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inanna

(3,547 posts) Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:10 AM Dec 2017

Love this! Old Time Radio Christmas Programs

Benny Goodman Christmas Time 1935:

Christmas at the Cafe Rouge 1940 Glenn Miller:

Andrews Sisters Christmas Special 1945:

This is all I've been listening to lately. What historic treasures.

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Love this! Old Time Radio Christmas Programs (Original Post) inanna Dec 2017 OP

Sounds like a good choice to listen to as I plow through my marathon cleaning. hlthe2b Dec 2017 #1

They're great!! inanna Dec 2017 #2

Did you just search under Old Time Radio Christmas? hlthe2b Dec 2017 #3

Yes. And ran one search just for The Andrews Sisters. inanna Dec 2017 #4

Fabulous. Thanks. zentrum Dec 2017 #5

More: 500 Hundred OTR Christmas Shows inanna Dec 2017 #6

The big band era Cartoonist Dec 2017 #7

Yep, truly the best AND the worst of times. inanna Dec 2017 #8

I was going to post a similar thread last night in the Lounge but didn't rurallib Dec 2017 #9

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)

1. Sounds like a good choice to listen to as I plow through my marathon cleaning.

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:11 AM

Dec 2017

I need some motivation.

inanna

(3,547 posts)

2. They're great!!

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:12 AM

Dec 2017

Plus a million more to choose from on You Tube.

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)

3. Did you just search under Old Time Radio Christmas?

Reply to inanna (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:13 AM

Dec 2017

inanna

(3,547 posts)

4. Yes. And ran one search just for The Andrews Sisters.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:15 AM

Dec 2017

zentrum

(9,865 posts)

5. Fabulous. Thanks.

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:29 AM

Dec 2017

inanna

(3,547 posts)

6. More: 500 Hundred OTR Christmas Shows

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:35 AM

Dec 2017

from the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/500OTRChristmasShows

Cartoonist

(7,320 posts)

7. The big band era

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:58 AM

Dec 2017

What a grand time it was. Well, except for the GOP depression and the war. All the top bands giving free concerts over the radio. I wish that was still the case.

inanna

(3,547 posts)

8. Yep, truly the best AND the worst of times.

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 12:01 PM

Dec 2017

LOVE the big band sound, and *I* wasn't even a thought in anyone's mind in its' heyday!

rurallib

(62,433 posts)

9. I was going to post a similar thread last night in the Lounge but didn't

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 12:48 PM

Dec 2017

Last night I was listening to some Abbot and Costello on youtube.

Just go to youtube and search for "old time radio Christmas shows" and you'll get hundreds and hundreds

ETA:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=old+time+radio+christmas+shows+

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