WSM Collection 1955-02-03 Push Button One

Summary

Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: WSM Collection 1955-02-03 Push Button One
Date: October 12, 2025
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio (showcasing archival radio content – this is a rebroadcast of a WSM show from February 3, 1955)
Theme: A snapshot of mid-1950s American radio—music, news, community info, and friendly banter, capturing the essence of radio’s golden age.

---

Episode Overview

This episode immerses listeners in “Push Button One,” a daily radio show from WSM, Nashville, originally aired in 1955. The program masterfully weaves together popular recorded music, contemporary news, weather, local happenings, and quirky host banter. Listeners are transported to the pre-TV era, with an irresistible mix of nostalgia, community warmth, and the comforting tick of the day's rhythms.

---

Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Opening Banter & Sponsor Segments

• Timestamps: [00:00] – [00:38]
• Hosts: Bill Williams & Dave Overton
• Highlights:
  • Lighthearted chat about the “perfect snack,” weaving in sponsor AM/PM’s craveable snacks.
  • Playful invention: “cravenient”—crave-meets-convenient.
  • “When you’re driving your car, be happy and gay. Keep your radio to 650 wave.”

---

2. Show Introduction & Format

• Timestamps: [00:38] – [01:14]
• Host: Dave Overton
• Description:
  • Invites listeners to enjoy top pop music, time and weather checks, brief news updates, and “occasional hints on traffic safety”—all between 4:30 and 5:30 PM, targeting the drive-home audience.
  • “Riding with music every day. WSM.” – [00:42] Dave Overton

---

3. Featured Music & Song Introductions

A hallmark of the show is its emphasis on popular tunes of the era, each introduced with commentary.

a. "Tweedly Dee" by Dorothy Collins

• Timestamps: [01:14] – [03:52]
• Upbeat and catchy, reflecting the 1950s musical zeitgeist.
• Dave Overton praises the selection:
  “Dorothy Collins, the first number on Push Button One today…” – [03:52]

b. "Paris Loves Lovers" by Henry Renee's Orchestra and Chorus

• Timestamps: [03:52] – [07:06]
• Considered “better class music,” regularly played by disc jockeys nationwide.

c. "Suddenly" by Jo Stafford

• Timestamps: [08:00] – [09:55]
• Soft, romantic croon.
• Memorable lyric:
  “Suddenly, only I knew I was part of you, and yet I told my heart, be still, be still…” – [08:22] Jo Stafford

d. Other notable records played (no full lyrics, only intros/closers):

• "Kokomo" by Perry Como ([16:16])
• "Melody of Love" by Billy Vaughn and the Orchestra ([21:43])
• "We’ll Be Together Again" by Rosemary Clooney w/ Paul Weston ([25:04])
• "Got a Date with an Angel" by Hal Kim and Orchestra ([29:46])
• "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" by Ames Brothers ([39:04])
• "Song from Moulin Rouge" by Percy Faith and Orchestra featuring Felicia Sanders ([45:21])
• "My Baby Don’t Love Me No More" by The DeJohn Sisters ([48:37])
• "That’s All I Want from You" by J.P. Morgan with Hugo Winterhalter ([55:28])
• Closer: "Caravan" by Les Brown ([57:53])

---

4. News Updates with Bill Williams

Regular intervals feature live news cut-ins and weather checks, providing a vivid sense of the world in 1955.

a. International Update: The Far Eastern Crisis

• Timestamps: [10:41]
• Red China (PRC) rejects ceasefire talks unless Nationalist China is ousted from the U.N. Security Council.
• Russia raises its military budget by 12%, signaling heightened tensions.
• Fresh reporting on the U.S. and Nationalist China deadlock over the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu.
• Quote:
  "There is no loophole for a compromise." – [10:41] Bill Williams

b. Curiosities & Features

• Chicago deep sea diver claims to have found ruins of a submerged Inca city in Lake Titicaca ([12:00])
• Czechoslovakia officially ends its state of war with Germany.
• News on Central Intelligence Agency oversight ([12:48])
• Stock market summarizes a “broad mixture of gains and losses” ([15:11])
• Weather updates—Nashville: 36°F, humidity 57%, NE wind, cold snap in the Northeast, heat wave in Paraguay ([35:30], [36:45])

c. Social Security Law Explainer

• Timestamps: [32:08]
• Major new provision: “freezing” records for the totally disabled.
• Debate over lowering retirement age.

d. Local Updates

• News of upcoming events, such as the Miss Nashville High contest at Lytton High School ([23:25]), and promo for the live filming of the Grand Ole Opry at Vanderbilt Theater ([38:26]).

