Old Radio

September 29, 1930: Bing Crosby, America's premier crooner for decades , married Dixie Lee. In June 1930 after the premiere of Bing Crosby and his band , King of Jazz at New York City’s Roxy Theatre, they received offers to appear in films . They had contracts with Pathe, Ripstitch the Tailor and Two Plus Fours (1930).  They also appeared in the features of various shows. Bing started focusing on his solo career at the Coconut Grove to the detriment of The Rhythm Boys spots. His partner, Barris, was more focussed about composing, supplying Crosby with some of the best material during his early career.  He went on to have success as a radio producer.  He would later produce television as well. Bing met and wooed Dixie Lee (aka Wilma Winnifred Wyatt), During the Grove residency. Dixie Lee was a young actress felt by many film insiders to possess the potential to become the next blonde bombshell. Their marriage  brought such newspaper headlines as: "20th Century ...

September 29, 1920: Joseph Horne Company's department stores sell radios that are already equipped with headphones and a button for tuning. In The Pittsburgh Sun the price is stated to be $10 or equivalent to over a hundred dollars today. In 1920 the tuned radio frequency receiver (TRF) had a major improvement.The local oscilator and audio amplifier that were invented around that time were milestone improvements for the radio receiver.  The radio receiver became simpler and cheaper than before because the loud speaker could now be integrated with the chassis of radio.

  September 27, 1933: Waltz Time was transmitted for the first time on NBC. The orchestra of Abe Lyman was heard regularly on the program until 1948. Abe Lyman who was a drummer who led the popular Abe Lyman Orchestra. They used to perform at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. In 1930 they performed on one of Warner Brothers's film, Hold Everything. Later they performed for other films. In 1933 He moved to New York City. Lyman and his orchestra started their debut on radio by performing on the radio network series Waltz Time. In 1937 Lyman and the orchestra had a chance to perform on the popular Your Hit Parade. He remained with Brunswick until 1936, then worked for Decca, and finally made Bluebird records for RCA Victor. He died in Beverly Hills, California.