[78-L] 78s for radio exercise programs

[Peter Muhr]

When I was a boy, this fad had carried over into TV, & a guy named Jack
LaLanne led a daily exercise show using live organ accompaniment for his
regimen.  I would imagine radio shows, there must've been more than one,
also used organ or piano music, or perhaps even a small instrumental
group.  Virtually all music on early radio was performed live by studio
musicians, so records wouldn't have been utilized until likely sometime
after WWII.
Peter Muhr

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 2:43 AM Donna Halper <dlh at donnahalper.com.invalid>
wrote:

>
> In the 1920s, there was an exercise craze, based on a fad called the
> "Daily Dozen" (a series of 12 exercises, originally created by Walter
> Camp; these simple calisthenics were supposed to help one to become
> physically fit, even in the comfort of one's home). For some reason,
> radio got involved in the exercise craze, and various programs (which
> I've written about in an essay you can find online called "Exercise and
> Expertise") featured the exercises, led by a friendly host who guided
> you through them each morning. But I'm trying to find out which songs
> were used-- I recall seeing advertisements in newspapers for these
> programs (and the ads mentioned  the names of the local stores that sold
> the exercise records, but the ads I saw _didn't_ mention the songs-- it
> just said the store had the exercise records). I also recall a couple of
> newspaper articles from the early 1920s, that discussed those
> recordings, the ones that were based on Walter Camp's Daily Dozen... but
> I can't find my notes. Anyone know which songs from the early to mid
> 1920s might have been used on these radio exercise programs, and who
> performed them?
>
> --
> Donna L. Halper, PhD
> Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies
> Lesley University, Cambridge MA
>
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