---

5. Friendly Host Banter & Community Connection

• Throughout the episode

• Dave Overton and Bill Williams engage in playful sparring and dry wit:

  • On ambiguous references:
    “A letter of recognition—no, not of recognition, but recognition of what?” – [15:18] Dave Overton

  • On Social Security:
    “If he could get that age down to about 35, I might make it. In this case, I don’t think I’m going to make that 60.” – [34:52] Dave Overton

  • On local radio "celebrities" and cast members: “Buddy Hall and I were discussing that number today. We both agreed that [We’ll Be Together Again] is one of the prettiest we have in the pop record file as of now.” – [27:53] Dave Overton

---

6. Public Service Announcements & Safety Tips

• Timestamps: [57:53]
• Strong reminders about careful driving, especially between 5-6 PM—the most dangerous hour.
• “Three out of every four accidents occur on dry roads and in clear weather... it is not the machine, it is not the weather, it’s the person behind the wheel.” – [57:53] Dave Overton

---

7. Light Advertisement Spots

[Skimmed/briefly mentioned to preserve the flow]

• AM/PM convenience foods ([00:16])
• Wild Root Cream Oil hair tonic—witty musical jingle and enthusiastic testimonial ([41:42])
• Liberty Mutual “Limu Emu and Doug” segment (anachronistically inserted sponsor content)

---

8. Closing Remarks

• Timestamps: [57:53] – End
• Invites listeners to tune in the next day, thanks the team, and closes with, “So long, everybody. Until 4:30 tomorrow, WSM, the National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Nashville, Tennessee.”

---

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Show’s Eclectic Music Choices:
  “Who picks up the records for this so called show? Now, wait just a minute. I thought that was a fine number. A lot of people do, as a matter of fact.” – [07:06] Dave Overton
• On Local Weather:
  “Mother should have seen me at high noon today. I was surrounded by 12 of the most beautiful girls you have ever seen…” – [23:25] Dave Overton, on the Miss Nashville High Contest
• Traffic Safety Wisdom:
  “Three out of four accidents occur on dry roads and in clear weather. ... it is not the machine, it is not the weather, it’s the person behind the wheel using your common sense and obeying the traffic laws.” – [57:53] Dave Overton
• Lighthearted Host Interplay:
  “You mean like a bulging pocketbook?”
  “Yes, you’re so right.” – [50:52] Dave Overton & Bill Williams

---

“Push Button One” Experience: The Takeaway

Listeners are treated to an authentic radio time capsule, lively with swinging tunes, breaking news, comical digressions, and earnest community advice. The hosts’ camaraderie, big-hearted asides, and slice-of-life announcements animate the ordinary day with warmth, optimism, and gentle humor—making this episode a rich tapestry of 1950s American life, as shared around the nation’s radios.

---

For Further Listening:

• Tune in to tomorrow’s “Push Button One” at 4:30 for more music, news, and easygoing charm.
• Special event: Live Grand Ole Opry filming at Vanderbilt Theater, 12:30 PM.

---

[Episode Timeline Quick Reference]

| Timestamp | Segment/Highlight | |------------|-----------------------------------------------| | 00:00 | Banter & AM/PM Ad | | 00:38 | Show Introduction | | 01:14 | “Tweedly Dee” by Dorothy Collins | | 03:52 | “Paris Loves Lovers” by Henry Renee | | 08:00 | “Suddenly” by Jo Stafford | | 10:41 | News with Bill Williams, Global Affairs | | 16:16 | “Kokomo” by Perry Como | | 23:25 | “Melody of Love” by Billy Vaughn | | 27:53 | “We’ll Be Together Again” by Ros. Clooney | | 32:08 | Social Security Law Segment | | 39:04 | “Naughty Lady of Shady Lane” by Ames Brothers | | 45:21 | “Song from Moulin Rouge” by Percy Faith | | 48:37 | “My Baby Don’t Love Me No More” DeJohn Sisters| | 55:28 | “That’s All I Want from You” JP Morgan | | 57:53 | Safety Talk & Closing |

---

In the words of Dave Overton:
“We’re here to advise you and to try to impress upon you the necessity of driving carefully, especially in this hour between 4:30 and 5:30 when most folks make their way home from a hard day at the office or wherever your job takes you during the day.” – [03:52]

So long, everybody—until next time.

Transcript

[Bill Williams]

What do you think makes the perfect snack?

[Dave Overton]

Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient.

[Bill Williams]

Could you be more specific?

[Dave Overton]

When it's cravenient. Okay, Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just.

[Bill Williams]

A second at a.m. p.m.

[Dave Overton]

I'm seeing a pattern here. Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.

[Bill Williams]

Crave, which is anything from AM pm.

[Dave Overton]

What more could you want? Stop by AM PM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience AM PM Too much good stuff. When you're driving your car. Be happy and gay.

[Bill Williams]

Keep your radio to 650 wave.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Go riding with music.

[Bill Williams]

Riding with music.

[Dave Overton]

Riding with music every day. WSM Good afternoon everybody. This is Dave Overton speaking inviting you to push button one Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 5:30 for top pop recorded music of the day, time and weather checks, Bill Williams from the WSM newsroom. And an occasional hint on traffic safety. The top tune of the day according to one survey says. Twiddle dee dee.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Tweedly tweedle tweedledee. Let's have the F and D. Jiminy Cricket, Jiminy Jack, you make my heart go clickety clack. Tweedly tweedly tweedly dee. Tweedly tweedly tweedly dot. Ah, you gonna keep that honey? You got it. I love coffee, I love tea. But my honey means more to me. Tweedly tweetly tweetly dot Twee dees tweetly deep. Give it up, give it up. Giving your love to me. Twee dot tweetly dot. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme all the love you got. Dumpty dump dump dump. Tweet twee tweety twee dough. I'm a lucky so and so I'm going to keep my eyes on you. Twee tweety tweety do.

