R O C K Y J O R D A N --------- ----------- 1945 - 1953 First Show: Jan 08, 1945 Last Show: Jun 26, 1953 Number Shows: not known Audition Show: Mar 28, 1951 Series Description: Rocky Jordan was the owner of the Cafe Tambourine and was the main character in a radio series featuring a more exotic background than found in other radio detective series, first in Istanbul and later in Cairo. Rocky himself is a bit of a mystery. We're never given much information about his background except he was originally from St. Louis and lived in Seattle, New Orleans, Boston, and Chicago. For some reason, he can't return to the United States, but we never find out why. What we do know is Rocky spends a lot of his time solving mysteries that he becomes involved in, usually by accident. As with most amateur detectives, the police usually do not what him involved in crime solving. Captain Sam Sabaaya of the Cairo Police would prefer Rocky didn't get involved, but frequently uses his help. Sargent Greco, Sabaaya's assistant, on the other hand, actively attempts to put Rocky on the wrong side of the law, forcing Rocky to solve cases if only to clear himself. The show itself has an air of authenticity. Actual street names and sites in Cairo are often used. The background music is also used to advantage, adding an element of the exotic of the series. Rocky's appearance on radio can be broken up into six separate series. He first appeared in a 15-minute nightly series entitled A MAN NAMED JORDAN, airing in the first half of 1945. This was followed by a 30-minute weekly series of the same name and ran until the end of the 1946-1947 season. Both series aired only on the West Coast. Jack Moyles starred as Jordan for both series. Both were written and directed by Ray Buffum. Dorothy Lovett stared as Toni Sherwood, Rocky's girlfriend. Also in the cast were Paul Frees and Jay Novello. A 30-minute weekly series called simply ROCKY JORDAN, also starring Jack Moyles, was heard only on the West Coast starting in October of 1948, running until September of 1950. George Raft took over the role of Jordon for two Summer series in 1951 and 1952, airing nationwide. Raft continued in the lead role for one regular season in 1952 and 1953. Two auditions were done in 1955 for a possible series, again to star Jack Moyles, but no new series was produced. Log Comments: As can be seen from the log, there are a lot of shows whose titles not known. There are only about 80 shows in circulation. I found only 2 of the 15-minute shows for A MAN NAMED JORDAN and none for the 30-minute version. The start and end dates of the 15-minute version were found, so a log was possible. I was unable to build a list of possible dates for the 30-minute A MAN NAMED JORDAN. Ted Davenport's Radio Memories catalog showed a start date of July 02, 1945, a Monday and end date of Apr 20, 1947, a Sunday. Also, it is not known if the series ran through the summer. Therefore, no log for this series is offered. It is not known if show of April 17, 1949 in the 1948-1950 is lost or was pre-empted. This log assumes it was pre-empted. There was a lot of variation in titles from source to source, usually the spelling of foreign names and places. The choice of titles used here is mine. Chronological Logs: A MAN NAMED JORDAN 1945, CBS West Coast, 15 minute nightly shows Date Day Num Title Avail ------------ --- --- ------------------------------------ ----- Jan 08, 1945 Mon 1 ... title not known ... Jan 09, 1945 Tue 2 ... title not known ... Jan 10, 1945 Wed 3 ... title not known ... Jan 11, 1945 Thu 4 ... title not known ... Jan 12, 1945 Fri 