Music Page
This area includes over 200 playable audio files from concerts and studio recordings. The collection results from the generosity of contributors and expert restoration work by Bill Howe. The best records and digital audio files delivered to Special Collections on April 25, 2016 (photos). See the full list of songs by year and album. Bold song titles listed below = strong performances, noteworthy solos, or historical interest. Records produced from 1940 to 1966. See Record Labels or Album Covers.
Recordings by Title* [A-D| E-I|J-O | P-S | T-Z]
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Adonoi ("Response from the Hebrew liturgy") (Naumbourg) ~ Produced 1954
Adoration of the Magi from Ben Hur (Rózsa) ~ Produced 1964
A La Nanita Nana (trad. Spanish carol) ~ Produced 1966
Alice Blue Gown (Tierney) ~ Produced 1945
All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Britten) ~ Produced 1960-2
All Through the Night (Welsh folk song arr. by Cain) ~ Produced 1960-2
America, Our Heritage (Steele) ~ Produced 1959
Angels We Have Heard on High (trad. French) ~ Produced 1958 <> 1960 <> 1966
April Showers (Silvers) ~ Produced 1956
Are You Sleeping, Brother John? (arr. by Wright) ~ Produced 1953
Are You Sleeping, Brother John? (French round arr. by Wright) ~ Produced 1960-2
Ave Maria (Abt) ~ Produced 1960
Ave Maria (Vittoria arr. by Deems Taylor) ~ Produced 1940
Ave Verum (Mozart) ~ Produced 1961 [MP3 only]
- B -
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Howe) ~ Produced 1956
Beautiful Dreamer (Foster) ~ Produced 1965
The Birthday of a King (Neidlinger) ~ Produced 1959 <>
1964
Blue Bird of Happiness (Harmati) ~ Produced 1966
- C -
Cadillac (unknown) ~ Produced 1958
Carmeña (Wilson) ~ Produced 1958
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1965
The Children's Marching Song ("This Old Man") (trad. arr. by Simeone) ~ Produced 1960-2
Christmas Lullaby (Mozart) ~ Produced 1960-2
Christmas Medley (Selections) ~ Produced 1965
Christmas Roundelay (Marryott) ~ Produced 1962
Cradle Song ("Wiegenlied") (Brahms) with Paul Allison narration ~ Produced 1949
Cruising Down the River (Beadell-Tollerton) ~ Produced 1962
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Danny Boy (Weatherly) ~ Produced 1960-2
Deck the Halls (Welsh carol) ~ Produced 1959 <> 1960
Deep in My Heart (Romberg) ~ Produced 1946
Ding Dong Merrily on High (16th-Century French) ~ Produced 1962
The Donkey Serenade (Friml) ~ Produced 1950
Do-Re-Mi (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1961
Do-Re-Mi (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1964
Easter Parade (Berlin) ~ Produced 1957
Easter Parade (Berlin) ~ Produced 1965
The Echo Song (di Lasso) ~ Produced 1960
The Echo Song (di Lasso) ~ Produced 1961
Emitte Spiritum (Schuetky) ~ Produced 1954
Evening Prayer (Humperdinck) ~ Produced 1948
<> 1963
Evening Prayer (Humperdinck) with real-time march off stage ~ Produced 1960
~ Sheet Music
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The First Noel (Traditional) ~ Produced 1957 <>
1963 <>
1966
The First Noel (Traditional) ~ Produced 1960-2
The First Nowell (trad. harmonized by Stainer) ~ Produced 1940
Funiculì, Funiculà (Denza) ~ Produced 1957
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Gay Nineties Medley (selections) ~ Produced 1957 <> 1960-2
Gesù Bambino (Yon) ~ Produced 1940
Gesù Bambino (Yon) ~ Produced 1964
Gesù Bambino (Yon) ~ Produced 1966
Giannina Mia (Friml) ~ Produced 1950
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor (Berlin) ~ Produced 1956 <> 1966
Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Mozart) ~
Produced 1947
Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Mozart) ~
Produced 1960
Glory to God—from Messiah (Handel) ~ Produced 1965