[Dave Overton]

It.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Twee. Give that kiss to me before you go. Tweetly dum tweedly dum. Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky. Look at that sugar plum Dumpty dum dum dum. Tweedly tweedly tweedly dum. You're as sweet as bubble gum. Messy, messy, put it high, you got something that money can't buy. Tweedly tweedly tweetly dum.

[Dave Overton]

Tweedly d Tweedly dum by DOROTHY COLLINS the first number on push button one today, Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 5:30. It's 36 degrees outside here in Nashville, Tennessee now, and we're here to advise you and to try to impress upon you the necessity of driving carefully, especially in this hour between 4:30 and 5:30 when most folks make their way home from a hard day at the office or wherever your job takes you during the day. Henry Renee's Orchestra and Chorus A Victor record of Paris Loves Lovers Harris.

[Bill Williams]

Love's lover For lovers it's heaven above Harris tells Love love is supreme Wake up your dream and make love only in Paris 1 Discover the urge to merge with the scourge of the screaming.

[Dave Overton]

Paris.

[Bill Williams]

Loves lovers for lovers Know that love is everything.

[Dave Overton]

Who picks up the records for this so called show? Now, wait just a minute. I thought that was a fine number. A lot of people do, as a matter of fact. Paris Loves Lovers with Henry Renee's orchestra is played by disc jockeys all over the country. Considered some of the better class music. I had a long letter with a gentleman, or rather from a gentleman and have returned. Have answered his letter about the music played on this program and he is in agreement with you, by the way. He wants us to go back to Eddie Duchin and an occasional Glenn Miller. Might not be a bad idea. 22 minutes until 5 o', clock, 36 degrees outside. This is Push Button 1 from Studio A of WSM, Nashville, Tennessee. We'll take you back to the newsroom right after this number sung by Joe Stafford. Suddenly.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Suddenly the night was very still Suddenly your touch became a thrill.

[Dave Overton]

And.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Suddenly only I knew I was part of you and yet I told my heart Be still, be still Then suddenly your lips were kissing mine Suddenly my world became divine for when I looked.

[Dave Overton]

Around.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Then I knew I'd found eternity be with you so sudden for when I looked around that I knew I'd.

[Dave Overton]

Found.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Eternity with you so sudden suddenly.

[Dave Overton]

Now, sonny, what can we do to get this turkey airborne? Well, I tell you what, old timer, you might consider this a boost in the right direction. We'll just switch back to the WSM newsroom as we do three or four times during the hour, so that the folks driving home or the people who've been hard at work wherever they may have been today, can catch up on what's happening in the news capitals of the world. We do it like this. Hello, Bill Williams.

[Bill Williams]

Hello, Dave Overton. Quite a few things happening, and particularly in connection with the Far Eastern situation. The Formosa crisis had deepened considerably because today Red China rejected an invitation to take part in the ceasefire talks before the United Nations Security Council. Joe Enlight in a broadcast on beiping Radio, which incidentally was made about the same time that Information was given out in London said that he would not send a spokesman to these talks unless Nationalist China is ousted from the Security Council. Of course that is out of the question. That's been acted upon many times. In any case, he said he won't send or that he would send a representation only to discuss the Soviet charges that the United States is guilty of aggression, not the New Zealand debate. The attitude, general attitude is one of disappointment, particularly on the part of Winston Churchill. And the Western observers say that there is no loophole, no loophole for a compromise. And in connection with that, adding to this crisis is the fact that a deadlock has originally between the United States and the Nationalists on the status of the offshore islands of Chamoy and Matsu. That is on the basis of reports from Taipei, Formosa which say that we reached a stalemate. The President will not make a definite commitment and Chiang Kai Shek won't take another step until the commitment is made. Russia today announced its 1955 military budget. It's very interesting too because for the first time in years it shows an increase in the defense spending. The military budget is 12% higher than last year's, an increase of 12 billion rubles. And the exchange rate on rubles and dollars is 4 to 1. So it's about 3 to 3 billion dollars. But that's only part of the story because Russia has a habit of hiding its military budget, much of it in other programs, appropriations and figures probably will be about 50% of the total. Nonetheless, they do admit an increase because of the international situation. Czechoslovakia today ended a state of war with Germany following the lead set by Russia and Poland last week. It's told for the first time in Washington today by Senator Richard Russell, Georgia, who is the chairman of the Armed Services Committee. That this Senate group has for years kept in close contact in close check on the operations and activities of the Central Intelligence Agency. Heretofore it had been believed that the CIA was pretty much on its own without any outside check. But Russell says they've been watching it closely and a three man subcommittee has been named to continue this work. And a Chicago deep sea diver says he's discovered the ruins of a submerged city in Lake Titicaca, which is the world's highest large lake. It's located in Bolivia, not far from the capital city of La Paz. And these cold waters, despite the fact that they're only 15 degrees above the equator, the water is. Hey, this is Sarah.

[Dave Overton]

Look, I'm standing out front of a.m. p.m.