5 ... title not known ... Jan 15, 1945 Mon 6 ... title not known ... Jan 16, 1945 Tue 7 ... title not known ... Jan 17, 1945 Wed 8 ... title not known ... Jan 18, 1945 Thu 9 ... title not known ... Jan 19, 1945 Fri 10 ... title not known ... Jan 22, 1945 Mon 11 ... title not known ... Jan 23, 1945 Tue 12 ... title not known ... Jan 24, 1945 Wed 13 ... title not known ... Jan 25, 1945 Thu 14 ... title not known ... Jan 26, 1945 Fri 15 ... title not known ... Jan 29, 1945 Mon 16 ... title not known ... Jan 30, 1945 Tue 17 ... title not known ... Jan 31, 1945 Wed 18 ... title not known ... Feb 01, 1945 Thu 19 ... title not known ... Feb 02, 1945 Fri 20 ... title not known ... Feb 05, 1945 Mon 21 ... title not known ... Feb 06, 1945 Tue 22 ... title not known ... Feb 07, 1945 Wed 23 ... title not known ... Feb 08, 1945 Thu 24 ... title not known ... Feb 09, 1945 Fri 25 ... title not known ... Feb 12, 1945 Mon 26 ... title not known ... Feb 13, 1945 Tue 27 ... title not known ... Feb 14, 1945 Wed 28 ... title not known ... Feb 15, 1945 Thu 29 ... title not known ... Feb 16, 1945 Fri 30 ... title not known ... Feb 19, 1945 Mon 31 ... title not known ... Feb 20, 1945 Tue 32 ... title not known ... Feb 21, 1945 Wed 33 ... title not known ... Feb 22, 1945 Thu 34 ... title not known ... Feb 23, 1945 Fri 35 ... title not known ... Feb 26, 1945 Mon 36 ... title not known ... Feb 27, 1945 Tue 37 ... title not known ... Feb 28, 1945 Wed 38 ... title not known ... yes Mar 01, 1945 Thu 39 ... title not known ... Mar 02, 1945 Fri 40 ... title not known ... Mar 05, 1945 Mon 41 ... title not known ... Mar 06, 1945 Tue 42 ... title not known ... Mar 07, 1945 Wed 43 ... title not known ... Mar 08, 1945 Thu 44 ... title not known ... Mar 09, 1945 Fri 45 ... title not known ... Mar 12, 1945 Mon 46 ... title not known ... Mar 13, 1945 Tue 47 ... title not known ... Mar 14, 1945 Wed 48 ... title not known ... Mar 15, 1945 Thu 49 ... title not known ... Mar 16, 1945 Fri 50 ... title not known ... Mar 19, 1945 Mon 51 ... title not known ... Mar 20, 1945 Tue 52 ... title not known ... Mar 21, 1945 Wed 53 ... title not known ... Mar 22, 1945 Thu 54 ... title not known ... Mar 23, 1945 Fri 55 ... title not known ... Mar 26, 1945 Mon 56 ... title not known ... Mar 27, 1945 Tue 57 ... title not known ... Mar 28, 1945 Wed 58 ... title not known ... Mar 29, 1945 Thu 59 ... title not known ... Mar 30, 1945 Fri 60 ... title not known ... Apr 02, 1945 Mon 61 ... title not known ... Apr 03, 1945 Tue 62 ... title not known ... Apr 04, 1945 Wed 63 ... title not known ... Apr 05, 1945 Thu 64 ... title not known ... Apr 06, 1945 Fri 65 ... title not known ... Apr 09, 1945 Mon 66 ... title not known ... Apr 10, 1945 Tue 67 ... title not known ... Apr 11, 1945 Wed 68 ... title not known ... yes Apr 12, 1945 Thu 69 ... title not known ... Apr 13, 1945 Fri 70 ... title not known ... Apr 16, 1945 Mon 71 ... title not known ... Apr 17, 1945 Tue 72 ... title not known ... Apr 18, 1945 Wed 73 ... title not known ... Apr 19, 1945 Thu 74 ... title not known ... Apr 20, 1945 Fri 75 ... title not known ... Apr 23, 1945 Mon 76 ... title not known ... Apr 24, 1945 Tue 77 ... title not known ... Apr 25, 1945 Wed 78 ... title not known ... Apr 26, 1945 Thu 79 ... title not known ... Apr 27, 1945 Fri 80 ... title not known ... Apr 30, 1945 Mon 81 ... title not known ... May 01, 1945 Tue 82 ... title not known ... May 02, 1945 Wed 83 ... title not known ... May 03, 1945 Thu 84 ... title not known ... May 04, 1945 Fri 85 ... title not known ... May 07, 1945 Mon 86 ... title not known ... May 08, 1945 Tue 87 ... title