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The Sentimental Journey album consists of material recorded in 1949 and 1950 when the Pennsylvanians were at their peak of musical competency. Besides the nationally famous Glee Club and orchestra, the CD also features soloists Joanne Wheatley, Joe Marine, Jane Wilson, Gordon Goodman, Stuart Churchill and Daisy and the Dandylions.
Always a sincere "flag waver," Fred Waring featured songs of patriotism and inspiration on his radio and television broadcasts and in his stage shows. By popular demand, we produced this album of songs taken from recordings radio and television broadcasts as well as stage presentations, including such standards as "The Stars and Stripes Forever," "Give Me Your Tired Your Poor," "Stars of Glory," "Battle Hymn," "This Is My Country," Waring's own "My America," and seven other favorites.
The original ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ album was recorded in 1942 for Decca records and released on 78 rpm records. Then, a 10” LP version was released in 1950. In 1954 the contents were all re-recorded and expanded to a 12” LP. This is the album that had the Norman Rockwell painting on the cover.
In 1964, Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians again re-recorded “Twas The Night Before Christmas” as was part of an album for Capitol Records called “The Meaning of Christmas” This album is now part of a double CD called “Christmas Magic.”
We have re-created the original ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ Decca album using material from the Waring archives. Our sources are original recordings from radio and television broadcasts and some special events. The arrangements are exactly as on the Decca records with, in most cases, the same personnel.
A compilation of 21 Christmas carols and holiday songs as performed by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians on their many radio and television broadcasts.
Roy Ringwald’s thrilling settings of three James Weldon Johnson’s poems; The Creation, Go Down Death, and Judgment Day. This recording is taken from a 1952 television performance featuring Frank Davis as the preacher.
Now also available on DVD for $24.95.
This is a happy collaboration between two members of the Waring organization - Harry Simeone, arranger and Frank Cunkle of the program research department. The basis of the song is Lydia Maria Child’s Thanksgiving poem sung for generations to the tune of a familiar childhood melody. Simeone and Cunkle extended the words and music many times beyond their original length and have provided us with classic song and story that has become a tradition at Thanksgiving time. This performance was a special recording made in 1947.
One of the most favored presentations by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians with special lyrics written by the Waring staff. This is a performance from a radio broadcast of August 19, 1948.
Roy Ringwald’s monumental composition depicting the history of the United States from Columbus’ discovery through the presidency of Abraham Lincoln using texts from America’s most famous writers and poets. This is a recording made in 1975 in the CBS Studios in New York City with Mr. Waring conducting 60 singers and instrumentalists. Narration is by Fred Waring.
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians began performing on radio in 1933 and continued until 1949. They were the premiere radio band during this ‘golden age’ of radio, and it was through radio that they became a household name.
Fred Waring’s America® is happy to offer a 12 CD set of programs for each of the sponsors of the Fred Waring radio shows. The shows are listed below.
Individual CD’s may be purchased for $12.00 each (plus handling) or the entire set can be purchased for $105 post-paid. If you purchase the whole set, we will include a free bonus CD of a Waring radio program celebrating what was playing on Broadway on February 17, 1949.
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
OTR #1 |
Old Gold Programs |
OTR #2 |
Ford Dealers Programs |
OTR #3 |
Ford Dealers Programs |
OTR #4 |
Bromo-Quinine Programs |
OTR #5 |
Bromo-Quinine Programs |
OTR #6 |
Chesterfield Programs |
OTR #7 |
Chesterfield Programs |
OTR #8 |
Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Programs |
OTR #9 |
American Meat Institute Programs |
OTR #10 |
Florida Citrus Commission Programs |
OTR #11 |
Minnesota Valley Canning Co. Programs |
OTR #12 |
General Electric Programs |
Bonus: OTR #13 |
General Electric Program “What’s Playing On Broadway” |
These are special CDs from the material in the Fred Waring's America® archives that we consider to be musically and historically significant. All CDs, unless otherwise stated, are $12.00 each.
