FRANK SINATRA’S RADIO DAYS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 1, 1998

SONGS BY SINATRA (12-12-45) Frank cel­ebrates his 30th birthday on this program from New York after a lengthy nine-week per­sonal appearance stay at the Paramount Theatre. Featured are June Hutton, Pied Pipers, Axel Stordahl and the orches­tra. “The Voice” sings “It Might as Well be Spring,” “Button Up Your Overcoat,” and “Old Man River.” Old Gold Cigarettes, CBS. 126:27)

ROCKY FORTUNE (1953) Frank Sinatra stars as Rocky, a “footloose and fancy-free young man” who gets a job as a companion to a monkey! Cast includes Herb Vigran, Barney Phillips. Sustaining, NBC/AFRTS. (24:25)

SONGS BY SINATRA (10-24-45) Frank’s “old boss” Tommy Dorsey is guest for some memo­ries and music, including a medley of Sinatra/ Dorsey hits. Frank sings “I’ll Buy That Dream,” “Without a Song” and “I’ll Never Smile Again.” Pied Pipers, Axel Stordahl and the orchestra. Old Gold Cigarettes, CBS. (28:50)

READER’S DIGEST RADIO EDITION (12-19­46) “Room For a Stranger” starring Frank Si­natra as a Navy flyer back from overseas whose leave is cancelled on Christmas Eve. This warm­hearted drama is set in Northern Illinois. Hall­mark Cards, CBS. (29:25)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (10-8-44) Jack needs a new singer after Dennis Day joined the Navy, so he tries to hire Frank Sinatra, star of “Your Hit Parade.” Frank appears from New York. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (26:00)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is big band historian and Nostalgia Digest contributor KARL PEARSON who will talk about Frank Sinatra’s musical career on radio.