“Splish Splash” was co-written by Bobby Darin and DJ Murray the K
(Murray Kaufman, below). The song helped to give Darin a major boost
in his career, reaching # 3 on the singles charts. It was recorded during
an evening session at New York’s Atlantic Studios. The song was credited
to Darin and “Jean Murray”, a combination of the first name of Kaufman’s
mother “Jean” and his first name. This was done to  avoid any hint of
Payloa.

Murry the K

Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a vaudeville
performer at first, and later a newspaper and radio commentator. He
invented the gossip column while at the New York Evening Graphic and
soon became a syndicated columnist at the New York Daily Mirror. He
made his radio debut at WABC in New York in 1930. In 1948 Winchell
had the top rated radio show when he surpassed Fred Allen and Jack
Benny. Later during his career, Walter received $25,000 an episode
to narrate The Untouchables on  ABC-TV for five seasons beginning
in 1959.

July 11, 1938 issue

This Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired on ABC from April 
6, 1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. FBI chief J. Edgar
Hoover gave it his endorsement, calling it "the finest dramatic program
on the air". Stacy Harris (shown below) played the lead role of fictional
Special Agent Jim Taylor. Others in the cast included William Conrad.

Stacy Harris

William Conrad

Little orphan Annie debuted on WGN radio in Chicago and eventually aired
coast to coast on NBC’s Blue Network until 1942. For most of the shows run, 
Chicago actress Shirley Bell (below) played Annie. The initial sponsor of  
the show was chocolate flavored Ovaltine. Little Orphan Annie was one 
of the first comic strips adapted to radio. It was inducted into the Radio
Hall of Fame in 1990.

Shirley Bell played Annie 

The announcer for show was Pierre Andre

The Little Orphan Annie secret decoder ring