The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-07-14

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Title

The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-07-14

Collection

The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

Names

Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976 (Host)
Melton, James, 1904-1961 (Performer)
White, Francia, 1908-1984 (Performer)
Voorhees, Donald (Conductor)
Palmer, John F., 1870- (Lyricist)
Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943 (Lyricist)
Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930 (Composer)
Dacre, Harry, 1860-1922 (Composer)
Thornton, James, composer (Composer)
Ward, Charles B (Composer)
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 (Composer)
Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo, 1897-1948 (Composer)
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 (Composer)
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (Composer)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra (Performer)
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus (Performer)
National Broadcasting Company (Producer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1941-07-14

Table Of Contents

Link 1: Opening announcement ; Whoopie Ti Yi Yo or Git along, little dogies (also Get along, little dogies) / (Melton, chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Waltz bluette / music by Drigo (orchestra) ; Announcement ; A bicycle built for two / music and words by Dacre (Melton, chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement ; My sweetheart's the man in the moon / music and words by Thornton (White, chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Band played on / music by Ward ; words by Palmer (chorus, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Announcement ; To spring (originally for piano) / music by Grieg (orchestra) -- Link 2: Announcement and commentary on Batuque ; Batuque / music by Fernandez (orchestra) ; Announcement ; Elégie / music by Massenet (Melton, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; "Do you love me?" from revue "Garrick gaieties" / music by Rodgers ; lyrics by Hart (White, Melton, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LK-16 897

Subjects

Genres

Radio Programs
Music
Radio Commercials
Advertising

Notes

Content: Title and date from original disc label; credits from audition.
Source Note: Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Content: Matrix nos: BB27373 C1 (Disc 1, side 1), BB27374 B2 (Disc 1, side 2).
Content: "Telephone Hour, Prog 64, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 64, part 2"-- On run-out of disc.
Performers: Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor ; Francia White, soprano ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Venue: Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1941 July 14.
Language: Sung in English and French.
Citation/Reference: Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 two-sided audio disc (approximately 30 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, vertical cut, mono ; 16 in.

Languages

English
French

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16130236
Archives ID: 20502
RLIN/OCLC: 948824113
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20955102
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d8555a30-2c7b-0136-8ec7-19a843243fa7

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Cite this item

MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-07-14" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1941. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8555a30-2c7b-0136-8ec7-19a843243fa7

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1941). The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-07-14 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8555a30-2c7b-0136-8ec7-19a843243fa7

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-07-14" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8555a30-2c7b-0136-8ec7-19a843243fa7

Wikipedia citation

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