not known ... May 09, 1945 Wed 88 ... title not known ... May 10, 1945 Thu 89 ... title not known ... May 11, 1945 Fri 90 ... title not known ... May 14, 1945 Mon 91 ... title not known ... May 15, 1945 Tue 92 ... title not known ... May 16, 1945 Wed 93 ... title not known ... May 17, 1945 Thu 94 ... title not known ... May 18, 1945 Fri 95 ... title not known ... May 21, 1945 Mon 96 ... title not known ... May 22, 1945 Tue 97 ... title not known ... May 23, 1945 Wed 98 ... title not known ... May 24, 1945 Thu 99 ... title not known ... May 25, 1945 Fri 100 ... title not known ... May 28, 1945 Mon 101 ... title not known ... May 29, 1945 Tue 102 ... title not known ... May 30, 1945 Wed 103 ... title not known ... May 31, 1945 Thu 104 ... title not known ... Jun 01, 1945 Fri 105 ... title not known ... Jun 04, 1945 Mon 106 ... title not known ... Jun 05, 1945 Tue 107 ... title not known ... Jun 06, 1945 Wed 108 ... title not known ... Jun 07, 1945 Thu 109 ... title not known ... Jun 08, 1945 Fri 110 ... title not known ... Jun 11, 1945 Mon 111 ... title not known ... Jun 12, 1945 Tue 112 ... title not known ... Jun 13, 1945 Wed 113 ... title not known ... Jun 14, 1945 Thu 114 ... title not known ... Jun 15, 1945 Fri 115 ... title not known ... Jun 18, 1945 Mon 116 ... title not known ... Jun 19, 1945 Tue 117 ... title not known ... Jun 20, 1945 Wed 118 ... title not known ... Jun 21, 1945 Thu 119 ... title not known ... Jun 22, 1945 Fri 120 ... title not known ... Jun 25, 1945 Mon 121 ... title not known ... Jun 26, 1945 Tue 122 ... title not known ... Jun 27, 1945 Wed 123 ... title not known ... Jun 28, 1945 Thu 124 ... title not known ... Jun 29, 1945 Fri 125 ... title not known ... A MAN NAMED JORDAN 1945-1947, CBS West Coast, 30 minute weekly shows There is insufficient information known to supply a list of possible broadcast dates. ROCKY JORDAN 1948-1950 CBS West Coast with Jack Moyles Date Day Num Title Avail ------------ --- --- ------------------------------------ ----- Oct 31, 1948 Sun 1 The Bartered Bridegroom yes Nov 07, 1948 Sun 2 Count Me Out yes Nov 14, 1948 Sun 3 Dressed to Kill yes Nov 21, 1948 Sun 4 The Man In The Morgue yes Nov 28, 1948 Sun 5 A Letter From Higgins Dec 05, 1948 Sun 6 Strangers Three yes Dec 12, 1948 Sun 7 Ace High Straight yes Dec 19, 1948 Sun 8 Up In Flames yes Dec 26, 1948 Sun 9 Yesterday's Santa Jan 02, 1949 Sun 10 Death In The Sand yes Jan 09, 1949 Sun 11 Escapade With Paula yes Jan 16, 1949 Sun 12 The Case Of The Sleepy Camel yes Jan 23, 1949 Sun 13 Black Ink yes Jan 30, 1949 Sun 14 Baksheesh Boy yes Feb 06, 1949 Sun 15 Champagne, Caviar and Hot Ice yes Feb 13, 1949 Sun 16 Red Stands for Blood yes Feb 20, 1949 Sun 17 Twenty Fathoms Under yes Feb 27, 1949 Sun 18 Forgotten Caravan Mar 06, 1949 Sun 19 The Two O'Clock Man yes Mar 13, 1949 Sun 20 The St. Louis Blues yes Mar 20, 1949 Sun 21 Passport For Vivi yes Mar 27, 1949 Sun 22 Everything Shipshape yes Apr 03, 1949 Sun 23 Portrait Of Rocky yes Apr 10, 1949 Sun 24 My Quiet Friend yes Apr 17, 1949 Sun ... possibly not broadcast ... Apr 24, 1949 Sun 25 Consignment For Naples yes May 01, 1949 Sun 26 Fall Guy yes May 08, 1949 Sun 27 Lady In Disguise yes May 15, 1949 Sun 28 Blood and Black Gold May 22, 1949 Sun 29 Desert Betrayal yes May 29, 1949 Sun 30 The Makeup Man yes Jun 05, 1949 Sun 31 The Man They All Loved yes Jun 12, 1949 Sun 32 The Man From Damascus yes Jun 19, 1949 Sun 33 The Big Ditch yes Jun 26, 1949 Sun 34 Journey To Nashier yes Jul 03, 1949 Sun 35 The Map Of Murder yes Jul 10, 1949 Sun 36 The Broken Wing yes Jul 17, 1949 Sun 37 The Race yes Jul 24, 1949 Sun 