1942 Your Hit Parade Radio Transcription Disc Mary Martin WWII Broadcast
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Description
Side A – April 18, 1942
Features the “Number One Song on Your Hit Parade,” performed by Mary Martin:
“I Don’t Want to Walk Without You,” one of the most recognizable American songs of the WWII era. The segment includes audience applause and wartime patriotic messaging referencing support for the American war effort.
Side B – April 19, 1942
Operetta-style musical programming referencing composers and performers associated with popular radio broadcasts of the period, including André Kostelanetz, Rudolf Friml, Jeanette MacDonald, and Allan Jones. Musical selections include operetta and orchestral vocal pieces such as “Song of the Vagabonds” and “Chansonette.”
Program: Your Hit Parade
Dates: April 18–19, 1942
Speed: 33⅓ (likely center start)
Length: ~6 minutes per side
Side A – April 18, 1942
“Number One Song on Your Hit Parade”
Mary Martin performing:
“I Don’t Want to Walk Without You”
Wartime messaging:
“Show those Nazi boys… Uncle Sam…”
Audience applause
Address reference:
480 Lexington Avenue (New York)
This firmly anchors it to wartime CBS/NBC network programming.
April 1942 =
Just months after Pearl Harbor.
Height of early WWII U.S. mobilization.
Side B – April 19, 1942
Andrea Kostelanetz mentioned
Rudolf Friml referenced
Jeanette MacDonald / Allan Jones references
Song:
“Song of the Vagabonds”
“Chansonette”
Francha White Lamour
Operetta segment
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