Appointment with Music

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Appointment with Music is a half-hour [1] American radio music program that was broadcast on NBC beginning on June 30, 1948. [2]

Singer Snooky Lanson headed the cast of Appointment with Music, and Dorothy Dillard was the female vocalist. [3] The Dixie Dons quartet also performed on the show, [4] and Owen Bradley led a 26-piece orchestra. [2]

As the summer replacement for Jimmy Durante's program, Appointment with Music was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. [2] The show's competition included Texaco Star Theater on ABC and The Whistler on CBS. [4] The program originated from WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, [5] and was sustaining. [4]

Critical response

A review in the trade publication Billboard described Appointment with Music's content as "tuneful and uncomplicated melody, unmixed with jive and unmarred by be-bop." [4] The review complimented the vocal performances of Lanson, Dillard, and the Dixie Dons and commended Lanson's work as master of ceremonies. [4]

The trade publication Variety noted in a review that the program was "a surprise departure" from WSM's "accepted, bucolic format" of country music. [6] The review described the program as having a "soft lights, sweet music theme" and said, "Listeners in search of quiet and mental calmness will find this half-hour of song and music a welcome appeasement from the raucous quizzers." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "WSM's Web Feed As Durante Sub". Variety. June 23, 1948. p. 27. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "The News of Radio: 'Let's Talk Hollywood,' Screen Quiz Show, to Hold Down Jack Benny Time" . The New York Times. June 24, 1948. p. 50. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ Havighurst, Craig (December 19, 2011). Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City. University of Illinois Press. p. 155. ISBN   978-0-252-09434-7 . Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ackerman, Paul (August 7, 1948). "Appointment with Music". Billboard. p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Radio Entertainment". The Ottawa Citizen. June 30, 1948. p. 19. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Appointment with Music". Variety. July 7, 1948. p. 23. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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