38 The Coward Of Mutah Kahn yes Jul 31, 1949 Sun 39 Barlochi yes Aug 07, 1949 Sun 40 Gold Fever yes Aug 14, 1949 Sun 41 Cairo Vendetta yes Aug 21, 1949 Sun 42 The Gum Queen yes Aug 28, 1949 Sun 43 The Lady From Istanbul yes Sep 04, 1949 Sun 44 A Stranger To The Desert yes Sep 11, 1949 Sun 45 Adventure With Andrea yes Sep 18, 1949 Sun 46 The Nile Runs High yes Sep 25, 1949 Sun 47 Memento From Adelaide yes Oct 02, 1949 Sun 48 Pattern For Revenge yes Oct 09, 1949 Sun 49 The Man With No Name yes Oct 16, 1949 Sun 50 Quest For Tanina yes Oct 23, 1949 Sun 51 The Diorite Bowl yes Oct 30, 1949 Sun 52 The Demarco Affair yes Nov 06, 1949 Sun 53 The Black Ball yes Nov 13, 1949 Sun 54 The Strange Death Of Van Dorn yes Nov 20, 1949 Sun 55 The Big Heist yes Nov 27, 1949 Sun 56 High Pressure yes Dec 04, 1949 Sun 57 The Notorious Mr. Marko Dec 11, 1949 Sun 58 The Veiled People yes Dec 18, 1949 Sun 59 The Late Mr. Maru Dec 25, 1949 Sun 60 The Star of Egypt Jan 01, 1950 Sun 61 The Man from Cairo yes Jan 08, 1950 Sun 62 Smoke Screen yes Jan 15, 1950 Sun 63 The Loomis Affair yes Jan 22, 1950 Sun 64 The Face of Diana yes Jan 29, 1950 Sun 65 An Air of Death yes Feb 05, 1950 Sun 66 The Return Of Toni yes Feb 12, 1950 Sun 67 Madame Dulac's Daughter yes Feb 19, 1950 Sun 68 Paid in Full yes Feb 26, 1950 Sun 69 Return of Dr. Perot yes Mar 05, 1950 Sun 70 The Secret of Wong Lee yes Mar 12, 1950 Sun 71 The White Beetle yes Mar 19, 1950 Sun 72 The Perfect Witness yes Mar 26, 1950 Sun 73 Fool Proof yes Apr 02, 1950 Sun 74 The Strange Fate of Professor Amar yes Apr 09, 1950 Sun 75 Holiday Weekend yes Apr 16, 1950 Sun 76 Adventure In Zakazik yes Apr 23, 1950 Sun 77 The Big Gamble yes Apr 30, 1950 Sun 78 The Mystery Of Carl Kleist yes May 07, 1950 Sun 79 Horde of the Memlooks yes May 14, 1950 Sun 80 Congo Copper yes May 21, 1950 Sun 81 The Beggar of Farar yes May 28, 1950 Sun 82 A Song In The Night yes Jun 04, 1950 Sun 83 The Word Of A Bishop yes Jun 11, 1950 Sun 84 Pharaoh's Formula yes Jun 18, 1950 Sun 85 Shakedown yes Jun 25, 1950 Sun 86 Dilemma yes Jul 02, 1950 Sun 87 The Dead Colleen yes Jul 09, 1950 Sun 88 Interlude With Lorraine yes Jul 16, 1950 Sun 89 The Lotus Cup of Amin Ra yes Jul 23, 1950 Sun 90 Cairo Tour yes Jul 30, 1950 Sun 91 The Money Changers yes Aug 06, 1950 Sun 92 The Broken Wing yes Aug 13, 1950 Sun 93 City of Baksheesh yes Aug 20, 1950 Sun 94 The Man From Damascus yes Aug 27, 1950 Sun 95 Dr. Markoff's Discovery yes Sep 03, 1950 Sun 96 Ace High Straight yes Sep 10, 1950 Sun 97 Trail Of The Assassin yes ROCKY JORDAN 1951 CBS Nationwide Summer Series with George Raft Date Day Num Title Avail ------------ --- --- ------------------------------------ ----- Mar 28, 1951 Wed Aud The Man From Damascus yes George Raft's audition Originally done by Jack Moyles on Jun 12, 1949. Jun 27, 1951 Wed 1 ... title not known ... Jul 04, 1951 Wed 2 The Lady From Tangiers yes Originally done by Jack Moyles on Aug 28, 1949. Jul 11, 1951 Wed 3 The Genakos Affair yes Jul 18, 1951 Wed 4 ... title not known ... Jul 25, 1951 Wed 5 Valley Of The Dead yes Aug 01, 1951 Wed 6 ... title not known ... Aug 08, 1951 Wed 7 ... title not known ... Aug 15, 1951 Wed 8 The Man In The Nile yes Aug 22, 1951 Wed 9 ... title not known ... Aug 29, 1951 Wed 10 ... title not known ... ROCKY JORDAN 1952 CBS Nationwide Summer Series with George Raft Date Day Num Title Avail ------------ --- --- ------------------------------------ ----- Jul 06, 1952 Sun 1 ... title not known ... Jul 13, 1952 Sun 2 ... title not known ... Jul 20, 1952 Sun 3 ... title not known ... Jul 27, 1952 Sun 4 ... title not known ... Aug 03, 1952 