Alka-Seltzer Time

Beginning on June 18, 1951, Alka-Seltzer Time ran on Mutual at noon while the CBS broadcasts continued at 6:30 pm.

[2] By 1953, the series was heard on Mutual (at noon, Eastern Time) and later that same day on CBS (at 5:45 pm, ET).

The two singers, both Texas-born, performed with Country Washburne and His Orchestra, featuring Charles LaVere on piano.

Songs included such tunes as "Honey, I'm in Love with You", "A Gambler's Guitar", "Just to Be with You", "Moonlight", "When Love Goes Wrong", "Choo Choo Train", "I've Got Spurs that Jingle Jangle Jingle", "Put on a Bonnet", "Collegiate", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Papaya Mama" and "Istanbul, Not Constantinople".

Today, Massey is best remembered as the composer (with Paul Henning) and singer of the Petticoat Junction TV show theme song.