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Appointment With Music
''Appointment with Music'' is a half-hour American radio music program that was broadcast on NBC beginning on June 30, 1948. Singer Snooky Lanson headed the cast of ''Appointment with Music'', and Dorothy Dillard was the female vocalist. The Dixie Dons quartet also performed on the show, and Owen Bradley led a 26-piece orchestra. As the summer replacement for Jimmy Durante's program, ''Appointment with Music'' was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The show's competition included ''Texaco Star Theater'' on ABC and ''The Whistler'' on CBS. The program originated from WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, and was sustaining. Critical response A review in the trade publication ''Billboard'' described ''Appointment with Musics content as "tuneful and uncomplicated melody, unmixed with jive and unmarred by be-bop." The review complimented the vocal performances of Lanson, Dillard, and the Dixie Dons and commended Lanson's work as master of ceremonies. The trade p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooky Lanson
Roy Landman (March 27, 1914 – July 2, 1990),DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 159. better known as Snooky Lanson, was an American singer known for co-starring on the NBC TV show, '' Your Hit Parade''. Life Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lanson was a band singer with Francis Craig's dance band in the late 1930s. He became a singing star when major bandleader Ray Noble hired him as his orchestra's "boy singer"; Noble and Lanson appear together in three Soundies musical films produced in 1941. Lanson made additional Soundies as a solo artist in 1944. On radio, Lanson was featured on '' Appointment with Music'',Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 26. ''The Saturday Showcase'', and ''Sunday Night Serenade''. NBC's popular ''Your Hit Parade'' radio programs featured Frank Sinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |