Paul Wing

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Paul Wing was a radio host, recording artist narrator, children's book author, and Hollywood assistant director.
Born August 14, 1891 New York, NY Died May 29, 1957 (65) Portsmouth, Virginia.

Earlier in his career, he hosted radio shows including “Paul Wing’s Spelling Bee” on radio in the late 1930s, including hosting the first transatlantic spelling bee competitions. Milton Bradley issued a game based on the show in 1938. In 1940, almost a decade before the first television network, the show premiered on W2XBS Television in New York, making Wing one of the first, if not the first, television game show hosts.Later on he was an assistant director at Paramount Pictures. A 1949 recording of the story "The Little Engine That Could" narrated by Wing was inducted to the National Recording Registry in 2009.
Early in his career, Wing worked as a reporter on the Chicago Tribune, after which he began working on radio. In the early 1930s, he became an announcer and had his own 15-minute program, "Paul Wing the Story Man", on NBC radio. For more than twenty years, Paul provided the voice for dozens of Bluebird and RCA Victor children’s records.

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Little Black Sambo's Jungle Band - Side 01

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Little Black Sambo's Jungle Band - Side 02

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The Little Engine That Could

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Little Black Sambo - Side 1

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Little Black Sambo - Side 4

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Little Black Sambo - Side 2

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Little Black Sambo - Side 3

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Little Black Sambo's Jungle Band - Side 04

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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Side 1

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The Unsuccessful Elf - Side 01

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