[Bill Williams]

Right now and well, you're Sweet and all, but I found something more fulfilling.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Even kind of cheesy, but I like it.

[Bill Williams]

Sure, you met some of my dietary.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Needs, but they've just got it all. So farewell.

[Dave Overton]

Oatmeal.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

So long, you strange soggy.

[Dave Overton]

Break up with bland breakfast and taste AM PMs. Bacon, egg and cheese biscuit made with cage free eggs, smoked bacon and melty cheese on a buttery biscuit. AMPM Too much.

[Bill Williams]

Good stuff. Limu Emu. And Doug.

[Dave Overton]

Here we have the Limu emu in.

[Bill Williams]

Its natural habitat helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug.

[Dave Overton]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us. Cut the camera.

[Bill Williams]

They see us. Only pay for what you [e-mail] Liberty. Liberty. Liberty.

[Dave Overton]

Liberty Savings. Very underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company affiliates. Excludes Massachusetts.

[Bill Williams]

The lake stands 12,000ft above sea level, so the water is extremely cold. But he got down there and got some pictures. And archaeologists say he may have found the very cradle of the Inca civilization. Stock market today. Well, this is a safe statement if.

[Dave Overton]

I ever heard one.

[Bill Williams]

It's the one the wire services used. They said the stock market closed with broad mixtures of gains and losses. That's a good statement, I should say.

[Dave Overton]

It reminds me of when I quit my last radio job in Birmingham. The man gave me a letter of recognition. No, not of recognition, but recognition of what?

[Bill Williams]

Recommendation.

[Dave Overton]

Recommendation, yeah. And he says, I cannot recommend this man too highly. You can take that about nine different ways, you know.

[Bill Williams]

And that takes me back to an old William Jennings Bryant speech. But that's a little long, so I'll skip over it for now anyway. Industrials finished off $1.26. Rails are up 5 cents and utilities up 20 cents. Sales total, 2,890,000 shares. The temperature, 36 degrees, of humidity, 57%. The wind out of the northeast. A little change in direction. Northeast at 10 miles an hour. And today's high was 37 and tonight's low, about 22 again. Now back to you, Dave. Some days you sound pretty good, and then there are days like today.

[Dave Overton]

What do you say to that, Bill?

[Bill Williams]

No comment. That's a new one on me.

[Dave Overton]

We'll move Bill Williams out of the newsroom right now or we'll move away. Away from their newsroom, which is located about 50 yards down the corridor here and move in. Perry Como. Perry Como with Kokomo. Talk to me, baby whisper in my.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Ear.

[Bill Williams]

Talk to me, baby whisper in my ear I come a little Closer. Don't have no fear.

[Dave Overton]

Don'T you know.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

I love you so?

[Bill Williams]

Don't you know I love you so Pokemon. Heard what you told me Heard what.

[Dave Overton]

You said.

[Bill Williams]

Heard what you told me Heard what you said don't you worry, my Purdy don't lose my head there's.

[Dave Overton]

Dimples on her elbows Dimples on her.

[Bill Williams]

Knees there's dimples on her elbows Dimples on her knees she thrills and thrills me Just a little squeak.

[Dave Overton]

Don'T you know, Kokomo, that I love you so.

[Bill Williams]

Talk, talk, talk to me, baby Whisper in my ear Talk to me, baby Whisper in my ear Become a little poster don't you have no. Don't you know I love you so?

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Don't you know I love you so When a Holly.

[Dave Overton]

Hey, hey, Kokomo. Don't you know I love you? Kokomo. Chuck the bugger, you ain't very hospitable. I've been here since 4:30 and I ain't had a chance to say hello to all my friends out there in radio land. Well, you've had a chance now and I hope you're satisfied. That was Kokomo, by the way. Sit down over there, friend. We might give you another chance before 5:30 rolls around. I just stopped in to buy some radio Tom, son. Can't find nobody to wait on me. Well, it's after office hours, you know, and 10 minutes. 11 minutes before 5:00'. Clock. And it's just possible that the folks have closed up the offices for today. But you drop back around in the morning, parts of this program are still for sale, of course. We're pretty crowded here. We have one commercial announcement at 5:15. But don't give up. Don't give up. Keep trying. 11 minutes until 5. Speak up, son. Speak up. You're mumbling again. I ain't mumbling. I'm speaking just as clearly as I can. And map, to get fired about this whole thing. So let's. Let's not carry it on any further. Let's get back to music. I was going to say that the Nashville Record is now streamlined. Middle Tennessee's fastest growing newspaper is now published in easy to handle, easy to read size. An entire year of good reading available to you and your subscription to the Nashville Record. Only $3. Subscribe now or renew your subscription. Send only $3 with your name and address to the Nashville Record. Nashville, Tennessee. 36 degrees. WSM's Push Button 1. Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 5:30. Melody of Love. Billy Vaughn in the orchestra.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Ram.

[Bill Williams]

And there you are.

