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The Horace Heidt Show of December 25, 1944 on the BLUE Network of NBC. Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 – December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. From 1932 to 1953, he was one of the more popular radio bandleaders, heard on both NBC and CBS in a variety of different formats over the years. He began on the NBC Blue Network in 1932 with Shell Oil's Ship of Joy and Answers by the Dancers. During the late 1930s on CBS he did Captain Dobbsie's Ship of Joy and Horace Heidt's Alemite Brigadiers before returning to NBC for 1937–39 broadcasts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt
Here is the next episode in the life of band singer Maxine Gray with notes from an article at O T R cat dot com. This episode also includes a 1934 radio broadcast with Maxine singing with the Hal Kemp Orchestra.
Episode 2571 July 7, 1954. “A fiery horse with the speed of light. A cloud of dust, and a hearty ‘Hi-yo, Silver!’ The Lone Ranger,” the narrator, in the last decade of the radio series was Fred Foy (Photo) who intoned at the opening of every episode. “With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!”
Doremus opens this hour long episode of beautiful music with "Do I Hear A Waltz" by The Percy Faith Orchestra.
Jim Ameche tells children in the voice of a tree about being selected as the first Christmas tree.
Jack, Billy and Betty are on deck of The Penguin which is steaming towards the source of a red distress rocket. But this also means that they are heading straight towards the ice. Captain Campbell will have to use all his sea skills to avoid disaster and rescue the men from the trapped ship, that they soon discover is The Pelican! SPOILER ALERT: This is one episode from a serialized series of 15 minute episodes aired nightly. Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy was a radio adventure series which maintained its popularity from 1933 to 1951. The program originated at WBBM in Chicago on July 31, 1933, and was later carried on CBS, then NBC and finally ABC. This episode is from January 1, 1934 and stars Jim Ameche as the hero. Our estimate is that Ameche was nineteen years old at the time of this airing, probably on CBS Radio.
From AFRTS episode 481 Transcription From 1975. DJ Ira Cook with music from his collection.
August 18, 1955 episode with Howard Miller chatting with Gordon Jenkins. Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Harry Nilsson, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Jenkins | https://amzn.to/3qnXwPJ
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