| California Melodies | | 1935-12-14 | The date above is etched on the transcription matrix. The first half of the program is marked "episode #8," the second half of the program is marked "episode #7." Both shows have the same date on the matrix. The program includes the presentation of the second movement of David Broekman's "American Negro Symphony." The movement is titled "Harlem Heaven," and is described by Mr. Broekman as "gutter music." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-04-18 | The first tune is, "Gaucho Serenade." Art Taum plays, "All The Things You Are" and a sizzling, "Get Happy." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-04-25 | The first tune is, "Lady Be Good." Art Tatum plays, "Humoresque" and "The Shout" (an original composition). |
| California Melodies | | 1940-05-02 | The first tune is, "It's A Blue World." Art Tatum plays, "Tea For Two," and "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-05-09 | The first tune is, "How High The Moon." Art Tatum plays, "Elegy" (Massenet) and, "If I Had You." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-05-16 | The first tune is, "Devil May Care." Art Tatum plays, "I Got Rhythm" and, "Sweet Lorraine." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-05-30 | The first tune is, "Blue Room." Art Tatum plays, "Memories Of You" and, "It Had To Be You." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-06-06 | The first tune is, "The Carioca." Art Tatum plays an unannounced selection and, "Dark Eyes." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-06-13 | The first tune is, "Beyond The Blue Horizon." Art Tatum plays, "Louise" and, "Rosetta." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-06-20 | The first tune is, "Somebody Loves Me." Art Tatum plays, "I Thought About You" and, "Too Marvelous For Words." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-06-27 | The first tune is, "Dardenella." Art Tatum plays, "Stompin' At The Savoy" and, "I'll Never Be The Same." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-07-04 | The first tune is, "Devil May Care." Art Tatum plays, "Where Or When" and, "Humoresque." The system cue is an unusual, "Watch KHJ and the Mutual Broadcasting System." |
| California Melodies | | 1940-08-01 | The first tune is, "Midnight In Paris." The last show of the season. A few seconds are missing from the middle of the program. |
| California Melodies | | 1940-11-09 | The first selection is, "Dardenella." |
| California Melodies | | 1941-06-21 | null |
| California Melodies | | 1941-11-01 | The first selection is an unidentified latin instrumental. |
| California Melodies | | 1943-03-17 | Announced as a St. Patrick's Day program, the first tune is a Latin rhumba titled, "Secreto." After the opening tune, a medley of Irish tunes follows. |
| California Melodies | | 1943-03-17 | A St. Patrick's Day program. The first tune is, "Secreto." The public service announcements have been deleted. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-03-11 | A tribute to the songs of Frank Loesser. The date is approximate. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-03-25 | A tribute to the songs of Johnny Mercer. The date is approximate. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-04-29 | null |
| California Melodies | | 1944-05-06 | The first tune is "Sweepin' The Clouds Away." A tribute to the songs of Sam Coslow. The date is approximate. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-05-13 | The first tune is, "Blow, Gabriel, Blow." The date above is etched on the disc matrix. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-05-13 | The first tune is, "I'll See You In My Dreams." The compositions made famous by Isham Jones are featured. The program was possibly heard only on the Don Lee network on the Pacific coast. The date is approximate. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-05-27 | The date is doubtful, the program reportedly wasn't even on the network on the date above. However, it might have been on the Don Lee west coast network. A salute to Lew Pollack. The first tune is "Caravan." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-06-03 | The first tune is "Holiday For Strings." This is a different broadcast than cat. #40022 which may be dated incorrectly. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-06-03 | The disc is also dated August 13, 1944 and July 22, 1944! The program is definitely different than cat. #1730. The first tune is, "Tico Tico." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-06-05 | The disc is also dated June 10, 1944 and January 15, 1944! The first tune is "Falling In Love With Love." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-06-10 | The first tune is "Beyond The Blue Horizon." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-06-17 | The first tune is, "Caravan." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-07-02 | The first tune is, "Flamingo." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-07-08 | The first tune is, "Dancing Tambourine." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-07-15 | null |
| California Melodies | | 1944-07-22 | null |
| California Melodies | | 1944-08-13 | The first tune is, "Tico, Tico." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-08-20 | The first tune is, "Dardenella." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-09-24 | The first tune is, "Always." The Les Paul Trio plays a surprisingly sloppy, "Night and Day." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-10-08 | The first tune is, "The Donkey Serenade." The cast does a medley of tunes from, "The Gay Nineties." |
| California Melodies | | 1944-10-09 | The first tune is, "The Mexican Hat Dance." The Zimmerman chorus does a creative and delightful "Manhattan Serenade." The show features a musical portrait of New York City. |