[Dave Overton]

And there you are. There. The hit record, the Melody of Love. Billy Vaughan in the orchestra. Billy Vaughn is the musical director for DOT Records at Gallatin, Tennessee. Also a member of the Hilltoppers Quartet. Well known in pop music circles around the country, as they should be. They produced many a good hit. Seven minutes until 5:00'. Clock. 36 degrees outside. And mother should have seen me at high noon today. I was surrounded by 12 of the most beautiful girls you have ever seen. And you can't hardly get them no more. They're pretty scarce, I'll tell you that. These 12 girls represented 12 different high schools in Nashville and surrounding territory. And they are 12 of 16 young ladies to vie for Miss Nashville High. Saturday night at the Lytton high school gymnasium. 8pm There will be a floor show while the judging of the contest goes on. Featuring Buddy hall, also a disc jockey on WSM and a very fine vocalist. By the way, did you hear that? Buddy's going to take a screen test for Universal International. That will happen in about 10 days. Then Tommy Knowles Orchestra will play for the dance. The whole thing. The whole shebang. 16 lovely girls, a poor show and the dance. 50 cents proceeds to the Litten Blast. Co sponsored by Lytton and the Nashville Banner. I'll be on hand Saturday night as the master of ceremonies. And what a pleasant task that will be. Six minutes until five. We'll be together again Saturday night. Rosemary Clooney with Paul Weston's office.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

No tears, no fears. Remember there's always is tomorrow. So what if we have to part? We'll be together again. Your kiss, your smile. Our memories I'll treasure for forever. So try thinking with your heart. We be together again. Times when I know you'll be lonesome. Times. Times when I know you'll be sad. Don't let temptation surround you. Don't let the blues make you bad. Someday someway. We both have a lifetime before us. For parting is not goodbye. We be together again.

[Bill Williams]

Someday.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Some way. We both have a lifetime before us. For parting is not goodbye. I We be together again.

[Dave Overton]

That's one of my favorite numbers. One of my favorite too. Rosemary Clooney with Paul Weston and his orchestra. Buddy hall, who, by the way, is heard at night these days. He comes on the radio on WSM at 10:30-10:55 with Buddy's hall of Hits. Buddy hall and I were discussing that number today. We both agreed that that is one of the prettiest we have in the pop record file as of now. So. And we included it on this Thursday afternoon show.

[Bill Williams]

And Doug, here we have the Limu.

[Dave Overton]

Emu in its natural habitat.

[Bill Williams]

Help people customize their car insurance and.

[Dave Overton]

Save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating.

[Bill Williams]

It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug.

[Dave Overton]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us. Cut the camera.

[Bill Williams]

They see us. Only pay for what you [e-mail] Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Savings Ferry Unwritten by.

[Dave Overton]

Liberty Mutual Insurance company and affiliates excludes Massachusetts.

[Bill Williams]

And Doug Limu and I always tell.

[Dave Overton]

You to customize your car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. But now we want you to feel it.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

The emu music Limu Save yourself money today.

[Bill Williams]

Increase your wealth.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Customize and save.

[Dave Overton]

We say that may have been too much feeling.

[Bill Williams]

Only pay for what you need@liberty mutual.com Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Savings Very unwritten.

[Dave Overton]

By Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Affiliates excludes Massachusetts. 2 minutes and 30 seconds until 5 in the afternoon. We also discussed Hal Kim and his orchestra. And since Hal's demise, this particular number has become a standard. It's entitled Got a date with an angel.

[Bill Williams]

Got to date with an angel. Got to meet her at school. Got a date with an angel Now I'm on my way to heaven she's so lovely beside me and whatever betide me Got an angel. You got me. So I'm on my way to heaven Soon I'll hear the bells ring out and the choir will sing out when the pearly gates swing out the horse you'll beckon to to me Now I've been waiting a lifetime for this evening at seven Got a date with an angel Now I'm on my way to heaven.

[Dave Overton]

And what was the title of that number? Social Security law. The title of that number. Let's fade that gentleman out of there. The title of that number was. Let me see. As a matter of fact, I got it crossed out. You got a date with an angel. Hal Kim and his orchestra. And it's taken its place among the standards of Stardust and all the rest of the famous old tunes. We had a gentleman who was trying to get in the word edgeways back there, but on this show it's pretty difficult sometimes. Why don't you start over, sir? We'll clear the air for you. A provision in the new Social Security law recently enacted by Congress will help preserve the old age and survivors insurance rights of those totally disabled for work for prolonged periods. It does this by freezing their Social Security records as of the date they became disabled. It does not, however, provide any payments before retirement age or death. If in January 1955. You have been totally disabled for work for six months or more. You may apply for this freezing of your Social Security record. You must, however, have worked for the required length of time under Social Security and have a disability which is expected to continue indefinitely. Although no application can be accepted before January 1955, it may at that time cover a disability which began several years before. Thank you very much. Two minutes past five. 36 degrees outside. This is push button one, Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 5:30, WSM, Nashville, Tennessee. With music recorded and time and weather checks and occasional hints on traffic safety. Please drive carefully in the hour between five and six. That's when most accidents occur in cities all across the country. Well, I think it's just about time for us to make our usual visit back to the newsroom. How's about letting me switch back to the newsroom?

[Bill Williams]

Let her come.

[Dave Overton]

Okay. There she is.

[Bill Williams]

Okay. Dave, just read a story a couple minutes ago about a fellow who wants to change that last spot announcement you had.

