Have Gun Will Travel," Produced 106 radio episodes from Nov. 1958 to Nov. 1960...starring John Dehner as Paladin. Paladin 'Gun For Hire' lived in and worked out of the Carleton Hotel, in 1875 San Francisco. During many episodes including the one on this track, we hear Paladin in conversation with the Carleton Hotel's Chinese bell hop, 'Hey-Boy' (starring Ben Wright).

Have Gun Will Travel was one of those very rare programs which got its START as a top rated television show runningon CBS from 1957-63 and starring Richard Boone as Paladin. Successfully moving to a radio broadcast from television was quit an achievement and speaks volumes for the way John Dehner portrayed the radio Paladin compared to Boone's interpretation... they were two very different characters. The episode on this track is from May 3, 1959 and is entitled "Gun Shy Gushy". Saddle up!

It doesn't get much better than Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on this episode of Bing Crosby's "Chesterfield Radio Show" from November 1951.

Jubilee ran from 1942 to 1953 and was aimed as a morale-building service for black troops and aired for military personnel. The show was hosted by Bubbles Whitman, yet was never broadcast at home. Jubilee filled an important gap in the musical history of radio, though it was transcribed for distribution to service personnel and was not heard home. Conceived, at least in part, as a morale-building service for for African-American troops overseas, it presented bands and entertainment that had been given short shrift by the networks. The wartime host, Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman, was a jive-talking bundle of energy. Most of the shows were recorded before live audiences in Los Angeles: either at network studios or in other facilities setup for radio play syndication companies. The series is now considered an important piece of black heritage: its War Department status

exempted the performing artists from the union-mandated recording bans of 1942-43 and 1947-48, and many of the programs contain unique performances. The show on this track was aired on January 17, 1944

A favorite sitcom of mine... and I hope yours... here is Lucille Ball and Richard Denning along with Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet in the program that was billed as "two people who live together and like it!"...Running from 1948-52, this was the precursor to the CBS TV hit "I Love Lucy" except Richard Denning was replaced by Ricky Ricardo... Lucy insisted on this as she had married Ricky in real life... and the rest was history. Enjoy "George's Old Flame" and check for other tracks in the Playlist of Comedy Shows.

A favorite sitcom of mine... and I hope yours... As of 9.13.17 I have 3 episodes from this series on Heirloom Radio. Here is Lucille Ball and Richard Denning along with Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet in the program that was billed as "two people who live together and like it!"...Running from 1948-52, this was the precursor to the CBS TV hit "I Love Lucy" except Richard Denning was replaced by Ricky Ricardo... Lucy insisted on this as she had married Ricky in real life... and the rest was history. Enjoy "Liz Teaches the Samba" and check for other tracks of My Favorite Husband in the Playlist of Comedy Shows.

From AFRS - featuring trumpeter and bandleader, Charlie Spivak (photo) - It is "One Night's Stand" originally broadcast October 1, 1943. This program was broadcast to the troops overseas during WW II and was designed to lift the morale of our fighting men and women. This show features a mixture of Big Band music with guests vocalists.

Airing first on NBC in June of 1947.... and then reappearing in Sept of 1948 on CBS, this detective drama series ran until 1951. The NBC series starred Van Heflin as Marlowe but the author of the novels on which the series was based, Raymond Chandler, did not like Heflin's portrayal of his hard-boiled detective, and simply removed himself from any part in the NBC production

When CBS hired Gerald Mohr in 1948 to play Marlowe, Chandler was much happier. He felt that Mohr's voice packed personality and represented the tough detective character of Phillip Marlowe much better than Van Heflin. I am sure that you will agree that Gerald Mohr's voice is quite extraordinary. Co-stars included Virginia Gregg, John Dehner, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Jeff Corey, Gloria Blondell, Wilms Herbert and others that made up an extremely talented cast for this popular series.

Radio City Playhouse was an NBC anthology series that ran from July of 1948 until January of 1950. It featured a wide variety of genres and on this track you will hear "Whistle Daughter Whistle" Originally aired on July 31, 1948. Written by Ernest Kinoy... it is a comedy about two ever-loving "mamas" who are determined their son and daughter should wed each other. Cast: Lenore Garland (Mrs. Kalat); Mildred Clayton (Mrs. Marks); Jeanne Tatum (Peggy Marks); Lamont Johnston (Alan Kalat)

Lights Out was an anthology program heard late on Wednesday nights on NBC radio from 1933 to 1947 with a few short breaks in between. The first writer of the series was Wyllis Cooper and later Arch Oboler (Photo with young actor, Tommy Cook). The show featured horror, supernatural...sometimes stream-of-consciousness narrations... sometimes included social and political themes. This track features a story based on the life of Boris Karloff... who because of his appearance spent most of his professional career playing in horror movies. Lights Out.... Everybody!

Another exciting episode of The Green Hornet as he and his faithful valet, Kado face off against dangerous criminals in an effort to take crime off the streets and out of America in the 1940's. This episode was first aired on June 14, 1941... I recorded an introduction to the "Green Hornet" series which will give you a overall background on the origins and intentions of the series. I have a second Green Hornet program on Heirloom Radio... look at the playlist under Mystery_Detective_Crime