Editing Nathaniel Shilkret (section)

==Radio and the recording studio==
He was also one of radio's earliest stars, estimating that he made over 3000 broadcasts between 1925 and 1941, including being the conductor for ''[[The Eveready Hour]]'', regarded as the first major commercial broadcast and the first major variety show. His sponsors included Camel, Carnation, Chesterfield, Esso, Eveready, General Electric, General Motors, [[Hires Root Beer]], Knickerbocker, Lysol, Maxwell House, Mobil Oil, Palmolive, RCA Victor, [[Salada tea]] and Smith Brothers' Cough Drops.

Between his conducting for records and for radio, virtually every musical star of the day performed under the baton of Nathaniel Shilkret. His orchestra members included [[Jimmy Dorsey]], [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Benny Goodman]], [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Glenn Miller]], [[Artie Shaw]], [[Mike Mosiello]], [[Joe Lipman]] and [[Del Staigers]]. [[George Gershwin]], [[Jascha Heifetz]], [[Mischa Elman]] and [[Andrés Segovia]] all played under his direction. Opera stars [[Rose Bampton]], [[Lucrezia Bori]], [[Feodor Chaliapin]], [[Jon Crain]], [[Richard Crooks]], [[Miguel Fleta]], [[Emilio de Gogorza]], [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], [[Mary Garden]], [[Beniamino Gigli]], [[Helen Jepson]], [[Maria Jeritza]], [[Giovanni Martinelli]], [[Nino Martini]], [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]], [[James Melton]], [[Grace Moore]], [[Jan Peerce]], [[Lily Pons]], [[Rosa Ponselle]], [[Elisabeth Rethberg]], [[Gladys Rice]], [[Tito Schipa]], [[Gladys Swarthout]], [[John Charles Thomas]], and [[Lawrence Tibbett]] were all conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret in their recordings of light-classical and popular songs. The lists of popular singers and foreign artists that played under his direction are just as impressive.