[Dave Overton]

What'd you say, Bill? I said I. You mean we wasted that time on the air? We had so much trouble getting. That guy wanted any talk for naught.

[Bill Williams]

Well, possibly, if Congressman Roberts from Alabama had his way. Because he introduced a bill in Congress today to lower the retirement age for Social Security benefits from 65 to 60. And then he introduced another one that to make Social Security benefits payable immediately to disabled persons below retirement age. His theory behind this is that by getting more people to retire early, he'll relieve unemployment by making more jobs available for younger people.

[Dave Overton]

If he could get that age down to about 35, I might make it. In this case, I don't think I'm going to make that 60.

[Bill Williams]

But it just occurred to me that they'd have to change all those spot announcements and maybe that'll beat the measure.

[Dave Overton]

That can get pretty costly, I'll tell you.

[Bill Williams]

Yeah, I should say. House Democrats today indicate too that they may put President Eisenhower on the spot again, which is not surprising. But they plan to introduce a bill to admit both Hawaii and Alaska to statehood. Chances are the President will veto this. He does, of course, favor the admission of Hawaii, opposes the admission of Alaska.

[Dave Overton]

Bill, what is all that noise back there? It sounds like Santa Claus.

[Bill Williams]

Oh, the bells. That's what we call the wire running open that whenever there's some trouble on the wire, maybe a cable severed or a wrong switch thrown or a short circuit or something. It's stopped now.

[Dave Overton]

Honey, you always have loose shows. But this is ridiculous.

[Bill Williams]

I know that voice now, Anyway, when.

[Dave Overton]

These.

[Bill Williams]

Various difficulties occur, the bell automatically starts ringing on the wire to notify the technicians along the line and they get busy on the right of way, as they did in this case, and have it cleared up already in just a matter of minutes. It's a warning measure. The let's see, up and had a lot of cold weather up in the Northeast today, real cold. It was 42 below zero in upper New York State, for example, and Maine is in a 10th consecutive day of below zero weather. But down in I saw a few minutes ago down in ascension, Paraguay, it's 105 above zero and they have some oddballs down there like we have here. Of course, there were the guys out trying to fry eggs on the sidewalk. So it never fails to happen. I don't know why we don't have.

[Dave Overton]

Let'S not criticize those people. I got a picture of me doing that when I was a youngster.

[Bill Williams]

Well, well, like I said, we have some intelligent people in Paraguay like we have here.

[Dave Overton]

Yeah, that's right.

[Bill Williams]

And nothing new really on the Sir Drubenstein story, but I did want to say I was talking to Margaret Ackerman earlier this afternoon and she told me that Sunday night, maybe you've already plugged this Sunday night from 7 to 8. NBC radio, of course, and we'll carry it will have a full hour story called the Serge Rubenstein Mystery. I believe that's the name of it. All the details, the background of the man's life leading up to the murder, all the various deals that he pulled in his life, some of the people in his past and whatnot. It ought to be extremely interesting. And I was also talking with Howard Anderson a few minutes ago, and Andy says that on his 10:15 show tonight, your Capitol reporter, he will have some rather interesting information for the people of the state who look toward their pocketbook, and that would include just about everybody in the state. Story that comes from the Capitol but cannot be released until 10:15 tonight. So I would strongly urge that everyone listen to that. The temperature outside, Dave. Well, I better give the stock market first had a little bit of everything today. As I said earlier, they had a broad mixture of gains and losses. Industrials are off $1.26, rails up 5 cents, utilities up 20 cents, and sales totaled 2,890,000 shares. The temperature still 36, hadn't changed a bit, humidity 57%, the wind out of the northeast at 10 miles an hour. Today's high was 36 and tonight's low will be about 22 and now back to you, Dave.

[Dave Overton]

Thank you very much, Bill. We'll see you again later. Little while. Seven minutes past five. And this is Push Button one WS in Nashville, Tennessee. By the way, you can round up a bunch of the neighbors. And head for the Vanderbilt Theater on Garland avenue tomorrow at 12:30. Why? Well, to see the filming of the Grand Ole Opry, of course. Yes, you'll see real Hollywood directors, producers and cameramen at work. It's absolutely free, so plan to attend. That's the Vanderbilt Theater on Garland avenue. Beginning at 12:30 tomorrow. The Ames Brothers with one of the top tunes of the day. The Naughty lady of Shady Lane.

[Bill Williams]

The naughty lady of Shady Lane has hit the town like a bomb. The back fence gossip ain't been this good since Mabel ran off with Dawn. Our town was peaceful and quiet before she came on the scene. The lady has started a riot Disturbing her suburban routine. The naughty lady of Shady Lane has the town in her world. The naughty lady of Shady Lane. Leo Milo, what a girl. Bum ba da boom boom boom boom boom ba da bum bum bum. You should see how she carries on with her admiring galore. She must be giving them quite a thrill the way they flock to her door. She throws those come hither glances at every Tom, Dick and Joe. When offered some liquid refreshment. The lady never, never says no. The naughty lady of Shady Lane has the town in her world. The naughty lady of Shady Lane. The O my O water. Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum. The things they've tried to pin on earth. Won't hold much water from shore Beneath the powder when fancy lives there beats a heart sweet and pure. She just needs someone to change her and she'll be nice as can be. If you're in the neighborhood, neighborhood stranger. You're welcome to drop in and see. The naughty lady of Shady Lane So delightful to hold. The naughty lady of Shady Lane.

