[78-L] 78s about radio shows

[David Lennick]

Harry Chapin and W-O-L-D-DDDDDDDDDD........

In a general vein....
"Kiss Me By Wireless"..Vincent Lopez (early 20s)
"On The Air"..forget whose theme that was (English dance band)
"Turn Your Radio On"

dl

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> "Station H.O.B.O." by Goebel Reeves, The Texas Drifter (Brunswick), which operates not on a frequency but on a vagrancy.
> 
> Cary Ginell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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> Sent: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 5:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78s about radio shows
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> Donna wrote to us:
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>> might have been made into a record.  And I am sure there were other
>> songs inspired by the hit radio shows of that era.
> 
> 
> Hi  Donna,
> 
> I can think of several radio-show related songs off the top off my head (I 
> should be storing them somewhere else anyway...):
> 
> "All Right,  All Right,  All Right."  I have this by Joe Haymes on Melotone 
> and it's a humorous tribute to Bowes and the Amateur Hour.
> 
> "Are You List'nin'?"  By Jacques Renard on Brunswick.  Inspired by  radio 
> poet Tony Wons,  who speaks on the thing,  after a Smith Ballew vocal 
> chorus.
> 
> "Cliquot" by Harry Reser on Columbia...written to honor his long-time 
> sponsor.
> 
> "Who's Yehudi?"  Novelty song written about an on-going gag on some radio 
> show...forget which one,  c. 1940.
> 
> And there are all those tunes about Amos 'n' Andy as well...
> 
> Taylor
>