Episode 60 sees the Great Gildersleeve sleuthing after a mysterious girl on a bus from 5/4/49. Your Humble Host sees the singing greats stop by as Gale Storm’s Lucky Lips get us going along with Carson Robison’s beautiful life, Laurie Anders and her wide open spaces, Bing Crosby’s wine, Jo Stafford’s awaiting a ring, Jimmy Dean loves to sing while eating breakfast and Dinah Washington is so comfortable today she takes her shoezies off. Oh, yes we got the goodies for you here. Enjoy the musical treats that is Sounds Like Radio!

Episode 59 finds the Great Gildersleeve (4/27/49) still in the detective mode, this time he’s searching for his honey’s stolen jewels!  And as always some really neat music as Your Humble Host features Detective TV show background music all the while Shirley Bassey loves her diamonds (a new great mix here), Arthur Tracy wonders where, Julie London tells us of her best friend, Frank Fontaine (Crazy Gugenheim) likes a new wedding ring, Bing Crosby is around the corner & Billie Holiday doesn’t know whether she wants furs or violets.   It's an exciting & fun Sounds Like Radio in store for you today!

In Episode 58 of Sounds Like Radio we find the Great Gildersleeve (4/20/49) now becoming a detective at a haunted house. It’s detective time with classic detective music and Robert Mitchum himself sings how to pick a wife, Jo Stafford loves the autumn, Orson Welles displays what he knows of life, Bob Manning sees a change, Blossom Dearie’s wings, Bing Crosby’s haunted heart & even Roy Orbison tells us what not to do when you’re a detective in a haunted house.   Lot of good stuff here and in every episode of Sounds Like Radio.  

Another selection from your Humble Host's Vast Library of Sound, this is Vol. 8.   On November 18, 1974 I was there to record this classic Jean Shepherd radio show just for you (little did I know at the time).  Jean Shepherd, narrator and author of Christmas Story the movie, well long before that diversion Jean Shepherd was only The best radio story teller around.   Jean Shepherd was at his very best when he was on the radio.   Today I have another sample for you of a Shep show with a great story I first recorded in 1973 and then again on 11/18/74 and now it's your turn to experience Shep doing what he did best, not movies or TV, but radio.   Listen. 

Step right up and hear the greatest show on Oith! Today Episode 57 brings us and the Great Gildersleeve (4/13/49) to the circus and to some of the greatest singers on Earth too! Stepping right up will be Blue Magic (a ‘70’s group), Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Doris Day, a classic circus song, Bing Crosby with a classic of his own, Dusty Springfield & the great Jimmy Durante! Wow, that’s a boatload of talent, eh? Well your Humble Host and all our friends are here to lose our tops at the Big Top! That’s a little circus talk. Now let’s start the show!

Off to a Baby Birthday Party Or Will Gildy Go Out with a hot date? That’s the question we ask in today’s 4/6/49 Great Gildersleeve. A lively show with some great singers doin’ their thing. Listen for Your Humble Host as he brings out the stars: Fred Astaire, Jaye P. Morgan, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Hal Kemp and Joanie James! They all strut their stuff in Episode 56 of Sounds Like Radio! Enjoy it with us now.

Today’s show is all about the many varied forms of whistling.  As the Great Gildersleeve  3/30/49 show has Gildy trying to catch a whistling bandit.  And we grab the pea by the whistle and listen to just some of the various great whistling songs that have come along. From some unforgettable instrumentals to our favorite whistlers like Julie London, Bing Crosby, Louis Prima, Al Jolson & even Harpo Marx!!  We’ll also remember our wild wild Wildwood vacations by the sea!  Pucker up and give a little whistle with your Humble Host in today’s wild episode.

Episode 54 arrives just in time as Gildy decides it’s time to let Bessie go! Bessie’s in trouble in tonight’s 3/23/49 Great Gilersleeve show.  But fear not-Lizabeth Scott is still Lucky, Perry Como & the Fontaine Sisters all want to go home together, Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney show why they love singing together, Eydie Gorme Bossa Novas her way thru, Al Jolson tells Bessie to not let it get her down, Helen Ward comes out of her shell to sing about where trouble has landed her & Burl Ives advises Bessie to chuck it all and head to the beach with sand and shells. Your Humble Host is here to magically weave it all together. Forget your troubles and enjoy Sounds Like Radio today.

There may be trouble in paradise for Leroy & his new girl, competition has arrived & Leroy’s worried.  Also we'll learn a little about actor Walter Tetley who played Leroy. 

Your Humble Host tells a kid story about going to an Elephant Sale. 

And we'll be featuring the great sounds from Joni James as she wishes on a ring, Bing Crosby is living in Loveland, Rosie Clooney sways her way around, Andy Williams can’t get used to it, Helen O’Connell wonders aloud & Nat King Cole advises Leroy to take his girlfriend around the world!  

A lot of really good music here along with the 3/16/49 episode of The Great Gildersleeve.  

Another classic Sounds Like Radio is here for you!

Your Humble Host is proud to drift & dream along with the 3/9/49 Great Gildersleeve as we go back in time!  Also joining us in the good old days will be Jane Morgan’s bumble bee, Burl Ives’ Silvery Moon, Bing Crosby’s Sweetheart, Fred Mertz himself- Bill Frawley meets us in Dreamland, Sophie Tucker’s Modern as Tomorrow & Dinah Washington’s lost in make believe dreams.

Find out what it all means on today’s Sounds Like Radio Episode 52!