggests a patr…

Sammy Kaye Sunday Serenade

Sammy Kaye Sunday Serenade is a radio program associated with bandleader Sammy Kaye. Its musical focus offers listeners a chance to hear the…

Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a live country music radio program built around performances by singers and musicians, with a strong connection to the…

Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade

Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade brings listeners the polished sound of bandleader Sammy Kaye and his orchestra. The program centers on popular …

Golden Gate Quartet

The Golden Gate Quartet brings close-harmony gospel singing to the radio, blending spirituals with the rhythmic drive and polished vocal int…

Music by Kostelanetz

Music by Kostelanetz presents orchestral music under the direction of Andre Kostelanetz, a conductor known for bringing classical and popula…

Light Crust Doughboys

The Light Crust Doughboys were a Western swing band whose radio performances brought lively country music to listeners. Their sound blends f…

A Day in the Life of Dennis Day

A Day in the Life of Dennis Day is a radio comedy built around singer and comedian Dennis Day, best known to radio audiences as a regular on…

The Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney Show

Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney share the spotlight in this musical radio program, bringing together two distinctive voices in a relaxed, c…

The Rudy Vallee Show

The Rudy Vallee Show features singer and radio personality Rudy Vallee in a variety program built around music and comedy. This recording is…