On This Day, September 2: Your Hit Parade and Frank Sinatra
Also featured: First Nighter.
September 2 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 2 across America's commercial pop countdown surveys, romantic radio anthologies, historic comedy writer interviews, and Australian private detective mysteries, Frank Sinatra, Joan Edwards, and Mark Warnow on Your Hit Parade for Lucky Strike (1936, 1939, 1944), Barbara Luddy and Les Tremayne in The First Nighter Program for Campana (1941), Chuck Schaden interviewing Jack Benny writer George Balzer (1981), and Mandel Kramer in It's a Crime, Mr. Collins (1936–1981):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Bye Bye Baby with Freddie Rich and Lucky Strike" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1936-09-02 10:00 PM EDST |
American Tobacco Co. Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Freddie Rich Orch. | Stuart Allen & Thompson | ["Music", "Pop", "Hit Parade", "Lucky Strike", "NBC"] |
The orchestra and vocal soloists survey the nation's top ten most popular tunes including the dance hit Bye Bye Baby. |
| "White Sails with Mark Warnow and Lucky Strike" | CBS (WABC) 1939-09-02 9:00 PM EDST |
American Tobacco Co. Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Mark Warnow Orch. | Lanny Ross & Bea Wain | ["Music", "Pop", "Hit Parade", "Lucky Strike", "CBS"] |
Mark Warnow conducts the top-ranked commercial radio hits of the week including the seafaring melody White Sails. |
| "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby with Frank Sinatra" | CBS (WABC) 1944-09-02 9:00 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Co. Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Frank Sinatra, Edwards | Mark Warnow Orchestra | ["Music", "Pop", "Hit Parade", "Frank Sinatra", "Lucky Strike"] |
Frank Sinatra and Joan Edwards perform the week's leading jukebox hits featuring Louis Jordan's jump blues rhythm Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby. |
| "Future Preferred with Barbara Luddy and Les Tremayne" | CBS (WABC) 1941-09-02 8:30 PM EDST |
Campana Corp. Italian Balm & Solitair |
Barbara Luddy, Tremayne | Marvin Miller (Host) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "First Nighter", "Barbara Luddy", "Campana"] |
An ambitious young architectural draftsman secures a life-changing design commission while concealing a whirlwind romance from his employer. |
| "George Balzer Interview with Chuck Schaden" | WNIB Chicago 1981-09-02 |
Sustaining Oral History Interview |
Chuck Schaden (Host) | George Balzer (Guest) | ["Interview", "History", "Chuck Schaden", "George Balzer", "Jack Benny"] |
Veteran comedy head writer George Balzer shares behind-the-scenes memories of scripting the Jack Benny Program for over twenty-five years. |
| "The Fabulous Emerald Necklace with Mandel Kramer" | Syndication 1957-09-02 |
Sustaining Private Eye Drama |
Mandel Kramer (Collins) | Frank Gould (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Mr Collins", "Mandel Kramer", "Syndicated"] |
Private investigator Greg Collins and his wife Gail uncover a substitute jewel switch while guarding an heiress's heirloom emerald necklace. |