The first several seasons imagined protagonist johnny dollar as a private investigator drama. In 1955 after a yearlong hiatus, the series came back in its bestknown incarnation with bob bailey starring in the transcribed adventures of the man with the actionpacked expense account americas fabulous freelance insurance investigator. I probably have more episodes of this show in my collection than any other single series. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery. A lifelong radio man wins new fans with big broadcast. The top 5 yours truly johnny dollar serials the great. Ed walker hosts the fourhour show, which has been a mainstay on wamus air for decades. For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 including a one year hiatus in 19541955, this.
He usually starts off with the adventures of johnny dollar. Contrary to the original, johnny dollar was more of a criminal investigator. The role of johnny dollar was played by heidar saremi, a popular radio performer. The edward french matter yours truly johnny dollar crime. Marianne wiggins is the author of seven books of fiction including john dollar and evidence of things unseen. A name like johnny dollar is so overtly showbiz that most people would automatically assume that it was the creation of a seasoned record company promotion department or a cigarchomping talent. Show archives for old time radio drama wisconsin public radio. Yours truly, johnny dollar for over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 including a one year hiatus in 19541955, this series. Yours truly johnny dollar aired for the last time on september 30, 1962, just after the final episode of suspense. First heard on network radio in 1948, yours truly, johnny dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator johnny dollar, the man with the actionpacked. Listed below are vintage radio programs associated with oldtime radio, also called radios golden age. In 2003, moonstone books adapted the yours truly, johnny dollar radio program into a graphic novel.
Yours truly, johnny dollar has the distinction of being the last dramatic radio series from the golden age of radio when it ceased broadcasting on september 30, 1962. Yours truly johnny dollar the great detectives of old time. Download audiobooks written by johnny dollar to your device. Given the limitations of the million dollar quartet book by colin escott and floyd mutrux, the success or failure of any production. Old time radio fan series yours truly, johnny dollar. How long johnny dollar would stay on there would have a lot to do with the momentum built by this story. About old time radio the buzzterm for old time radio is otr. Arriving in dallas in the early 50s, dollar worked a series of odd jobs, including roughneck, truck driver, and lumberyard foreman. Johnny dollar march 8, 1933 april, 1986 was an american country and rockabilly musician. Radio historian art chimes, in an npr commentary on the 40th anniversary of those. It aired from february, 1949 to september 30, 1962 on cbs, giving it an amazing 14year run.
Dollar then became a dj in louisiana and new mexico, while also leading the. Collectively, the fiftyfive johnny dollar serials are the best run of radio drama for a nonanthology series in terms of writing, talent, and music. Yours truly, johnny dollar the star of capetown matter part 77 oldtime radio crime drama by the theatre of the mind. Johnny dollars songs stream online music songs listen. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Your source for npr news, wrvo is public radio in central and northern new york state. In 1955 after a yearlong hiatus, the series came back in its bestknown incarnation with bob bailey starring in the transcribed. This was the last broadcast of the golden age of radio. Cnn needs to explain why tulsi gabbard didnt get a town hall. Yours truly johnny dollar the great detectives of old. Dollar relocated to dallas in the early 1950s, where he worked in trucking and in a lumber yard.
Johnny dollar was the best detective of the age of radio, and his popularity was evidenced by the fact that his was the last dramatic series to air on radio. The who is johnny dollar matter starts with a minibiography and then provides a detailed recap of each ytjd program. Private eye radio programs johnny dollar, insurance. Youll not only be supporting this website but you will be helping us to bring these fine shows back into public circulation and preserving the enjoyment of old time radio for everyone.
Yours truly, johnny dollar was a popular weekly radio mystery play in the 1960s and early 1970s on radio iran. We talk with three writers about how theyre addressing climate change in their fiction and the role of literature in helping us through global crises. The first serialized story of yours truly johnny dollar had to be good. This article needs additional citations for verification. Photo of bob bailey, star of radio program yours truly, johnny dollar.
The series was broadcast five days a week for more than a year. Plus gunsmoke, johnny dollar, dragnet, barrie craig, confidential investigator, and a timely dramatization thornton wilders novel, the ides of march. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Yours truly, johnny dollar free mp3 audio old time radio. From 1949 until the end of radio drama in 1962, yours truly johnny dollar was a stalwart of radio drama. Yours truly, johnny dollar was a radio drama that aired on cbs radio from february 18, 1949 to september 30, 1962. Yours truly, johnny dollar was the last continuing detective series of the golden age of radio. Rock n roll with million dollar quartet the boston globe. Material for this description was prepared by stewart wright. From the show called the best of the best of radios golden age come these six suspenseful episodes of johnny dollars farflung private investigations, starring bob bailey in thirty quarterhour episodes. Show archives for old time radio drama wisconsin public. Johnny dollar, insurance investigator with an actionpacked expense account americas fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Listen to yours truly, johnny dollar, volume 1 by a. Yours truly, johnny dollar the picture postcard matter part oldtime radio crime drama by the theatre of the mind.
