Old time radio show series available at RUSC Old Time Radio
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Broadcast at various periods from 1940 to 1952.
A strange sort of a show that was probably a little in front of it’s time. Radio shows in those days were usually quite straight forward in whatever sphere of entertainment they dealt in but The Chamber Music Society was what we today would call a “send-up”. It had a satirical way of putting over good music, whether it be opera, symphony or blues. The satire was of course in the lyrics, not in the music.
Several top stars, including Dinah Shore and Zero Mostel, made their debut into the world of entertainment through this weird and wonderful radio show. Other well known artistes who guested on the show included Earl Hines, Lena Horne, Jack and Charlie Teagarden, Harry James and many more.
Milton Cross was the Announcer who usually made a grandiose job of introducing the various participants of this musical extravaganza.
It’s quite interesting to note that, whilst this show never attracted top line audience figures it was extremely well thought of by a large percentage of the listening population who were quite willing to stand up and be counted at the mere suggestion by the network that they were thinking of axing the show because of poor ratings.
RUSC Old Time Radio (or RU Sitting Comfortably to give the site its full title) is a web site specializing in the wonderful world of old time radio. It is run by a crazy guy (that's me) who has nothing better to do than listen to old radio shows all day. To find out more visit the web site at www.rusc.com. All the old time radio shows on RUSC are understood to be in the public domain. RUSC has been on the web since January 1999 and is run on a not-for-profit basis.