| California Melodies | | 1944-10-15 | The first tune is, "What A Difference A Day Makes." This is the first appearance on the show of The Lyttle Sisters. Although the "sisters" receive no billing (they were possibly heard as members of "Harry Zimmerman and The Voices Of Romance"), information from one of the "sisters" ("Sue") confirms they were on the show. The cast does a "Keep 'Em Rolling" medley of songs about transportation. |
| California Melodies | | 1945-09-10 | The first tune is, "You're My Everything." The trio plays, "Viper's Dream." The chorus may include The Lyttle Sisters. The orchestra plays a musical portrait of a visit to a circus. |
| California Melodies | | 1945-09-16 | The first tune is, "Dancing In The Dark." The thirty two piece orchestra plays a medley of tunes from, "Showboat." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-09-23 | The first tune is "Midnight In Paris." The orchestra plays a medley of tunes from, "Oklahoma." The show features a thirty two piece orchestra. |
| California Melodies | | 1945-09-30 | The first tune is, "Do I Love You?" Dick Wynn reads the show's famous opening line ("From out of the west...to you!") wrong! He says, "From out of the past...to you!" The thirty two piece orchestra plays a medley of tunes from "Oklahoma." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-10-14 | The first tune is, "Say It All Over Again." The thirty two piece orchestra plays a medley of tunes from, "The Vagabond King." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-10-21 | The first tune is, "I Only Have Eyes For You." The thirty two piece orchestra features a medley of tunes from, "Porgy and Bess.' |
| California Melodies | | 1945-10-28 | The first tune is, "Dearest Darling." The orchestra features a medley of tunes from, "State Fair." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-11-04 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." The thirty two piece orchestra features a medley of tunes from, "Rose Marie." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-11-11 | The program opens with a tribute to Jerome Kern who had just died that day. The show begins with his, "All The Things You Are." The thirty two piece orchestra does a medley of tunes from, "Girl Crazy." The program closes with another tribute to Jerome Kern and, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-11-18 | The first tune is, "Love." The program features a medley of tunes from, "Naughty Marietta." Harry Zimmerman introduces one of the tunes on-mike. Dorothy McCarthy and Donna Wood substitute for Darlene and Sally (two of the four Lyttle Sisters). |
| California Melodies | | 1945-11-25 | The first tune is, "Do I Love You?" The orchestra features a medley of tunes from, "Meet Me In St. Louis." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-12-02 | The first tune is, "Angel." The orchestra plays a medley of tunes from, "The Harvey Girls." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-12-09 | The first tune is, "Crazy Rhythm." The orchestra plays a production arrangement of music from the film, "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs." Harry Zimmerman's arrangement of "Tico Tico" features an extended original introduction. |
| California Melodies | | 1945-12-16 | The first tune is, "Dearest Darling." The cast does a medley of tunes from, "The Wizard Of Oz." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-12-23 | The first tune is, "Dancing In The Dark." The program features a medley of nursery rhymes "brought up-to-date." |
| California Melodies | | 1945-12-30 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." The show concludes with a complex arrangement of, "Dark Eyes." |
| California Melodies | | 1946-07-04 | The first tune is, "Some Day I'll Find You." The program is announced as "the first show of the series," which is not true. The program had been on the air periodically since 1932. This is the start of the show's last run of programs. The announcer jumps the cue for the closing announcement, and then fails to give the system cue. |
| California Melodies | | 1946-10-07 | The first tune is, "Dancing In The Dark." The cast sings a medley of tunes from, "Roberta." |
| California Melodies | | 1946-10-18 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." The program features a medley of tunes by Sigmund Romberg. |
| California Melodies | | 1946-11-11 | The first tune is, "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song." A few seconds are missing from the middle show dialogue due to a disc cutting error. The music of Victor Herbert is featured. |
| California Melodies | | 1946-12-29 | The first tune is, "Crazy Rhythm." The program features the music of Rudolph Friml. |
| California Melodies | | 1947-01-07 | The first tune is, "Good News." The show ends with an extended arrangement of, "Civilization." Enjoyable listening! |
| California Melodies | | 1947-03-02 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-06-15 | The first tune is, "June Is Bustin' Out All Over." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-06-29 | The first tune is, "Dancing In The Dark." Guest Jeri Sullivan's first tune is, "Can't We Be Friends" (and she sings the first few words wrong!). |
| California Melodies | | 1947-07-06 | The first tune is "Lover." The show concludes with an elaborate (and good) arrangement of, "Dark Eyes." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-07-13 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-07-28 | The first tune is, "People Will Say We're In Love." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-08-02 | The first tune is, "Lover." The system cue is not heard. |
