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Stan Freberg Presents: The United States Of America ℗ A Capitol Records Release; ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC Stanley Victor Freberg (born August 7, 1926 in Los Angeles-April 7, 2015) was a voice actor, comedian, and advertising creative director.
August 25, 1957. Episode 7 titled "The Lone Analyst." The driving of the Golden Spike and some music that's just too piercing, man.
The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for only fifteen episodes in 1957–58. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds and the musical direction of Billy May, ran in the 7 p.m. timeslot previously occupied by The Jack Benny Program.Episode 14 aired December 20, 1953 on NBC Radio. The story of "A Christmas Carol" is retold with a western motif. James Stewart (Britt Ponset) and Howard McNear (Scrudge).
The Baby Snooks Show was an American radio program starring comedian and Ziegfeld Follies alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air. The series began on CBS September 17, 1944, airing on Sunday evenings at 6:30pm as Post Toasties Time (for sponsor General Foods). The title soon changed to The Baby Snooks Show, and the series was sometimes called Baby Snooks and Daddy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby_Snooks_Show
DJ Howard Miller chats with Alvin Morris (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012), known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer. His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(American_singer)
Written by Fran Striker (Photo) This episode 2561 aired on ABC Radio and syndicated to markets where ABC affiliates did not clear the program. For example the ABC Radio affiliate in Philadelphia WFIL became an all pop music format and the transcribed programs were aired on station KYW.
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, and by Fran Striker, the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several movies. The title character was played on the radio show by George Seaton, Earle Graser, and Brace Beemer.
Edward R. Murrow hosts an historic montage of voices from history in the 20th century from the CBS radio network news archives.
Episode 15 aired on CBS Radio March 1, 1959. Have Gun Will Travel broadcast 106 episodes between November 23, 1958, and November 22, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters. Paladin sets out to follow Heyboy and to discover what exactly happened to Heyboy's relative who died under mysterious circumstances at a railroad camp. Starring John Dehner and Ben Wright (Photo). Wright began his American acting career in radio, establishing himself as a master of dialects with such roles as Hey Boy, the Chinese servant, on "Have Gun, Will Travel" with John Dehner. His talent for dialects also kept him busy in the many WWII-related films and TV shows of the 1950s and '60s wherein he played countless Germans and Frenchmen as well as a variety of Englishmen for which he ensured the dialects were accurate depending on which part of England they were from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wright_(English_actor)
Episode 38 aired January 10, 1953 on CBS Radio. After treating a wounded man, Doc gives his word of honor not to reveal the identities or hiding place of his criminal patients. William Conrad as Matt Dillon
Episode 15 aired May 6, 1956 on CBS Radio. The story title is also known as "Death Is A Quiet Time." The program was recorded April 5, 1956. Lt Seiberts and Dan Tolliver are on a scouting mission when they spot an Indian girl who has been thrown off her horse and bitten by a rattlesnake. As Seiberts sucks the poison from her leg she faints and they take her back to the fort. The young Indian is named Snowfoot and will refuse to go back onto the Reservation.
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