Specialized OPORTS announcers headline a quirky era
A fragmented item mentions highly specialized announcers and varied trades from printers to pilots, naming figures like Jack Benny and Ed Wynn's father. It evokes a radio trends snapshot with odd associations, a Gypsies leader, and local color from Valleyhead Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard ( Holmes) Gordon
Horlick
Louis
Valleyhead
Ala
Howard Barlow
Ed Wynn
Arthur Tracy
Cliff Edwards
Jessica Dragonette Honors Edison Singing Bet
Jessica Dragonette salutes Edison after a claim about a singing bet. Ed Wynn changes his costume between each number during the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica Dragonette
Edison
Bet
Ed Wynn
NBC
Carolyn Gray
Miss Dragonette
Thomas Alva Edison
Little Grey
West
Torch Singer Set for Whiteman Program in York
A torch singer born in Manhattan on November 16, 1910, and raised in New York is slated to appear on Whiteman’s radio program in York. Details from the fragment confirm the era of radio variety shows and the singer’s Manhattan birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torch Singer
Whiteman
York
Manhattan
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