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Great Radio Personalities (Paperback)

by Anthony Slide (Author)

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"This album chronicles [the radio] era nostalgically and informatively..."-- TheNew York Times Book Review

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Vestal Press (January 25, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0911572724
ISBN-13: 978-0911572728
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,155,337 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "My Money?", April 27, 2000

By	Jim T (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Part of one of the all time great lines in radio programing. OK, it is from a Jack Benny show. Fortunately there are many of the radio shows from the 30's, 40's and 50's still available. This is a book that will show the folks in the show and make the shows that much more enjoyable. Fun fun fun...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of Photos of Classic radio personalities, April 9, 2009

By	BYF "Backyard Flix" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Radio Personalities in Historic Photographs (Paperback)

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"Antony Slide, distinguished historian of American entertainment, has assembled 239 stunning photographs that bring back to life the all-too-brief golden era of radio broadcasting.

This gallery of familiar and unfamiliar faces -- portraying nearly every important radio personality -- is complemented by full biographical captions that recall the colorful history of live broadcasting and are as full of surprises as the old programs themselves.

You will discover or recall with nostalgia the familiar greetings once available at the flick of a dial: Rudy Vallee's 'Heigh-ho, everybody!" or perhaps Walter Winchell's electrifying appeal to "Mr. and Mrs. North America and all ships at sea."

Here also are the famous tags, amusing catchphrases by which many otherwise forgotten personalities are still remembered, among them Ben Bernie's "Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah" and Joe Penner's "Wanna buy a duck?"

You will also find many colorful performers that few remember today, like the Clicquot Club Eskimos, Whispering Jack Smith, Stoopnagle and Budd, Parkyakarkus and and Ish Kabibble. But most of all, you will find the great talents who have not been forgotten."

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From Introduction:

"This volume offers rare photographs and capsule biographies (emphasizing the radio careers) of the great stars of radio's golden age. All the major figures are how, from the Happiness Boys and Vaughn De Leath to Frank Sinatra and Jack Webb. Aside from radio's major stars, I have tried to include a good sampling of those personalities whose time on radio is largely forgotten...

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