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Millions for defense [i.e. The treasury hour], NBC : Rodgers and Hart excerpt.

Title: Millions for defense [i.e. The treasury hour], 1941-12-02 [sound recording] : NBC : Rodgers and Hart excerpt.
Publication: 1941.

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Found In

Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.

Description

2 sound discs (9:26) : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate, mono.; 12 in.

Summary

This recording is a excerpt from the variety show "The Treasury Hour" that included music by Rodgers and Hart.

Uniform Title

Treasury hour (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Treasury hour
This can't be love.
My heart stood still.
Johnny one note.
I married an angel.
Blue moon.
Sing for your supper.
I didn't know what time it was.
Manhattan.
10 cents a dance.
Ten cents a dance.
Thou swell.
Blue room.
There's a small hotel.
Where or when.
With a song in my heart.
Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Variety shows (Radio programs)

With (note)

On service CD with "The March of Time" (excerpt) (NBC Radio, ca. 1943) on tracks 10-12; "The March of Time" (NBC Radio, 3/25/43) on tracks 13-16.

Access (note)

Access to original items restricted; use service copies.

Event (note)

Broadcast on NBC Blue Network Radio, New York, N. Y. on Dec. 2, 1941.

Additional Formats (note)

Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 50480, tracks 1-9.

Source (note)

Dorothy Rodgers;

Linking Entry (note)

Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.

Contents

*LT-7 2985: Introduction (1:32) --This can't be love (0:51) -- My heart stood still (1:50) -- Johnny one note (2:23) -- I married an angel (1:19) -- Blue moon (1:31) -- Sing for your supper (1:14) -- I didn't know what time it was (1:45) -- Medley: Manhattan ; 10 cents a dance ; Thou swell ; Blue room ; There's a small hotel ; Where or when ; With a song in my heart (4:49)

Call Number

*LJ-12 1185--1186

OCLC

754659349

Title

Millions for defense [i.e. The treasury hour], 1941-12-02 [sound recording] : NBC : Rodgers and Hart excerpt.

Imprint

1941.

Playing Time

000926

Performer

Floyd Sherman (2nd work), Wynn Murray (3rd, 5th work), Barry Wood (4th work), and Carol Bruce (7th work), vocals ; The Five Marshalls (6th work) ; [Ray Bloch Chorus?] (1st work) ; [Tom Jones Orchestra?] (8th-14th works)

Event

Broadcast on NBC Blue Network Radio, New York, N. Y. on Dec. 2, 1941.

Access

Access to original items restricted; use service copies.

Additional Formats

Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 50480, tracks 1-9.

With:

On service CD with "The March of Time" (excerpt) (NBC Radio, ca. 1943) on tracks 10-12; "The March of Time" (NBC Radio, 3/25/43) on tracks 13-16.

Linking Entry

Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.

Local Note

Millions for Defense, [a] War Bond variety hour, also known as The Treasury Hour ... Millions for Defense was one of the big Treasury Department shows of the war. It predated Pearl Harbor by six months ... In the fall [of 1941 the show] shifted networks and became The Treasury Hour--Cf. On the air: The encyclopedia of old-time radio / Dunning.

Archive copy: (1 sound disc : analog, mono. ; 7 in.) available on *LT-7 2985 (tape no. 85); first program on tape only.

Preservation copy: (1 sound disc : analog, mono. ; 10 in.) available on *LT-10 9609.

Source

Gift; Dorothy Rodgers; THE Mss 1987-006; 1987.

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Added Author

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943. Lyricist

Sherman, Floyd. Performer

Murray, Wynn. Performer

Wood, Barry, 1909-1970. Performer

Bruce, Carol, 1919-2007. Performer

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Boys from Syracuse. This can't be love.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. One dam thing after another. My heart stood still.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Babes in arms. Johnny one note.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. I married an angel. I married an angel.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Blue moon.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Boys from Syracuse. Sing for your supper.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Too many girls. I didn't know what time it was.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Garrick gaieties (1925). Manhattan; arranged.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Ten cents a dance; arranged.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Connecticut Yankee. Thou swell; arranged.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Girl friend. Blue room; arranged.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. On your toes. There's a small hotel; arranged.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Babes in arms. Where or when; arranged.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Spring is here. With a song in my heart; arranged.

Five Marshalls (Musical group) Performer

Ray Bloch Chorus. Performer

Tom Jones Orchestra. Performer

United States. U.S. Savings Bonds Division.

Blue Network Company.

National Broadcasting Company.

Rodgers, Dorothy F., 1909- Donor

Added Title

This can't be love.

My heart stood still.

Johnny one note.

I married an angel.

Blue moon.

Sing for your supper.

I didn't know what time it was.

Manhattan.

10 cents a dance.

Ten cents a dance.

Thou swell.

Blue room.

There's a small hotel.

Where or when.

With a song in my heart.

Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Found In:

Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.

Research Call Number

*LJ-12 1185--1186

*LT-7 2985

*LT-10 9609

*LDC 50480, track 1-9

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