GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1820
Vaughn (singing): “Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea, please carry my loved one home safely to me.”
Announcer: “Ladies and gentlemen, Vaughn De Leath, radio’s first song sensation with next year’s style in songs, as up to the minute as tomorrow’s newspaper.”
(A typical beginning for the Vaughn De Leath Show, a variety program on radio; CBS, 1931-1933; NBC, 1933- 1935;…