On This Day, September 1: Les Paul and Mary Ford
Also featured: Gordon MacRae, Lucky Strike.
September 1 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 1 across multitrack electric guitar innovations, popular vocal standards, wartime military swing parades, federal undercover exposés, and psychological radio studio plays, Les Paul and Mary Ford (1950), Gordon MacRae for Texaco (1948), Mark Warnow on The Lucky Strike Hour (1943), The Special Investigator (1946), Security Agent, U.S.A. (1949), and Author's Studio (1943–1975):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Three Little Words with Les Paul and Mary Ford" | Syndication 1950-09-01 |
Sustaining Musical Showcase |
Les Paul, Mary Ford | Les Paul (Engineer) | ["Music", "Pop", "Jazz", "Les Paul", "Mary Ford"] |
Les Paul demonstrates multi-tracked solid-body electric guitar technique as Mary Ford harmonizes on the standard Three Little Words. |
| "Little Girl with Gordon MacRae, The Sportsmen Quartet, and Texaco" | CBS (WCBS) 1948-09-01 9:30 PM EDT |
Texas Company Texaco Fire-Chief |
Gordon MacRae, Quartet | Walter Gross Orch. | ["Music", "Pop", "Vocal", "Gordon MacRae", "Texaco"] |
Baritone Gordon MacRae performs popular summer ballads and joins The Sportsmen Quartet for a harmony rendition of Little Girl. |
| "Military Dance Parade with Mark Warnow and Lucky Strike" | CBS (WABC) 1943-09-01 10:00 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Mark Warnow & Orch. | Frank Parker (Vocalist) | ["Music", "Big Band", "Swing", "Lucky Strike", "Mark Warnow"] |
Mark Warnow conducts his orchestra in uptempo wartime swing arrangements dedicated to military service personnel across the country. |
| "The Border Smuggling Cartel with Dramatic Cast" | Syndication 1949-09-01 |
Sustaining Federal Action |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Syndicated Crime Unit | ["Crime", "Espionage", "Action", "Security Agent USA", "Syndicated"] |
Federal undercover operatives dismantle a cross-border smuggling network trafficking illicit gemstones and contraband. |
| "The Photographic Studio Swindle with Dramatic Crime Cast" | NBC (WEAF) 1946-09-01 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Insurance Docudrama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | NBC Crime Division | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "Special Investigator", "NBC"] |
State insurance investigators expose a crooked portrait photographer exploiting aspiring models through deceptive advance-fee contracts. |
| "The Glass Room with BBC Radio Drama" | BBC Radio 4 1975-09-01 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Studio Drama |
BBC Radio Drama Co. | Alun Owen (Writer) | ["Drama", "Psychological", "Authors Studio", "BBC Radio 4", "Alun Owen"] |
A reclusive architectural designer confronts long-buried domestic traumas when an unexpected guest enters his soundproof glass studio. |