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.
Wakefield, Herbert Russell (1)
Wakely and His Orchestra, Jimmy (2)
Wakely and His Rodeo Boys, Jimmy (2)
Wakely and The Rough Riders, Jimmy (3)
Wald and His Orchestra, Jerry (5)
Walker, Postmaster General (1)
Wallenstein and His Orchestra, Alfred (3)
Waller and His Orchestra, Fats (8)
Waller's Original Band, Fats (1)
Walsh and His Orchestra, Jimmy (3)
Ward and The Dominoes, Billy (1)
Waring and His Chorus, Fred (2)
Waring and The Pennsylvanians, Fred (1279)
Waring Glee Club, The Fred (3)
Warner Brothers Orchestra, The (1)
Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra, The (1)
Warnow and His Carnegie Hall Orchestra, Mark (1)
Warnow and His Orchestra, Mark (309)
Warrington and His Orchestra, Johnny (2)
Washburn and His Orchestra, Country (24)
Waters and His Colorado Rangers, O. Z. (1)
Watson and His Orchestra, Ernie (7)
Wayne and The Dell Trio, Jerry (1)
Webb and His Orchestra, Chick (3)
Weber and His Orchestra, Fred (2)
Weber and His Orchestra, Henry (12)
Weber and His Orchestra, Marek (2)
Webster and His Orchestra, Ralph (1)
Weeks and His Orchestra, Anson (29)
Weems and His Orchestra, Ted (87)
Welk and His Orchestra, Lawrence (132)
Wellington and The Travelers, Larry (1)
West and His Orchestra, Alvy (28)
West Texas Music Company, The (1)
Weston and His Orchestra, Paul (178)
Westwood First Prebyterian Church Choir, The (1)
WGN Orchestra and Chorus, The (1)
WGN Symphony Orchestra, The (3)
Whipple and His Orchestra, Doc (2)
Whippoorwills With Georgia Brown, The (2)
Whitecaps, The Treasure Island (1)
Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Paul (1)
Whiteman and His Orchestra and Chorus, Paul (1)
Whiteman and His Orchestra, Paul (335)
Whitewing, Wayma K. Pee Wee (1)
Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt (1)
Whoopee John and His Orchestra (1)
Wickman and His Orchestra, Dick (13)
Wilbur and His Orchestra, Jimmy (1)
Wilbur and His Swingtette, Jimmy (4)
Wildcats, Jimmie Dean and His Texas (1)
Wilder Chamber Orchestra, The Rex (1)
William Grant Still Festival Orchestra, The (1)
William, Russell Harrington (1)
Williams and His Band, Sammy (1)
Williams and His Band, Tex (3)
Williams and His Orchestra, Cootie (5)
Williams and His Orchestra, Griff (4)
Williams and His Orchestra, Roger (1)
Williams and His Orchestra, Tex (1)
Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra, Griff (1)
Williams and The Charms, Otis (3)
Williams Quartet, The Billy (2)
Williams Trio, The Mary Lou (1)
Williams, Russell Harrington (1)
Williams-Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra, Griff (1)
Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage, Foy (126)
Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage, The (8)
Willis and The Oklahoma Wranglers, Guy (14)
Wills and The Texas Playboys, Bob (8)
Willson and His Orchestra, Meredith (286)
Willson and The BBC Variety Orchestra, Meredith (1)
Wilson and Her Singing Strings, Harriet (1)
Wilson and His Orchestra, Gerald (5)
Wilson and His Trio, Teddy (3)
Wilson and the Ensemble, Ken (2)
Wilson Sextette, The Teddy (2)
Winding and His Sextet, Kai (5)
Winfield and The Harptones, Winnie (1)
Wing, Matty Malneck and The Swing (1)
Wing, Milton DeLugg and His Swing (1)
Winslow and His Orchestra, George (2)
Winterhalter and His Orchestra, Hugo (12)
Winton and His Orchestra, Barry (7)
Wisconsin, The Pro-Arte Quartet Of The University Of (1)
Wiseman and His Country Boys, Mac (2)
Witkowski and His Polish Swing Orchestra, Anthony (1)
Witkowski and The Brooklyn Knights, Anthony (1)
WJSV Concert Orchestra, The (1)
WNUR Studio Orchestra, The (1)
WNYC Concert Orchestra, The (4)
Woman's Symphony Orchestra Of Chicago, The (1)
Women's Chorus Of The Westminster Choir, The (1)
Wood and Her Don Juans, Donna (4)
Woodbury and His Orchestra, By (2)
WOR Symphony Orchestra, The (5)
Workshop, The San Francisco Actor's (1)
World Light Opera Company, The (1)
World's Fair Glee Club, The (1)
World's Greatest Jazz Band, The (3)
World, Keith Williams and The Best College Band In The (1)
Worth and His Orchestra and Chorus, Frank (1)
Worth and His Orchestra, Frank (9)
WPA American Folk Singers Of Boston (2)
WPA Negro Radio Unit Of Southern California (1)
WPA New York City Symphony Orchestra, The (1)
Wranglers, Ray Whitley and His Oklahoma (1)
Wranglers, Slim Duncan and His Roundup (1)
Wren, Percival Christopher (1)
Wright Harmonizers, The Curtis (1)
Wright, Elizabeth McFadden (1)
WTIC String Orchestra, The (1)