Arco Birthday Party

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Arco Birthday Party (aka Arco Birthday Hour and Birthday Party) is an NBC Red Network series heard in 1930–31. [1] It was sponsored by the American Radiator Company. [2]

The format honored the birthdays of past writers and composers. For instance, the program of Thursday, November 13, 1930, offered a tribute to the writer Robert Louis Stevenson, who was born November 13, 1850.

That same evening the musical offerings included a male quartet harmonizing on "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" and tenor Harold Hansen singing "Roses of Picardy". The orchestra performed the "Polovetzian Dance No.1" from Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor . Borodin was born November 12, 1833.

The show featured the Arcola Rondoliers; [2] its host was Charles K. Field. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Hickerson, Jay. The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows. Hamden, Connecticut: Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514, second edition December 1992, page 21.
  2. 1 2 "ARCO Birthday Program". What's on the Air. July 1930. p. 35. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ DeLong, Thomas A. (October 14, 2024). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland. p. 95. ISBN   978-1-4766-0763-4 . Retrieved June 18, 2025.


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