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.
Nagel and His Orchestra, Freddy (9)
Napoleon and His Memphis Five, Phil (19)
Nashville, The Old Harp Singers Of (1)
National Champion Hillbillies, The (2)
National Forum Orchestra, The (1)
National Lutheran Chorus, The (1)
National Symphony Orchestra, The (2)
Navy Symphony Orchestra, The (7)
NBC Chicago Orchestra, The (6)
NBC Concert Orchestra, The (19)
NBC Hollywood Orchestra, The (2)
NBC Hollywood Staff Orchestra, The (1)
NBC San Francisco Orchestra, The (4)
NBC Summer Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, The (336)
Negro Melody Singers Of New York (5)
Neighbors and His Orchestra, Paul (8)
Nelson and His Orchestra, Oliver (1)
Nelson and His Orchestra, Ozzie (99)
Nelson and His Orchestra. Ozzie (1)
New American Orchestra, The (1)
New Christy Minstrels, The (6)
New Jersey Opera Company, The (1)
New Jersey WPA Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, The (2)
New Jersey WPA Symphony Orechestra, The (1)
New Lost City Ramblers, The (4)
New Orleans Classic Ragtime Band (1)
New Orleans Symphony Orchestra, The (2)
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Choir (2)
New York City Amateur Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
New York City Negro Melody Singers, The (1)
New York City Police Glee Club, The (4)
New York City School Of Printing Orch. and Drum Corps, The (1)
New York City Symphonic Orchestra (1)
New York City Symphony Orchestra, The (2)
New York City WPA Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
New York Civic Orchestra, The (9)
New York Community Orchestra, The (1)
New York Musical Choir, The (1)
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
New York Philharmonic, The (137)
New York Port Of Embarkation Band, The (3)
New York State Symphonic Band, The (4)
New York Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
Newman and His All-Stars, Joe (1)
Newman and His Orchestra, Alfred (2)
Newman and His Orchestra, Ruby (3)
Newton and His Orchestra, Frankie (1)
Nichols and His New Pennies, Red (1)
Nichols and His Orchestra, Ray (1)
Nichols and His Orchestra, Red (3)
Nichols and The Five Pennies, Red (32)
Nicholson and His Orchestra, Bobby (1)
Nightriders, Merle Lindsay and The Oklahoma (1)
Noble and His Orchestra, Clint (1)
Noble and His Orchestra, Leighton (14)
Noble and His Orchestra, Ray (257)
Nolan and The Sons Of The Pioneers, Bob (7)
Noone and His Orchestra, Jimmy (1)
Nordic Choral Ensemble Of Duluth (1)
Norman and His Orchestra, Ralph (10)
Norris and His Orchestra, Bobby (2)
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College Chorus, The (1)
Northern California Symphony Orchestra (1)
Northern California WPA Symphony Orchestra (2)
Northern California WPA Symphony Orchestra Of San Francisco, The (1)
Northern California WPA Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
Northern Dance Orchestra, The (1)
Norton and His Orchestra, Irv (35)
Norton and His Orchestra, Kenny (1)
Norvo and His Orchestra, Red (2)
Notre Dame Choir and Glee Club, The (1)
Novack and His Orchestra, Frank (3)
Novick and His Orchestra, Nat (61)