Recordings from the legendary Fred Waring Chesterfield Pleasure Radio show live broadcasts between 1939-1941. Produced by Fred Waring's America in cooperation with Cambria Master Recordings
$15.00 plus postage/handling
A vocal ensemble consisting of Stella Friend, Paul Gibbons, Paul Leitch and Roy Ringwald, who also wrote their arrangements. They appeared on Waring's broadcasts for the Ford Motor Company 1934-1936. They were one of the first small vocal ensembles.
Highlights from Fred Waring's radio show for the Ford Motor Company. Features the Glee Club, the V-8, the Lane Sisters, Johnny Davis, and an appearance by George Gershwin playing his own compositions with the Waring gang.
A companion disc to the one above. More highlights from the Ford Radio Shows of the 1930s featuring the Lane Sisters, Johnny "Scat" Davis, Ferne, Tom Waring and others.
The first all girls' choir ever featured on radio was presented by Fred Waring on the Ford radio show in 1935. This is a disc with many of their performances.
The first-ever pop vocal swing ensemble; one girl and seven guys. They were the predecessors tosuch groups as the Modernaires, Pied Pipers, Fifth Dimension, Manhattan Transfer and 'NSYNC.
Along with Stella and the Fellas, this group was one of the first small vocal ensembles featured on radio. They were also known as the Three Smoothies.
When Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians made the feature movie Varsity Show in 1937 in Pomona, California, these soundtrack recordings were made to be used in the filming of the production. They recently were found in the archives.
In the late 1940s the Fred Waring Show was one of the most listened-to programs on the air. Each morning for a half hour, the public could hear the fine choral singing and presentation of the best in popular music. This CD has many of those favorite classic performances.
The half-hour broadcast of the Pennsylvanians on Christmas Day, 1946. This was the inspiration for the same titled Capitol Records Album years later.
(A Double CD $20)
In 1955 Fred Waring returned to Broadway with a fantastic revue which he later took on the road. This is a recording of a performance in his rehearsal hall in Delaware Water Gap, PA before the invited participants and guests of one of his golf tournaments. This shows the width and breadth of a typical Fred Waring stage show.
In 1946 Fibber Magee and Molly had a radio program on Tuesday evening. When they decided to take a vacation they and their sponsor Johnson's Wax asked Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians to be their replacement for the six week period.
We offer a series of four CDs each containing two half-hour programs with a major theme, usually the music of a particular composer.
JW#1: Classical themes/Music of George Gershwin
JW#2: Music of Jerome Kern and Music of Irving Berlin
JW#3: Music of Cole Porter and Music of Harold Arlen
JW#4: Music of Richard Whiting and the All-Request Program
These recordings are offered to choral directors and their students to study the arrangements, techniques and philosophies of choral music entertainment from the legendary Fred Waring, known as “the man who taught America how to sing.”
Unless otherwise stated these reference recordings are $5.00 each.
Recordings from "live" concert performances of the Pennsylvanians featuring some of the outstanding medleys and sequences Waring was so astute in putting together.
Show-stopping performances by the Pennsylvanians, The Waring Blendors, Today's Pa's, and some of the outstanding soloists from the last decade of Fred Waring's concert tours around the country.
Fred Waring's interpretations of nineteen great Cole Porter songs for which arrangements are available for lease from Fred Waring's America Library.
As with recording #3, Waring arrangements of Rodgers & Hammerstein songs that are available from Fred Waring's America Library.
Fred Waring and Christmas are practically synonymous; this tape is of some of the Christmas season songs that are available from the Waring Library.
Good solid arrangements of standard songs that are possibilities for the "pop" section of choral concerts.
Arrangements, many TTBB, of college fight songs and alma maters.
Fred Waring was a sincere "flag waver" and this is a reference recording of some of the patriotic arrangements in the Waring Music Library.
Fred Waring had wonderful relationships with American composers, and Hoagy Carmichael was one of them. This recording has 28 arrangements of Carmichael songs in the Waring Music Library.
