- Description
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The Evelyn Preer Memorial Hour Radio Broadcast / Essie Whitman [radio]
- Title
- The Evelyn Preer Memorial Hour Radio Broadcast [Radio]
- Performers
- Whitman, Essie
- Whitman Sisters
- Published/Created
- 1935-03-04
- Genre
- Radio
- Abstract
- John Spikes guest stars on the Evelyn Preer Memorial Hour radio broadcast
Premiere date: March 4, 1935
Narrative: "Ever searching for new features and innovations for the Evelyn Preer Memorial Program presented by her famous father over station KRKD [Los Angeles] every Moday nite, Miss Mea Muse, program arranger, has signed two noted figures of the theatrical and musical world for next Monday night. [The first is] Miss Essie Whitman, head of the Whitman Sisters Comedy Company, a road show that has played the largest Eastern circuits for years. The other is Mr. John Spikes, composer of a number of famous song hits, one of which seemingly will never die is "Some Day Sweetheart"." Review California Eagle
Reference: March 1, 1935 - Source
- Sampson, Henry T.: Swingin' On the Etherwaves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Broadcasting, 1925-1955. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press (2005).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015