[Dave Overton]

So delectable.

[Bill Williams]

Quite respectable. And she's only nine days old.

[Dave Overton]

There you are, the Naughty lady of Shady Lane. The ames brothers. It's 36 degrees. Drive carefully. WSM, Nashville, Tennessee. Push button one. Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 5:30. By the way, let's exercise our full portion of common sense when we're driving on the streets these days. Especially during the hours between 5:30 and rather 4:30, 5 to 6pm is the most dangerous hour of the day for traffic accidents. Yes, that's exactly what I was going to say. The traffic safety people say the hour between 5 and 6 o' clock is when most accidents occur. Most fatalities Pile up in the statistical column. Deaths from traffic accidents and of course, a great many injuries too. 11 minutes after 5, Charlie. Is this the Charlie type? Is this the Charlie type? This is one for Charlie. Get Wild Root Cream oil, Charlie. It keeps your hair in trim. You see, it's non alcoholic, Charlie. It's made with soothing Lane. You better get Wild Root Cream oil, Charlie. Start using it today. You'll find that you will have a tough time, Charlie, keeping all those gals away. Yes, you need a good hair tonic to look your very best. And in Wild Root Cream Oil hair tonic, you get a balanced blended formula containing just the right amount of nature's magic ingredient, lanolin. Not just ordinary lanolin, but the very heart, the very best part of this amazing oil that so closely resembles the natural oil of human skin. Get Wild Root Cream oil today. It's your hair's best friend. You'll find that you will have a tough time, Charlie, keeping all those gals away. You can buy. Which way did they go? They went out that way. Head them off at the pastex. 12 minutes past 5 o' clock in the afternoon. And I was just about to say you can buy that product even though your name isn't Charlie. Percy Faith in his orchestra featuring Felicia Sanders. A beautiful thing entitled the Song from Moulin Rouge.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Whenever we kiss, I worry and wonder. Your lips may be near, but where, where is your heart? It's always like this. I worry and wonder you're close to me. But where is your heart? It's a sad thing to realize.

[Bill Williams]

That.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

You'Ve a heart that never melts. When we kiss, do you close your eyes pretending that I'm someone else? You must break the spell this cloud that I'm under. So please won't you tell, darling, where is your heart? It's Howdy Doody time. It's Howdy Doody time.

[Dave Overton]

All right, wait. Just, just, just a minute. Just a minute. If you want to believe it's Howdy Doody time, it's all right. But you're really listening to Push Button one. Wsm, Nashville, Tennessee. We don't have puppets or marionettes. We have records. And time and weather checks. 15 minutes and 30 seconds after 5. 36 degrees outside, we have news with Bill Williams from the WSM newsroom. And that's about the whole of it in this hour. I can tell you about another hour and 15 minutes. Though that is not concerned with record music, it's concerned with live music. It's called the Waking Crew. And if you'll pardon a little boast here. I think we've got the greatest bunch of people who work on that show in the morning you'll ever find collected together in a southern radio studio. There is, for example, Owen Bradley in the Waking Crew orchestra. Buddy hall and Dottie Dillard and Dolores Watson sing Papa John Gordian as Dixie Landers are there. Elmer Alley and Jim Sanders are around for comedy. There's the profound Dr. Philolog. Coffee and donuts are absolutely free a full hour and 15 minutes and I'm there to introduce each one of these fantastically good people. Boy, that was a fine selection of words. 16 minutes and 30 seconds after 5 we will leave that go as the plug for The Waking Crew. 7:45 in the morning to 9:00'. Clock. Come up and join us. Studio C, WSM, Nashville, Tennessee. The DeJohn Sisters My Baby don't love me no more.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

My baby don't fall no more. My baby ain't home no more. My baby don't love me no more. My baby don't find me Pearls. He's busy with other girls. My baby don't love me no more. I shouldn't have fed him. Then I forget him. Oh why do I miss him? I'll find me a baby nitty and maybe I'll pick on you. You'll hear me knocking at your door? Cause my baby don't love me no.

[Dave Overton]

Man what a frantic too.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

I shouldn't have fed him that I could forget him. Oh why, why do I miss him so? But somehow I'm gonna find me a favor nick you and maybe I'll take on you. You'll hear me knocking at your dark. Cause mommy don't love me no more. Well, sky wall and ball and run.

[Dave Overton]

Up the wall if it ain't that.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Hand spin spank Stumptown Youngin. It's a miling Eddie.

[Dave Overton]

Smiling Eddie. No sir, he's on 11 o' clock at night. This would be push button one. You might be talking about Bill Williams, though he looks a little bit like smiling Eddie Hill. And here he is.

[Bill Williams]

I wish there was more coincidence between myself and smiling Eddie Hill.

[Dave Overton]

You mean like a bulging pocketbook?

[Bill Williams]

Yes, you're so right.

[Dave Overton]

Your.

