The Who Is Johnny Dollar

Volume 3 of 3. From 1949 until the end of Radio drama in 1962, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was a stalwart of radio drama. This book, "The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter" provides a different look at Johnny Dollar - as if he were a real investigator. "The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter" starts with a mini-biography and then provides a detailed recap of each YTJD program. The detailed case analyses catalogs the details of each story, including cast, expenses, writers and directors, and cross-references to programs that used the same script with a different name and cast. The detailed index catalogs each story, case location and the cast of each program. The books also contain a detailed listing of cases by insurance company and the expenses for each of the 6 Johnny Dollars updated to 21st century dollars. Also included are recaps of programs which only exist in the KNX collection of the Thousand Oaks, California library. "The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter" is the definitive reference work for the cases handled by Johnny Dollar, both those currently available electronically, but also those available only in the KNX collection of the Thousand Oaks, California library.

"A character profile and program synopsis of "America's fabulous insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account."

"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" graced the airways of America from 1942 until the end of the "Golden Age of Radio" in 1962. Six Actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, supported by the best radio actors available. Volume I contains a character profile of "America's fabulous insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account" based on over all available programs and scripts. Also included is an original program, "The Final Chapter Matter," compiled by the author to provide a graceful end to the Johnny Dollar story. Volume I also contains a detailed synopsis of each Johnny Dollar story as presented by Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and the 5-part Bob Bailey programs between 1949 and 1956.

Million Dollar Quartet’ is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.The events of the session. Very few participants survive. Includes interviews with the drummer and the sound engineer. A detailed analysis of the music played – and its relevance to subsequent popular music. The early lives and careers of the quartet – where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own. The “reunions” of surviving members of the quartet. The emergence of the tapes, first on bootleg and then on legitimate CDs. The genesis of the stage show and its reception – the enduring appeal of the music.

“Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” graced the airways of America from 1942 until the end of the “Golden Age of Radio” in 1962. Six Actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, supported by the best radio actors available. Volume I contains a character profile of “America’s fabulous insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account” based on over all available programs and scripts. Also included is an original program, “The Final Chapter Matter”, compiled by the author to provide a graceful end to the Johnny Dollar story. Volume I also contains a detailed synopsis of each Johnny Dollar story as presented by Charles Russell, Edmond O’Brien and John Lund between 1949 and 1952. Volume II contains a detailed synopsis of each of the 30-minute Johnny Dollar stories presented by Bob Bailey as well as the 30-minute Bob Readick and Mandel Kramer stories which aired from 1956-1962. Volume II also contains a series of reports outlining the expenses for each actor and the latest catalog of Johnny Dollar programs. Each volume contains a detailed index of programs, actors and other information about Johnny Dollar.

“Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” graced the airways of America from 1942 until the end of the “Golden Age of Radio” in 1962. Six Actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, supported by the best radio actors available. Volume I contains a character profile of “America’s fabulous insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account” based on over all available programs and scripts. Also included is an original program, “The Final Chapter Matter”, compiled by the author to provide a graceful end to the Johnny Dollar story. Volume I also contains a detailed synopsis of each Johnny Dollar story as presented by Charles Russell, Edmond O’Brien, John Lund and the 5-part Bob Bailey programs between 1949 and 1956. Volume II contains a detailed synopsis of each of the 30-minute Johnny Dollar stories presented by Bob Bailey as well as the 30-minute Bob Readick and Mandel Kramer stories which aired from 1956-1962. Volume II also contains a series of reports outlining the expenses for each actor and the latest catalog of Johnny Dollar programs. Each volume contains a detailed index of programs, actors and other information about Johnny Dollar.

‘In The Ould Ago’, meaning a long time ago, is a book of Illustrated Irish Folklore book by Johnny McKeagney. Comprising of two hundred intricately hand-drawn illustrated pages of Irish traditions, crafts, history, emigration, countryside, farming ways, wildlife, myths and customs it is all sewn together in a case-bound hardback A3 size cover. A self-taught historian and artist, his prefaces are written by some heavy-hitting academics and historians. For forty years Johnny collected Irish folklore by pen and tape recorder. He details stories and events then sketches all the salient points with a fine nib so that readers of any age can easily visualize the topics. ‘In The Ould Ago’ has been selected to be displayed in top North American university libraries including Harvard, Notre Dame, Library of Congress in Washington, UCLA, Boston College and New York Public Libraries. Johnny's illustrated and written collection is now in the Fermanagh museum while his recorded material is being digitised by the UCD Folklore Department for the National Irish Archive. This special coffee table publication won a Judges Special Award in the International Rubery Book Awards and an Honorable Mention in the History section of the San Francisco Book Festivals Awards. Sadly Johnny passed away on the 1st of December 2010, just 5 weeks after his book was published. Seeing 40 years of collecting and sketching published in ‘In The Ould Ago’ gave him tremendous happiness. FolkloreBook.com gives a sense of the author and his work.

This history of commercial radio networks in the United States provides a wealth of information on broadcasting from the 1920s to the present. It covers the four transcontinental webs that operated during the pre-television Golden Age, plus local and regional hookups, and the developments that have occurred in the decades since, including the impact of television, the rise of the disc jockey, the rise of talk radio and other specialized formats, implications of satellite technology and consolidation of networks and local stations.