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Listed below are actors and personalities heard on vintage radio programs, ... 30–32 Smiley Burnette ... 38–40 Wyllis Cooper; Ted Corday ...
A. Abbott and Costello; Bud Abbott; Walter Abel; Mason Adams; Eddie Albert; Ben Alexander (actor) William Alland; Dayton Allen; Don Ameche; Jim Ameche; Morey Amsterdam
Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was an American jazz trombonist and actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued acting right up until 2012.
Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey, voice actor, announcer and radio personality.His polished baritone speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
Before he became a star, Baker sang as a member of the Vitaphone chorus at Warner Bros. [2]At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day, whose tenor voice was very similar to Baker's), he appeared in 17 film musicals, including Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937), At the Circus (1939), and The Harvey Girls (1946).
One factor which helped to kill off old-time radio entirely was the evolution of popular music (including the development of rock and roll), which led to the birth of the top 40 radio format. A top 40 show could be produced in a small studio in a local station with minimal staff.
Adams was the first African-American announcer on NBC's radio network, [8] handling West Coast jazz remote broadcasts and producing segments of NBC's Monitor program. [9] In 1948, he became a disc jockey and announcer on KOWL radio in Santa Monica, California , [ 7 ] and 10 years later he was described in a newspaper article as "the station's ...
He performed as one of the first "crooners." Austin appeared on radio in 1923 and began recording as "The Voice of the Southland." [49] Lovie Austin: September 19, 1887 July 10, 1972 American Jazz pianist who toured extensively in vaude, often with her own band, the "Blues Serenaders." [50] [51]