| California Melodies | | 1947-08-04 | The first tune is, "Midnight In Paris." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-08-09 | The first tune is, "It Was Just One Of Those Things." Guest Wendell Noble announces as well as sings (and casually mentions that he does a DJ show on KHJ later in the evening)! The system cue was added live. |
| California Melodies | | 1947-08-11 | The first tune is, "Do I Love You?" |
| California Melodies | | 1947-09-01 | The first tune is, "Small Hotel." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-09-08 | The first tune is, "Beyond The Blue Horizon." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-09-15 | The first tune is, "Make Believe." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-09-22 | The first tune is, "Small Hotel." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-09-29 | The first tune is, "A Fine Romance." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-10-06 | The first tune is, "Oklahoma." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-10-13 | The first tune is, "Love." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-10-20 | The first tune is, "People Will Say We're In Love." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-10-27 | The first tune is, "A Fine Romance." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-11-03 | The first tune is, "Make Believe." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-11-10 | The first tune is, "Dancing In The Dark." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-11-17 | The first tune is, "Oklahoma." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-11-24 | The first tune is, "There's A Small Hotel." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-12-01 | The first tune is, "'S Wonderful." |
| California Melodies | | 1947-12-08 | The first tune is, "But Not For Me" (which starts off sounding exactly like "Fascinating Rhythm"). |
| California Melodies | | 1947-12-24 | A Christmas program. The first tune is, "Winter Wonderland." The orchestra features the music from the film, "The Wizard Of Oz," narrated by guest Jimmy Scribner. |
| California Melodies | | 1947-12-31 | The first tune is, "'S Wonderful." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-01-14 | The first tune is, "Just One Of The Things." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-01-21 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-01-28 | The first tune is, "A Fine Romance." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-02-04 | The first tune is, "Make Believe." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-02-11 | The first tune is "Fascinating Rhythm" and, "But Not For Me." The Lyttle Sisters do a fine arrangement of, "Hong Kong Blues" (Hoagy would have been proud!). |
| California Melodies | | 1948-02-18 | The first tune is, "Oklahoma." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-02-25 | The first tune is, "You Do Something To Me." The program ends with a nifty original arrangement of, "Pass That Peace Pipe." The program's guest is billed as, "The Spooner." He doesn't sing with the band, he talks the lyrics! My guess is that "The Spooner" is really Leo Dukorn, an opinion with which Sue Lyttle strongly disagrees. |
| California Melodies | | 1948-03-03 | The first tune is, "'S Wonderful." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-03-10 | The first tune is, "It's A Good Day." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-03-17 | The first tune is, "Out Of This World." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-03-24 | The first tune is, "You Do Something To Me." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-04-07 | The first tune is, "April Showers." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-04-14 | The first tune is, "I Only Have Eyes For You." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-04-21 | The first tune is, "Good News." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-04-28 | The first tune is, "April Showers." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-05-05 | The first tune is, "Dancing In The Dark." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-05-12 | The first tune is, "At Long Last Love." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-05-19 | The first tune is, "I Get A Kick Out Of You." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-05-26 | The first tune is, "'S Wonderful." The program features a medley of tunes written by Vincent Youmans. |
| California Melodies | | 1948-06-02 | The first tune is, "Love Of My Life." A program of Spring songs and love. |
| California Melodies | | 1948-06-09 | The first tune is, "You Do Something To Me." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-06-16 | The first tune is, "At Long Last Love." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-06-23 | The first tune is, "Love Of My Life." The system cue has been deleted. The program features a medley of tunes written by George Gershwin. |
| California Melodies | | 1948-06-30 | The first tune is, "A Fine Romance." The program features a medley of tunes by Rudolph Friml. |
| California Melodies | | 1948-07-07 | The first tune is, "Begin The Beguine." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-07-14 | The first tune is, "Speak Low." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-07-21 | The first tune is, "I Know That You Know." |
| California Melodies | | 1948-07-23 | The first tune is, "I Get A Kick Out Of You." The date above is accurate as per the disc matrix and label. |
| California Melodies | | | The first tune is, "You Stayed Away Too Long." |
| California Melodies | | | The first tune is David Rose's famous "Holiday For Strings." The date is approximate. The final fourteen minutes of the program only. |
