Chevrolet Musical Moments Revue
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"Chevrolet Musical Moments Revue" also known as "Musical Moments" or the "Chevrolet Show" was an electrically transcribed or recorded radio program issued by World Broadcasting System. http://www.otrsite.com/articles/artwb006.html It was a musical variety show which in 1935 - 36 featured David Rubinoff
David Rubinoff
David Rubinoff, also known as Dave Rubinoff, was a popular violinist who was heard during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his $100,000 Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during the 1940s...

 and Hugh Conrad, Monday through Friday for 15 minutes. A great many musicians and musical ensembles appeared on this show including Gus Haenschen/Carl Fenton
Carl Fenton
Carl Fenton born as Walter G. Haenschen, was an American bandleader, composer, and radio musician.- Name origin :The Carl Fenton Orchestra was a title given to Brunswick Records studio bands through the 1920s...

 and his orchestra; the Song Smiths; Casper Reardon
Casper Reardon
Casper Reardon was a classical and later jazz harpist. He studied classical harp at the Curtis Institute of Music going on to play for the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra...

, jazz harpist; and Metropolitan Opera soprano Josephine Antoine
Josephine Antoine
Josephine Antoine, coloratura soprano, sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1936 through 1948 in 76 appearances, and was well known in "Un ballo in maschera", "Il barbiere di Siviglia", "Les contes d'Hoffmann", "Le Coq d'Or", "Don Giovanni", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Mignon", "Parsifal", "Rigoletto",...

in 1937. Jay Hickerson's compendium indicates more than 155 recorded shows are extant. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27408194&referer=brief_results
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