Scarecrow Press The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music: A Search for the Music Used on 'The Lone Ranger' Radio Program, 1933-1954

The most popular radio adventure show in history, The Lone Ranger held an audience of millions spellbound for over two decades. Key to its success was the music used on it? music rendered so beautifully, chosen with such delicate precision, that for half a century listeners have frantically searched for an answer to the question, "What was the music used on the Lone Ranger? " This book answers that question and many more, including, "Who performed it? " "Who recorded it? " "When? " "Where? ". Set in Detroit, New York, Hollywood, and Mexico City against a backdrop of cliffhanging events that shaped the broadcasting industry, the story is as great an adventure as any heard on the show itself. Paperback edition available April 2002. Cloth edition previously published in 1987/