Information on Searching Artists
This section is an alphabetical list of every person who received air credit (or should have received air credit) on every program in the archive. Alphabetizing a list of names would be easy if everyone had a first and a last name. But they don't and one has to start making decisions. Alphabetized by first or last name? The "program names" are alphabetized by the actual name of the program, not a person. "The Jack Benny Show" is therefore listed under "Jack" and not "Benny." I ignore "The," "A" and "An" for greater clarity. In the "people" section, I've had to deal with those with three (or more names) like "Adam Clayton Powell," those who usually use only initials ("H.V. Kaltenborn") or a combination (like "J. David Goldin") and other variations. "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra" is filed under "Goodman," as is his trio, his quartet, etc. Caution: many names look like they are spelled incorrectly, but they may not be (then again, some of them probably are). This apparent error may in fact be a reference to someone you never heard of who spells his name differently. Steven Allen is not the same person as Steve Allen, the comedian/ musician/author. John Kennedy was both a NBC announcer in the mid-30s and a president. They were not the same guy.
I've tried to eliminate all titles. Therefore, unless I didn't know the first name, you'll see no "Generals," "Doctors," "Governors," "Bishops" or other honorifics. Hyphenated names, those that end with "Jr." and those with lineage descriptors (John Jones III) were invented just to make life difficult. I couldn't bring myself to list the king of England as "Windsor, George." You will probably agree with some of my decisions and disagree with others. At least I tried to be consistent.
D'Amico and His Orchestra, Hank (2)
D'Artega and His All Girl Orchestra (1)
D'Artega and His All-Girl Orchestra (1)
D'Artega and His Orchestra (6)
d'Azure, Le Petit Chanteurs de la Cote (1)
Dailey and His Chicagoans, Pete (2)
Daily and His Orchestra, Pete (1)
Dale and His Orchestra, Arvin (1)
Dale and His Orchestra, Ted (45)
Dale and The Carnation Orchestra, Ted (1)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
Dalton and His Orchestra, James (1)
Dancers, Beatrice Taft and Her Oriental (1)
Dancers, Ray Malone and His (1)
Dancers, The Johnny Conrad (2)
Dancers, The Lester Horton (1)
Dancers, The Lucky Strike Singers and (4)
Dancers, The Peter Gennaro (5)
Dancers, The Tyrolian Slap (2)
Dandylions, Daisy and The (11)
Daniels and His Orchestra, Elliot (15)
Dans, The Daisy Belles and (1)
Dant and His Orchestra, Charles (89)
Davidson and His Orchestra, Tom (1)
Davis and His Famous Indiana Public Stage Orchestra, Charlie (1)
Davis and His Orchestra, Phil (23)
Davis and The Roundup Boys, Chuck (3)
Davison and His Band, Wild Bill (1)
Dawn and The Manhattan Nighthawks, Dolly (6)
Dawn-Busters Dixieland Band, The (1)
Dawson and His Orchestra, Mark (1)
de Bruine, N. A. C. Slotemaker (1)
De Franco and His Orchestra, Buddy (1)
De Pauw Chorus, The Leonard (1)
De Verdi and His California Gypsy Orchestra, Chico (2)
De Vol and His Orchestra, Frank (256)
Dean and His Texas Wildcats, Jimmy (52)
Dean and His Trail Riders, Jimmie (2)
Dean and The Southern Serenaders, Bob (1)
Dean and The Texas Wildcats, Jimmy (1)
Decca Concert Orchestra, The (1)
DeFranco Quartet, The Buddy (2)
Delory and His Orchestra, Al (1)
DeLugg and His Orchestra, Milton (11)
DeLugg and His Trio, Milton (1)
DeLugg and The NBC Orchestra, Milton (60)
DeLugg Quartet, The Milton (11)
Dennis and His Ranchos, Johnny (1)
Denver Symphony Orchestra, The (2)
Derwin and His Orchestra, Hal (2)
DeSantis and His Orchestra, Sandy (2)
Desmond With Manhattan Nighthawks, Johnny (1)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The (2)
Deutsch and His Orchestra, Emery (1)
Devils, Les Brown and His Duke Blue (2)
Diamond and His Harmonaires, Leo (3)
Diamond and His Orchestra, Lou (3)
Diamond Harmonaires, The Leo (1)
District, The Coast Guard Chorus Of The 11th Naval (1)
Dixie Jubilee Singers, The (1)
Dixie Symphony Singers, The (1)
Doerner and His Orchestra, George (6)
Doerr's Saxophone Trio, Clyde (1)
Dolan and His Orchestra, Robert Emmett (97)
Dolin and His Grenadiers, Max (1)
Dolin and His Orchestra, Max (1)
Don Carlos Marimba Band, The (1)
Don Lee-KHJ Orchestra and Singers, The (2)
Donahue and His Navy Band, Sam (3)
Donahue and His Orchestra, Al (7)
Donahue and His Orchestra, Sam (4)
Donahue and The AFRS Swing Wing, Sam (1)
Donato and His Orchestra, Eduardo (1)
Donn and His Orchestra, Lou (4)
Dorsey and His Orchestra, Jimmy (41)
Dorsey and His Orchestra, Tommy (247)
Dorsey and Their Orchestra, Tommy and Jimmy (3)
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, The (21)
Dorsey Orchestra, The Jimmy (2)
Dorsey Orchestra, The Tommy (5)
Dorsey Orchestra, The Tommy and Jimmy (6)
Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra With Jimmy (2)
Double-Daters, Gene Glidden and The (1)
Dougherty and His KMOX Orchestra, Stan (1)
Dougherty and His Orchestra, Stan (1)
Douglas, Virginia O'Hanlon (2)
Dragon and His Orchestra, Carmen (97)
Drupe and His Orchestra, Dave (1)
Druson and The NBC Orchestra, David (1)
Dubinski and The NBC Orchestra, Walter (1)
Dubinski and The NBC Orchestra, Walter (1)
Duchin and His Orchestra, Eddy (46)
Duffy and His Orchestra, Johnny (2)
Duke University Glee Club, The (1)
Dumont and His Orchestra, Oscar (2)
Duncan and His Texas Tornadoes, Slim (1)
Dunham and His Orchestra, Sonny (10)
Duning and His Orchestra, George (8)
Dunstedter and His Orchestra, Eddie (2)
Dunstedter and The Armed Forces Orchestra, Eddie (1)
Duo, The Automatic Duo-Disc (1)
Durand and His Orchestra, Paul (1)