Glory to God in the Highest (Pergolesi) ~ Produced 1940
Glory to God in the Highest (Pergolesi) ~ Produced 1966
Go Tell It on the Mountain (comp. by Work) ~ Produced 1964
God Painted a Picture (De Rose) ~ Produced 1958
God So Loved the World (Stainer) ~ Produced 1962
A Good Day For Singing (Cookson) ~ Produced 1961
GM Commercial (Auto Medley) ~ Produced 1958 ~ Record Images
Grandfather's Holiday Favorites (medley) ~ Produced 1964
The Green Cathedral (Hahn) ~ Produced 1947
The Green Cathedral (Hahn) ~ Produced 1957
The Green Cathedral (Hahn) ~ Produced 1961
The Happy Wanderer (Moeller) ~ Produced 1961
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) ~ Produced 1940
Hasten Swiftly, Hasten Softly (Kountz) ~ Produced 1965
Home Bound Rangers (Slavic folk song arr. by Wilson) ~ Produced 1957
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I Believe (Drake, Graham, Shirl, Stillman) ~ Produced 1954 <> 1965
I Feel Pretty (Bernstein) ~ Produced 1963
I Feel Pretty (Bernstein) ~ Produced 1964
If I Loved You (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1964
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Woods) & California, Here I Come (Jolson) ~ Produced 1963
In a Monastery Garden (Ketèlbey) ~ Produced 1950
In My Merry Oldsmobile (Edwards) ~ Produced 1958
Iris (McClosky) ~ Produced 1949
Irish Lullaby ("Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral") (Shannon) ~ Produced 1945
It's a Big Wide Wonderful World (Rox) ~ Produced 1958
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Willson) ~ Produced 1960
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Willson) ~ Produced 1960-2
Jingle Bells (Pierpont) ~ Produced 1965
Just Awearyin' for You (Jacobs-Bond) ~ Produced 1959
Kentucky Babe (Geibel) ~ Produced 1958
The King and I - medley (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1957
Kyrie Eleison (Dieterich) ~ Produced 1960-2 [MP3 only]
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Let There Be Song (Klemm) ~ Produced 1966
Let's Dance: Paraphrase of Chop Sticks (Hayworth) ~ Produced 1953
Little David, Play on Your Harp (Hogan) ~ Produced 1961
The Little Drummer Boy (Davis-Simeone) ~ Produced 1962
The Lord's Prayer (Malotte) ~ Produced 1945
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1964
The Lord's Prayer (Schehl) ~ Produced 1957
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March on Stage (unknown) ~ Produced 1960
Mr. Frog, A Courtin' He Did Ride (Appalachian folk song arr. by Gearhart) ~ Produced 1951
May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You (Willson) ~ Produced 1958
Moon River (Mancini) ~ Produced 1962
Morning (Speaks) ~ Produced 1963
Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème (Puccini) ~ Produced 1965
My Buick, My Love, and I (Skinner) ~ Produced 1958
No Man Is An Island (Whitney) ~ Produced 1966
Now Sing We Joyfully Unto God (Young) ~ Produced 1962
Nursery Rhymes (Curran) ~ Produced 1949
- O -
O Bone Jesu (Palestrina) ~ Produced 1962
O Come, All Ye Faithful ("Adeste Fideles") ~ Produced 1952 <>
1957
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1961
<> 1963
<> 1966
O Come, All Ye Faithful ("Adeste Fideles") ~ Produced 1960
O Come, Little Children (17th Century German arr. by Van Koert) ~ Produced 1959
<> 1963
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (13th Century plain chant) ~ Produced 1962
O Divine Redeemer (Gounod) featuring the Skinner pipe organ† ~ Produced 1954 ~ Lyrics
O Holy Night (Adam) ~ Produced
1940 <>
1960 <>
1961 [MP3 only] <>
1965
O Holy Night (Adam) ~ Produced 1958
O Holy Night (Adam) ~ Produced
1966
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Redner) ~ Produced 1940
O Quam Suavis Est (Yon) ~ Produced 1962
O Tannenbaum ("O Christmas Tree") (trad. German carol) ~ Produced 1964
