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Do you remember the days of old-time radio?

Or are you too young to remember but still enjoy listening to those entertaining radio shows?

Now you can order a fact-filled guide and CDR featuring some of the greatest songwriters and songs heard on old-time radio.

The radio guide is titled:

Remembering Radio: Great Songwriters and Singers (2nd edition)

Contents:

Introduction: Remembering Old-Time Radio

Chronology of Radio Programs and Thems, 1923-1956

Fifty Popular Radio Shows between 1928 and 1958

Radio Script

Sample Programs on WBET-AM, 1985-1993

Sample Programs on WGBH-FM, 1978-1992

Bibliography

Listening Selections

The accompanying one hour CDR is for personal non-commercial use and includes excerpts from radio shows from the 1930s to 1990s. Included are music selections featuring the orchestras of Freddy Martin and Glenn Miller; singers such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Tex Ritter, Tony Bennett and others; and tributes to five great American songwriters who perform their own song hits:

"I Got Rhythm" (played by George Gershwin in 1932)

"Stormy Weather" (sung by Harold Arlen in 1933)

"Anything Goes" (sung and played by Cole Porter in 1934)

"God Bless America" (sung by Irving Berlin and Kate Smith in 1943)

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (played by Jerome Kern in 1940)

To find out how to order your copy of the Remembering Radio guide and accompanying CDR of music, go to the:

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