The insurance investigator with the actionpacked expense account delves into parts 2 and 3 of the medium well done. Yours truly, johnny dollar was a radio drama about the fabulous freelance insurance investigator with the actionpacked expense account. Yours truly johnny dollar the great detectives of old time radio the great detectives of old time radio. Music swells and guns blaze as dramas from the golden age of radio hit the airwaves again, on the beloved program the big broadcast. Click on one of the above for a different otrr yours truly, johnny dollar single episodes page. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. First heard on network radio in 1948, yours truly, johnny dollar chronicled the adventures of freelanceinsurance investigator johnny dollar, the man with the actionpacked expenseaccount. Click on one of the above for a different otrr yours truly, johnny dollar single episodes. Yours truly, johnny dollar began in 1949 as a typical slambang detective series, and though consistently well written and acted, the series never really captured an enthusiastic audience. For more top investigators, see also barrie craig confidential investigator, broadway is my beat, dragnet, fat man, nero wolfe, and pat novak for hire. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. This was the apex of dollar s chart success, and for the rest of the decade he focused on producing.
Yours truly, johnny dollar is a radio drama that aired on cbs radio from february 18, 1949 to. Yours truly johnny dollar crime old time radio downloads. For much of the 1970s, dollar did production work, for the new coon creek girls, jimmy dickens, and teddy nelson, among others. There are tools you can use, such as open source software as well as browsers extensions and addons that protect from tracking cookies, and any other unauthorized surveillance.
He cut a record with shelby singletons d records around 1952, but it went nowhere fast. First heard on network radio in 1948, yours truly, johnny dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator johnny dollar, the man. Nov 06, 2015 johnny dollar filmed and constructed by jeff bird music and lyrics. Sherrod brown plays along after cnn misrepresents his words. Weekend links and open thread links johnny dollars place. After a years hiatus, yours truly johnny dollar returned to the air in october 1955 with bob bailey in the title role and with a new format. If you enjoyed listening to these old time radio shows, please let us know by making a donation. John dollar by marianne wiggins goodreads share book. They appeared with the sun at their backs on the crest of the hill after daybreak, black figures, threading their way toward the sea through the gray rocks and heather into the town of st. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Based in nashville, dollar worked with the new coon creek girls, jimmy dickens, and teddy nelson. Radio took the place of comic books and newspapers and the.
Yours truly, johnny dollar single episodes robert readick. From january 14, 1949 to september 30, 1962 the show was heard on the cbs radio network, and more than 700 of the 811 episodes are availble here. In 1970, he returned to the johnny dollar moniker and scored his final hit for chart with truck drivers lament. He usually starts off with the adventures of johnny dollar the man with the. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Johnny dollar remained sensitive yet tough and with jack johnstone continuing as producer, the series remained poignant right up to its demise. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The edward french matter yours truly johnny dollar. She has won an nea grant, the whiting writers award, and the janet heidinger kafka prize, and she was a national book award and pulitzer prizefinalist in fiction for evidence of things unseen.
He used the bundy pen name when writing the last suspense episode, devilstone. Get show times for all your favorites including columbia corwin presents, when radio was, the jack benny show and more. Yours truly, johnny dollar single episodes mandel kramer. Chicago blues man johnny dollar is a mass of contradictions. Listen to nprs coverage on the coronavirus outbreak. Those who have heard him play in joints like lillys in the windy city know firsthand that his guitar playing is a thing of beauty, a tribute to the concept of total control. Over the years many actors portrayed johnny dollar, but none as convincingly as bob bailey. It was cbs third try at a serialized mystery drama in the mid1950s and those efforts had been doomed in a matter of weeks. Johnstone wrote the last episodes of both yours truly, johnny dollar and suspense. Kevin breit performed by nick craine and kevin breit and carlos del junco from songs like tattoos by nick craine juventus. First heard on network radio in 1948, yours truly, johnny dollar chronicled the adventures. Johnny dollar filmed and constructed by jeff bird music and lyrics. Two dollar radio independently published books, books too.
Credit for inventing triphop, one of the most influential musical genres of the 1990s, cannot be allotted to just one person, but jonny dollar, who has died of cancer aged 45, was unarguably one. Country and rockabilly vocalist johnny dollar was born in kilgore, tx, on march 8, 1933. Dec 01, 2016 from the show called the best of the best of radios golden age come these six suspenseful episodes of johnny dollar s farflung private investigations, starring bob bailey in thirty quarterhour episodes. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii.
This book, the who is johnny dollar matter provides a different look at johnny dollar as if he were a real investigator. Yours truly, johnny dollar is a radio drama that aired on cbs radio from february 18, 1949 to september 30, 1962. A name like johnny dollar is so overtly showbiz that most people would automatically assume that it was the creation of a seasoned record company promotion department or a cigarchomping talent managers overwrought imagination. Over the run of the series 8 actors portrayed johnny dollar including. Mandel kramer was the last johnny dollar, and a close second in popularity to bailey, when the final episode, the tipoff matter, was aired on september 30, 1962. Harry is falling all over himself trying to get dollar to bodyguard a scottish laird, in the laird douglas matter, part 1 of 5. Listen to songs by johnny dollar on myspace, stream free online music by johnny dollar. The sidney rykoff matter rehearsal johnny searches for a missing insured prize fighter. Yours truly, johnny dollar is the series that got me into otr show collecting and was the original reason i joined the radio historical association of colorado. He was a used car salesman before his career as a rockabilly artist took off the late 1950s. Join facebook to connect with johnny dollar and others you may know. All the news about cable news, and the truth about fox news channel.
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