O'Brien Welcome (Silver Anniversary - unedited = 91MB/9min) ~ Produced 1960 (Text)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1951
Oklahoma (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1964
Ol' Man River (Kern) ~ Produced 1950 <>
1952
Old King Cole (Forsyth) ~ Produced 1953
One Man Went to Mow (trad. arr. by Milkey) ~ Produced 1956
Onward Christian Soldiers (Sullivan) ~ Produced 1960-2
Over the Rainbow (Arlen) ~ Produced 1947
Panis Angelicus (Franck) ~ Produced 1956
Panis Angelicus (Franck) ~ Produced 1959
Panis Angelicus (Franck) ~ Produced 1962
Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhäuser (Wagner) ~ Produced 1966
Pine Cones and Holly Berries (Willson) ~ Produced 1965
Pontiac (unknown) ~ Produced 1958
Popule Meus (Victoria) ~ Produced 1954
The Rangers' Song (Tierney) ~ Produced 1946
Regina Cœli (De Merlier) ~ Produced 1957
Ring Those Christmas Bells (Fisher) ~ Produced 1963
Romance (Romberg) ~ Produced 1948
The Rose (Huron Indian carol arr. by Cross-Wilson) ~ Produced 1963
Saint Nicolas (Britten) ~ Produced 1953 (105MB MP3 only - audio quality varies) ~ Record Images
Sanctus (Gounod) ~ Produced 1949
Sanctus (Gounod) ~ Produced 1961
Schoenstes Kindlein (German Christmas carol) ~ Produced 1952
See the U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet (Corday-Carr) ~ Produced 1958
Serenade (from The Student Prince) (Romberg) ~ Produced 1950
Shrimp Boats (Howard-Weston) ~ Produced 1952
Silent Night (Gruber) with Paul Allison narration ~ Produced 1940
Silent Night (Gruber) ~ Produced 1952 <>
1963 <>
1964 <>
1966
Silent Night (Gruber) ~ Produced 1960 [MP3 only]
Silent Night (Gruber) ~ Produced 1962
Sleep (Lebieg) ~ Produced 1964
Sleep, Baby, Sleep (Czech Christmas Carol) ~ Produced 1951
Sleep, Holy Babe (Matthews) ~ Produced 1963
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Kern) ~ Produced 1948
Song of Love (Romberg) ~ Produced 1945
Sorrento Folk Song (arr. by Aschenbrenner) ~ Produced 1949
The Sound of Music (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1962
A Spoonful of Sugar from Mary Poppins (Sherman) ~ Produced 1966
Stardust (Carmichael) ~ Produced 1946
The Star-Spangled Banner (Key) ~ Produced 1959
<> 1960
The Story of Bethlehem (1940) with Paul Allison narration (54MB MP3 only - Sides 1-6) ~ WLW Radio Script
The Story of Bethlehem (1954) with J. D. O'Brien introduction (58MB MP3 only - Sides 1-6)
Stouthearted Men (Romberg) ~ Produced 1947
Summertime (Gershwin) ~ Produced 1947
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1959 <> 1963
Sylvia (Speaks) ~ Produced 1961
Tales from the Vienna Woods (Strauss) ~ Produced 1946 <>
1965
That Wonderful Mother of Mine (Goodwin) ~ Produced 1964
Thirty-Two Feet and Eight Little Tails (Redmond, Cavanaugh, Weldon) ~ Produced 1959 <> 1964
This is My Country (Jacobs-Raye) ~ Produced 1959
Till There Was You (Willson) ~ Produced 1960-2
Till There Was You (Willson) ~ Produced 1963
Toyland (Herbert) ~ Produced 1948
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Darby-Simeone) ~ Produced 1957
Tribute To Lincoln Medley (medley) ~ Produced 1961
- U-V -
Up and Wake Thee, Peter Lad (French peasant carol) ~ Produced 1960
Valse Triste (Sibelius) ~ Produced 1946
V'shom'ru ("Jewish evening prayer") (Federlein) ~ Produced 1959
- W -
Wanderers (Swiss Alpine song) (Track) ~ Produced 1966
Were You There? (trad. spiritual arr. by Wilson) ~ Produced 1958
What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby? (trad. spiritual) ~ Produced 1965
When Children Pray (Fenner) ~ Produced 1961
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along (Woods) ~ Produced 1953
While By My Sheep (trad. arr. by Jüngst) ~ Produced 1958 <>
1960
Winter Wonderland (Bernard) ~ Produced 1959
Wonderful Copenhagen (Loesser) ~ Produced 1958
- Y-Z -