Sun 5 ... title not known ... Aug 10, 1952 Sun 6 ... title not known ... Aug 17, 1952 Sun 7 ... title not known ... Aug 24, 1952 Sun 8 ... title not known ... Aug 31, 1952 Sun 9 ... title not known ... Sep 07, 1952 Sun 10 ... title not known ... ROCKY JORDAN 1952-1953 CBS Nationwide Regular Season Series with George Raft Date Day Num Title Avail ------------ --- --- ------------------------------------ ----- Oct 13, 1952 Mon 1 ... title not known ... Oct 20, 1952 Mon 2 ... title not known ... Oct 27, 1952 Mon 3 ... title not known ... Nov 03, 1952 Mon 4 ... title not known ... Nov 10, 1952 Mon 5 ... title not known ... Nov 17, 1952 Mon 6 ... title not known ... Nov 24, 1952 Mon 7 ... title not known ... Dec 01, 1952 Mon 8 ... title not known ... Dec 08, 1952 Mon 9 ... title not known ... Dec 15, 1952 Mon 10 ... title not known ... Dec 22, 1952 Mon 11 ... title not known ... Dec 29, 1952 Mon 12 ... title not known ... Jan 05, 1953 Mon 13 ... title not known ... ... moves to Friday ... Jan 16, 1953 Fri 14 ... title not known ... Jan 23, 1953 Fri 15 ... title not known ... Jan 30, 1953 Fri 16 ... title not known ... Feb 06, 1953 Fri 17 ... title not known ... Feb 13, 1953 Fri 18 ... title not known ... Feb 20, 1953 Fri 19 ... title not known ... Feb 27, 1953 Fri 20 ... title not known ... Mar 06, 1953 Fri 21 ... title not known ... Mar 13, 1953 Fri 22 ... title not known ... Mar 20, 1953 Fri 23 ... title not known ... Mar 27, 1953 Fri 24 ... title not known ... Apr 03, 1953 Fri 25 ... title not known ... Apr 10, 1953 Fri 26 ... title not known ... Apr 17, 1953 Fri 27 ... title not known ... Apr 24, 1953 Fri 28 ... title not known ... May 01, 1953 Fri 29 ... title not known ... May 08, 1953 Fri 30 ... title not known ... May 15, 1953 Fri 31 ... title not known ... May 22, 1953 Fri 32 ... title not known ... May 29, 1953 Fri 33 ... title not known ... Jun 05, 1953 Fri 34 ... title not known ... Jun 12, 1953 Fri 35 ... title not known ... Jun 19, 1953 Fri 36 ... title not known ... Jun 26, 1953 Fri 37 ... title not known ... References: * "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514 * "On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio" by John Dunning, ISBNB 0-19-507678-8, Oxford University Press, 1998. * GOLDINdex database, J. David Goldin, Box 542, Newtown, CT 06470 (http://www.radiogoldindex.com) * OTR club and vendor catalogs or web sites: * Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner St., Boyertown, PA 19512 * Memories Of Radio, Dick Judge, PO Box 67800, Rochester NY 14617 * Jerry Haendiges Productions, Jerry Haendiges, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 * Radio Showcase, Steve Kelez, PO Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 * Radio Historical Association of Colorado, PO Box 1908, Englewood, CO 80150 * Radio Memories, Ted Davenport, 1600 Wewoka St., North Little Rock, AR 72116 Other Logs or Books: * ROCKY JORDAN log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com) Reader Feedback: * J. Jones sent a note that there was no show on April 17, 1949, according to Jerry Haendiges' log and Jay Hickerson's Guide. This log was changed to reflect that. Last Update: May 20, 2004 This log is informational only. It does not imply that I or my references have these shows for trade or sale. The shows may still be protected under copyright law and should be obtained only from authorized dealers. The log may be freely reproduced and published on a no-profit basis. Please send error corrections or additional information to Frank M. Passage, 109 Elmwood Road, Verona, NJ 07044 (email: wb2ntp@arrl.net).