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A series of great  OPERA Records from early G&Ts to World War II recordings on 78 rpm Victrola Records

Thomas in costume, 1922

The great American Baritone John Charles Thomas as the host of the WESTINGHOUSE RADIO PROGRAM

Live acetate recording of  song from the Show
3-6-1943 Love's Old Sweet Song
start cuts into first measure of instr introduction, complete performance
Sign off message by announcer: JCT w Westinhouse Chorus, band plays Anchors Aweight cuts off

SIDE 2 3 bands:
Band 1 unplayable.
Band 2 Fanfare, Announcer Part 2 of 3 parts of the Radio Grama Of Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific known as Aunt Auggie
Ltd Commander Tex McClintock dive bomber narrates internal monolog about warfare. Intercom announces sighting of Jap Transport, cuts off

Band 3 - Tango, Spanish Language femal speaker advertising in Spanish for Antonio Florez tax accountant, Los Angeles, for Income tax.



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The Second World War made concert touring inconvenient, and very high taxes made it non-remunerative. Thomas was duly engaged to star on the Westinghouse Radio Program in 1943-46, accompanied by the Victor Young Orchestra. He probably reached his widest audience during this period, although his practice of performing songs exclusively in English has perhaps left him less well-remembered by today's musical "purists" than he should be. Nevertheless, many songs tailored for him to sing have gone on to become standards, such as the version of "The Lord's Prayer" by Albert Hay Malotte and the arrangement of "Home on the Range" by David W. Guion.
The Westinghouse program: NBC network origination

John Charles Thomas (Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, September 6, 1891 - Apple Valley, California, December 13, 1960) was an American opera baritone known for his exuberant singing style and powerful voice. (The year of his birth is not quite certain. Some sources give it as 1889.)

He began by singing in Gilbert and Sullivan and musical comedies. His opera debut was in Aida as Amonasro in Washington DC in 1924. From 1925 he sang at La Monnaie in Brussels, London in 1929, Chicago and San Francisco in 1930, and finally the Metropolitan Opera, New York, where he stayed until 1943.

He was equally comfortable on both the operatic and the concert stages, though his advocacy of songs in his native English, particularly American songs, has left him less well-remembered than perhaps he should be. Nevertheless many songs written for him to sing have gone on to become standards, such as "The Lord's Prayer" by Albert Hay Malotte and "Home on the Range" by D. Guion.

 

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