[Bill Williams]

Your youngster coming in with his Howdy Doody time reminded me a while ago fella who stopped me on the street the other day and said I really enjoy that show. Here's that Push channel one. So I what you need on this program is a good joke or two. Hey, did you hear the one about. Wait, wait, wait.

[Dave Overton]

About the traveling. Wait, wait a minute Wait a minute, friend. Wait, wait. Just. Hey, hey, hey. Wait, wait, wait. Hey, just, just, just a minute, please. Just a minute. What's the matter? This is not time for jokes. It's time for news and especially by traveling salesmen. We don't care to hear about it on the radio. Okay, Bill, I got him. Clear out now.

[Bill Williams]

Okay, well, we have a traveling salesman over in Paris, fellow named Garamonda France, who's been traveling back and forth in the assembly all day trying to survive, get his government to survive a crisis, but the odds are strictly against him. We've been watching the wires here pretty closely to see if the break has come, but not yet. He has. His government is up for a vote of confidence on the North African policies and today one of his closest supporters notified them that he was going to vote against Mondus France and would take a block of voters with him. So it looks on the surface, of course, is all into possibility for miracle, but it looks on the surface as though France may have another tumult government and another crisis and who knows what. We have, of course, a serious setback in the move toward peace in the Far east today when Joe Enlai, the premier of Red China, rejected by radio and also by official communique an invitation to take part in the ceasefire talk before the United Nations Council. Cho said that he would come only if Nationalist China were thrown out of the Security Council and only if they discussed the Soviet charges that the United States is guilty of aggression, only to consider the New Zealand proposal for bringing about a ceasefire in the straits. Winston Churchill, one of the first comments, said he's extremely disappointed. The general reaction in this country, I've been reading a lot of it here lately. Virtually every senator, congressman polled says that it's Russian propaganda. It shows that China does not want peace. But the big question, what happens now? No one will attempt to answer. Russia today announced its military budget and it admitted that today for the first time in a long time that it'll go up by as well. Pretty sizable amount. It says it'll increase by about $3 billion. What's comparable to that? Actually it'll be considerably more because they disguise so much of it in other appropriations. Czechoslovakia ended a state of war with Germany today. Same thing that Russia and Poland had done last week. Obviously an effort to kill the Paris peace pacts. And another news, fairly new story here. Congressional source says that the Democrats have chosen Chicago for their 1956 national convention. And an interesting thing about that is that for the first time they'll be able to Present it by color television. There's that word again. And the stock market today up and down, industrials off a dollar, 26 cents. Real's up 5 cents, you, utilities up 20 cents, and sales total 2,890,000 shares. Temperature outside is 36 degrees, the humidity 57%. The wind out of the north at 10, northeast at 10 miles an hour. Today's high was 37. Tonight's low will be about 22. And now back to you, Dave Overton.

[Dave Overton]

What's that varmint's name back there in the newsroom? You want to answer that one, Bill?

[Bill Williams]

Well, I don't know any varmints back here, but I don't know them intimately. That sounds suspiciously like that woodchuck that was.

[Dave Overton]

Yeah, that's right. He gave us trouble the other morning. Thank you very much. That's Bill Williams, sir. He's an ace news reporter for wsn. What'd you say? Apparently, he didn't say anything. Come on now, sugar bugger. Sing the song. Sing the song. All right. J.P. morgan with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra. 23 minutes and 30 seconds after five. That's all I want from you A.

[Radio Announcer / Singer]

Little love that slowly grows and grows not one that comes and goes that's all I want from you A sunny day with hopes up to the sky A kiss and no goodbye that's all I want from you don't let me down oh, show me that you care Remember, when you give, you also get your share don't let me down I have no time to wait Tomorrow might not come when dreamers dream too late A little love that slowly grows and grows not one that comes and goes that's all I want from you, Sam. Don't let me down oh, show me that you care Remember, when you give, you also get your share don't let me down I have no time to wait Tomorrow might not come when dreamers dream too late A little love that slowly grows and grows not one that comes and goes that's all I want from you that's all I want from you.

[Dave Overton]

Three out of four accidents occur on dry roads and in clear weather. That's a very impressionable statement, and I think a lot more impressionable than a lot of safety slogans you might hear. Yes, three out of every four accidents occur on dry roads and in clear weather. Pointing up the fact that it is not the machine, it is not the weather, it's the person behind the wheel using your common sense and obeying the traffic laws. Well, we'll get by with fewer fatalities and fewer accidents in 1955. 27 minutes after 5:00', clock, 36 degrees outside. And this is push button one. Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 5:30. Record music, time and weather checks and news and traffic safety hints. And the last record for today, Les Brown and his Band of Renown Caravan. This is recorded at the Hollywood bowl. Push button one. Tomorrow afternoon, 4:30, we'll have more recorded music for you. Bill Williams from the WSM newsroom. Occasional hints on traffic safety and time and weather checks. Drive carefully. Stay tuned for all that's news 5:30 to 6 on WSM. I better call my wife before I go. Where's the nearest phone? The nearest phone is right down the hall. It's where the musicians lounge is located. And we hope everything's all right at home. We'll see you tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. So long, everybody. Until 4:30 tomorrow, WSM, the National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Nashville, Tennessee.