Golden Gems
By Golden Gems
Golden GemsDec 08, 2023
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Marie Ronstadt is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres.
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone, better known as Frankie Avalon is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol.
Alabama
Alabama is an American country music band formed in 1969.
Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas Rabbitt was an American country music singer and songwriter.
Ed Ames
Edmund Dantes Urick, known professionally as Ed Ames was an American singer and actor.
Dr. Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical comedy film based on the Doctor Dolittle novel series.
Mac Davis
Mac Davis was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor during the Golden Days of Radio.
Al Hirt
Alois Maxwell Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader from the Golden Days of Radio.
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country singer, television host, actor and businessman.
Carole King
Carole King is a prolific songwriter, having written over 400 songs recorded by more than 1000 artists, and is a popular singer as well.
Camelot
Camelot is a musical based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from the 1958 novel by T. H. White.
Trini Lopez
Trinidad Lopez III was an American singer, Guitarist and actor in the Golden Days of Radio.
Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza ( Alfredo Arnold Cocozza) was an American tenor and actor popular in the late 1940's and the 1950's.
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel was an American country music singer, songwriter and actor during the Golden Days of Radio.
Billy Daniels
William Boone Daniels was an American singer active from the mid-1930's to 1988.
West Side Story
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title. The music was composed by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Ernie Freeman
Ernest Aaron Freeman was an American pianist, organist, bandleader and arranger during the Golden Days of Radio.
Debbie Boone
Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer, author and actress.
Erroll Garner
Erroll Lewis Garner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads.
Julius LaRosa
Julius LaRosa was an American traditional popular music singer from the Golden Days of Radio.
2023 Christmas #4
More favorite Christmas carols and hymns.
2023 Christmas #3
The origin and history of the Christmas carols and hymns that were played in the 3rd Christmas episode in 1023.
2023 Christmas #2
More holiday favorites for Christmas 2023.
2023-First Christmas Episode
Classic Christmas songs and carols.
Fiddler on the Roof
"Fiddler on the Roof" is a Musical based on "Tevye and his Daughters and other tales by Sholem Aleichem".
Johnny Desmond
Johnny Desmond, born Giovanni Alfredo De Simone was an American singer who was popular in the 1940's, 50's, and 60"s.
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style.
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "half step" attacks.
Les and Larry Elgart
Les and Larry Elgart led one of the more popular swing orchestras on the "50"s. Their smooth, tightly arranged sound helped keep the declining big-band style alive on the charts.
Hello Dolly
Hello Dolly, the theater production debued at the Fisher Theater in Detroit in November, 1963. The film version of the same name was produced in 1969. Both were based on Thorton Wilder's play "The Matchmaker".
Celine Dion
Celine Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer often referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads".
Christopher Cross
Christopher Charles Geppert is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Antonio, Texas.
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey is a Welsh singer who is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists in Britain and a great entertainer in the Golden Days of Radio.
The Music Man
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Wilson, based on a story by Willson and Frank Kacey.
The Mamas and the Papas
The mamas and the papas were a folk-rock vocal group formed in Los Angeles, which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968.
Les Brown
Lester Raymond Brown was an American jazz musician who led the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown for nearly seven decades.
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney.
Fats Waller
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and singer whose innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano.
Lennon Sisters
Lennon sisters are an American vocal group that was popular during the Golden Days of Radio.
Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, known professionally as Kate Smith was an American contralto and known as "The First Lady of Radio.
Kay Starr
Catherine Lavern Starks, born on July 21, 1922, known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Ray Anthony
Raymond Antonini, better known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller orchestra.
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based on the George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion.
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era.
Petula Clark
Petula Sally Olwen Clark is a British singer, actress and composer whose career spanned more than seven decades.
Ann Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson Is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer. Her career spans 6 decades.
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot is a Canadian singer, popular during the Golden Days of Radio
Gordon Lightfoot
A well-known Canadian artist during the Golden Days of Radio.
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Gladys Knight and the pips were an American R & B, soul and funk family musical group for 3 decades beginning in the '50s.
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson was born on April 29, 1933. He is an American country musician. He was one of the most recognized artists in the Golden Days of Radio.