REMEMBERING:  Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs; observing the birthdays of Singin’ in the Rain stars Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor; Helen Kane, the Boop-Boop-A-Doop Girl; the beginning and end of WW II with Abe Lyman, Harry James and Spike Jones and his City Slickers; the 1942-44 musicians’ union strike; the indestructible Tony Bennett; and how we all screamed for ice cream. 63 minutes.

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E-X-P-A-N-D   your Memory Lane podcast experience by visiting these easy links for your added reading, listening and viewing pleasure:

Dick Haymes interview from 1972 along with his appearance on a 1944 radio broadcast of “Everything for the Boys”

Martha Raye interview from 1997 along with her appearance on a 1944 Radio Hall of Fame broadcast

1942-1944 Musicians’ Strike as reported on Wikipedia

Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor with “Moses” song and dance from “Singin’ in the Rain”

Kelly & O’Connor song and dance medley on Gene’s 1959 TV special

Helen Kane is surprised by Ralph Edwards for a 1958 telecast of “This is Your Life.”

Spike Jones and “Der Fuehrer’s Face” on TV

Tony Bennett sings “Stepping Out with My Baby” the MTV video produced by his son