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.
Pacific Bible College Choir, The (1)
Pacific, The Pearl Harbor Marine Barracks Band Of The (1)
Page and His Orchestra, Larry (1)
Paige and His Orchestra, Raymond (34)
Paitch and His Orchestra, Marty (1)
Paitch Septette, The Marty (1)
Pale and The Squibb Orchestra. Ted (1)
Palmer and His Orchestra, Jimmy (4)
Pals, Bill Cantrell and The Blue Seal (2)
Pan American Orchestra, The (4)
Paramount Recording Orchestra, The (2)
Paramount Studio Orchestra, The (1)
Paramount Studios Orchestra, The (1)
Parker and His All-Stars, Charlie (1)
Parker and His Orchestra, Johnny (4)
Parker and The Plainsmen, Andy (42)
Partners, Charlie Monroe and His Kentucky (2)
Pasternack and His Orchestra, Joseph (2)
Pastor and His All-Stars, Tony (4)
Pastor and his His Orchestra, Tony (1)
Pastor and His Orchestra, Tony (38)
Patterson, Mary Marvin Breckinridge (1)
Patton and His Orchestra, George (1)
Paul and His Orchestra, Ed (1)
Paul and His Orchestra, Eddie (28)
Paul, The American Legion Band Of St. (1)
Pauline Gibson William P. Rousseau (1)
Paxton and His Orchestra, George (8)
Payne and His Orchestra, Jack (1)
Peale, Mrs. Norman Vincent (1)
Pearl and His Orchestra, Ray (6)
Pederson and His Orchestra, Tommy (2)
Pell and The Dave Pell Singers, Dave (1)
Peluso and His Orchestra, Thomas (6)
Pendarvis and His Orchestra, Paul (1)
Penmen, Roy Shields and The Shaeffer (1)
Penny and His Western Dance Band, Hank (1)
People, Meredith Willson and His Talking (2)
Pepsi Cola Concert Band, The (2)
Perez and His Argentine Tango Orchestra, Chui (1)
Perriere and His Orchestra, Michel (4)
Perry and His Orchestra, Al Kealoha (13)
Perry and His Orchestra, Dave (2)
Peters, The Boys Choir Of Saint (1)
Peterson and His Orchestra, Oscar (1)
Peterson and His Vibratones, Dick (1)
Petrillo and His Orchestra, Cesar (31)
Petty and His Orchestra, Emil (1)
Philadelphia Navy Yard Band (1)
Philadelphia Orchestra, The (12)
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, The (6)
Philco Radio Orchestra, The (1)
Philco Symphony Orchestra, The (2)
Philharmonia Orchestra, The (12)
Philharmonic Club Orchestra, The (1)
Philharmonic Orchestra Of Mexico, The (1)
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York, The (1)
Philharmoniker, Die Wiener (1)
Philip Morris Songsters, The (2)
Phillips and His Orchestra, Teddy (3)
Pickers, Curly Williams and The Georgia Peach (1)
Pickers, Tony Parenti and The Rag (11)
Pierce and His Orchestra, Ross (1)
Pierce and His Wandering Boys, Webb (1)
Pierce Frankie Kapp Juggernaut Big Band, The Nat (1)
Pillar and His Orchestra, Max (1)
Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys (104)
Pire, Dominique George Henri (1)
Pitt and His Orchestra, Merle (6)
Pittsburgh Painters Orchestra, The (12)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, The (11)
Platoon, The Singing Waves (1)
Platoon, The WAVES Singing (6)
Plowboys, Eddy Arnold and The Tennessee (62)
Poletti, Lieutenant Governor (1)
Pollack and His Orchestra, Ben (5)
Pollack and His Pick-A-Rib Boys, Ben (6)
Pollack Dixieland Band, Ben (2)
Poptie and His Quintet, Frans (1)
Powell and His Orchestra, Andy (4)
Powell and His Orchestra, Teddy (10)
Prado and His Orchestra, Perez (1)
Prairies, The Vagabonds Of The (23)
Preston and His Men Of The Range, Lou (1)
Preston's Male Quartet, Walter (1)
Previn and His Orchestra, Andre (1)
Previn and His Orchestra, Charles (1)
Price and His Cherokee Cowboys, Ray (2)
Price and His Quartet, Jesse (1)
Prima and His Orchestra, Leon (2)
Prima and His Orchestra, Louis (25)
Primrose String Quartet, The (2)
Pripps and His Orchestra, Eddie (1)
Priscilla, Milton Douglas and (2)
Proxin and His Orchestra, Earl (1)
Pruden and His Orchestra, Hal (1)
Pryor and His Blue Coal Orchestra, Larry (5)
Pryor and His Orchestra, Arthur (1)
Puckett and The Union Gap, Gary (2)
Puelo and His Harmonica Gang, Johnny (1)
Puente and His Orchestra, Tito (2)
Puleo and His Harmonica Gang, Johnny (1)