You'll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers) ~ Produced 1948
<> 1958
<> 1964
Zing Zing—Zoom Zoom (Romberg) ~ Produced 1951
*Titles, production dates, and composer names based on record labels, concert programs, mailer postmarks, and contemporary sheet music. |
†Ernest Skinner, one of the world's foremost organ builders, constructed the pipe organ in 1929 for the Dayton Art Institute auditorium.
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Record Labels
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Silver Anniversary Acetates: Click Silver Acetates label above to view acetate masters of the 25th anniversary concert on December 13, 1960. Individual songs from these high quality acetates are included in the alphabetical list on this page. For the full and unedited acetates with audience reactions, click the following links: Side 1 - Side 2 - Side 3 - Side 4. Donated by Nicholas A. Hussong from the collection of his aunt, Marcella Sprauer, who was the secretary to long-time Inland General Manager John D. O'Brien.
Matt Phelan Cassette Tape: Click "Phelan Cassette 1995" label above at right to view a tape produced by Matt Phelan, former member (1936-1943) and graphic design executive. The tape, created from 1940 Chorus records, was distributed without charge. These recordings used the best technology available at the time -- click the following files: Side 1 - Side 2. For more about this tribute project, go to December 1995 on the articles page.
Record Labels
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| Green 78 RPM (1940) |
World Broadcasting (1940/45) |
Audiodisc (1945-1950) |
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| WING (1946-1953) |
RCA Custom (1954) |
Green 33 RPM (1956/57/59) |
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| GM 50th Anniversary (1958) |
Silver Anniversary (1960) |
Silver Acetates (1960) |
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| Blue Label (1961-1964) |
Black Label (1965-1966) |
Phelan Cassette (1995) |
Silver Anniversary Acetates: Click Silver Acetates label above to view acetate masters of the 25th anniversary concert on December 13, 1960. Individual songs from these high quality acetates are included in the alphabetical list on this page. For the full and unedited acetates with audience reactions, click the following links: Side 1 - Side 2 - Side 3 - Side 4. Donated by Nicholas A. Hussong from the collection of his aunt, Marcella Sprauer, who was the secretary to long-time Inland General Manager John D. O'Brien.
Matt Phelan Cassette Tape: Click "Phelan Cassette 1995" label above at right to view a tape produced by Matt Phelan, former member (1936-1943) and graphic design executive. The tape, created from 1940 Chorus records, was distributed without charge. These recordings used the best technology available at the time -- click the following files: Side 1 - Side 2. For more about this tribute project, go to December 1995 on the articles page.
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Album Covers with Records
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Album Covers with Records
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| Gift Album with Photo |
Flap Top Album | Mailer, Letters, White Jacket |
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1962 Album and Record |
1963 Album and Record |
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Linden Center Chorus: Click here to view two records by the Linden Center Children's Chorus, sponsored briefly by Inland as noted in a May 1946 review.
Listen to recordings by the chorus. Record 1:oWere You There (trad. arr. by Bowers) and Panis Angelicus (Franck). Record 2:o'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Darby-Simeone) and Little Jesus Was Born in a Manger (Bowers)